Dong-Kook Park

Self-diplexed integrated antenna transceiver for wireless applications

We propose a promising compact dual-frequency printed antenna with orthogonal polarized modes and high isolation between the two feeding ports. Here the patch conductor shape is a circular sector and high dielectric constant material is used to provide good isolation between the up and down-link bands. This good isolation provided by the proposed antenna is used as the basis for the transmit-receive filtering. Details of the novel antenna and its application in an integrated antenna transceiver are presented herein.

Subsurface Antenna for Remote Management of Underground Facility

In this paper, two novel subsurface antennas for remote management of underground facilities using PCS and cellular wireless network are proposed. The proposed subsurface antenna is a dual band circular patch which is inserted and molded for the protection of the antenna into a metal such as a manhole cover. The antenna is designed considering the resonant frequency shift of the antenna due to the insertion and molding. The measured return loss and receiving power of the fabricated antenna comparison with a dipole shows that two proposed subsurface antenna can be used for remote management of underground facilities using PCS and cellular systems.

A Study on the Development of Level Sensor using Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave

In this paper, it is presented a level sensor for measuring a level of the contents of cargo tank using frequency modulated continuous wave(FMCW). The frequency range is 10∼11 GHz, the radar cross section(RCS) of test target is of metal plate. The experiment is performed in laboratory and open ground, the sweep time of the signal is 100 ms, the pyramidal horn antenna of about 22 dBi gain is used, and input power of antenna is about 8 dBm The beat frequency according to the target moving to 40 m is measured. There is a good agreement between measured and calculated results. But the resolution of the FMCW radar is measured about 10 cm due to nonlinear of voltage controlled oscillator(VCO).

A Study on Wearable GPS Antenna Integrated into Garment

요 약 : 최근에 인체 중심의 무선통신 기술에 대한 관심이 증가하면서 입을 수 있는 안테나에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 논문 에서는 GPS 주파수를 수신할 수 있는 입을 수 있는 안테나를 제안하였다. 두께 0.7mm의 염소가죽을 유전체 기판으로 사용하고, 두께 0.08mm의 구리 폴리에스터 천을 방사체 및 접지판으로 사용하여 안테나를 제작하였다. 원형 편파 특성을 얻기 위해 정사각형의 패치에 대각 선 방향에 놓인 모서리를 짤라서 방사체를 만들었고, 도전성 천과 가죽을 에폭시를 사용하여 접착하였다. 먼저 염소가죽의 유전율을 구하기 위해 크기가 다른 3개의 정사각형 패치 안테나를 만들고, 실험 및 시뮬레이션을 통해 염소가죽의 유전상수를 구하였다. 이것을 바탕으로 GPS 대역에서 동작하는 안테나를 설계하고, 제작하여 실험을 통해 안테나의 성능을 검증하였다. 옷의 어깨 부분에 설치하여, 사람이 입고 측정하 여 특성의 변화를 실험하였고, 상용 세라믹 GPS 안테나와 수신 감도 특성을 비교하여 제작된 안테나가 비슷한 수준의 감도를 갖고 있음을 확인하였다.

A Printed Yagi Antenna Available at 2.4 GHz for Remote Management of Underground Facility

This paper proposes a printed yagi-antenna available at 2.45 GHz, for the remote-management system of the underground equipment. To improve the solidity and waterproof property, the proposed antenna is coated with bakelite. The manufactured antenna is operated at , whose gain measures 10 dBi. These results are a little different from those of the simulated antenna, but the trend is totally similar. Developed antenna is expected to be useful in the underground facility.

Design of a Reconfigurable Slot Antenna using Sequentially Voltage-Applied RF MEMS Switches

In this paper, we designed a reconfigurable slot antenna using sequentially voltage-applied RF MEMS switches. In order to obtain pull-in voltage and maximum stress of the MEMS switches, the switch structures in accordance with airgap height was analyzed by ANSYS simulation A actuation voltage of MEMS switches can be determined by switch geometry and airgap height between a movable plate and a bottom plate. The designed lengths of MEMS switches were 240 , 320 , 400 , respectively and the airgap was 6. The total size of the designed slot antenna was 10 mm x 10 mm and the slot length and width were 500 and 200 , respectively. The length and size of the CPW feedline were 5 mm and 30-80-30 , respectively. and then the size of the CPW in the slot was 50-300-150 . The tuning of the resonant frequency of the proposed device is realized by varying the electrical length of the antenna, which is controlled by applying the DC bias voltages to the RF MEMS switches. The designed slot antenna has been simulated, fabricated and measured