• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.491-500
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• 2012

In this paper, a new loopback BIST structure which is effective to test RF transceiver chip and LNA(Low Noise Amplifier) in the chip is presented. Because the presented BIST structure uses a baseband processor in the chip as a tester while the system is under testing mode, the developed test technique has an advantage of performing test application and test evaluation in effectiveness. The presented BIST structure can change high frequency test output signals to a low frequency signals which can make the CUT(circuits under test) tested easily. By using this technique, the necessity of RF test equipment can be mostly reduced. The test time and test cost of RF circuits can be cut down by using proposed BIST structure, and finally the total chip manufacturing costs can be reduced.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.15 no.8
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• pp.744-751
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• 2004

This paper presents the implementation of the low cost and high speed RF ATE(Automatic Test Equipment) system, which can be a reasonable solution for reducing the test cost of RF devices. This paper suggests high speed and precise measurement capabilities which are realized by the 16 independent RF ports with high speed switching time and high accuracy digitizer using the industry standard Versus module eXtensions for Instrument(VXI) General Purpose Interface Bus(GPIB) interfaces. Also, the system has the capabilities of quad-site test which can dramatically increase the device throughput. This paper concludes with the demonstration of the implemented ATE system through the setup of RF Power Amplifier Module(PAM), which is under the most competitive market situation.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.52-59
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• 2007

Telecommunication satellite consists of a bus system and an RF payload system with high efficiency and high gain reflector antennas. Antenna measurement and also RF system performance (antenna under test, payload and satellite level) have to be evaluated enough before launching in the far-field range or equivalent test range. Basically far-field range is required in a range from two hundred meters to several kilo meters, and it is highly constrained to the externa1 environment, like the RF and the whether environment So the compact antenna test range is developed and used efficiently without external environments as in-door facility. This paper describes the configuration of the compact antenna test range, the range error, and the physical concept of the plane wave illumination Also, it provides a overall design of the anechoic chamber and range parameter values to accommodate the precision measurements in antenna test range.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.40 no.10
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• pp.1912-1921
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• 2015

In this paper, we introduce a testbed for testing the RF energy transfer technology in the Internet of Things (IoT) environment, and provide experimental results obtained by using the testbed. The IoT environment considered in this paper consists of a power beacon, which is able to wirelessly transfers energy via microwave, and multiple sensor nodes, which makes use of the energy received from the power beacon. We have implemented the testbed to experiment the RF energy transfer in such IoT environment. We have used off-the-shelf hardware components to build the testbed and have made the tesbed controlled by software so that various energy and data transmission protocol experiments can easily be conducted. We also provide experimental results and discuss the future research direction.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.43 no.5 s.347
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• pp.34-47
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• 2006

In this paper, a new testing technique for core components of wireless transceiver was proposed. That was, band fault models (including the information of specifications in the analogue and RF IC) and methods which can test specifications in the time domain easily by observing a variation of band fault models in the circuit output were proposed and developed. This technique had an advantage over testing technique in frequency domain because it didn't need expensive test equipments and could reduce the time required. Test technique proposed in this paper was adapted to the test of 5.25 GHz low noise amplifier and proved that this testing technique was efficient in RF IC including low noise amplifier.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.311-318
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• 2018

In this paper, test-bed for the evaluation of wireless communication system on a small launch vehicle is proposed. The proposed test-bed consists of antenna test-coupler, RF attenuators, and RF switch modules. The antenna test-coupler isolates antennas for each band and transmits / receives wireless signals. The RF attenuator and switch are used for path selection of testing signal path. In design and measurement result of the antenna test-coupler, the antenna test-coupler has shielding effect higher than 39.3, 47.1, 56.1 dB at UHF-, S-, X-band. Through testing on small launch vehicle wireless communication system, we were able to successfully transmit and receive data between each test system and launch vehicle with antenna path switching.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.101-104
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 FOB Key Smart Key System module 간의 원할한 통신을 위한 실차 테스트를 하였으며, 실차 테스트를 위한 데모 모듈레이션 구성은 물론 각 모듈간의 통신상태및 최적의 통신 상태를 위한 3차원 그리드 형태의 실험준비를 하였고 최적의 감도를 얻기위한 수천번의 실차 테스트를 실시하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.25 no.11
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• pp.1164-1171
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• 2014

Bulk Current Injection(BCI) test is a method of injecting current into Integrated Circuit(IC) using a current injection probe to qualify the standards of Electromagnetic Compatibility(EMC). This paper, we propose a microstrip coupler structure that can replace the BCI current injection probe that is used to inject a RF noise in standard IEC 62132-part 3 documented by International Electrotechnical Commission. Conventional high cost BCI probe has mostly been used in testing automotive ICs that use high supply voltage. We propose a compact microstrip coupler which is suitable for immunity testing of low power ICs. We tested its validity to replace the BCI injection probe from 100 MHz to 1,000 MHz. We compared the power[dBm] that is needed to generate the same level of noise between current injection probe and microstrip coupler by sweeping the frequency. Results show that microstrip coupler can inject the same level of noise into ICs for immunity test with less power.

• Digital Contents
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• no.10 s.137
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• pp.84-87
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• 2004

전무후무한 동시접속자수를 기록하며 한때 국민게임이라고도 일컬어지던 게임‘포트리스2’. 지금은 여러 이유로 그 인기가 주춤하지만 어쨌거나 포트리스2를 모르는 게이머는 간첩이라 불러도 무방할 정도의 인기와 인지도를 지녔었다. 포트리스2의 개발사 CCR에서 새롭 MMORPG 영역에 도전을 시작했다. 100억원 이상의 개발비를 투입한‘RF온라인’이 그 주인공. 지난 8월 공개 테스트를 시작한 RF온라인을 살펴봤다

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.391-397
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• 2014

Wide Area Differential GNSS(WA-DGNSS) was developed in order to improve the accuracy and integrity performance of GNSS. In this paper, overall structure of Pseudolite-Based Augmentation System(PBAS) and experimental methods which enables the post-processing test with commercial receiver will be described. For generating augmenting message, GPS measurement collected from five NDGPS reference stations were processed by reference station S/W and master station S/W. The accuracy of augmenting message was tested by comparing SP3, IONEX data. In the test, RF signal of user was collected and correction data were generated. After that, RF signal was broadcasted with pseudolite signal. Test was conducted using three commercial receiver and the performance was compared with MSAS and standalone user. From the position output of each receiver, it was shown that improved position was obtained by applying augmenting message.