• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.147-152
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• 2013

A novel balun being the structure of a Wilkinson power divider is suggested and fabricated. One of the power dividing paths in the suggested balun uses a conventional ${\lambda}/4$ transmission line for $-90^{\circ}$ phase shifting, and the other path uses a composite right/left-handed -${\lambda}/4$ transmission line for $+90^{\circ}$ phase shifting with four series capacitors and three parallel inductors. In addition, the suggested balun uses two $50-{\Omega}$ resistors and a conventional $50-{\Omega}$ transmission line of ${\lambda}/2$ electrical length between the two output ports, achieving good isolation and reflection values of two balanced ports. The suggested balun is simulated by the advanced design system simulation program and fabricated on TLX-9 20-mil substrate. The fabricated balun has a very good values of $S_{11}$ = -27.46 dB, $S_{21}$ = -3.40 dB, and $S_{31}$ = -3.28 dB, a phase difference of $-179.5^{\circ}$, a magnitude difference of 0.12 dB, and a delay difference of 0.1 ns, with $S_{22}$ = -36.28 dB, $S_{33}$ = -27.19 dB, and $S_{32}$ = -25.2 dB at 1 GHz, respectively.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제59권8호
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• pp.1429-1435
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• 2010

In this paper, a double lorentz composite right left handed(DL-CRLH) transmission line is designed using defected ground structure (DGS) and varactor diodes. Previously, the diode has been adopted only selectively for one of parallel or series resonators, and the balanced frequency as well as triple band frequencies were fixed. However in the proposed DL-CRLH transmission line, the balanced frequency, where the resonant frequencies of the series-connected parallel resonator and shunt-connected series resonator are the same, is adjustable. In addition, the triple band frequencies are controlled, too. The measured balanced frequency varies between 3.42~4.8GHz according to the controlled bias voltage. Under the same bias condition for the balanced frequency, the adjusted frequencies are 2.22~2.77GHz, 3.7~5.2GHz, 7.32~8.23GHz, 3.42~4.8GHz, and 4.44~5.92GHz for the conditions that ${\beta}d=+0.5{\pi}$, $-0.5{\pi}$, 2nd $+0.5{\pi}$, ${\omega}_{\infty}$, and ${\omega}_o$, respectively.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 높은 방사 효율을 갖는 co-planar waveguide(CPW) 급전 방식의 영차 공진 안테나를 제작하고 측정하였다. 제안된 안테나의 단위 셀은 직렬 metal-insulator-metal(MIM) 형태의 커패시터와 단락된 병렬 스터브 인덕터로 구성되어 있다. 안테나의 크기를 소형화시키는 동시에 방사 효율을 높이기 위하여 비아를 통하여 접지면과 연결되어지는 두 개의 $90^{\circ}$ 접혀진 단락 스터브 선로를 병렬 인덕터의 구조로 사용하였다. 두 개의 단위셀을 사용하여 설계된 안테나는 composite right/left-handed(CRLH) 전송 선로의 끝단을 개방하여 병렬부에서 주된 방사가 일어나도록 하였다. 제안된 안테나의 영차 공진 주파수는 3.05 GHz이고, 전체 크기는 $0.22\;{\lambda}_0{\times}0.22\;{\lambda}_0$이다. 제작된 안테나의 측정 결과, 영차 공진 주파수 2.97 GHz에서 안테나의 이득과 효율은 각각 3.04 dBi와 75 %로 향상되었다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.301-306
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• 2014

We proposed a new PCB-type 'common-mode current($I_c$) and differential-mode current($I_d$) detector' working for fast detection of $I_c$ and $I_d$ from the differential-mode signaling, with miniaturization effect and possibility of cheaper fabrication. In order to realize this device, we suggest a branch-line-coupler balun having a composite right- and left-handed(CRLH) one-layer microstrip phase-shifting line as compact as roughly ${\lambda}_g/14$. The presented balun obviously is different from the conventional bent-&-folded delay lines or slits on the ground for coupling the lines on the top and bottom dielectrics. As we connect the suggested balun output ports of the differential-mode signal lines via the through-port named U and coupled-port named L, $I_c$ and $I_d$ will appear at port ${\Delta}$ and port ${\Sigma}$ of the present device, in order. The validity of the design scheme is verified by the circuit-and numerical electromagnetic analyses, and the dispersion curve proving the metamaterial characteristics of the geometry. Besides, the examples of the $I_c$ and $I_d$ indicator are observed as the even and odd modes in differential-mode signal feeding. Also, the proposed device is shown to be very compact, compared with the conventional structure.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.331-337
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• 2015

A novel fully-printed microstrip antenna with negative first resonance and dual polarization is proposed. The radiator is printed on the 1-layer substrate instead of multilayers. The -1st resonance results from a composite right- and left-handed(CRLH) structure that has a circumferentially interlocked gap capacitively coupling a patch with a shorted-ring. This compact antenna is provided with a dual-polarization capability by creating two orthogonal linear polarizations in one body with coaxial feeds. The design is carried out by doing full-wave EM field simulation which is compared with the measurement of the fabricated antenna prototype. The measured results give the gain of 5 dBi and the efficiency of 78% at the -1st resonance mode as the center frequency of a downlink channel of the bandwidth over 20 MHz with 29 dB polarization isolation for mobile communication.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제60권12호
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• pp.2299-2304
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose the methodology to make the bandpass filters for the Smart Grid IED(Intelligent Electronic Device) smaller than the conventional bandpass filters. The size-reduction of the filters and the filter performances are indebted to devising small CRLH(composite right- and left-handed) resonators and coupling them as the metamaterial structures. The design methodology is validated by the equivalent circuit to be compared with the reliable full-wave EM simulation, and the proposed metamaterial filter outperforms the standard parallel-edge coupled filter with respect to the miniaturization and frequency response.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.463-469
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• 2016

In this paper, the use of a dual composite right/left-handed coplanar waveguide (CPW) transmission line is proposed for the design of a band rejection filter. The notch property of the filter is achieved by combining the convex signal line with the shorted concave meander line, and the equivalent circuit model is extracted from the geometry of the unit cell for organizing the band rejection property. Then the equivalent parameters of the unit cell are analyzed to identify those behaviors. And the dispersion characteristics and energy distributions are simulated. In the end, the band rejection filter is manufactured by cascading two proposed unit cells. We show that the measurement result for the resonant frequency demonstrates good agreement with the simulation result and the band rejection filter provides a rejection performance of 17.5 dB at the stopband frequency ranging from 869 MHz to 894 MHz.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.622-627
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• 2014

A method to reduce the specific absorption rate(SAR) of the antenna for WiMAX mobile communication is proposed in this paper. The SAR reduction is achieved by miniaturizing the physical size of the antenna for the given resonance frequency by devising a metamaterial-composite right- and left-handed(CRLH) configuration-based radiator much smaller than the quarter-guided wavelength adopted a lot in the conventional planar inverted F antenna(PIFA) or modified monopole antenna. The proposed antenna is placed near the head-phantom and its SAR is evaluated by the full-wave simulations(SEMCAD X), where the metamaterial-inspired antenna is shown to have the lower value than a modified monopole as the reference in terms of the SAR.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.1375-1382
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• 2008

종래 발표된 D-CRLH 전송 선로의 설계상의 어려움과 주파수가 불가변성 문제를 해결하기 위하여 본 논문은 주파수 가변성이 있는 D-CRLH 전송 선로 구조 두 가지를 제안한다. 첫째 구조(type 1)는 DGS와 DGS 내의 아일랜드 패턴(island pattern)에 버랙터 다이오드를 연결하여 병렬 공진 회로 내의 $C_L$을 조절할 수 있고, 둘째 구조(type 2)는 스터브에 다이오드를 연결하여 직렬 공진 회로 내의 $C_R$을 조절한다. 바이어스 조절에 따라 RH/LH 대역에서 각각 +/-90도의 유의미한 전기적 길이를 갖는 이중 대역 주파수가 가변된다. $1{\sim}12\;V$의 바이어스 전압에 대하여 측정한 결과, LH 영역에서 -90도인 전기적 길이를 갖는 주파수가 type 1과 type 2에서 각각 $4.22{\sim}5.39\;GHz$와 $4.21{\sim}5.05\;GHz$이다. 또한, type 2의 경우에 RH에서 LH 영역으로 전환하는 주파수(${\omega}_{\infty}$)가 $3.26{\sim}4.22\;GHz$의 가변 영역을 갖는다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제45권8호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2008

좌우현 합성 선로 메타재질구조 쎌 형식인 UWB 대역통과여파기의 저지특성을 향상시키기 위해, 메타재질특성을 유지하면서도 소형화라는 설계목적에 적합한 저역통과여파기 개념을 제안한다. 따라서 대역통과여파기 자체는 파장의 0.25배보다 훨씬 작게 만들어지고, 이는 인터디지틀 결합기와 접지된 스텁으로 구성되며, 전후에 대칭형 소형 저역통과 블록을 가진다. 설계결과는, 예상대로, 관내파장의 1/8의 크기, 대역폭 100%, 1dB 이하의 삽입손실, 평탄한 군지연, 우수한 반사손실 특성을 보인다.