Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Seunghyun Jang

Bong Hyuk Park

Jae Ho Jung

Seok Bong Hyun

Hui Dong Lee

Sunwoo Kong

Young Kyun Cho

Kwangchun Lee

Sung Jun Lee

Kwang Seon Kim

Sangsung Choi

Kwang-Chun Lee

Seung Sik Lee

Changwan Kim

Jeehoon Park

Provided are a semiconductor-based temperature sensor and a method of operating the semiconductor-based temperature sensor. A temperature sensor includes an electrical temperature signal generator configured to generate a first electrical temperature signal that changes according to temperature and a second electrical temperature signal that changes according to temperature at a different rate from that of the first electrical temperature signal, a differential signal generator configured to generate a differential electrical temperature signal between the first electrical temperature signal and the second electrical temperature signal, and an analog digital converter (ADC) configured to convert the differential electrical temperature signal into digital temperature information.

Semiconductor-based temperature sensor and method of operating the same

Provided is a terahertz wideband antenna and a method for designing the same. According to various embodiments, the wideband antenna used for mobile communication in the terahertz wave communication band may include an antenna board including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a plurality of dipole antennas arranged on the antenna board, each of the plurality of dipole antennas may include a feeder disposed on the first surface and a radiator disposed on the second surface and physically spaced apart from the feeder, the feeder may be wire-bonded to a corresponding channel of a plurality of channels of a beam former, and the radiator may be coupled to the feeder to receive a signal from the feeder.

Terahertz wideband antenna and method of designing the same

A transformer-based amplifier, an operating method thereof, and devices including the same are disclosed. A millimeter wave amplifier includes a first transformer positioned on an input side of the millimeter wave amplifier, a second transformer positioned on an output side of the millimeter wave amplifier, and one or more of amplification stages positioned between the first transformer and the second transformer.

Transformer-based amplifier, operating method thereof, and devices including the same

A method and apparatus for input matching of a passive mixer are disclosed. The passive mixer includes a differential transistor pair including a first transistor and a second transistor, a first inductor having one end connected to the first transistor and another end connected to a ground, a second inductor having one end connected to the second transistor and another end connected to a ground, and a third inductor having one end for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal and another end connected to a ground.

Passive mixer, operating method thereof, and devices including the same

An array antenna system, and a calibration method and apparatus thereof are provided. The calibration method includes measuring a signal loop including mutual coupling between antennas included in an array antenna, calculating a ratio of a reception (RX) signal received by each antenna to an RX signal received by a reference antenna of the array antenna based on a result of the measuring, and performing calibration of the array antenna based on the ratio.

Array antenna system, and calibration method and apparatus thereof

Provided is a signal transmission device including a first modulation unit generating a first modulated signal having at least three logic levels by modulating an input signal; a characteristic adjustment unit generating an adjusted first modulated signal by adjusting the at least one of electrical characteristic values based on an adjustment signal; a second modulation unit generating a second modulated signal by modulating the adjusted first modulated signal; and an adjustment operation unit generating the adjustment signal based on electrical characteristic values respectively corresponding to the at least three logic levels of the first modulated signal and corresponding to at least three logic levels of the second modulated signal. Linearity of the modulated signal generated by the provided signal transmission device is enhanced.

Signal transmission device adjusting electrical characteristic value corresponding to logic level and signal transmitting method thereof

A signal amplification apparatus includes a first modulator configured to receive an envelope signal, use a predetermined reference level to separate the received envelope signal into a first period and a second period, digitally modulate a signal of the second period to output the digitally modulated signal to a first output terminal, and output a signal of the first period to a second output terminal. Further, the signal amplification apparatus includes a second modulator configured to mix the digital modulated signal input through the first output terminal with a phase modulated carrier signal; an envelope modulator configured to output the signal of the first period as a power supply signal; and a power amplifier configured to amplify the mixed signal output by the second modulator to output the amplified signal.

Signal amplification apparatus and method

Provided is a method of correcting a time misalignment between envelope and phase components in a transmitting apparatus which separates envelope and phase components of a signal, processes them, and then recombines them to transmit the recombined signal. For this, in a method of correcting a time misalignment between envelope and phase components according to an embodiment of the present invention, a time misalignment is corrected by applying a time delay to at least one of envelope and phase components in digital and analog signal processing operations, or applying a time delay to an envelope or phase component by a pre-processing operation.

Method of correcting time misalignment between envelope and phase components

Provided is a variable gain amplifier. The variable gain amplifier includes an operational amplifier, a variable feedback impedance unit, a variable compensation impedance unit, and a variable current source. The variable feedback impedance unit is connected between an inverting input terminal and output terminal of the operational amplifier, and has a feedback impedance value which varies for gain control. The variable compensation impedance unit is connected to the inverting input terminal, and has a compensation impedance value which varies in response to change of the feedback impedance value for maintaining a constant feedback factor. The variable current source is connected to the inverting input terminal, and supplies an output current, which varies in response to change of the compensation impedance value, to the variable compensation impedance unit.

Variable gain amplifier with fixed bandwidth

Provided is a PMOS resistor. The PMOS resistor includes a PMOS transistor pair, a switching unit, and a negative feedback unit. The PMOS transistor pair is symmetrically connected between first and second nodes. The switching unit compares a voltage of the first node and a voltage of the second node to output one of the voltages of the first and second nodes. The negative feedback unit receives an output of the switching unit to control a current which flows in the PMOS transistor pair, for maintaining a constant resistance value.

PMOS resistor

A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) variable gain amplifier includes: a cascode amplifier including a common source field effect transistor and a common gate field effect transistor in a cascode structure; a first current generation unit connected in parallel to a drain of the common gate field effect transistor and configured to vary transconductance of the cascode amplifier; a second current generation unit connected to a common source of the cascode amplifier and configured to control a bias current of the cascode amplifier; a current control unit configured to generate a current control signal for the first and second current generation units; and a load stage connected in series to a drain of the cascode amplifier and configured to output an output current, which is varied by the overall transconductance of the cascode amplifier, as a differential output voltage.

CMOS variable gain amplifier

The present invention relates to a signal converting device and receiving device in a wireless communication system. The receiving device of the wireless communication system includes a differential signal converter for receiving a single ended radio frequency signal and converting it into a differential radio frequency signal, and a frequency down converter for down converting the differential radio frequency signal to down frequency signal.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Seunghyun Jang