• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.86-89
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• 2002

A new design approach for realising low-power low-voltage high-Q high-order RE bandpass filter is proposed. Based on the gyrator-C inductor topology, a 2$\^$nd/-order biquadratic bandpass filter can be realised by adding a series capacitor to the input port of the gyrator. High-Q 2$\^$nd/-order and 4$\^$th/-order fully differential RF bandpass filters operating in the 2.4-㎓ ISM (Industrial, scientific and medical) frequency band under a 2-V single power supply voltage with low power dissipation are reported.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.311-320
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• 2008

In this paper, a new variable active inductor using a conventional grounded active inductor with feedback variable LC-resonator is proposed. The grounded active inductor is realized by the gyrator-C topology and the variable LC-resonator is realized by the low-Q spiral inductor and varactor. This variable LC-resonator can compensate the degradation of Q-factor due to parasitic capacitance of a transistor, and the frequency range with high Q-factor is adjustable by resonance frequency adjustment of LC-resonator. The fabricated variable active inductor with Magnachip $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS process shows that high-Q frequency range can be adjusted according to varactor control voltage from 4.66 GHz to 5.45 GHz and Q-factor is higher than 50 in the operating frequency ranges. The measured inductance at 4.9GHz can be controlled from 4.12 nH to 5.97 nH by control voltage.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.275-277
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 다양한 주파수 튜닝이 가능한 직접변환방식을 이용한 Gm-C 능동필터 회로를 설계하였다. 설계된 필터는 집적회로를 튜닝하여 요구되는 기준주파수 및 대역폭과 이득을 만족시킬 수 있다. 필터에 사용된 OTA회로는 전달 트랜스컨덕턴스 값을 외부전압으로 제어할 수 있도록 설계하여 다양한 주파수대역에서 사용할 수 있다는 장점을 가진다. 설계된 필터는 ripple 전압을 최소화 하고 이득 값을 높일 수 있는 Elliptic 필터를 사용하였다. 집적화를 위하여 수동필터를 능동필터로 변환할 수 Gyrator 방식을 이용하였다. HSPICE 시뮬레이션 결과, 외부전압을 1.0V~1.9V까지 변화를 주었을 때 1.4MHz ~ 2.8MHz의 차단주파수의 조정이 가능하였고 소비전력은 4.5mW~20mW임을 측정하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.714-717
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• 2011

무선 송수신의 보급이 급속도로 확대됨에 따라 모바일 사용자는 새로운 기기를 구입해야 하는 불편을 따른다. 이에 대안으로 같은 기기로 다양한 기준주파수 보다, 낮은 주파수를 수용할 수 있는 주파수대역의 튜닝이 가능한 DCR(Direct conversion receiver) 의 필요성이 대두 되고 있다. 이에 DCR에 들어가는 저역통과필터는 다양한 기준주파수를 만족하기 위한 대역폭, 이득을 튜닝 하는데 중요한 부분을 차지하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 3차 Elliptic Gm-C Low Pass filter를 자이레이터 방식을 통해 DCR내의 Low Pass filter를 구현 하였다. 공급전압은 3.3V이고 외부에서 인가되는 튜닝전압에 의해 차단 주파수가 변화됨을 알 수 있었다. 그 결과를 통해서 레이아웃 하였으며, 설계된 회로는 COMS $0.18{\mu}m$ 설계 파라미터를 활용하여 Cadence 사의 Specter로 시뮬레이션 하였으며, Virtuso2로 레이아웃 하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.27 no.10
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• pp.877-882
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• 2016

In this paper, a novel CMOS high Q factor 2-port active inductor has been proposed. The proposed circuit is designed by cascading basic gyrator-C structural active inductors and attaching the feedback LC resonance circuit. This LC resonator can compensate parasitic capacitance of transistor and can improve Q factor over wide frequency range. The proposed circuit was fabricated and simulated using 65 nm Samsung RF CMOS process. The fabricated circuit shows inductance of above 2 nH and Q factor higher than 40 in the frequency range of 1~6 GHz.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.3D
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• pp.425-433
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• 2006

The presented work provided a predictive equation for dynamic modulus of hot mix asphalt, which showed higher reliability and more simplicity. Lots of test result by UTM at laboratory has been used to develop the precise predictive equation. Evaluation of dynamic modulus for 13mm and 19mm surface course and 25mm of base course of hot mix asphalt with granite aggregate and two asphalt binders (AP-3 and AP-5) were carried out. Superpave Level 1 Mix Design with gyrator compactor was adopted to determine the optimum asphalt binder content (OAC) and the measured ranges of OAC were between 5.1% and 5.4% for surface HMA, and around 4.2% for base HMA. The dynamic modulus and phase angle were determined by testing on UTM, with 5 different testing temperature (-10, 5, 20, 40, & $55^{\circ}C$) and 5 different loading frequencies (0.05, 0.1, 1, 10, 25 Hz). Using the measured dynamic modulus and phase angle, the input parameters of Sigmoidal function equation to represent the master curve were determined and these will be adopted in FEM analysis for asphalt pavements. The effect of each parameter for equation has been compared. Due to the limitation of laboratory tests, the reliability of predictive equation for dynamic modulus is around 80%.