• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.383-388
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• 2018

This paper presents a 1.8 GHz six-port-based impedance modulator using CMOS technology, which can select an arbitrary load impedance with switch control. The proposed 1.8-GHz impedance modulator comprises a Wilkinson power divider, three quadrature hybrid couplers, and four SP3T switches for each load impedance selection. The measured insertion loss of -13 dB and the input/output return losses of >10 dB are achieved in the range of 1.4~2.2 GHz. The low drop output regulator for a stable 3.3 V DC power and the serial peripheral interface(SPI) for an easy digital control are integrated. The chip size, including the pads, is $1.7{\times}1.8mm^2$.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.41 no.12
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• pp.109-114
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• 2004

In this paper, we introduce the concept of ILCTL(inductively loaded compact transmission line) that is new type of compact transmission line. ILCTL was realized by periodic narrow transverse slits working as series inductances in microstrip line. And compact hybrid rat-race couplers were designed by using the proposed ILCTL. The microstrip line hybrid rat-race coupler with silts of 8 per quarter wavelength at 1.8 GHz has reduced size of 60% as compared with conventional one and it is proved by simulation of EM solver with full-wave analysis based on MoM and measurements.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2008

This Paper studied the design and measured results of a flight model for Ku-Band Linearized Channel Amplifier (LCAMP) for communication satellite onboard system. All MMICs, i.e. Variable Gain Amplifier (VGA), Variable Voltage Attenuator (VVA) with analog/digital attenuator, Branch line Hybrid Coupler and Detector for Pre-distorter are fabricated using Thin-Film Hybrid process. The performance of the fabricated module is verified through Radio Frequency circuit simulations and electrical function test in space environment for flight model at 12.25 to 12.75 GHz.

• The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.19-24
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• 1991

This paper propose a new taegeuk shaped directional couper and verify the possibility of high power division rate in those directional coupler through the experiments. We took the taegeuk shaped structure in those proposed directional coupler to utilize a $3\lambda/4$ section of hybrid ring directional coupler actively, and calculated the branch admittances, which satisfied the condition of perfect matching and isolation in the center frequency, by even odd mode analyzing methodes. On the result, we knew that it can be realized a much higher power division rate than reported result in same circuit area within the producible resistance limit in the microstrip line, made the taegeuk shaped directional couplers with 0, 8, 16 dB power split ratio in the 10 GHz frequency using CGP - 502 plate, and confirmed the validity of theory through the experiments.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.41 no.12
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• pp.115-124
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• 2004

In this paper, we introduce the advanced compact transmission line with periodic stepped stubs. They are more effective than normal stubs in ATL. The short stepped stubs loading of transmission line work as effective shunt capacitance and that was proved by equivalent circuit based on transmission line theory and quasi-static analysis. And the compact branch-line coupler and the compact rat-race coupler via proposed compact microstrip line were designed at 1.8 ㎓. They have 677 ㎟ and 913 ㎟, respectively, and they are 62% and 45% of normal design.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.16 no.7 s.98
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• pp.753-759
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• 2005

In this paper, we have developed a new type of single balanced mixer with the RF MEMS $180^{\circ}$ hybrid coupler using surface micromachining technology. The $180^{\circ}$ hybrid coupler in this mixer is composed of the dielectric-supported air gapped microstriplines(DAMLs) which have signal line with $10{\mu}m$ height to reduce substrate dielectric loss and dielectric posts with size of $20{\mu}m{\times}20{\mu}m$ to elevate the signal line on air with stability At LO power of 7.2 dBm, the conversion loss was 15.5 dB f3r RF frequency or 57 GHz and RF power of -15 dBm. Also, we obtained the good RF to LO isolation of -40 dB at LO frequency of 58 GHz and LO power of 7.2 dBm. The main advantage of this type of mixer is that we are able to reduce the size of the chips due to integrating the MEMS passive components.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.43 no.4 s.346
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• pp.8-15
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• 2006

In this paper, the 94 GHz, low conversion loss, and high isolation single balanced mixer is designed and fabricated using GaAs-based metamorphic high electron mobility transistors (MHEMTs) with 70 nm gate length and the hybrid ring coupler with the micromachined transmission lines, dielectric-supported air-gapped microstrip lines (DAMLs). The 70 nm MHEMT devices exhibit DC characteristics with a drain current density of 607 mA/mm an extrinsic transconductance of 1015 mS/mm. The current gain cutoff frequency ($f_T$) and maximum oscillation frequency ($f_{max}$) are 320 GHz and 430 GHz, respectively. The fabricated hybrid ring coupler shows wideband characteristics of the coupling loss of $3.57{\pm}0.22dB$ and the transmission loss of $3.80{\pm}0.08dB$ in the measured frequency range of 85 GHz to 105 GHz. This mixer shows that the conversion loss and isolation characteristics are $2.5dB{\sim}>2.8dB$ and under -30 dB, respectively, in the range of $93.65GHz{\sim}94.25GHz$. At the center frequency of 94 GHz, this mixer shows the minimum conversion loss of 2.5 dB at a LO power of 6 dBm To our knowledge, these results are the best performances demonstrated from 94 GHz single balanced mixer utilizing GaAs-based HEMTs in terms of conversion loss as well as isolation characteristics.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.947-954
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• 2009

This paper proposed a new balanced power amplifier using the reflected input of conventional balanced power amplifiers composed of branch line hybrid coupler. In general, the single-ended amplifier in balanced amplifiers does not have the perfect matching, so the reflected input power, in other words the leakage power, is terminated conventionally at the isolation port of hybrid coupler. However in this work, the leakage power is injected into the auxiliary amplifier, and its output power is combined to the output power of balanced amplifier. Therefore output power, efficiency, and 2-tone IMD3 performances of the proposed balanced amplifier are highly improved compared to the conventional balanced amplifier. For the verification of the proposed balanced amplifier, a conventional balanced amplifier and the proposed balanced amplifier are designed, fabricated and measured, and the measured results are compared. The proposed balanced amplifier shows the improvement in the output power(Pout), power added efficiency (PAE), and 2-tone IMD3 by 3dB, 5.2%, and $5{\sim}10dBc$, respectively, from the measurement.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.1-14
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• 1996

We have experimentally observed and theoretically analyzed the gain dependent optimum repetition rates of a hybrid-type active and passive mode locked laser pulses in an erbium-doped fiber laser of the figure-of-eight geometry by utilizing a nonlinear amplifier loop mirror (NALM) as a saturable absorber and a directional-coupler type electro-optic modulator as an active mode locker. Transform-limited mode-locked pulses of about 10 ps width were obtained at repetition rates which correspond to harmonics of the cavity fundamental frequency and depend on the optical amplifier gain in the NALM.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.159-162
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• 2004

In this paper, we introduce the concept of ICTL(inductively compact transmission line) that is new type of compact transmission line. As using the ICTL, the compact microstrip hybrid rat-race coupler was designed. It's new type compact rat-race couplers. The designed compact rat-race cooper at 1.8 GHz has area of 1182 $mm^2$, and it is $58\%$ for conventional rat-race couplers. Measured results are agree with predicted results.