• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.1542-1548
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• 2009

This paper describes a size-reduced Wilkinson power divider using substrate integrated artificial dielectric(SIAD). SIAD transmission lines have increased effective refractive index, so the line width and length are reduced from those of standard transmission lines. Therefore the "size-reduction effect" is achieved if SIAD lines are applied to high frequency circuits. An efficient simulation method is proposed for SIAD lines which have an enormous number of via-holes. A 2GHz Wilkinson power divider is designed and measured using SIAD transmission line as an example of application. The size of the fabricated divider is reduced by 32% due to the increased effective refractive index of SIAD, while the performances are maintained similarly.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.58 no.8
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• pp.1585-1591
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• 2009

This paper describes a new method for extracting characteristic impedance of transmission line using Substrate Integrated Artificial Dielectric (SIAD). The new procedure to calculate the characteristic impedance of SIAD transmission line is described with the proper equations and basic transmission line theory. The characteristic impedance is determined as an almost fixed value in the proposed method, while it fluctuates according to frequency in the previous method. As the result, the effective dielectric constant of SIAD transmission line is calculated as a fixed value rather than fluctuating one. In order to show the validity of the proposed method, SIAD microstrip lines are simulated and measured, and characteristic impedances and effective dielectric constant are calculated and compared to the previous method.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2009.12a
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• pp.220-222
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• 2009

적층형 가유전체 구조는 유효유전율과 유효투자율은 주어진 표준형 전송선로의 경우보다 증가하므로 결과적으로 전송선로의 길이를 짧게 할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 따라서 회로의 소형화에 유용하게 사용될 수 있는데, 본 논문에서는 한 예로써 대표적인 무선 회로인 방향성 결합기의 소형화된 회로에 대하여 기술하고 있다. 표준형 회로와 적층형 가유전체 구조를 이용하여 소형화한 방향성 결합기를 2GHz 대역에서 설계하여 실제로 제작하여 측정한 결과를 제시한다. 종래의 표준형 회로와 비교할 때, 동일한 성능을 유지하면서도 회로의 크기가 49.4%만큼 감소한 결과가 소개된다.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.300-302
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• 2009

적층형 가유전체 구조는 유효유전율과 유효투자율은 주어진 표준형 전송선로의 경우보다 증가하므로 결과적으로 전송선로의 길이를 짧게 할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 따라서 회로의 소형화에 유용하게 사용될 수 있는데, 본 논문에서는 한 예로써 대표적인 무선 회로인 윌킨슨 전력분배기의 소형화된 회로에 대하여 기술하고 있다. 표준형 회로와 적층형 가유전체 구조를 이용하여 소형화한 윌킨슨 전력분배기를 2GHz 대역에서 설계하여 실제로 제작하여 측정한 결과를 제시한다. 종래의 표준형 회로와 비교할 때, 동일한 성능을 유지하면서도 회로의 크기가 32%만큼 감소한 결과가 소개된다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.2319-2324
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• 2012

In this paper, the design of asymmetric branch line couplers using artificial dielectric substrate (ADS) is described. The effective permittivity and permeability increase in ADS because of the lots of the inserted via-holes. So the physical length and width of transmission lines realized on ADS are reduced compared to the standard lines. This enables one to design size-reduced microwave circuits. As an instance in this work, an asymmetric branch line coupler with the ratio of 3:1 is designed at 2GHz. The designed coupler has a small size of 53.4% compared to the normal circuit while the same performances are preserved. A good agreement between the simulated and measured asymmetric power dividing ratio is shown. The measured loss is only less than 0.2dB, which is a very small value.