• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.527-536
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• 2000

This paper discusses the design of self-oscillating mixer type low noise down converter using the microwave field effect transistor. The mixer is consists of local oscillator in which high stability dielectric resonator and band pass filter to get rid of spurious oscillation at intermediate frequency stage. The microstrip antenna was integrated in the same substrate which generate 12.3GHz and low noise amplifier was also added after antenna using 3 stage of high electron mobility transistors. The output frequency from the local oscillator was chosen as 11.3GHz for the Ku-band application. The measured phase noise was -804dBc/Hz at 100kHz offset frequency, and the gain was 7～12dB in frequency range from 12.0GHz to 12.7GHz. The noise figure at intermediate frequency stage was 64H. The designed model shows less conversion loss than previous diode type mixer. The proposed mixer can be used in digital satellite broadcasting and communication system and expected to use in next generation low noise block design.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.3 no.1 s.4
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• pp.29-38
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• 1999

In this paper, the effects of superstrate on the radiation patterns of dipole on cylindrical bianisotropic subtrates were studied. Special constitutive relations are used to describe the bianisotropic properties of a material, such that the Green's function can be formulated. Electromagnetic fields and hounds conditions in spectral region were used to find Creen's function of the spectral representation and electromagnetic fields in space region were derived through inverse Fourier transformations of fields in spectral region using asymptotic formula for far zone. Radiation characteristics of axial Hertzian dipole on superstrate leaded cylindrical bianisotropic substrates were analyzed.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.500-506
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• 2002

This paper presents a design of wide angle steering microstrip Rotman lens operating over broadband frequency range for Electronic Warfare equipments. It has a compact and simple structure which it is easy to manufacture repetitively. The lens is modelled as a 2-dimension planar circuit, the contour integral method is performed over entire lens contour and the transmission coefficients from 8 beam ports to 8 array ports are found. The measured results are well agreed with those of analysis. Prediction of the multibeam array pattern fed by linear array antenna shows $\pm$65$^{\circ}$ of beam steering and $\pm$5 dB insertion loss deviation over 3:1 frequency range.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.35-42
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• 2010

We use conformal mapping method to derive the analytical expressions for calculating electrostatic fields and electric potentials surrounding the conductor-backed coupled coplanar waveguide(CBCCPW) structure. Using the derived expressions, the electrostatic fields and potentials are computed at various points of the CBCCPW's geometry and the field and potential distributions are analyzed. The proposed method provides a faster and simpler calculation of the field distributions than the full-wave analysis method because no iterations are required. This method can be widely applied to the analysis of microwave integrated circuits using coupled line, such as coupler, filter, and microstrip antenna.

• Proceedings of the Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.385-388
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 좀더 효율적이고 소형화한 GPS(Global Positioning System)용 안테나와 LNA(Low Noise Amplifier)를 IMT-2000 단말기에 내장함으로써 개인 휴대 통신 기능과 더불어 좀 더 정확한 위치추적 기능을 동시에 가능케 하고자 한다. 중심 주파수 1.575 GHz의 저잡음 증폭기와 안테나의 크기는, 합쳐서 10$\times$10$\times$4 (mm)로서 상층은 마이크로스트립 패치 안테나이고, 중간층은 안테나 ground와 LNA ground의 공통 ground이며, 제일 아래층에는 LNA가 위치하게 된다. LNA 의 경우 2단을 중첩하여, 첫째 단 16dB, 둘째 단 18dB의 이득 특성을 보였는데 첫째, 둘째 단의 대역통과 필터에서 삽입손실로 3dB의 손실을 가져와 총 3dB의 이득 특성을 보였다. 잡음 특성은 약 1.9의 특성을 보였다. 안테나의 경우 9$\times$9$\times$$\times$2 (mm)로써, 고유전율( $\varepsilon$$_{r}$ = 73 )의 세라믹을 사용하여 그 크기를 상당부분 줄였다. 그리고 유전체 밑의 ground를 옆면까지 높임으로써 좀 더 소형화한 안테나를 가능케 하였다. 고유전율의 유전체를 사용하였기에 안테나 자체의 이득 특성은 저잡음 증폭기에서 보상하고, 안테나의 임피던스 정합 또한 LNA의 입력 쪽에서 하도록 하였다. 또한 위성신호 수신을 위해 안테나는 RHCP 의 원형편파 특성을 갖는다.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2006.04a
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• pp.35-39
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• 2006

With a growing concern about the state of infrastructure worldwide, the demand for the development of reliable nondestructive testing techniques (NDT) is ever increasing. Among possible NDT techniques. microwave method is proven to be effective in fast and non-contact inspection of concrete structures and inclusions inside concrete. It is also found that the microwave method has a potential in detecting the delamination between fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) plate and concrete. On the other hand, ultrasonic method can be another way to find the delamination. In this paper, the research work needed for the development of a reliable microwave method and ultrasonic method is studied in actual measurements of concrete specimens reinforced with FRP. Concrete specimens are made with FRP and artificial delamination inside. A microwave measurement system with horn antennas with high center frequency and broad frequency bandwidth are used to image inside concrete specimens for the detection of debonding. between concrete and FRP. Also, the equipment of ultrasonic method which is commercialized are used at the same condition. Both of the results are analyzed in comparison of each other. Microwave and ultrasonic methods have been used for the detection of debonding between concrete and fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP).

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.279-287
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• 2002

In this paper, a symmetric microwave lens to steer wide angle and to operate at broad band frequency range for a linear phased array transmitter was designed. To get accurate beam steering performance far a linear phased array transmitter, uniform amplitude transmission characteristics of microwave lens was focused. The measured result for the insertion loss deviation between Input and output ports of microstrip lens with 8 beam ports and 8 array ports was $\pm$3.1 ㏈ over 6~18 ㎓ band, which was very uniform characteristics. Using 8 elements linear array antenna, it was confirmed the radiation beam could be steered over $\pm$60$^{\circ}$ in azimuth. And the measured lens performance data and multi-beam steering pattern were presented.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.766-776
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• 1999

In this paper to evaluate the performance of the polarization diversity and the space diversity in the indoor environment, we used 3D Ray-tracing simulation. This model is capable of predicting small scale fading characteristics of the channel for evaluating the performances of both the polarization and the space diversity scheme. The measurement and simulation results show that the polarization diversity and the space diversity are expected to be efficiently used for the indoor environments. Moreover, the results show that the proposed polarization diversity technique using directional dual polarization microstrip array antennas has more diversity gain than the conventional polarization and space diversity using dipole antenna.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.598-604
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• 2011

A method of miniaturizing branch line coupler with connected coupled lines is presented. The quarter-wavelength transmission lines in the typical microstrip branch line coupler are replaced with the connected coupled lines with same characteristics of ones for compact size. The connected coupled line is analyzed by T-equivalent circuit and Z parameters based on the even-odd mode analysis. The proposed branch line couplers with connected coupled line are designed and fabricated on FR4 substrate at 2.4 GHz. The measured results show good agreement with theoretical prediction. And the experimental results show that the size of coupler is 37 precent smaller than conventional coupler. This minimized coupler is suitable for Butler Matrix as feeder for mobile communication beam forming antenna.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.7 no.8
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• pp.1604-1611
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• 2003

For dual­band operation, it can be done by loading two pair of slits in the equilateral­triangular patch, one embeded close to the side edges of the patch and the other inserted at the bottom edge of the patch. The frequency ratio of the two operating frequencies can be tuned by varing the positions and lengths of the inserted slots at the bottom edge of the patch. While the calculated frequency ratio of the antenna by Ensemble 5.0 is $1.66 ({f_10}=1.928GHz, {f_20}=3.2GHz)$, the measured one is 2.04 $({f_10}=1.6806 GHz, {f_20}=3.435 GHz)$. The error in the frequency ratio is due on the fabrication dimension and feeding position error as well as on the permittivity dispersion effect.