• ETRI Journal
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.657-660
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• 2004

We propose a fine phase tuner and a rounding processor for a numerically controlled oscillator (NCO), yielding a reduced phase error in generating a digital sine waveform. By using the fine phase tuner presented in this paper, when the ratio of the desired sine wave frequency to the clock frequency is expressed as a fraction, an accurate adjustment in representing the fractional value can be achieved with simple hardware. In addition, the proposed rounding processor reduces the effects of phase truncation on the output spectrum. Logic simulation results of the NCO using these techniques show that the noise spectrum and mean square error (MSE) for eight output bits of a 3.125 MHz sine waveform are reduced by 8.68 dB and 5.5 dB, respectively, compared to those of the truncation method, and 2.38 dB and 0.83 dB, respectively, compared to those of Paul's scheme.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.29 no.11A
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• pp.1271-1277
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• 2004

We propose a foe phase tuner and a rounding processor for a numerically controlled oscillator (NCO), yielding a reduced phase error in generating a digital sine waveform. By using the fine Phase tuner Presented in this paper, when the ratio of the desired sine wave frequency to the clock frequency is expressed as a fraction, an accurate adjustment in representing the fractional value can be achieved with simple hardware. In addition, the proposed rounding processor reduces the effects of phase truncation on the output spectrum. Logic simulation results of the NCO for multi-carrier channel separation in cdma2000 3X multi-carrier receive system using these techniques show that the noise spectrum and mean square error (MSE) are reduced by 8.68 dB and 5.5 dB, respectively compared to those of truncation method and 2.38 dB and 0.83 dB, respectively, compared to those of Paul's scheme.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.879-885
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• 2004

This paper describes an adaptive signal processing of digital receiver with digital down convertor(DDC). DDC is composed of numerically controlled oscillator(NCO) and digital low pass filler and the received signal is processed by numerical algorithm. The simulation results of digital receiver using the passband sampling technique are presented and we confirmed that the received low IF signal is converted to zero IF by numerically processed DDC. Direction of arrival(DOA) estimation technique using multiple signal classification(MUSIC) algorithm with high resolution is also discussed. We knew that an accurate resolution of DOA depends on the input sampling numbers and antenna element numbers.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.28 no.2A
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• pp.96-101
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• 2003

This paper is on the user equipment (UE) side time tracker design and implementation of the wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) system. The time tracker is constructed as a second order closed loop including time error detector (TED), loop filter (LP), numerically controlled oscillator (NCO), and sample selector (SS). Through the simulation, we found the gain of the TED as a function of the CPICH power contribution to the total transmission power of the base station. Also we derived the transfer function of the loop and the BER versus DPCH power relationships where timing offsets and loop noise bandwidths are used as parameters. In the curve, we can conclude that there are appropriate loop noise bandwidths according to the given environments for the better performance.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.26 no.11B
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• pp.1565-1573
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• 2001

In order to resolve problems according to the phase error in QPSK demodulator in the digital satellite broadcasting, the demodulator requires carrier recovery loop which searches for the frequency and phase of the carrier. In this paper the drawback of NCO of the conventional carrier recovery loop is to wastes a amount of power for the structure of Look-up table , we designed the structure of combinational logic without the Look-up table. In the comparison with dynamic power of the proposed NCO, the power of NCO with the Look-up table is 175[${\mu}$W], NCO with the proposed structure is 24.65[${\mu}$W]. As the result, it is recognized that loss power is reduced about one eighth. In the simulation of carrier recovery loop designed QPSK demodulator, it is known that the carrier phase is compensated.

• The Magazine of the IEIE
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.422-422
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 기존의 기지국과 W-CDMA 시스템을 상호 연동하기 위한 SDR(Software Defined Radio) 기반의 멀티 밴드 디지털 IF 모듈 구현에 대해 소개한다. 하드웨어 플랫폼상에 테스트 및 시험 검증하기 위해서 크게 광대역 ADC, DAC, FPGA로 구성하였으며, FPGA 내에 디지털 필터 및 NCO 등의 응용 소프트웨어는 VHDL로 코딩하였다. 디지털 필터는 FPGA의 허용 자원을 고려하여 인터폴레이션 및 데시메이션을 위한 폴리페이즈 필터 뱅크로 구현하였다. 또한 송신단에서는 이미지 성분을 제거하기 위해 2단의 DCQM(Digital Complex Quadrature Modulation)을 적용하였으며, 이때 적용되는 NCO(Numerically Controlled Oscillator)는 1/4주기의 LUT를 사용하여 설계하였다. 수신단에서는 IF 단에 SAW 필터를 사용하지 않기 때문에 W-CDMA의 블록커 규약에 준하면서 근접 채널을 제거하기 위한 고출력의 감쇄 특성을 갖는 필터를 설계하였다. 본 논문에서는 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션 결과와 스펙트럼 분석기를 통해 측정된 결과를 비교 분석하였으며 이에 대한 디지털 IF 모듈의 성능을 검증하였다.

• The Magazine of the IEIE
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.76-88
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 기존의 기지국과 W-CDMA 시스템을 상호 연동하기 위한 SDR(Software Defined Radio) 기반의 멀티 밴드 디지털 IF 모듈 구현에 대해 소개한다. 하드웨어 플랫폼상에 테스트 및 시험 검증하기 위해서 크게 광대역 ADC, DAC, FPGA로 구성하였으며, FPGA 내에 디지털 필터 및 NCO등의 응용 소프트웨어는 VHDL로 코딩하였다. 디지털 필터는 FPGA의 허용 자원을 고려하여 인터폴레이션 및 데시메이션을 위한 폴리페이즈 필터 뱅크로 구현하였다. 또한 송신단에서는 이미지 성분을 제거하기 위해 2단의 DCQM(Digital Complex Quadrature Modulation)을 적용하였으며, 이때 적용되는 NCO (Numerically Controlled Oscillator)는 1/4주기의 LUT를 사용하여 설계하였다. 수신단에서는 IF 단에 SAW필터를 사용하지 않기 때문에 W-CDMA의 블록커 규약에 준하면서 근접 채널을 제거하기 위한 고출력의 감쇄 특성을 갖는 필터를 설계하였다. 본 논문에서는 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션 결과와 스펙트럼 분석기를 통해 측정된 결과를 비교 분석하였으며 이에 대한 디지털 IF 모듈의 성능을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07d
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• pp.2589-2591
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• 2002

송수신기의 방식에는 직접변환 방식과 기저대역 신호와 LO(Local Oscillator)를 혼합하여 interpolation 기법을 사용하여 중간 주파수 단계까지 up conversion을 하고 두 번째 LO와 IF신호를 혼합하여 RF신호로 변환하여 송신하는 헤테로다인 방식이 존재한다. 본 논문에서는 이런 송수신기 방식 중에서 헤테로다인 방식을 적용하여 QPSK에서의 digital up /down converter를 Simulink 환경에서 설계 및 구현하였다. Up converter는 4배의 interpolation 필터와 4단짜리 cascaded integrate-comb(CIC)필터를 사용하여 입력데이터의 샘플 레이트를 클럭 레이트까지 증가시켰으며, numerically controlled oscillator (NCO)와 mixer를 사용하여 신호를 변조하였다. Down converter의 구조는 up converter와 동일하며 단지 up converter의 반대순서로 구성되어있다. 이런 모든 과정을 Simulink를 이용한 시뮬레이션과 스펙트럼 분석기를 사용하여 검증해 보았다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.77-84
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• 2000

In this paper, we discuss a symbol clock extraction scheme based on maximizing the band-edge component of the transmitted signal frequency spectrum for applications to 51.84Mbps VDSL system which uses a 16-QAM. The major characteristics of the digital PLL are examined. In addition, we suggest an efficient design method of a sinusoidal look-up table which is used for NCO.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.25 no.9
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• pp.903-911
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• 2014

This paper proposes a high speed frequency synthesizer with dual phase-locked loop(PLL) structure to improve phase noise level and shape in a wideband receiver. To reduce phase noise and fractional spur, a output frequency of $1^{st}$ PLL used as reference frequency of $2^{nd}$ PLL is changed. The frequency synthesizer has been designed with 1 Hz frequency resolution using digital NCO in 6.5~8.5 GHz wide spectrum. The measured results of the fabricated frequency synthesizer show that the output power is about -3 dBm, the maximum lock-in time and phase noise are within 60 us and -95 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset, respectively.