• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.110-118
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• 2004

In this paper, a method is presented for the design of an orthomode transducer(OMT) operating at 21/31GHz frequency bands. A square waveguide is used in the common port while the WR-34 standard rectangular waveguide is used in the straight port. The straight port is connected to the common port via a multi-stage quarter-wave impedance transformer. The side port is coupled to the common port through a slot formed along the center line of the common square waveguide. An impedance transformer is employed to match the impedance of the coupling slot with that of the WR-51 waveguide at the output of the side port. Dimensions of the OMT are iteratively optimized employing the theory of waveguide. The validity of the proposed method is verified by fabricating and testing the designed orthomode transducer.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.07c
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• pp.2052-2054
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• 2004

The TX/RX broadband L-type circular polarization antenna using LTCC at K/Ka band has been presented. This antenna has been analyzed in compensation for LTCC with relative permittivity 5.2 and could have been integrated with RF component. As the measured 10dB impedance circular polarization bandwidth of the proposed antenna is 7%(20.8GHz${\sim}$22.2GHz) at the K band and 2.3%(30.9GHz to 31.6GHz) at the Ka band. Also the gain of the antenna is -0.7${\sim}$3.05dBi at the K band and -2.8${\sim}$1dBi at the Ka band. The purpose of the research is to design an efficient antenna structure for satellite communication at K/Ka band. the antenna should be used for both TX and RX frequency bands. The antenna will be mounted on LTCC(Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic) so that it can be integrated with other RF circuits. This research is important because of the following reasons. 1) The frequency ranges of satellite communication tends to move up to higher frequency such as Ka band or milimeter wave band. 2) Design of antenna for smaller size, lighter weight and less loss is preferred by most RF engineers. 3) Antennas on LTCC enables to integrate the antenna with other RF circuits, and thus, one can reduce the size and loss of the RF system.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.101-109
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• 2012

Because the installation problem of parabola antenna that is tilted to 45 degree when this antenna is installed at the area of middle latitude, the study on planar antenna in place of parabola antenna is made rapid progess. Especially, The development of the planar antenna for VSAT is needed depending on the increased Ka-band satellite communications. In this paper, in order to meet with these performances, an array antenna consisting of the vertical polarized waveguide longitudinal slots based on the leaky-wave mode of traveling wave antenna is proposed. Especially, for the lower sidelobe level, the design method of the radiation power distribution control using the different slot widths is proposed. An array antenna consisting of 32 leakywave waveguide antennas is showing 35.16 dBi of gain, 2.5 degree of beamwidth at azimuth, below than -30 dB of sidelobe level, 45.8 degree of beam tilt angle in center frequency 30.2 GHz.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.184-190
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• 2006

Using COMS which provides multi-beam switching function, the optimal transmission channel environments which provides the high data rate communication are proposed in this paper. Also the link budget for communication transponder of COMSAT is designed. Bsaed on the channel modeling for group delay, non-linear and gain flatness characteristics, the system performances which provide high data rate (HDR) service were analyzed in Ka-band satellite channel. As the transmission data rate is increased, the degradation due to these channel characteristics is severely affect the system performance. To efficiently provide the various service via the same transmission system it is necessary to equlize the primary impairment factors. The optimum operating points of HDR satellite transmission system are implemeted and operated by considering the analyzed results on channel characteristics.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.71-75
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• 2006

This paper describes operation plans for satellite communications system (SATCOM) which is consisted of Ka band communication payload, geostationary satellite control system and communication test earth station system for the communication, ocean and meteorological satellite system (COMS). Also this paper describes the communication service and mission plans by each system of the SATCOM, and configurations and functions of the system interface between each system. Especially this paper proposes operational items, functions and their configuration diagrams, touches their operational plans. This paper describes function definitions, configuration diagram and operation plans of the PCS )Payload Control System) for monitor and control of the communication payload and communication service network of the SATCOM.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.209-215
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• 2017

In this paper, an antenna having 2-axes cross monopulse for Ka band millimeter-wave seeker is designed and antenna performance is verified through vacuum-brazing method for fabrication and measurement. Also, by designing and manufacturing a waveguide circulator the antenna including the circulator is measured. Radiating part of the antenna takes optimized slot lengths and offsets from Elliot's array synthesis procedure using the generic algorithm and feeding part for cross monopulse axes uses the folded waveguide to optimize the S-parameter result. Based on this method, the antenna has 33.3 dBi gain, $3.5^{\circ}{\pm}0.5^{\circ}$ beamwidth, below -23 dB SLL through fabricating and measuring. It is found that antenna characteristics is similar to design results.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.99-107
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• 2014

Abruptly occurred obstacles on highway threaten driving safety. Radar draws the attention to the collision avoidance system because it can be fully operational in all weather, and day and night condition. This paper presents the design, implementation and performance test results of pulsed Doppler radar system for detection and warning of road obstacles. The system is designed to consider highway environment and detection capability about various fixed and moving obstacles. The system consists of 4 subsystems, which include antenna unit, transmitter and receiver unit, radar signal & data processing unit, and controller & display unit. The core technologies include clutter map based change detection for fixed obstacles detection, Doppler estimation for velocity detection of moving targets, and azimuth angle estimation method using monopulse for lane estimation and tracking. The design performance of the developed radar system is verified through experiments using a fixed reference target and moving vehicles in test highway.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.1113-1116
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• 2005

Using COMSAT which provides multi-beam switching function, the optimal transmission channel environment which provides the high data rate communication are proposed in this paper. Also the link budget for communication transponder of COMSAT is designed. Based on the channel modeling for group delay, non-linear and gain flatness characteristics, the system performances which provide various data rate services were analyzed in Ka-band satellite channel. As the transmission data rate is increased, the degradation due to these channel characteristics is severely increased. The linear component of group delay and the AM-AM component of non-linear characteristics severely affect the system performance. To efficiently provide the various service via the same transmission system it is necessary to equalize the primary impairment factors. The optimum operating points of HDR satellite transmission system are implemented and operated by considering the analyzed results on channel characteristics.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.35-42
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• 2021

The research of amplifier have been actively conducted to replace the Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) in the mmWave. For Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPA), which combine semiconductor-type devices to obtain high output, Low-loss, high-efficiency combination techniques are required to meet the required output as the output of a single relatively low device is relatively low. In this paper, we design and produce an 8-way waveguide combiner and a reflective loss of more than 20dB and a binding efficiency of 85% or more were identified. Field analysis calculates the critical power inside the combiner. It secured stable Power Ratings and built-in coupler for power monitoring to achieve miniaturization and light weight.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.262-265
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• 2012

In this paper, a Ka-band 8 W power amplifier module with WR-28 waveguide input and output ports is implemented and measured using four 2 W power amplifier modules and 4:1 waveguide power combiners with high isolation of 25 dB at 35 GHz. The 2 W power amplifier modules are fabricated using waveguide-to-microstrip transitions and show output power of 32.5~33.3 dBm and power gain of 26.9~28.7 dB at 35 GHz. Four 2 W power amplifier modules are combined through 4:1 waveguide power combiners with resistive septum and the combined power shows 39.0 dBm(8 W) under 6 V drain bias and 39.6 dBm(9.1 W) under 6.5 V drain bias at 35 GHz.