• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.147-151
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 주파수 측정기의 핵심 소자이며 위상 비교 방향 탐지기의 핵심 소자인 위상 변별기를 설계하였다. Microwave Frequency대역 분류를 기준으로 하여 C-Band의 주파수 신호를 처리하는 광대역 Correlator를 설계하였다. 위상 번별기를 구성하는 광대역 2단 2way Power Divider를 설계하였으며, $180^{\circ}$ Metamaterial Hybrid Rat-Race Coupler와 $90^{\circ}$ Hybrid Coupler를 설계하여, 일반적인 위상변별기와 비교하여, Compact하며, 광대역인 특성을 얻을 수 있었다. 위상 변별기의 구성은 광대역 소자를 사용하였으며 그 외 Phase를 맞추기 위한 Delay Line을 구성하였다.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.225-230
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• 2019

In order to improve performance for the size of the rat-race ring coupler, the CCL is used for the realization as the delay line. As realizing lower coupling coefficient, the ratio of the size-reduction for the CCL is enhanced. The CCL is alternated with ${\lambda}_g/4$ of the rat-race ring, and optimized two CCLs are inserted for the size-reduction. the coupling coefficient is 0.2, and electrical lengths of each CCL are $28.2^{\circ}$ and $21.7^{\circ}$. Designed rat-race ring using the CCL has the size of $18.76{\times}20.45mm^2$ and the size-reduction ratio of fabricated rat-race ring using the CCL has 76.8%. Also, fabricated rat-race ring is measured the insertion loss of 3.20dB at the center frequency of 2.45GHz and the 20dB bandwidth is 24.04%. Differenced magnitude and phase between threw port and coupled port are measured 0.1dB and $177.4^{\circ}$, respectively. These performances are almost same compared with the conventional rat-race ring. Suggested application of the CCL can be used various devices and circuits for the size-reduction.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.235-238
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• 2011

In this paper, a novel low phase noise voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) using metamaterial structure and rat race coupler is presented for reducing the phase noise without the reduction of the frequency tuning range. The metamaterial structure has been realized by microstrip square open loop double split ring resonator (SRR). The rat race coupler shows slightly higher transmission compared to a Wilkinson combiner and is, therefore, used instead to improve the performances of VCO. By providing these unique modifications, the proposed push-push VCO has a phase noise of -126.30~-124.83 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz in the tuning range of 5.672~5.800 GHz.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제41권12호
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• pp.115-124
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 마이크로스트립 전송선로에 주기적으로 계단형 스터브를 부가하여 물리적 길이를 소형화시킨 마이크로스트립 전송선로를 나타내었다. 주기적인 계단형 스터브는 quasi-static analysis와 전송선 이론을 바탕으로 한 등가모델로 병렬로 부가된 커패시턴스 역할을 함을 보였으며, 기존의 일반 스터브를 이용한 경우보다 짧은 길이의 스터브로 높은 커패시턴스 부가 효과를 얻을 수 있음을 보였다. 그리고 이러한 선로를 이용하여 소형화된 branch-line 결합기와 rat-race결합기를 설계하였다. 1.8 ㎓에서 구현된 각각의 결합기는 677 ㎟, 913 ㎟으로 일반적인 결합기에 비해 그 크기가 62%, 45%로 다른 소자의 부가 없이 단지 전송선로의 변형만을 통해 매우 효과적으로 축소되었다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2004년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(1)
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• pp.159-162
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• 2004

In this paper, we introduce the concept of ICTL(inductively compact transmission line) that is new type of compact transmission line. As using the ICTL, the compact microstrip hybrid rat-race coupler was designed. It's new type compact rat-race couplers. The designed compact rat-race cooper at 1.8 GHz has area of 1182 $mm^2$, and it is $58\%$ for conventional rat-race couplers. Measured results are agree with predicted results.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제41권12호
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• pp.109-114
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 마이크로스트림 전송선로에 주기적으로 삽입된 좁은 폭의 슬릿을 이용하여 물리적 길이가 소형화되는 전송 선로인 ILCTL(inductively loaded compact transmission line)을 소개하였다. 주기적으로 부가된 좁은 폭의 슬릿은 마이크로스 트립 전송선로에서 직렬로 부가되는 인덕턴스 역할을 함으로써 전송선로의 길이를 소형화한다. 그리고 이러한 ILCTL을 이용하여 소형화된 rat-race 결합기를 구현하였다. 1.8 GHz에서 구현된 소형화된 rat-race 결합기는 일반적인 구조에 비해 60％의 크기를 가짐을 MoM(methods of moments)기반의 full-wave analysis를 이용한 2.5D EM(electromagnetic) solver의 계산과 제작 및 측정을 통하여 확인하였다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.489-493
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• 1999

In this paper, an analysis of microstrip-slotline transition is performed using a 3D vector Finite Element Method(FEM). Artificial anistropic absorber technique is employed to implement an matching boundary condition in FEM. On the base of the analysis, power divider/combiner is designed. The structure of the power combiner already developed are Branch-line coupler, Rat-race coupler, Wilkinson coupler, Lange coupler, etc. Which are all planar, If the frequency goes up, the coupling efficiency of these planar couplers is decreased on account of skin loss. Especially, in millimeter-wave band, the efficiency of more than two ways combiner is radically reduced, so that application in power amplifier circuit is almost impossible, Microstrip-slotline transition structure is a power combining technique integrated into wave-guide, so that the loss is small and the efficiency is high. Theoretically, we can mount several transistors into the power-combiner. This makes it possible to develop a high power amplifier. The numerically calculated performances of the device that is, we believe, the best are compared to the experimental results in Ka-Band(26.5GHz-40GHz).

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신설비학회 2006년도 하계학술대회
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• pp.197-201
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• 2006

Folded lines are applied to design a compact microstrip ring hybrid. Using the proposed structure we achieve both significant size reduction and good harmonic suppression with the same results of conventional ring hybrid at 2.41GHz. Including the third harmonic frequency, up to 11GHz band harmonics are suppressed to -20dB. The size of the proposed ring-hybrid is reduced to one forth of the conventional ring hybrid. The measured frequency responses agree well with simulated ones.

• 한국초전도저온공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국초전도저온공학회 2002년도 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.358-361
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• 2002

The millirneterwave high-T$_{c}$ superconducting(HTS) down-converter sub-system with the HTS/III-V integrated mixer as the central device is demonstrated first. The constituent components of HTS down-converter sub-system such as a single balanced type integrated mixer with rat-race coupler, a cavity type bandpass filter (26 GHz), and a HTS planar lowpass filter(1 GHz), semiconductor LNA and IF-power amplifier, a driving electronic module for A/D converter, and a Stirling type mini-cooler module were combined into an International stand- and rack of 19-inch. From the RF(-61 dBm, 26.5GHz)and LO signal(-1 dBm, 25.6 GHz), IF signal(0dBm, 0.9 GHz) agreed with simulated results is obtained.d.

• 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국초전도학회 2000년도 High Temperature Superconductivity Vol.X
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• pp.15-20
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• 2000

We demonstrated a single balanced mixer of the combination of high-T. superconductor (HTS) and III-V GaAs beam lead Schottky diodes operating in the mini-cryogenic chamber. The HTS hybrid mixer was designed with a center frequency of 27.5 GHz and a bandwidth of 1 GHz, and consisted of a rat-race coupler circuit with beam-lead diodes attached to its balanced ports. The HTS hybrid mixer with 1 GHz RF bandwidths exhibits a conversion loss of 6 dB. A LO-to-RF isolation was greater than 40 dB in the range of operating frequencies. Since the HTS/III-V hybrid mixer devices have lower noise and conversion loss, this technique provide us with new capabilities that can be effectively utilized in the field of local-point distribution service (LMDS) systems.