• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.39-45
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• 2011

In this paper, the design method of portable signal analysis system is proposed and the hardware module is implemented for operation of base stations based on a common platform for mobile WiMax. The new signal analysis method is implemented as two modules; a broadband RF module and a DSP based digital signal analysis module. The RF module performs the RF-IF down conversion and gain control. And the digital module measure the base staion signal. The differences of performance are insignificant in the experiment results performed through the comparison of other fixed-large system and proposed system.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.20 no.12
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• pp.2417-2424
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• 2016

Small size and light weight is very important for components used in radar mounted platform such as airborne radar. Recently, the active phased array radar is developed as an array of antennas for thousands of transmit/receive modules to be used as a multi-function radar that can detect and track targets. In this case, the size and weight of the transmit/receive modules are critical factor for developing the radar. In this paper, we developed a compact transmit/receive module using the 10W RF MEMS switch domestically localizing and reduced the circuit area to about 86.5% compared to using a circulator. The developed module satisfies not only electrical requirements but also MIL-STD's environmental specifications. So it can be used in a military device. It can be used at adaptive tunable receivers, reconfigurable smart active antennas and wide band beam electrical steering antennas.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.23 no.8
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• pp.958-966
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• 2012

This paper presents a compact bluetooth/WiFi dual-mode dual-band RF front-end module(FEM) is realized by low temperature co-fired ceramic(LTCC) technology. The proposed RF front-end module consists of a diplexer, baluns in the LTCC substrate, and an SPDT switch, an SP3T switch on the LTCC substrate. In order to reduce the module size and increase integration level, the proposed diplexer and balun are designed using LC lumped elements. The parasitic elements caused by coupling effect between metal pattern layers and ground plane layer are considered during the design. The fabricated dual-mode RF front-end module has 13 pattern layers including three inner ground layers and it occupies less than $3.0mm{\times}3.7mm{\times}0.66mm$.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.60-63
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• 2009

In this paper, Designed and implemented about module that generate division signal for uplink section and downlink section for controlling Tx/Rx antenna of 2.3-2.7GHz WiMAX TDD repeater. It is consisted of RF block and Baseband block, and because function of this module is that synchronize with WiMAX signal and create division signal for uplink section and downlink section, this module was designed only received path. And because of manufacturing of most RF block by one chip, this module could minimize area. And in baseband block, used the WiMAX Modem to detect Preamble and DL-MAP information of WiMAX signal. This design can process about 2.3-2.7GHz WiMAX.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• 2001.06a
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• pp.17-20
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• 2001

In this paper, we realized a transceiver system for short distance communication with a commercial RF module working in ISM band. Also we measured system performance by transmitting baseband data in a building and then we compared the demodulated data bits with stored data bits in a PC connected with demodulator. The RF module In the experiments works only in the bandwidth of 424MHz-429MHz. The signal level degrades as the distance between transmitter and receiver increases. We measured the signal level and bit error and present the measured results with various locations in the building. And it is concluded that the measured data may be used in the design of short distance network in a building.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07d
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• pp.2669-2671
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 변위 손상 현상을 이용하는 중성자 탐지소자와 선량계 모듈에 RF 통신 기능을 추가하여 방사선 환경 내에서 내 방사선화 된 로봇에 의해 가동 중인 원자력 밭전소등의 특정 부분에 대하여 실시간에 측정된 방사선량 데이터의 취득이 가능한 모듈을 개발하였다. 기존의 운용중인 발전소에 대한 방사선량은 휴지기간에 탐지소자를 설치하여 다음 휴지기간에 그 탐지소자를 가지고 나와 누적방사선량을 측정하거나, 설치된 탐지소자에서 유선으로 안전한 곳까지 데이터를 취득해 와서 그 값을 분석하여 왔으나, RF 통신 기능이 추가된 모듈은 내 방사선화 된 로봇에 탑재하여 로봇이 가동 중인 발전소 곳곳을 누비며, 설치된 탐지소자로부터 그 방사선량을 취득한 수 있다. 이는 기존의 취득방식에 비해 많은 부분 효율적인 측면이 있으며, 유지보수 비용의 절감을 가져 올 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 본 연구에서는 RF 통신을 하기 위한 안테나 회로의 설계 기법과 취득한 정보를 EEPROM에 저장하고, 그 저장 데이터를 로봇에 부착된 Reader에 의해 읽을 수 있는 일련의 흐름을 구성하는데 있어 필요한 여러 가지 기술 혹은 기법에 대하여 살펴보았다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.98-109
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• 2002

Bluetooth technology is a publicly available specification proposed for Radio Frequency (RF) communication for short-range :1nd point-to-multipoint voice and data transfer. It operates in the 2.4㎓ ISM(Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band and offers the potential for low-cost, broadband wireless access for various mobile and portable devices at range of about 10 meters. In this paper, we describe the structure and the test results of the bluetooth baseband module with direct memory access method we have developed. This module consists of three blocks; link controller, UART interface, and audio CODEC. This module has a bus interface for data communication between this module and main processor and a RF interface for the transmission of bit-stream between this module and RF module. The bus interface includes DMA interface. Compared with the link controller with FIFOs, The module with DMA has a wide difference in size of module and speed of data processing. The small size module supplies lorr cost and various applications. In addition, this supports a firmware upgrade capability through UART. An FPGA and an ASIC implementation of this module, designed as soft If, are tested for file and bit-stream transfers between PCs.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.9 no.4 s.32
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• pp.179-184
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• 2004

Meter reading system, operated by meter staff who reads the meter and record consumption with handhold data terminals. can cause privacy intrusion, unread meter data, abnormal readings and excessive expenses of maintaining the system. To prevent the deterioration of customer service quality, Automatic Meter Reading system, which automatically recognizes meter readings and transmit reading data through wireless RF module, is designed. From collecting the reading data to managing statistics of customer's consumption information. this automatic meter reading system provides more accurate and fast information to customers. By designing this system, customer service satisfaction and reliability can be improve

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.362-370
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• 2010

In this paper, a compact RF Front-end module for Wireless Fidelity(Wi-Fi) and Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access(WiMAX) applications is realized by low temperature co-fired ceramic(LTCC) technology. The RF Front-end module is composed of three LTCC band-pass filters, a Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator(FBAR) filter, fully embedded matching circuits, an SPDT switch for mode selection, an SPDT switch for Tx/Rx selection, and an SP4T switch for band selection. The parasitic elements of 0.2~0.3 pF are generated by the structure of stacking in the top pad pattern for DC block capacitor of SPDT switch for mode selection. These kinds of parasitic elements break the matching characteristic, and thus, the overall electrical performance of the module is degraded. In order to compensate it, we insert a parallel lumped-element inductor on capacitor pad pattern for DC block, so that we obtain the optimized performance of the RF Front-end module. The fabricated RF front-end module has 12 layers including three inner grounds and it occupies less than $6.0mm{\times}6.0mm{\times}0.728mm$.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.114-116
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• 2015

점점 더 가속화하고 있는 이동통신 기술의 진보에서 비롯된 통신 환경의 변화는 폭증하는 데이터 트래픽에 대한 효율적인 관리 제어를 요구하고 있으며, 이러한 요구에 대응한 다양한 방식의 시스템들이 개발되고 있다. 이 중에서 RU(Radio Unit)와 DU(Digital Unit)의 분리 및 관련 기술의 고도화는 이동통신 시스템 환경 구축의 효율성과 유연성을 제고하는 신기술 방식으로 자리 잡고 있다. 본 고에서는 RF 처리부를 소형 모듈화한 RF 단위모듈을 이용하여 RU를 구현함으로써, 다양한 용량과 서비스 영역을 제공할 수 있는 기지국 솔루션 개발현황을 소개하고자 한다.