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Design and Implementation K-Band EWRG Transceiver for High-Resolution Rainfall Observation

고해상도 강수 관측을 위한 K-대역 전파강수계 송수신기 설계 및 구현

  • Choi, Jeong-Ho (Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Chosun College of Science & Technology) ;
  • Lim, Sang-Hun (Department of Land, Water and Environment Research, Korea Institute of Civil engineering and Building Technology) ;
  • Park, Hyeong-Sam (Department of Computer Engineering, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Bae-Kyu (Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Chosun College of Science & Technology)
  • Received : 2020.04.27
  • Accepted : 2020.05.01
  • Published : 2020.05.31
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Abstract

This paper is to develop an electromagnetic wave-based sensor that can measure the spatial distribution of precipitation, and to a electromagnetic wave rain gauge (hereinafter, "EWRG") capable of simultaneously measuring rainfall, snowfall, and wind field, which are the core of heavy rain observation. Through this study, the LFM transmission and reception signals were theoretically analyzed. In addition, In order to develop a radar transceiver, LFM transceiver design and simulation were conducted. In this paper, we developed a K-BAND pulse-driven 6W SSPA(Solid State Power Amplifiers) transceiver using a small HMIC(Hybrid Microwave Integrated Circuit). It has more than 6W of output power and less than 5dB of receiving NF(Noise Figure) with short duty of 1% in high temperature environment of 65 degrees. The manufactured module emits LFM and Square Pulse waveform with the built-in waveform generator, and the receiver has more than 40dB of gain. The transceiver developed in this paper can be applied to the other small weather radar.

이 논문은 강수의 공간분포를 측정할 수 있는 전자파 기반 센서를 개발하는 것이며, 악천후 관측의 핵심인 강우, 강설, 바람장을 동시 측정할 수 있는 전파강수계(EWRG, Electromagnetic Wave Rain Gauge)에 관한 것이다. 본 연구를 통해 LFM 방식의 송수신 신호를 이론적으로 분석하였다. 또한 전파강수계 송수신기를 개발하기 위해서 LFM 송수신기 설계 및 모의실험을 수행하였다. 본 논문은 소형 HMIC(Hybrid Microwave Integrated Circuit)를 사용하여 K-BAND 펄스 구동 형 6W SSPA(Solid State Power Amplifiers) 송수신기 개발을 하였다. 65도의 고온의 환경에서 1%의 짧은 Duty를 가지는 6W 이상의 출력파워, 5dB이하의 수신 NF(Noise Figure)를 가지고 있다. 제작된 모듈은 파형발생부가 내장되어 LFM과 Square Pulse파형을 방출하며 수신부는 40dB이상의 수신 이득을 가진다. 이 논문에서 개발된 송수신기는 다른 소형 기상 레이더에 적용할 수 있다.

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