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A Decade-Bandwidth Distributed Power Amplifier MMIC Using 0.25 μm GaN HEMT Technology

  • Shin, Dong-Hwan;Yom, In-Bok;Kim, Dong-Wook
    • Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.178-180
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    • 2017
  • This study presents a 2-20 GHz monolithic distributed power amplifier (DPA) using a $0.25{\mu}m$ AlGaN/GaN on SiC high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) technology. The gate width of the HEMT was selected after considering the input capacitance of the unit cell that guarantees decade bandwidth. To achieve high output power using small transistors, a 12-stage DPA was designed with a non-uniform drain line impedance to provide optimal output power matching. The maximum operating frequency of the proposed DPA is above 20 GHz, which is higher than those of other DPAs manufactured with the same gate-length process. The measured output power and power-added efficiency of the DPA monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) are 35.3-38.6 dBm and 11.4%-31%, respectively, for 2-20 GHz.

Design of a GaN HEMT Power Amplifier Using Output Matching Circuit with Arbitrary Harmonic Impedances (임의의 고조파 임피던스를 갖는 출력 정합 회로를 이용한 GaN HEMT 전력증폭기의 설계)

  • Jeong, Hae-Chang;Son, Bom-Ik;Lee, Dong-Hyun;Ahmed, Abdul-Rahman;Yeom, Kyung-Whan
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.24 no.11
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    • pp.1034-1046
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, a design of a GaN HEMT power amplifier using output matching circuit with arbitrary harmonic impedances is presented. The adopted GaN HEMT device, TGF2023-02 of TriQuint Semiconductor, was packaged in commercial package. The optimal impedances of the GaN HEMT package are extracted from load-pull simulation at package input and output reference planes. The targets of load-pull simulation are the highest output power at fundamental frequency and the highest efficiency at $2^{nd}$ and $3^{rd}$ harmonic frequencies. Because of fixture in the package, the extracted impedances shows arbitrary harmonic impedances. In order to match the optimal impedances, output matchin circuit which has 4 transmission lines is presented. Characteristic impedances and electrical lengths of the transmission lines are mathmatically calculated. The power amplfiier with $54.6{\times}40mm^2$ shows the output power of 8 W at the fundamental frequency of 2.5 GHz, the efficiency above 55 %, and harmonic suppression of above 35 dBc at the $2^{nd}$ and the $3^{rd}$ harmonics.

Cognitive radio technology to coexist with UWB terminal and satellite communication systems (UWB터미널과 위성통신수신기의 상호공존을 위한 CR 기술의 적용)

  • Kim, Yun-Bong;Son, Seong-Hwan;Kim, Jae-Myeong
    • Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.56-62
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    • 2007
  • UWB(Ultra Wide Band) system can transmits information with low power but it can achieve high transmission rate using broad frequency bands. Using CR(Cognitive Radio) technology, we can use and share frequency efficiently without interfere to satellite communication system. However, passive characteristics of satellite receiver makes it hard to implement. This paper propose additional structure of satellite receiver which add amplifier and antenna to local oscillator. Proposing structure emits satellite receiver's local oscillator signal and UWB terminal detects it by energy detection. We can find out the possibility of co-existence of UWB system and satellite communication system through the simulation result.

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Developed an output device for high-frequency cosmetic medical equipment using micro multi-needle (마이크로 멀티니들을 이용한 고주파 피부미용 의료기기를 위한 출력 장치 개발)

  • Kim, Jun-tae;Joo, Kyu-tai;Cha, Eun Jong;Kim, Myung-mi;Jeong, Jin-hyoung
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.394-402
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    • 2021
  • The entry of an aging society and the extension of human life expectancy, the increasing interest in women's social advancement and men's appearance, and the natural interest in K-culture through media media, while receiving worldwide attention, Focus on K-Bueaty. Recently, looking at the occupation of the medical tourism field, in the case of aesthetic medicine tourism such as molding and dermatology, it has gained popularity not only in Asia such as China and Japan, but also in North America and Europe. The first external confirmation of human aging is the wrinkles on the skin of the face. Clean, wrinkle-free, elastic and healthy skin is a desire of most people. Skin condition and condition such as focused ultrasonic stimulation (HIFU: High Intensity Focused Utrasound) and low frequency, high frequency (RF: Radio Frequency), galvanic therapy using microcurrent, cryotherapy using rapid cooling, etc. Depending on the method of management, the effect of the treatment differs depending on the output and the stimulation site, etc., even in the treatment of medical equipment and beauty equipment using the same mechanism. In this research, in order to develop invasive high-frequency dermatological devices using a large number of beauty medical devices and microneedles of beauty devices, the international standards IEC 60601-2 (standards for individual medical devices) and MFDS (Ministry of) We designed and developed a high-frequency output device in compliance with the high-frequency stimulation standard announced in the Food and Drug Safety (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety). The circuit design consists of an amplifier (AMP: Amplifier) using Class-A Topology and a power supply device using Half-Bridge Topology. As a result of measuring the developed high-frequency output device, an average efficiency of 63.86% was obtained, and the maximum output was measured at 116.7W and 50.67dBm.

Reckoning of the Agricultural Vehicle in the Field Using Acoustic Ranging

  • Inooka, Hikaru;Kim, HiSik
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.94.4-94
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    • 2001
  • An acoustic ranging system was applied for reckoning the location of an agricultural vehicle in the field. The system has a number of fixed stations and a mobile station such as an agricultural vehicle. The mobile station comprises a radio frequency modulator-demodulator (RF MODEM), a buzzer, and a personal computer. The fixed station comprises an (RF MODEM), a microphone, an amplifier for the microphone, and a personal computer with a soundboard. The mobile station transmits a 7-bit ASCII code and, activates the buzzer simultaneously. The propagation delay time at the fixed station is caused by the difference ...

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A Study on Design of Radio Frequency Low Noise Amplifier (RF 저잡음증폭기(LNA) 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Bae, C.H.;Cho, P.D.;Chang, H.S.
    • Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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    • v.16 no.1 s.67
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    • pp.56-70
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    • 2001
  • 마이크로파대 이상의 높은 RF 전파는 신호레벨이 비교적 작고 간섭현상에 매우 민감한 특성을 가지고 있다. 따라서 이러한 미소한 입력전파의 수신시 수신기 전체의 감도를 높이고 잡음을 저감시킬 목적으로 사용되는 고주파 증폭기가 저잡음 증폭기이다. 본 고에서는 LNA의 기본적 특성분석과 지능형교통시스템에 응용되는 5.8GHz대 단거리전용통신용 LNA를 구현하기 위한 기본 FET 증폭기의 전기적 특성을 연구하고 직렬 궤환에 의한 최소잡음과 최소 입력 정재파비의 최적 설계 파라미터를 도출하였다.

Method for Current-Driving of the Loudspeakers with Class D Audio Power Amplifiers Using Input Signal Pre-Compensation (입력 신호의 전치 보상을 이용한 D 급 음향 전력 증폭기의 스피커 전류 구동 방법)

  • Eun, Changsoo;Lee, Yu-chil
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.1068-1075
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    • 2018
  • We propose a method for driving loudspeakers from class D audio power amplifiers in current mode, instead of in conventional voltage mode, which was impossible with the feedback circuitry. Unlike analog audio amplifiers, Class D audio power amplifiers have signal delay between the input and output signals, which makes it difficult to apply the feedback circuitry for current-mode driving. The idea of the pre-distortion scheme used for the compensation of the non-linearity of RF power amplifiers is adapted to remedy the impedance variation effect of the loudspeakers for current driving. The method uses the speaker model for the pre-distorter to compensate for the speaker impedance variation with frequency. The simulation and test results confirms the validity of the proposed method.

Right-Angle-Bent CPW for the Application of the Driver-Amplifier-Integrated 40 Gbps TW-EML Module

  • Yun, Ho-Gyeong;Choi, Kwang-Seong;Kwon, Yong-Hwan;Choe, Joong-Seon;Moon, Jong-Tae;Lee, Myung-Hyun
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.648-651
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    • 2006
  • In this letter we present a right-angle-bent coplanar waveguide (CPW) which we developed for the application of the driver amplifier-integrated (DAI) 40 Gbps traveling wave electroabsorption modulated laser module. The developed CPW realized parallel progression of the radio frequency (RF) and light using a dielectric overlay structure and wedge bonding on the bending section. The measured $S_{11}$ and $S_{21}$ of the developed CPW were kept below-10 dB up to 35 GHz and -3 dB up to 43 GHz, respectively. These measured results of the CPW were in good agreement with the simulation results and demonstrated the applicability of the CPW to the 40 Gbps communication module.

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A Study on the Design of Hybrid Dual Band Low Noise Amplifier (Hybrid 형태의 이중 대역 저잡음 증폭기 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Oh, Jae-Wook;Kim, Hyeong-Seok
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2007.07a
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    • pp.264-265
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, we deal with a hybrid dual band low noise amplifier with tunable matching circuits for a Radio Frequency Identification(RFID) reader operating at 433MHz and 912MHz. The tunable matching circuit consists of the microstrip line, SMD component and varactor. Simulation results show that the S21 parameter is 17dB and 7.91dB at 433MHz and 912MHz, respectively. The noise figure is also determined to 3.56dB and 5.58dB at the same frequencies with a power consumption of 19.36mW.

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