• 한국전자파학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전자파학회 2003년도 종합학술발표회 논문집 Vol.13 No.1
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• pp.100-103
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• 2003

A Ku-band Push-push VCO for low cost applications is proposed. The proposed push-push oscillator achieves a wide tuning range in Ku-band by the collector bias tuning instead of extra varactor diodes. The measurement shows a wide tuning range of 900MHz, fundamental suppression of -30dBc and good phase noise of -115dBc@1MHz offset.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2004년도 ICEIC The International Conference on Electronics Informations and Communications
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• pp.218-220
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• 2004

A new wide-band VCO topology using Miller capacitance is proposed. Contrary to conventional VCO using the Miller capacitance where the variable amplifier gain is negative, the proposed VCO uses both the negative and positive variable amplifier gain to enhance the frequency tuning range significantly. The proposed VCO is simulated using HSPICE. The simulations show that 410MHz and 220MHz frequency tuning range are obtained using the negative .and positive variable amplifier gain, respectively. The tuning range of the proposed VCO is $23\%$ of the center frequency(2.8GHz). The phase noise is -104dBc/Hz at 1MHz offset by simple model. The operating current is only 3.84mA at 2.5V power supply.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.570-579
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 개루프 설계 방법을 이용하여, 전기적주파수조정범위가 확장된 전압제어유전체공진기발진기(Vt-ORO: Voltage-tuned Dielectric Resonator Oscillator)를 설계하였다. 설계된 전압제어유전체공진기발진기는 공진부, 증폭부, 위상천이부로 구성하였다. 발진조건을 만족하기 위하여, 각 부에서의 크기와 위상을 결정하였다. 각 부를 연결하여 측정한 S-피라미터는 개루프 발진조건을 만족하였다. 또한, 측정된 개루프의 군지연(group delay)로부터 전기적주파수조정범위(electrical frequency tuning-range)를 수식으로 도출하였다. 이와 같이 설계된 개루프의 입출력을 연결하고 폐루프로 구성하여 전압제어유전체공진기발진기를 구현하였다. 그 결과, 0$\sim}$10 V의 조정전압으로 중심주파수 5.3 GHz에서 전기적주파수조정범위는 수식으로 도출한 값과 근사한 82 MHz를 얻었고, 이는 선형적인 변화를 보였다. 이 때, 위상잡음은 100 kHz offset에서 -104${\pm}$1 dBc/Hz, 출력전력은 5.86${\pm}$1 dBm로 평탄함을 보였다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.198-206
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• 2013

This paper presents a wide band, fine-resolution digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) with an on-chip 3-D solenoid inductor using the 0.13 ${\mu}m$ digital CMOS process. The on-chip solenoid inductor is vertically constructed by using Metal and Via layers with a horizontal scalability. Compared to a spiral inductor, it has the advantage of occupying a small area and this is due to its 3-D structure. To control the frequency of the DCO, active capacitor and active inductor are tuned digitally. To cover the wide tuning range, a three-step coarse tuning scheme is used. In addition, the DCO gain needs to be calibrated digitally to compensate for gain variations. The DCO with solenoid inductor is fabricated in 0.13 ${\mu}m$ process and the die area of the solenoid inductor is 0.013 $mm^2$. The DCO tuning range is about 54 % at 4.1 GHz, and the power consumption is 6.6 mW from a 1.2 V supply voltage. An effective frequency resolution is 0.14 kHz. The measured phase noise of the DCO output at 5.195 GHz is -110.61 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.1173-1177
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• 2006

Using an inner P controller, a tuning rule useful for processes with wide ratios of time delay over time constant is proposed. Internal model control method and pole assignment method are utilized. It can be used for processes with wide range of the ratio of time delay to time constant without incovenience to choose different tuning rules.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.640-650
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• 2018

A TRIAC dimmable LED driver with a wide tuning range and a two-stage uniform dimming scheme is proposed in this paper. To solve the restricted dimming range problem caused by the limited conduction ratio of TRIAC dimmers, a conduction ratio compensation technique is introduced, which can increase the output current up to the rated output current when the TRIAC dimmer turns to the maximum conduction ratio. For further optimization, a two-stage uniform dimming diagram with a rapid dimming curve and a slow dimming curve is designed to make the LED driver regulated visually uniform in the whole adjustable range of the TRIAC dimmer. The proposed control chip is fabricated in a TSMC $0.35{\mu}m$ 5V/650V CMOS/LDMOS process, and verified on a 21V/500mA circuit prototype. The test results show that, in the 90V/60Hz~132V/60Hz ac input range, the voltage linear regulation is 2.6%, the power factor is 99.5% and the efficiency is 83%. Moreover, in the dimming mode, the dimming rate is less than 1% when the maximum dimming current is 516mA and the minimum dimming current is only about 5mA.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.158-162
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• 2015

A low phase noise CMOS voltage controlled oscillator(VCO) for multi-band/multi-standard RF Transceivers is presented. For both wide tunability and low phase noise characteristics, Hybrid inductor which uses both bondwire inductor and planar spiral inductor in the same area, is proposed. This approach reduces inductance variation and presents high quality factor without custom-designed single-turn inductor occupying large area, which improves phase noise and tuning range characteristics without additional area loss. An LC VCO is designed in a 0.13um CMOS technology to demonstrate the hybrid inductor concept. The measured phase noise is -121dBc/Hz at 400KHz offset and -142dBc/Hz at 3MHz offset from a 900MHz carrier frequency after divider. The tuning range of about 28%(3.15 to 4.18GHz) is measured. The VCO consumes 7.5mA from 1.3V supply and meets the requirements for GSM/EDGE and WCDMA standard.

• 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.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.257-262
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• 2001

상용 반도체 레이저 다이오드에 Littman형 외부공진기를 결합하여 파장기변 레이저 다이오드 시스템을 제작하였다. 0차 출력광은 단일종모드로 동작하여 CFP의 분해능인 9MHz이내의 선폭을 예상할 수 있었으며 다이오드 구동전류 140mA 및 동작온도 $25^{\circ}C$의 조건하에서 거울을 수동나사로 회전시키는 성긴 튜닝(coarse tuning)시 3.475nm 의 파장가변 범위를 보였으며 PZT(piezoelectric transducer)에 200Hz의 톱니파 전압을 인가해서 거울을 회전시키는 미세튜닝(fine tuning)시 0.042nm의 범위내에서 연속적인 파장가변이 가능하였다.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.35-40
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• 2005

An experimental Investigation of the basic characteristics of a micro-cantilever sensor was performed by inspecting the amplitude and frequency characteristics of a commercial tuning fork (TF). Application of acetone and ethanol with a volume of $1{\mu}l$ on the tine of a vibrating tuning fork causes immediate response in its amplitude and frequency characteristics. It has been shown that the tuning fork has ability to recognize a chemical agent with high sensitivity. The theoretical sensitivity of mass loading is in the range of $\~0.1Hz/ng$. Quartz tuning forks are routinely made using standard microfabrication process, thus suggesting the possibility of microfabrication of micro quart sensors.