• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.405-409
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• 2012

In this paper, on-chip antennas applicable to ultra low power wireless transceiver are designed and evaluated. Using $0.18{\mu}m$ SiGe MMIC process, 4 types of antenna with $1{\times}1mm^2$ dimensions are fabricated. The on-wafer measurement in a microwave probe station is conducted to measure the input VSWR and antenna performance of the designed on-chip antenna. Performance evaluation results show that developed antennas can be easily integrated into one-chip RF transceiver for ubiquitous applications, including WPAN and human body communications.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.352-360
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• 2014

This paper presents a 900 MHz zero-IF RF transceiver for IEEE 802.15.4g Smart Utility Networks OFDM systems. The proposed RF transceiver comprises an RF front end, a Tx baseband analog circuit, an Rx baseband analog circuit, and a ${\Delta}{\Sigma}$ fractional-N frequency synthesizer. In the RF front end, re-use of a matching network reduces the chip size of the RF transceiver. Since a T/Rx switch is implemented only at the input of the low noise amplifier, the driver amplifier can deliver its output power to an antenna without any signal loss; thus, leading to a low dc power consumption. The proposed current-driven passive mixer in Rx and voltage-mode passive mixer in Tx can mitigate the IQ crosstalk problem, while maintaining 50% duty-cycle in local oscillator clocks. The overall Rx-baseband circuits can provide a voltage gain of 70 dB with a 1 dB gain control step. The proposed RF transceiver is implemented in a $0.18{\mu}$ CMOS technology and consumes 37 mA in Tx mode and 38 mA in Rx mode from a 1.8 V supply voltage. The fabricated chip shows a Tx average power of -2 dBm, a sensitivity level of -103 dBm at 100 Kbps with PER < 1%, an Rx input $P_{1dB}$ of -11 dBm, and an Rx input IP3 of -2.3 dBm.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제37권8A호
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• pp.661-668
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 무선 통신에 사용되는 저 전력 통신 기법들에 대해 살펴보고 초 저 전력 무선통신이 가능한 능동형 RFID(Radio Frequency Identification) 시스템에 적용할 수 있는 새로운 프로토콜과 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 기술을 바탕으로 MCU와 RF Transceiver, 칩 안테나 등을 이용하여 송수신 모듈을 구성하였고 내부 전원을 위해 리튬 코인 배터리를 사용하였다. 구현된 리더와 태그의 실험을 통해 송신 시 초당 약 $10{\mu}A$ 이하, 수신 시 초당 약 $30{\mu}A$ 이하의 소비 전류를 측정하였고 이를 바탕으로 초 저 전력 무선통신이 가능함을 확인하였다. 이러한 결과는 수신되는 패킷의 도착 시간을 동적으로 예측하는 알고리즘으로 가능하며 장시간 통신할 때에도 방전되지 않는 조건 하에 링크가 끊어지지 않은 장점을 가지고 있어 오작동을 막고 응답성을 향상시킬 수 있음을 나타낸다.

• 반도체공학회 논문지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2024

본 논문에서는 무선 센서 네트워크를 위한 생체이식형 초저전력 MICS RF 트랜시버 설게에 대해 다룬다. 400 MHz MICS 표준은 WBAN 무선 센서 시스템 구현을 위해, 인체 내 전파적 특성 및 주변 네트워크와의 간접 최소화하며 고려되었다. 본 논문은 MICS 표준에 부합하는 시스템 및 송수신기 설계를 위한 link budget 및 다양한 송수신 아키텍쳐, 초저전력 송수신기 회로기법을 포함한다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.194-201
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• 2015

A frequency modulated ultra-wideband (FM-UWB) transmitter with a high-robust relaxation oscillator for subcarrier generation and a dual-path Ring VCO for RF FM is proposed, featuring low power and low complexity. A prototype 3.65-4.25 GHz FM-UWB transceiver employing the presented transmitter is fabricated in $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS for short-range wireless data transmission. Experimental results show a bit error rate (BER) of $10^{-6}$ at a data rate of 12.5 kb/s with a communication distance of 60 cm is achieved and the power dissipation of 4.3 mW for the proposed transmitter is observed from a 1.8 V supply.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.779-787
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 전원 스위칭 방법을 사용한 소형 무인기용 RF 송수신기에 대해 다루었다. 소형 무인기에 적용하기 위해서는 크기 및 무게 등의 물리적 고려 사항과 저전력 특성이 매우 중요한데, 본 논문에서는 전력 소모를 줄이기 위한 방법으로 전원 스위칭 방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법을 사용하여 소형 무인기에 적용이 가능한 RF 송수신기를 제작하여 성능을 확인하였다. 측정 결과, 출력은 +25 dBm, 잡음 지수는 4.56 dB, 수신 감도는 -100 dBm의 성능이 측정되었다. 소모 전력 측정 결과, 전원 스위칭 방법을 적용하면 약 25 % 정도의 전력 소모를 줄일 수 있었다. 제작된 RF 송수신기의 크기는 $100{\times}60{\times}5.7mm^3$이며, 무게는 38 g이다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.78-83
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• 2019

In this study, we analyze the structure of the transceiver coil in the inductive power transfer (IPT) system. In the IPT system, the transceiver coil design needs to have the highest magnetic coupling possible because of the relatively low magnetic coupling due to the large gap of distance without the core. The transmitting coil may be formed as a multi-layer type according to the distance between the transmitting and receiving coils if the receiving coil is configured as a multi-layer type on the inner structure of the receiving apparatus, thereby improving the magnetic coupling and system efficiency. We compare and analyze the coil magnetic coupling, and system efficiency according to the layer structure of the transmitting and receiving coils and verify the analysis by JMAG simulation. Experimental results show that the layer structure of the transceiver should be considered according to the inner space of the receiving device and the spacing distance.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2006년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.609-610
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• 2006

A 77GHz MMIC transceiver module consisting of a power amplifier, a low noise amplifier, a drive amplifier, a frequency doubler and a down-mixer has been developed for automotive forward-looking radar sensor. The MMIC chip set was fabricated using $0.15{\mu}m$ gate-length InGaAs/InAlAs/GaAs mHEMT process based on 4-inch substrate. The power amplifier demonstrated a measured small signal gain of over 20dB from $76{\sim}77GHz$ with 15.5dBm output power. The chip size is $2mm{\times}2mm$. The low noise amplifier achieved a gain of 20dB in a band between $76{\sim}77\;GHz$ with an output power of 10dBm. The chip size is $2.2mm{\times}2mm$. The driver amplifier exhibited a gain of 23dB over a $76{\sim}77\;GHz$ band with an output power of 13dBm. The chip size is $2.1mm{\times}2mm$. The frequency doubler achieved an output power of -16dBm at 76.5GHz with a conversion gain of -16dB for an input power of 10dBm and a 38.25GHz input frequency. The chip size is $1.2mm{\times}1.2mm$. The down-mixer demonstrated a measured conversion gain of over -9dB. The chip size is $1.3mm{\times}1.9mm$. The transceiver module achieved an output power of 10dBm in a band between $76{\sim}77GHz$ with a receiver P1dB of -28dBm. The module size is $8{\times}9.5{\times}2.4mm^3$. This MMIC transceiver module is suitable for the 77GHz automotive radar systems and related applications in W-band.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2009

In this paper, we design RF transceiver architecture and building blocks for impulse radio UWB system. Impulse radio UWB signal occupies the wide frequency band which is very low transmission power. So, it can minimize the interference effect with the other system. Using UWB technology, we obtain position awareness service. Therefore, we describe the RF transceiver architecture of direct conversion receiver and define the requirement of RF transceiver. Moreover, we implement a prototype RF transceiver based on the presented standard and verify a function and performance through the wireless data communication and ranging test.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.90-99
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• 2016

In this work, we investigate differentially encoded blind transceiver design in low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regimes for orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signaling. Owing to the fact that acquisition of channel state information is not viable for short coherence times or in low SNR regimes, we propose a time-spread frequency-encoded method under OFDM modulation. The repetition (spreading) of differentially encoded symbols allows us to achieve a target energy per bit to noise ratio and higher diversity. Based on the channel order, we optimize subcarrier assignment for spreading (along time) to achieve frequency diversity of an OFDM modulated signal. We present the performance of our proposed transceiver design and investigate the impact of Doppler frequency on the performance of the proposed differentially encoded transceiver design. To further improve reliability of the decoded data, we employ capacity-achieving low-density parity-check forward error correction encoding to the information bits.