• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.749-756
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• 2015

In this paper, we propose a unique systolic structure and communication algorithm that maintains a solid link between nodes using synchronous digital communication and enables low power communication. This system was designed by using CC2500 RF transceiver, CC2590 RF front end and C8051F330 low power microcontroller. The measurement of power consumption in the network link shows below $400{\mu}W$ in data transfer rate 320bps. The system constitutes the base unit of low power wireless network that was composed of each seven link nodes having eight sensor nodes. Results of the experiments show that link nodes using a 4Ah battery could operate over 3 years without replacement.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.19 no.9
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• pp.985-991
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• 2008

This paper presents a novel balanced mixer receiver front-end design based on a metamaterial structure applicable to differential-/common-mode excitation. This metamaterial structure functions as a leaky-wave antenna and provides in-trinsic common-mode suppression. Low LO leakage and high RF to LO isolation are achieved without additional filters for LO and RF paths. The metamaterial is based on a unit-cell which under a differential-mode excitation behaves like a composite right/left-handed(CRLH) metamaterial. In contrast, the metamaterial unit-cell is below cut-off under a common-mode excitation. Experimental results are used to verify the proposed metamaterial's differential-/common-mode characteristics. The metamaterial is integrated with a balanced mixer design resulting in an operation frequency range of $1.96{\sim}2.40$ GHz with an optimum mixer conversion loss of 21.1 dB at 2,4 GHz.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.188-198
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• 2018

In this study, we propose an approach for the design and satisfy the requirements of the fabrication of a small, lightweight, reliable, and stable ultra-wideband receiver for millimeter-wave bands and the contents of the approach. In this paper, we designed and fabricated a stable receiver with having low noise figure, flat gain characteristics, and low noise characteristics, suitable for millimeter-wave bands. The method uses the chip-and-wire process for the assembly and operation of a bare MMIC device. In order to compensate for the mismatch between the components used in the receiver, an amplifier, mixer, multiplier, and filter suitable for wideband frequency characteristics were designed and applied to the receiver. To improve the low frequency and narrow bandwidth of existing products, mathematical modeling of the wideband receiver was performed and based on this spurious signals generated from complex local oscillation signals were designed so as not to affect the RF path. In the ultra-wideband receiver, the gain was between 22.2 dB and 28.5 dB at Band A (input frequency, 18-26 GHz) with a flatness of approximately 6.3 dB, while the gain was between 21.9 dB and 26.0 dB at Band B (input frequency, 26-40 GHz) with a flatness of approximately 4.1 dB. The measured value of the noise figure at Band A was 7.92 dB and the maximum value of noise figure, measured at Band B was 8.58 dB. The leakage signal of the local oscillator (LO) was -97.3 dBm and -90 dBm at the 33 GHz and 44 GHz path, respectively. Measurement was made at the 15 GHz IF output of band A (LO, 33 GHz) and the suppression characteristic obtained through the measurement was approximately 30 dBc.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.201-204
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• 2004

In this paper, a down-converter that can work for L-band RF front-end of DMB receiver is designed. Since DRK-02, a reference for our work, had been designed for a stationary receiver, not for mobile one, the supply voltage is set relatively high of 8.5V. We improve it with 3.3V and save design space and cost by employing only one Mixer and IF_Amp comparing to the reference one in which two Mixers and two IF_Amps are used.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.1660-1661
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 7중 대역 (GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900, UMTS850, UMTS1900, UMTS2100) 을 지원하는 LPF 내장형 LTCC 프런트 엔드 모듈 (FEM) 을 설계, 제작 및 측정하였다. 제작된 FEM은 효과적인 고조파 제거를 위해 수동소자를 LTCC 기판에 내장하여 저역 통과 필터(LPF)를 구현하였다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 FEM은 송수신 신호를 선택하기 위한 flip-chip 형태의 CMOS RF SP9T switch, Rx 신호의 수신을 위한 dual type의 SAW filter, 매칭 및 ESD 보호 회로를 위한 0603 크기의 칩소자가 부품 외부에 실장되어 구현된다. 전체 크기는 $4.5{\times}3.2{\times}1.2\;mm^3$의 초소형으로 내부 GND 2개 층을 포함하여 총 16층으로 구성된다. 측정결과는 송신단과 수신단의 삽입손실이 각각 1.7 dB, 3.6 dB 이하의 우수한 특성을 보였다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.56 no.4
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• pp.768-772
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• 2007

Integration of RF front end module(FEM) into the antenna has been investigated in USPCS band (1.88GHz-1.99GHz). The FEM consists of input filter, power amplifier, coupler, power detector, bias switch and duplexer. The antenna was designed in planar inverted F antenna(PIFA) structure to implement it inside the handset. In order to avoid strong coupling between the antenna and FEM, a shielding ground layer was placed between them. The antenna size is 19mm by 10mm by 6mm under which FEM whose size is 8mm by 5mm by 1.5m locates. The antenna impedance was selected to match to FEM having better efficiency rather than gain since FEM has enough gain whose system spec is minimum of 20dB. The antenna patterns are shown with and without FEM.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.116-122
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• 2006

A fast scan digital-IF FFT receiver at the radio communication band is presented for spectrum monitoring applications. It is composed of three parts: RF front-end, fast LO board, and signal processing board. It has about 19GHz/s scan rate, multi frequency resolution from 10kHz to 2.5kHz, and high sensitivity of below -99dBm. The design and performance analysis of the digital-IF FFT receiver are presented.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.10c
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• pp.166-168
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• 2006

An analog front-end circuit for 13.56MHz ISO/IECl4443 type B compatible RFID tags was designed. The designed circuit includes a rectifier and regulator to generate a stable DC voltage from the RF signal, an over-voltage limiter to protect the circuit from high voltages, an ASK demodulator to extract the data transferred from reader to tag, and a load modulator to transfer data from tag to reader. The functionality of the designed circuit has been verified through simulations using 0.25um CMOS process parameters.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.57-57
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 RFID를 위한 읽기 전용 CMOS 트랜스폰더를 one-chip으로 설계하였다. 리더에서 공급되는 자기장으로부터 트랜스폰더 칩의 전원을 공급하기 위한 전파정류기를 NMOS 트랜지스터를 사용하여 설계하였으며, 데이터 저장 소자로는 64비트의 ROM을 사용하였다. 메모리에 저장되어 있는 ID 코드는 Manchester 코딩되어 front-end 임피던스 변조 방식으로 리더에 전송된다. 임피던스 변조를 위한 감폭회로로는 리더와 트랜스폰더 사이의 거리가 변해도 일정한 감폭율을 갖는 새로운 감폭회로를 사용하였다. 설계된 회로는 0.65㎛ 2-poly, 2-metal CMOS 공정을 사용하여 IC로 제작되었다. 칩 면적은 0.9㎜×0.4㎜이다. 측정 결과 설계된 트랜스폰더 IC는 인식거리 내에서 약 20∼25%의 일정한 감폭율을 보이며, 125㎑의 RF에 대해 3.9kbps의 데이터 전송속도를 보인다. 트랜스폰더 칩의 전력소모는 읽기 모드시 약 100㎼이다. 인식거리는 약 7㎝이다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.10b
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• pp.234-236
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 high-quality의 멀티미디어 통신을 위한 전력 소모 프로파일을 도출하였다. 전력 소모 블록을 크게 세가지로 나누어 RF Front-end, baseband와 멀티미디어 신호처리를 위한 디지털 프로세싱, LCD등의 사용자 인터페이스로 크게 나눌 수 있다. 각 기능 블록들이 소모한 전력을 분석하였으며, 모바일 단말 채널 환경에서의 OFDM의 성능을 분석하여 멀티미디어 처리를 위한 괌대역 멀티미디어 단말에서의 전력절감 효율을 분석하였다.