• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.91-99
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• 2018

This paper has proposed a low-noise and high-linear RF receiver supporting TV white space from 470 MHz to 698 MHz), which is implemented in $0.13-{\mu}m$ CMOS technology. It consists of a low-noise amplifier, a RF band-pass filter, a RF amplifier, a passive down-conversion mixer, and a channel-selection low-pass filter. A low-noise amplifier and RF amplifier provide a high voltage gain to improve the sensitivity level. To suppress strong and nearby interferers, two RF filtering schemes have been performed by using a RF BPF and a down-conversion mixer. The proposed LPF has been based on the common-gate topology and adopted a bi-quad cell to achieve -24dB/oct characteristics. In addition, the RF receiver can support the overall TV band by controlling a LO frequency. The simulated results show a voltage gain of 56 dB, a noise figure of less than 2 dB, and an out-of-channel IIP3 of -2.3 dBm. It consumes 37 mA from a 1.5 V supply voltage.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.473-480
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• 2013

In this paper, location recognition algorithm is developed to improve the accuracy using improve Trilateration. The location recognition algorithm is first calculate the location refer to the measured signal power. Error can be occurred when measure distance with arranged node in specific location. If the distance data is received from node (receiver, coordinator), Node selected for location calculation is defined through section. If the distance data is received from node (receiver, coordinator), Node selected for location calculation is defined through section. Second, we apply algorithm of section filtering. If there are 4 sections in node, we consider 1 section to 6 location recognition coordinates. A special characteristic drawback of RF is that the actual distance is actually farther than the calculated received distance data. This is error is incurred when the signal strength increases. We reduce the location recognition error by applying an improved algorithm as secondary after filtering primary through section filtering.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2006.10c
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• pp.108-112
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• 2006

센서 네트워크는 제한된 에너지를 가지는 작은 노드들로 구성이 된다. 이 센서 네트워크에서 가장 큰 에너지 손실을 가져오는 부분은 RF통신 부분이라 할 수 있다. 해양 센서 네트워크는 통신 매체로 음파를 사용하기 때문에 RF를 사용하는 센서 네트워크보다 통신하는데 더 많은 에너지를 소모한다. 센서 네트워크에서 통신 횟수를 줄여 에너지 효율을 높이는 방법으로 네트워크 내 집계 연산이나 필터링 등이다. 해양환경에서 데이터 값들이 유사한 층을 가지고 있다. 이 유사층에서 네트워크 내 집계 연산과 필터링의 의미를 살펴보겠다. 해양 센서 네트워크는 기존의 토플로지와 다른 구조를 가지고 있다. 새로 제안하는 구조에 어떠한 개념과 기능이 있는지를 살펴본 후 센서 노드들 임계값을 사용하여 센싱된 데이터 값이 유사한 구간을 클러스터로 묶고 묶여진 클러스터 내에서 어떻게 데이터를 전송할 방법을 제안한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.292-299
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• 2012

The line-of-sight(LOS) rate is estimated using Kalman filter in Radio-Frequency(RF) seeker. For the two axis gimbaled seeker, proper system modeling is considered and the basic filter structure is set up. The main issue for Kalman filter is choosing the proper process and measurement noise. For the measurement process, the signal to noise ratio(SNR) and other components are introduced. To cope with the eclipse problem or other abnormal seeker status, the pseudo input signal concept is proposed. By conditioning abnormal signals, the LOS rate estimation performance is increased. The process noise is also an important factor in the propagation phase. The analytical approach on a process noise component is performed and a reliable region for the filter is calculated based on the eigenvalue analysis. Some numerical simulations are performed to check the validity of suggested algorithm.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.586-586
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• 2013

저밀도 플라즈마는 반도체 공정, 나노 신소재 분야 및 우주 항공 분야 등 여러 분야에 이용되며, 플라즈마 진단 및 분석을 통해 효과적인 플라즈마 제어가 가능하다. 특히, 전자 에너지 분포 함수(Electron Energy Distribution Function, EEDF)는 전자 온도, 플라즈마 밀도 및 플라즈마 전위 등의 플라즈마 변수를 측정하거나 전자 가열 매커니즘 등을 이해하는데 있어서 매우 중요하므로 정밀한 측정이 필요하다. 그러나 RF fluctuation에 의해 낮은 전자 에너지 부분에서 EEDF가 왜곡되어 측정된 데이터 및 분석의 신뢰도가 떨어지게 된다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 RF fluctuation 보상을 위한 쵸크 필터가 사용되며, 쉬스 임피던스에 비해 쵸크필터의 임피던스가 클수록 보상 효과는 높아진다. 하지만 플라즈마의 밀도가 낮아지면 쉬스 확장에 의해 쉬스 임피던스가 증가하므로 쵸크 필터에 의한 보상만으로는 충분한 개선 효과를 얻기 힘들다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 효과적인 RF fluctuation 보상을 위해 임피던스가 높은 쵸크 필터를 설계하고 추가적으로 레퍼런스링에 전압을 걸어 쉬스의 임피던스를 줄이는 방법도 적용하였다. 유도결합방식으로 $10^{-8}cm^{-3}$ 대의 저밀도 아르곤플라즈마 방전시켰으며, 단일 랑뮤어 탐침법으로 EEDF를 측정한 결과 낮은 전자 에너지 부분의 왜곡이 개선됨을 확인하였다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.403-411
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• 2023

Functional ultrasound imaging, such as elasticity imaging and micro-blood flow Doppler imaging, enhances diagnostic capability by providing useful mechanical and functional information about tissues. However, the implementation of functional ultrasound imaging poses limitations such as the storage of vast amounts of data in Radio Frequency (RF) data acquisition and processing. In this paper, we propose a sub-Nyquist approach that reduces the amount of acquired axial samples for efficient shear-wave elasticity imaging. The proposed method acquires data at a sampling rate one-third lower than the conventional Nyquist sampling rate and tracks shear-wave signals through RF signals reconstructed using band-pass filtering-based interpolation. In this approach, the RF signal is assumed to have a fractional bandwidth of 67 %. To validate the approach, we reconstruct the shear-wave velocity images using shear-wave tracking data obtained by conventional and proposed approaches, and compare the group velocity, contrast-to-noise ratio, and structural similarity index measurement. We qualitatively and quantitatively demonstrate the potential of sub-Nyquist sampling-based shear-wave elasticity imaging, indicating that our approach could be practically useful in three-dimensional shear-wave elasticity imaging, where a massive amount of ultrasound data is required.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.8
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• pp.1805-1812
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• 2011

Bandpass sampling technique has an advantage that it uses lower sampling frequency than Nyquist criterion. But special care is required in choosing sampling frequency to avoid self-image overlapping in the first Nyquist region. Recently, the second-order BPS techniques which can suppress possible self-image by using an additional ADC and by employing digital signal processing have been proposed. This paper addresses a complex BPS based SDR front-end. Unlike general second-order BPS, it needs simple FIR filter to compensate delay in the second ADC. We show a method to find proper sampling frequencies to down convert RF signals selected by tunable RF filter operating in arbitrary frequency range.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.51 no.9
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• pp.46-53
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• 2014

In this paper, ku-band RF transceiver system is designed for the unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) line-of-sight(LOS) datalink. The RF transceiver system is consisted of the transmitting and receiving unit, RF front-end unit, and high power amplification unit. The transmitting and receiving unit has the functions of frequency up/down converting and channel changing. The RF front-end unit has the functions of transmitting and receiving signal duplexing, antenna selection, small signal amplification, and frequency filtering excluding the receiving signal. The high power amplification unit has the functions of ku-band power amplification and transmitting power variation(High/Middle/Low/Mute). The frequency up/down converting of transmitting and receiving unit is designed by using the superheterodyne method. The RF transceiver system is designed to obtain the broadband and high linearity properties for the reliable transmission and reception of high data-rate and high speed data. Also, the channel changing function is designed to use selectively the frequency as the operation environment of UAV.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.4 no.7
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• pp.783-791
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• 1994

Piezoelectric ZnO thin films were deposited on 7059 glass substrate by rf magnetron sputtering. The effects of deposition parameter, such as rf power, gas pressure and $O_{2}$/Ar gas ratio, on the crystallinity and electrical properties of the deposited ZnO thin films were studied. It was found that the deposition rate was higher than the previously reported values. ZnO films were suitable for SAW filter since a standard deviation of XRD (002) peak rocking curve was less than $6^{\circ}$. ZnO thin films, which were deposited at $O_{2}$/Ar ratio larger than 25%, showed high resistance. SAW filter was fabricated using ZnO film, of which thickness was 0.25 of the wavelength of the propatating surface acoustic wave. The measured frequency response was consistent with the calculated one. The SAW filter had center frequency 39.08 MHz, phase velocity 2501 m/sec and insertion loss 29 dB.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.501-509
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• 2011

Software defined radio(SDR) has a goal that places the analog-to-digital converter(ADC) as near the antenna as possible. But current technique actually can't do analog-to-digital converting about RF band signals. So one method is studying that samples RF band signals to IF band. One of the ways Sub-Sampling technique can convert signals from RF band to IF band without oscillator. If Sub-Sampling technique is used, over 2 bands can convert signals from RF band to IF band. But due to the filter performance in RF band, it is possible to generate interference between signals that is converted in low frequency band. The effect degrades performance. In this paper, we propose one method that uses time division multiplexing(TDM) method as a solution to avoid interference between signals. By doing TDM and Sub-Sampling at the same time that method can get signals without large changes of structures.