• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.173-174
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• 2006

High power amplifier (HPA), which is used in transmitter of wireless communication systems, usually works in near saturation point in order to achieve maximum efficiency. In this region, HPA can introduce undesirable nonlinear effects. In this paper, we present a polynomial modeling method for efficient techniques to compensate for nonlinear distortion introduced by nonlinear HPA. Proposed polynomial predistorter inverses actual amplifier. Namely, we derive polynomials of amplifiers from analytical method and the electrical parameters in the data sheet of an actual amplifier and then can derive polynomial predistorter by inversing them. It is an effective and a simple method to compensate nonlinear distortion. SSPA(Solid-state power amplifier) is considered. We also analyze the effects of predistortion on the SER performance of communication system with 16-QAM modulation format. The results have shown the efficiency of this model.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.47 no.2
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• pp.9-17
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• 2010

Recently, there has been much interest in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) for next generation wireless wideband communication systems. OFDM is a special case of multicarrier transmission, where a single data stream is transmitted over a number of lower-rate subcarriers. One of the main reasons to use OFDM is to increase robustness against frequency-selective fading or narrowband interference. However, in the radio systems it is also important to distortion introduced by high power amplifiers (HPA's) such as solid state power amplifier (SSPA) considered in this paper. Since the signal amplitude of the OFDM system is Rayleigh-distributed, the performance of the OFDM system is significantly degraded by the nonlinearity of the HPA in the OFDM transmitter. In this paper, we propose a canonical piecewise-linear (PWL) model based digital predistorter to prevent signal distortion and spectral re-growth due to the high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of OFDM signal and the nonlinearity of HPA's. Computer simulation on an OFDM system under additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels with QPSK, 16-QAM and 64-QAM modulation schemes and modulator/demodulator implemented with 1024-point FFT/IFFT, demonstrate that the proposed predistorter achieves significant performance improvement by effectively compensating for the nonlinearity introduced by the SSPA.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.574-581
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• 2016

Trend on high-power GaN(Gallium Nitride) SSPA(Solid-State Power Amplifier) and its availability in miniature radar systems are presented. There are numerous studies on high-power GaN devices since they have some characteristics of high-breakdown voltage, high power density, and high-temperature stability. Recent scaled GaN technology makes it possible to apply it in SSPAs for W- and G-band applications, with increasing its maximum frequency. In addition, it leads to downsizing and power-efficiency improvement of SSPAs, which means that GaN SSPAs can be available in miniature radar systems. This study also shows radar performance and comparison in the case of using such SSPAs at three frequency bands of Ku, Ka, and W. Finally, we demonstrate prospects of scaled GaN SSPAs in future miniature radar systems.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.24 no.6B
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• pp.1042-1047
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• 1999

In this paper, two kinds of digital predistorters are proposed and their performances are analyzed in order to minimize ACI and SNR degradation caused by nonlinearly amplified TC-16QAM signal and to transmit high speed data in power and bandwidth limited land mobile satellite channel. Our simulation results show that LUT predistorter reduces the out-of-band ACI more efficiently as compared to intersymbol interpolated predistorter. Regarding the reduction of in-band SNR and total power intersymbol interpolated predistorter outperforms LUT predistorter. In the simulation mobile satellite channel and nonlinear HPA are modeled by Rician channel and Fujitsu SSPA, respectively.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.517-531
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• 1999

This paper presents the development of the 2-mode variable gain high power amplifier for a transmitter of INMARSAT-M operating at L-band(1626.5-1646.5 MHz). This SSPA(Solid State Power Amplifier) is amplified 42 dBm in high power mode and 36 dBm in low power mode for INMARSAT-M. The allowable error sets +1 dBm of an upper limit and -2 dBm of a lower limit, respectively. To simplify the fabrication process, the whole system is designed by two parts composed of a driving amplifier and a high power amplifier, The HP's MGA-64135 and Motorola's MRF-6401 are used for driving amplifier, and the ERICSSON's PTE-10114 and PTF-10021 are used the high power amplifier. The SSPA was fabricated by the circuits of RF, temperature compensation and 2-mode gain control circuit in aluminum housing. The gain control method was proposed by controlling the voltage for the 2-mode. In addition, It has been experimentally verified that the gain is controlled for single tone signal as well as two tone signals. The realized SSPA has 42 dB and 36 dB for small signal gain within 20 MHz bandwidth, and the VSWR of input and output port is less than 1.5:1 The minimum value of the 1 dB compression point gets 5 dBm for 2-mode variable gain high power amplifier. A typical two tone intermodulation point has 32.5 dBc maximum which is single carrier backed off 3 dB from 1 dB compression point. The maximum output power of 43 dBm was achieved at the 1636.5 MHz. These results reveal a high power of 20 Watt, which was the design target.the design target.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.35-42
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• 2022

In this paper, a method to increase the combining efficiency and isolation of the combiner, the core module of SSPA (solid state amplifier), was studied. Specifically, the isolation was secured by matching the common port and the isolation port in the waveguide combiner. The matching structure for matching is in the form of a circular disk and is engraved inside the waveguide combiner. The structure is very simple, so it is possible to secure stable performance. And this structure showed more than 60 times higher critical power performance compared to previous studies, confirming that it is suitable for high output. And by combining 1-stage T-junction and 2, 3 stage MagicT combiner, miniaturization was achieved and the combining efficiency was optimized by reducing the insertion loss. The fabricated waveguide coupler obtained an isolation of 16dB or more and a coupling efficiency of 86.2%.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.114-114
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• 2023

기상레이더는 대류권의 기상 관측에 널리 사용되며, 기상예보를 비롯하여 항공, 농업, 수문학 등 다양한 분야에서 활용하고 있다. 기상레이더센터는 SSPA(Solid State Power Amplifier) 기반 X-Band 주파수대역(9GHz)을 사용하는 연구용 소형기상레이더 관측망을 운영하고 있다. 주로 수도권 저층 대기에서 발생하는 위험 기상현상을 1분 단위로 빠르게 관측하면서 정확한 강수 정보생산을 위한 연구를 수행하고 있다. 레이더 관측 자료는 전파를 이용하여 넓은 범위에 분포하는 눈, 비, 우박 등 대기수상체를 관측하여, 강수량 추정을 통해 강수 정보를 생산한다. 이에 따라 레이더 관측 자료의 정확성과 신뢰도를 높이기 위해서 레이더 품질관리 기술 적용은 필수적이다. 기상레이더센터는 소형기상레이더로 관측한 이중편파 자료의 효과적인 품질관리를 위한 각종 자료처리 모듈을 개발하여, 실시간 자료처리 프로그램에 적용하였다. 우선, 저층 대기 관측 시 기상에코와 더불어 강한 반사도로 나타나는 지형에코를 판별하는 모듈과 선형 또는 쐐기형태의 전파간섭에코를 비롯한 비기상에코를 효과적으로 제거하는 기술을 개발하였다. 다음으로, X-Band 주파수대역 기상레이더 관측 자료의 취약점인 강한 강수 시 발생하는 반사도 감쇠 현상을 보정하기 위한 기술도 개발하였다. 소형기상레이더 품질관리 개발과 적용을 통하여 생산된 자료는 HSR(Hybrid Surface Rainfall), 레이더 강수량 추정, 대기수상체 등 다양한 기상 산출물 생산과 동시에 기상 감시 및 연구 분야에 효과적으로 활용하고 있다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.352-361
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• 2010

In this paper, a compact 20 W block-up-converter for C-band satellite communication is designed and implemented. The designed block up-converter consists of an intermediate frequency circuit, a mixer and local oscillator, a driver amplifier, a solid-state power amplifier, waveguide circuits, and a power supply module. To reduce the size of the block-up-converter, all circuits are assembled within an housing, so its dimension is just $21{\times}14{\times}11cm^3$. Especially, the waveguide filter and microstirp-to-waveguide transition are easily implemented using an housing. Also, to meet spurious and harmonics specification, various compact microstrip filters including an elliptic filter are integrated. Measurement results show that the developed block up-converter has good electrical performances: the output power of 43.7 dBm, the minimum gain of 65 dB, the gain flatness of ${\pm}1.84$, the IMD3 of -35 dBc, and the harmonic level of -105 dBc.