• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.1-13
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• 2014

GaN(Gallium Nitride)는 3.4eV의 넓은 에너지 갭으로 인하여 고전압에서 동작이 가능하고, 분극전하를 이용한 캐리어 농도가 높아 높은 전류밀도와 전력밀도를 얻을 수 있으며, 높은 전자 이동도와 포화 속도로부터 고속 동작이 가능하여 고주파 고출력 고효율 소형의 전력증폭기 소자의 재료로 적합하다. 본고에서는 민수 및 군수 겸용 Ku-대역 및 Ka-대역 GaN 고출력 전력증폭기(SSPA: Solid-State Power Amplifier)와 관련된 GaN 전력증폭 소자, GaN 전력증폭기 MMIC(Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuit), 내부정합 패키지형 GaN 전력증폭기 및 GaN SSPA에 대하여, 국내외 특허 기술동향과 연구개발 기술동향을 중심으로 고찰하고자 한다. 국외의 GaN 고주파 고출력 전력증폭기 기술의 연구동향이나 특허동향을 심층분석하여 연구개발에 활용하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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• v.29A no.3
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• pp.33-40
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• 1992

In this paper, We designed a 2-stage amplifier for transponder of satellite with dual GaAs FETs NE13783, and performed the worst-case analysis for circuit qualification in the space environment. The bandwidth of amplifier was chosen 11.7-12.2 GHz which is the down link frequency band for domestic Ku-band satellite communication, and the alumina substrate with 25 mil of thickness. The design and optimization of amplifier was achieved by the commercial CAD program TOUCHSTONE and the measurement was performed through the automatic network analyzer.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.2 no.2 s.3
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• pp.65-72
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• 2003

In this work a 6-stage hybrid power amplifier which can be used for the wireless communication systems for MMC(hficrowave Micro Cell) and ITS wireless communication system is designed and fabricated. Ihe power amplifier's each stages was fabricated Hetero-junction Power FET of bare chip type and an alumina substrate with $\varepsilon_{r}$=9.9 and 15-mil thickness. The measured results of power amplifier module showed 33.2$\~$36.5 dB small signal gain, 33.0$\~$34.0 dBm output power at forward frequency (17.6 GHa $\~$ 17.9 CHz) and 36.0$\~$37.0 dB small signal gain, 33.0$\~$34.5 dBm output power at reverse frequency (19.0 GHz $\~$19.2GHz).

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.538-545
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• 2002

In the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system, the nonlinear distortion in the high power amplifier(HPA) degrades the system performance because of the high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR). In this paper, a semi-analytical method is newly proposed for the performance evaluation of the nonlinearly distorted OFDM communication system. In the proposed method, at first, the probability density function (pdf) of the PAPR is generated by computer simulation. Then, mean and variance of the non-linear distortion noise process are computed. Next, the overall BER is found by the analytical method. When the equivalent SSPA model is applied in case of the QPSK/16-QAM and AWGN channel, the BER is calculated for the variation of the IBO(input back-off) and PAPR parameter. It is shown that the results by proposed method are very similar to those of the conventional Monte-Carlo method. The computation time can be considerably reduced than the conventional method that depends on the magnitudes of BER and IBO.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.19 no.12
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• pp.2489-2497
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• 1994

This paper presents the development of a 10 W solid-state hybrid power amplifier(SSPA). operating over $7.7\sim8.5GHz$. The fabrication and measurement of this amplifier are performed with 3 sections, such as the front one for high gain, the middle one for driving, and high power one, to minimize the risk of failure and to increase the easiness of development. and then the final amplifier is realized by connecting 3 sections above mentioned, DC bias circuit, and temperature compensation circuit on one housing. Total small signal gain obtained is about $45\pm1dB$, the input and output return losses are 25 and 27 dB respectively. The output power measured at 1 dB gain compression point for 3 frequencies at 7.7, 8.1, and 8.5 GHz are $39.8\sim40.4dBm$, which is about 10 W. and the 3rd-order harmonic powers of 2 tones test are 13.34 dBc at output power 37.5 dBm. These obtained results satisfies the initially required specification. and the realized SSPA can be installed as a subsystem of the microwave transponder for telecommunication.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.371-379
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• 1982

선박저항의 일반적인 개요, 선체주위의 유동해석의 중요성, 해석의 어려움들을 소개하고, 선체 주위의 3차원 난류 경계층 해석의 계산예와 ITTC-SSPA워크\ulcorner의 결과로부터 이론의 현실을 할 수 있었다. 현재 미국, 일본, 구라파 등지에서 이 분야에 대한 연구가 집중되고 있으며, 많은 항공 및 기계분야에서 일하고 있는 학자들이 참여하고 있다. 따라서 본 강좌를 통해서 국내의 연구 자들이 관심을 가질 수 있는 계기가 되었으면 좋겠다.

• 한국ITS학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.93-96
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• 2004

• 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 Military Science and Technology
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.5-11
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• 2008

Recently developed radars use the solid-state power amplifier to amplify the RF signal. The stability of RF signal directly depends on that of the electric power. So the stable and reliable electric power should be needed. When the electric power switch is tuned on for the first time in order to operate the radar system, the in-rush current is generated because of the capacitive characteristic. The excess in-rush current breaks the element. Therefore, the analysis about the in-rush current to design the electric power system is necessary. In this paper, modeling and simulation on the whole power system is carried out and the necessity of limiting the in-rush current is verified. After the analysis, the circuit to limit the in-rush current is designed and examined to verify the analysis. The circuit is good enough to limit the in-rush current.

• Bulletin of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.11-23
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• 1989

A computer code has been developed to simulate three-dimensional viscous flows over a ship-stern. Semi-elliptic forms of Reynolds equations are adopted and numerically generated body-fitted coordinate systems are used to resolve complex geometries of the ship-hull. A standard form of $k-\varepsilon$ turbulence model is adopted for evaluation of the Reynolds stresses. Turbulent flows on a model with 3:1 elliptic sections and the SSPA-720 container ship model are predicted by using the code. Calculated pressure distributions of hull-surfaces and mean velocity distributions are generally in good agreements with measured values in wind-tunnels. But turbulent kinetic energies tend to be over-estimated near the stern in comparison with measured data.