• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.93-100
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• 2008

In this paper, Low Noise Block down converter(LNB) is designed for a Ka-band satellite television receiver only(TVRO) using commercially available MMIC. Designed Low Noise Block down-converter is composed of three stage amplifiers involving input noise matched at first amplification stage, image reject band pass filter, frequency mixer and intermediate frequency amplification. Through LNB Module power budget to obtain gain and attenuation, Optimum LNB devices satisfying Ka-band LNB technical specification are selected. Experimental results of designed Ka-band LNB yields conversion gain of over $58{\pm}1dB$, noise figure of less than 1.5dB and phase noise of -94.6dBc @10KHz.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.14 no.9
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• pp.974-978
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• 2003

The down-converter of the WCDMA Digital Optic Repeater is developed. Based on the system specifications, the structure of the down-converter is accomplished and its block diagram is drawn. The down-converter is implemented according to these block diagrams. Subsequently a low pass filter, an automatic level controlled attenuator, a frequency synthesizer and other components for the down-converter are designed and implemented, and a main board to integrate these modules is also manufactured. To reduce the noise floor of system and suppress the RF spurious noise, a PCB layout is performed carefully. For each module consisting of the down-converter and the entire system, the performance tests are accomplished to check the performance about the specifications.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.08a
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• pp.443-447
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• 2005

In this paper, a low noise amplifier(LNA) in a receiver of a Low Noise Block Down Converter (LNB) for direct broadcasting service(DBS) is implemented using GaAs HEMT. The 2-stage LNA is designed for the bandwidth of 11.7GHz - 12.2GHz. The result of a simulation of the LNA using Advanced Design System(ADS) shows that the noise figure is less than 1.4dB, the gain is greater than 23dB and the flatness is 1dB in the bandwidth of 11.7 to 12.2GHz.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.840-845
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• 2013

In this paper, the broadband frequency double down-converter based on LC filter technologies has been designed and implemented, and its performances are introduced. The Designed frequency double down-converter is consisted with a low-noise amplifier, mixer, IF amplifier, LC filter, DC-block capacitor and RF-bypass capacitor. Especially, instead of active devices of a typical converter, the suggested converter designed using passive devices to provide both low-power consumption and low-cost model. As results of the measurement, the implemented frequency double down-converter realizes the broadband performance with the bandwidth of 100MHz (13~113MHz) at the center frequency of 63MHz, and its gain is approximately 40dB.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.801-807
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• 2012

In this paper, design and implementation of frequency down converter based on LC filter technic. Single frequency down converter, designed a low-noise amplifier, mixer, IF amplifier, LC filter was configured. And it is composed of DC block capacitors and RF bypass capacitor. LC filter, replace it with the IC reduced the power and realized low cost. The gain of single down converter is about 10dBm and realized by 18MHz bandwidth at 70MHz band.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.23-28
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• 2016

In this paper, a Multi-Band Ku-band down converter was designed for reception of multi-band digital satellite broadcasting. The Multi-band low-nose down converter was designed to form four local oscillator frequencies (9.75, 10, 10.75 and 11.3GHz) representing a low phase noise due to VCO-PLL with respect to input signals of 10.7 to 12.75GHz and 3-stage low noise amplifier circuit by broadband noise matching, and to select an one band of intermediate frequency (IF) channels by digital control. The developed low-noise downconverter exhibited the full conversion gain of 64dB, and the noise figure of low-noise amplifier was 0.7dB, the P1dB of output signal 15dBm, and the phase noise -73dBc@100Hz at the band 1 carrier frequency of 9.75GHz. The low noise block downconverter (LNB) for receiving four-band digital satellite broadcasting designed in this paper can be used for satellite broadcasting of vessels navigating international waters.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.55 no.2
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• pp.100-105
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• 2006

In this paper, a low noise amplifier(LNA) in a receiver of a low noise block down converter (LNB) for direct broadcasting service(DBS) is implemented using GaAs HEMT. The LNA is designed for the bandwidth of 11.7 GHz-12.2 GHz. The two-stage LNA consists of a input matching circuit, a output matching circuit, DC-blocks and RF-chokes. Experimental results of the LNA show the noise figure less than 1.4 dB, the gain greater than 23 dB and the flatness of 1 dB in the bandwidth of 11.7 to 12.2 GHz.

• Proceedings of the Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.209-212
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 위성방송 수신용 광대역 저잡음 증폭기를 설계 및 구현하였다. 전산모의 실험용 소프트웨어를 사용하여 저잡음 증폭기를 설계하였고, 제작된 저잡음 증폭기의 전기적 특성을 네트워크 분석기와 Noise Figure 분석기를 사용하여 측정하였다. LNA단의 Noise Figure에 중점을 두고 샘플을 제작하여 측정한 길과 전산모의실험에서 나온 데이터는 0.46㏈이하였고 전체 시스템에서 측정된 Noise figure는 0.6㏈정도의 좋은 길과를 나타내었지만, 반면에 이득과 반사손실의 결과가 약간 떨어짐을 보였다 위성 인터넷 등 위성을 이용하는 통신 인구의 급격한 증가와 더불어 구현된 저잡음 증폭기를 사용한 LNB(Low Noise Block down converter)가 널리 응용될 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.81-89
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• 2020

This paper describes the design and fabrication of a LNB(Low Noise Block downd-converter) which is a component of a FST(Flyaway Satellite Terminal), one of the ET(Earth Terminal) of the military satellite. LNB is physically composed of an down-converter module, a low noise amplifier module, a transmit band suppression filter, a isolator, a housing, and a cable assembly. It was designed using simulator (AWR) to satisfy the electrical characteristics of LNB's such as gain, noise figure and unwanted signal. The gain and noise figure characteristics were measured at 61.4dBm and 1.37dB, respectively. The unwanted wave was measured at -66.79dBc. Of the electrical requirements of Table 1, not only the above three but also all other items were confirmed to be satisfied.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.527-536
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• 2000

This paper discusses the design of self-oscillating mixer type low noise down converter using the microwave field effect transistor. The mixer is consists of local oscillator in which high stability dielectric resonator and band pass filter to get rid of spurious oscillation at intermediate frequency stage. The microstrip antenna was integrated in the same substrate which generate 12.3GHz and low noise amplifier was also added after antenna using 3 stage of high electron mobility transistors. The output frequency from the local oscillator was chosen as 11.3GHz for the Ku-band application. The measured phase noise was -804dBc/Hz at 100kHz offset frequency, and the gain was 7～12dB in frequency range from 12.0GHz to 12.7GHz. The noise figure at intermediate frequency stage was 64H. The designed model shows less conversion loss than previous diode type mixer. The proposed mixer can be used in digital satellite broadcasting and communication system and expected to use in next generation low noise block design.