• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.1108-1115
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 밀리피터파 대역의 응용에 적용될 수 있는 새로운 형태의 로트맨 렌즈를 제시하였다. 본 논문에서 새로이 제시하는 유전판 로트맨 렌즈는 도체손실과 포트간 상호간섭(mutual coupling)을 감소시킬 수 있는 특성을 지니고 있으며 밀리미터 대역에서 구현이 보다 용이한 구조이다. 기존의 렌즈가 도체 평판 구조인데 반해 제안된 렌즈는 유전판과 슬롯으로 구성되어 있으며 TE$_{0}$모드로 구동한다. 중심주파수 15 GHz에서 9개의 빔 포트와 9개의 배열포트로 구성된 렌즈를 9개의 TSA(Tapered Slot Antenna) 배열과 더불어 설계 및 제작하였다. 측정결과에 따르면 빔폭은 13 GHz에서 약 15$^{\circ}$이며 효율은 약 34 %를 나타냈으며 포트간 상호간섭은 주파수가 상승함에 따라 점진적으로 감소함을 관찰할 수 있었다. 밀리미터 파 대 역에서 제작 및 측정 장비의 부족으로 인해 설계주파수를 15 GHz로 크게 낮추었음에도 불구하고 효율은 평행 도체판 구조의 렌즈와 대등한 값을 얻었다. 향후 밀리미터파 대역에서 고유전율 막(high dielectric thin film) 형태로 제작된다면 도체 손실파 상호간섭을 크게 감소시킬 것이 기대된다.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.304-309
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• 2023

In this study, a binary dielectric annular nanoring lens is proposed to cover the full range of optical phase. The lens is designed numerically, based on the effective-medium theory. The performance of the proposed lens is verified for the cases of single-focal and dual-focal lenses. The efficiency of a single-focal lens is improved by 17.19% compared to a binary dielectric lens, and that of a dual-focal lens shows enhancements of 13.11% and 49.41% at the two focal points. This lens design can be applied to other optical components with axially symmetric structures.

• Journal of Information Display
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.84-90
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• 2010

This paper presents the effects of a dielectric layer and an electrolyte on the driving performance of an electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD)-based liquid lens. The range of tunable focal length of the EWOD-based liquid lens was highly dependent on the conditions of the dielectric layer, which included an inorganic oxide layer and an organic hydrophobic layer. Moreover, experiments on the physical and optical durability of electrolyte by varying temperature conditions, were conducted and their results were discussed. Finally, the lens with a truncated-pyramid silicon cavity having a sidewall dielectrics and electrode was fabricated by anisotropic etching and other micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technologies in order to demonstrate its performance. The lens with $0.6-{\mu}m$-thick $SiO_2$ layer and 10 wt% LiCl-electrolyte exhibited brilliant focal-length tunability from infinity to 3.19 mm.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2001

In this paper, spherical Luneburg lens antennas have been systematically analyzed using the Eigenfunction Expansion Method (EEM), The developed technique has capability of performing a complete 3-D analysis to characterize the multi-layered dielectric spherical lens with arbitrary permittivity and permeability. This paper describes the analysis technique, and presents the results of the parametric study of Luneburg lens antennas by varying design parameters suoh as the diameter of the lens antenna (up to 80 wavelength), number of spherical shells (up to 30 shells), air-gaps between spherical shells, and dielectric loss of the material. Many representative engineering design curves including the far-field patterns, wide-angle sidelobe characterizations, antenna efficiency have been presented.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2006년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.463-463
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• 2006

Nowadays, subminiature lens actuators are being developed with the demand of AF lens for high performance of the mobile phone camera. Though the VCM is the current, development of new types of actuators are needed due to the structural problem and etc.. A new type of actuator for AF lens using Dielectric Elastomer Electroactive Polymer(EAP) is proposed in this paper, DE EAP has advantages in its weight, ease of fabrication and low power consumption. The mathematical model is obtained by Hamilton's principle and verified by finite element analysis and experiments. The controller is designed and evaluated by experiments.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.1269-1275
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 구조적으로 비 방사 유전체 로트만 렌즈에 적절한 갭 결합된 단향성 유전체 방사체를 안테나단으로 갖는 비방사 유전체 로트만 렌즈를 설계하였다. 비방사 유전체 로트만 렌즈는 어레이 팩터의 부엽의 최소화를 위해서 최적화 설계되었고 단향성 유전체 방사체의 공진기와 갭의 길이와 같은 설계 파라미터는 차단 영역 도파관의 등가회로 모델을 이용하여 계산하였다. 동작 주파수는 38 GHz이고 시뮬레이션 되어진 단향성 유전체 방사체의 결과(산란 행렬, 방사 패턴)는 측정되어진 결과와 일치함을 보였다. 단향성 유전체 방사체 안테나단을 포함한 다중빔 피드인 로트만 렌즈의 방사 패턴은 측정되어진 갭 결합된 단향성 유전체 방사체의 방사 패턴에 로트만 렌즈의 최적화된 어레이 팩터를 곱해서 구하였다. 구해진 전체 방사 패턴에서 -60 dB 이상 부엽이 억제되어짐을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.739-739
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• 2005

In the conventional AF lens actuating system the VCM actuator is used. However due to the actuating mechanism, the VCM actuator has disadvantage in miniaturizing which is essential to the actuator for the mobile device. Therefore novel type actuator is required and the one of the candidate is actuator using electoractive polymer (EAP). The EAP actuator is one of the attractive smart materials that is light and can be easily fabricated with low cost. This paper proposes an AF lens actuator for mobile phone using dielectric elastomer. The proposed actuator was designed and analyzed using finite element method. The designed actuator is verified by experiment and the position control algorithm is applied.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2021

In this paper, we review papers which report to the all solid-state electroactive polymer-based tunable lens. Since electroactive polymer-based tunable lenses change their focal length by responding to electric stimuli, it can be minimized the size and weight of optical modules. Thus, it has been received attention in the robot, mobile device and display industry. The all solid-state electroactive polymer-based tunable lenses can be classified into two categories depending on the classification of materials: ionic electroactive polymer-based lenses and non-ionic electroactive polymer-based lenses. Most of the ionic electroactive polymer-based tunable lenses are fabricated with ionic polymer-metal composite. So, the ionic electroactive polymer-based tunable lenses can be operated under low electric voltage. But small force, slow recovery time and environmental limitation for operation has been pointed to the disadvantage of the lenses. The non-ionic electroactive polymer-based tunable lenses are classified again into two categories: dielectric polymer-based tunable lenses and polyvinylchloride gel-based tunable lenses. The advantage of the dielectric polymer-based tunable lenses is fast response to electric stimuli. But the essential flexible electrodes degrade performance of the lens. Polyvinylchloride gel-based tunable lens has reported impressive performance without flexible electrodes.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.29-33
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• 2022

Recently, development of a cryogenic fluids storage tank for storing or transporting liquid hydrogen is actively in progress. In cryogenic fluids storage tanks, hydrogen evaporates due to the extreme temperature difference inside and outside the tank. As the mass of the cryogenic fluids changes with continuous vaporization, the fluids level also changes. Therefore, there is need for a method of accurately measuring the level change in the storage tank. In the case of general cryogenic fluids, it is difficult to accurately measure the level because the dielectric constant is very low. As a method of measuring cryogenic fluids level with low dielectric constant, it can be used an Millimeter wave (MM wave) FMCW radar sensor. However, the signal sensitivity is very weak and the level accuracy is poor. In this paper, the signal sensitivity is improved by designing the horn lens antenna of the existing 80 GHz FMCW radar sensor. Horn lens antenna is fabricated by FDM/SLA type 3D printer according to horn and lens characteristics. The horn is used to increase the signal gain and the lens improves the signal straightness. This makes it possible to measure the level of cryogenic fluids with a low dielectric constant.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.239-244
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• 2015

최근들어 임펄스 레이더에서 거리를 측정하기위한 센서로서 또는 비 압축 고속 영상데이터의 전송용으로 UWB 기술이 활발히 응용되고 있다. 그러나 UWB 기술은 대역이 옥타브 밴드로 매우 넓어서 시스템을 설계하기가 쉽지 않다. 특히 광대역 임피던스를 정합해야하는 안테나를 비롯한 RF분야에서 더욱 그렇다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 3~6GHz 옥타브 대역에서 사용할 수 있는 시뉴어스 안테나를 설계하고 제작하였다. 그리고 유전체 렌즈를 설계하여 부착하여 이득을 높이는 실험한 결과 3~6GHz 사용대역에서 6~10dBi의 높은 이득을 얻을 수 있었다. 제작된 유전체 부착 시뉴어스 안테나를 HD 비디오 데이터 전송에 사용하였다. 전송 결과 10mW의 무선전력으로 최대 전송 거리는 90m였다.