• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.10-16
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• 2000

This paper presents new double-sided 3-dB branch-line coupler using CPW-to-Microstrip via-hole transitions for the multi-layer applications. The characteristic impedance is obtained using the even-odd mode method, and the circuit performance Is accurately estimated by the Finite Difference Time Domain(FDTD) method. The fabricated double-sided 3-dB branch-line coupler has less than 0.3 dB power dividing imbalance and 1。 phase imbalance, greater than 30 dB isolation, and 25 dB return loss over a 20% bandwidth centered at 2 GHz. Calculated and fabricated results show that this coupler provides better performance as compared to the conventional microstrip branch-line couplers.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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• v.36D no.3
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• pp.1-11
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• 1999

It is now common practice to utilize the quadrature RF coils to improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) System. In addition, to make such an available SNR improvement, it is mandatory to use a well-designed quadrature coupler, which facilitates a perfect 3-dB coupling and quadrature-phase shift. However, the four ports matching condition has to be well considered during the RF excitation and the signal detection period. This work investigates the effects of such a mismatching condition (especially, due to patient) from the analysis, simulation, and real implementation and firstly proposes dynamic loading technique for a quadrature coupler and transmitting/receiving switch module to minimize a patient mismatching and enhance a system reliability. Also, we designed and implemented the quadrature coupler and transmitting/receiving switch module using microstrip. As a result, the SNR of our MRI system using the microstrip quadrature coupler and transmitting/receiving switch module with dynamic load increases 3 dB compared with the old one using USA quadrature switch. Also, the power capability of quadrature coupler and transmitting/receiving switch module is 5-kw peak power. Considering power loss and reduction of size, we used a RT/duroid 6010 substrate with high permittivity and for simulation we use Compact Software.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.144-152
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• 2009

This paper propose highly miniaturized active $90^{\circ}C$ phase difference power divider and combiner for application to wireless communication system. The conventional passive $90^{\circ}C$ power divider and combiner cannot be integrated on MMIC because of their very large circuit size. Therefore, the highly miniaturized active $90^{\circ}C$ phase difference power divider and combiner are required for a development of highly integrated MMIC. In this paper, the highly miniaturized active $90^{\circ}C$ phase difference power divider and combiner employing InGaAs/GaAs HBT were designed, fabricated on GaAs substrate. According to the results, the circuit size of fabricated active $90^{\circ}C$ phase difference power divider and combiner were $1.67{\times}0.87$ mm and $2.42{\times}1.05$ mm, respectively, which were 31.6% and 2.2% of the size of conventional passive branch-line coupler. The output gain division characteristic of proposed divider circuit showed 8.4 dB and 7.9 dB respectively, and output phase difference characteristic showed $-89.3^{\circ}C$. The output gain coupling characteristic of proposed combiner circuit showed 9.4 dB and 10.5 dB respectively, and output phase difference characteristic showed $-92.6^{\circ}C$. The highly miniaturized active $90^{\circ}C$ phase difference power divider and combiner exhibited good RF performances compared with the conventional passive branch-line coupler.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.1037-1044
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• 2010

In this paper, a new size-reduced, wideband ring-hybrid coupler is presented, and a design of a planar single-balanced doubler using the ring-hybrid is shown. This ring-hybrid coupler employs a pair of ultra-wideband transitions for phase inversion, which consists of in-phase and out of-phase transitions providing a good amplitude and phase balances for wide frequency ranges. The implemented ring-hybrid is 65 % smaller than conventional ring-hybrids, and provides 92.5 % and 81.3 % bandwidth at $\sum$ and $\Delta$ ports, respectively. Thanks to good amplitude and phase balances over wide bandwidth, the ring-hybrid can be applied to implement various balanced components. The implemented single-balanced doubler utilizing the ring-hybrid exhibits typical conversion loss of 10.5 dB for the output frequency range of 4~12 GHz with fundamental suppression level of 30 dB. The performance was also well-predicted with the nonlinear circuit simulation.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.194-200
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• 2009

This paper introduces a ring hybrid coupler using shunt capacitors, high impedance lines and CRLH-TLs (Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Lines) with size reduction and bandwidth enhancement. The reduced method of line length uses to combine a short length high impedance line and shunt capacitors. Also, there is combined CRLH meta-material so as to obtain wide bandwidth of transmission line using nonlinear phase characteristic of CRLH-TL that consists of series capacitors and shunt inductors. The implemented ring hybrid coupler shows a novel design with compact size that is smaller than 10% and bandwidth is larger than 60% of conventional ring hybrid coupler.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.23 no.7
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• pp.844-847
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• 2012

By using LHTL(Left-Handed Transmission Line) which is a form of a metamaterial and conventional RHTL (Right-Handed Transmission Line), we designed, fabricated and tested a broadband $90^{\circ}$ coupler which is a basic circuit for I-Q vector signal generation. Synthetic LHTL and RHTL were implemented with capacitors and inductors only, that the size is minimized. Also, by implementing a Wilkinson power divider which is required for the suggested circuit using a synthetic RHTL, the size of whole circuit is only $11mm{\times}12mm$. For the frequency range 0.8~1.25 GHz, the phase difference at the outputs maintained $90^{\circ}{\pm}5^{\circ}$ and thus, a broadband $90^{\circ}$ coupler could be made in a compact form. for the same frequency range, the insertion loss is less than 1.6 dB and return loss is more than 10.1 dB. To the best of our knowledge, this is the smallest and broadband $90^{\circ}$ coupler for the frequency range and if the circuit is made with MMIC(Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit) technology, the size will be reduced much further.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.369-370
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• 2009

전력선 통신용 접촉식 커플러의 제조 방법 확립과 응용 가능성을 파악하기 위해 440V이하의 저압용 3상 4선식 접촉식 커플러를 설계 및 제조하였다. 60Hz의 교류 전압 신호를 차단하는 캐패시터의 용량이 증가할수록 삽입 손실의 증가하였으며, 68nF의 캐패시터를 적용하여 90~450kHz, 2~30MHz의 전력선통신 주파수 대역에서 최소 삽입 손실 특성을 얻었다. 커플링 트랜스의 권선수 증가는 전자계 결합계수의 상승으로 자기유도 효율이 증가하여 삽입 손실 특성이 증가하였으며. 6턴 이상의 권선수에서는 거의 일정한 삽입 손실 특성을 나타내었다. 설계 완료된 접촉식 커플러를 이용하여 전력선 통신 주파수인 90~450kHz, 2~30MHz 대역에서 $-2\pm1dB$의 삽입 손실 특성을 얻었다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.20 no.10
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• pp.895-900
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• 2007

Partial discharge(PD) test can be performed either when the rotating machine is not operating(off-line) or during normal machine operation(on-line). This paper presents an on-line and off-line PD test on a large hydro-generator and induction motor using the same PD acquisition system(PDAS) and ceramic coupler(CC) sensor. PD signal characteristics of CC sensor proved similar with that of epoxy mica coupler(EMC) sensor as a results of PD test for simulated defect winding and frequency response test. A comparison of on-line and off-line PD test for PD characteristic parameters-phase resolved PD(PRPD), maximum PD value(Qmax) and PD occurrence energy(POE)-indicated that on-line PD test could reliably and effectively diagnose insulation conditions which were verified by off-line PD test.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.139-143
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• 2015

A push-push voltage controlled dielectric resonator oscillator (VCDRO) with a modified frequency tuning structure using broadside couplers is investigated. The push-push VCDRO designed at 16 GHz is manufactured using a low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology to reduce the circuit size. The frequency tuning structure using a broadside coupler is embedded in a layer of the A6 substrate by using the LTCC process. Experimental results show that the fundamental and third harmonics are suppressed above 15 dBc and 30 dBc, respectively, and the phase noise of push-push VCDRO is -97.5 dBc/Hz at an offset frequency of 100 kHz from the carrier. The proposed frequency tuning structure has a tuning range of 4.46 MHz over a control voltage of 1-11 V. This push-push VCDRO has a miniature size of 15 mm×15 mm. The proposed design and fabrication techniques for a push-push oscillator seem to be applicable in many space and commercial VCDRO products.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.18-23
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• 2010

4$\times$4 Butler Matrix structure has been presented in this paper. It can passes the signal with equal power level and phase difference in the 824MHz to 894MHz frequency of the cellular band. Conventional Butler Matrix was implemented as a single layer substrate structure, but in this paper, we use multi-layer substrate structure and eventually we could get it reduced in size than others. We also used the LTCC coupler to reduce the size effectively, instead of using $90^{\circ}$ hybrid coupler composed of microstrip structure. we used Designer V3.5 Ansoft HFSS V11 for design of 4$\times$4 Butler matrix. Finally, we get good agreements between simulation and experimental results.