Abstract: The method of the present invention comprising successive column chromatography processes for the purification of an anthrax protective antigen can achieve an improved purity of the anthrax protective antigen product by effectively removing impurities (e.g., cellular residual proteins in the culture solution) without the loss of anthrax protective antigen. Therefore, the method of the present invention can be advantageously used for economically producing the anthrax protective antigen on a large scale.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for wirelessly transmitting and receiving energy and data including: a signal generator generating a first frequency signal for power transmission; a first matching circuit matching input/output impedance upon receiving the first frequency signal generated by the signal generator; an oscillator outputting a second frequency signal, a carrier frequency, by using the first frequency signal, generated by the signal generator, as a reference frequency; a mixer modulating a data signal output from a communication module by using the second frequency signal; a second matching circuit matching input/output impedance upon receiving a modulated signal by using the second frequency signal; a resonator resonating an output signal from the first matching circuit to a reception side apparatus; and a radiator radiating an output signal from the second matching circuit to the reception side apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a digital predistortion linearizer applicable to millimeter-wave band point-to-point communications. The digital predistortion linearizer includes a transmission unit and a reception unit. The reception unit receives a first signal including a transmission signal and a distortion signal through a millimeter-wave propagation environment, detects the distortion signal from the first signal, and transmits information on the detected distortion signal with the first signal to the transmission unit. The transmission unit generates a predistortion signal using the information on the distortion signal and the first signal received from the reception unit, couples the generated predistortion signal with the transmission signal, and outputs the coupled signal.

Abstract: Provided is a transceiver using a millimeter-wave (MM-wave). The transceiver determines output power of a transmitting signal according to a receiving signal of a receiving end in the same device so that a possible loss value occurring in the air may be predicted. By doing so, performance of a whole link budget may be enhanced, and the transmitting signal may be rapidly controlled.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring sizes of a human body, such as the length of an arm, the size of a waist and the width of a shoulder, in the state that a person does not take off its clothes, using millimeter waves. The apparatus includes a plurality of millimeter-wave transmission/reception units, a rotation unit and a digital signal processing unit. The plurality of millimeter-wave transmission/reception units are arranged in a circular shape around an object to be measured, transmit a millimeter wave to the object to be measured, and receive a signal reflected or scattered by the object to be measured. The rotation unit rotates a circular structure in which the plurality of millimeter-wave transmission/reception units are arranged. The digital signal processing unit analyzes the object to be measured using size and phase information of the signal received by the plurality of millimeter-wave transmission/reception units.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus, method, and system for transmitting and receiving high-speed data in point-to-point (P2P) fixed wireless communication. In an apparatus for transmitting high-speed data in P2P fixed wireless communication, an amplitude zero autocorrelation waveform (CAZAC) sequence generator generates and outputs a CAZAC sequence. A frame generator generates a frame in which the CAZAC sequence is arranged as part of a preamble before a payload including actual data. A continuous wave (CW) generator generates and outputs a CW signal. A multiplexer receives the CW signal output by the CW generator, and arranges and outputs the CW signal in a position before a signal output by the frame generator.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image scanning apparatus in an image processing system, including: a frequency signal generator configured to synthesize at least two single frequency signals; a frequency up converter configured to up-convert and transmit the synthesized single frequency signals; a frequency down converter configured to down-convert and receive frequency signals reflected from an object by the up-converted frequency signals; a frequency sorter configured to sort the down-converted frequency signals so as to correspond to the at least two single frequency signals; a multiple frequency processor configured to generate a transfer function by performing parallel processing on each of the sorted frequency signals; and an image processing unit configured to generate an image of the object by using the transfer function.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for wirelessly transmitting and receiving energy and data including: a signal generator generating a first frequency signal for power transmission; a first matching circuit matching input/output impedance upon receiving the first frequency signal generated by the signal generator; an oscillator outputting a second frequency signal, a carrier frequency, by using the first frequency signal, generated by the signal generator, as a reference frequency; a mixer modulating a data signal output from a communication module by using the second frequency signal; a second matching circuit matching input/output impedance upon receiving a modulated signal by using the second frequency signal; a resonator resonating an output signal from the first matching circuit to a reception side apparatus; and a radiator radiating an output signal from the second matching circuit to the reception side apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for performing a 3D image reconstruction at a high speed and high resolution, regardless of a measurement distance. Specifically, a weight for image reconstruction is previously set, and a 3D image reconstruction algorithm is performed at a high speed, without reducing a resolution, by a parallel processing for image reconstruction, a computation of a partial region using a database based on a measurement result, and a generation of a variable pulse waveform.

Abstract: A slot antenna having stubs is provided, in which a strip transmission line for transmitting a transverse electromagnetic mode (TEM) signal is formed by using a multi-layered substrate, and a plurality of slots are used for the strip transmission line. Thus, an omnidirectional radiation pattern is obtained, and the directivity of the slot antenna is improved.

Abstract: Provided are a mixer and a transceiver having the mixer. The mixer includes: an local oscillation (LO) differential signal generator converting an input LO signal into a differential signal; and a mixing unit receiving the LO differential signal as a first input and a first signal having a first frequency as a second input and performing differential amplification on the LO differential signal and the first signal to output a second signal having a second frequency.

Abstract: Provided are a multi-output oscillator using a single oscillator, and a method of generating multiple outputs. The multi-output oscillator includes: an oscillator outputting the single frequency; a multiplier multiplying the single frequency to output a first frequency; a first frequency divider dividing the single frequency by a first division factor; a first mixer outputting a second frequency by mixing an output of the first frequency divider and an output of the multiplier; a second frequency divider dividing the single frequency by a second division factor; a second mixer mixing the output of the second frequency divider and the output of the first mixer to output a third frequency; and a third mixer mixing the output of the second frequency divider and the output of the multiplier to output a fourth frequency.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided, comprising forming a plurality of hard masks on a substrate by patterning an insulating layer; forming a plurality of trenches in the substrate, each trench having trench walls disposed between two adjacent masks and extending vertically from a bottom portion to an upper portion; forming an insulating layer on the hard masks and the trench walls; forming a conductive layer on the insulating layer; etching the conductive layer to form conductive layer patterns to fill the bottom portions of the trenches; depositing a buffer layer on the conductive layer patterns and the trench walls; and filling the upper portions of the trenches with a capping layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus improving a deterioration of a gain flatness and a phase characteristic that may be incurred while a baseband signal is transformed into a immediate frequency (IF) signal and a radio frequency (RF) signal in a broadband wireless communication system. A sub-band extractor may divide the broadband signal into multiple sub-band signals, may pre-compensate for a gain and a phase delay of each sub-band signals in the baseband, and may combine the pre-compensated sub-band signals into the single broadband signal and thus, the deterioration of the gain flatness and a phase delay flatness that may be incurred while the broadband signal is transformed into the IF signal and the RF to signal, may be improved.

Abstract: Provided is a high gain Cassegrain antenna. The antenna includes a feed unit that radiates radio waves, a subreflector that faces a radiation surface of the feed unit and reflects the radiated radio waves, and a main reflector that has a plurality of hole scatterers of different depths facing the subreflector and reflecting again the radio waves reflected from the subreflector. Accordingly, it is possible to manufacture a high-gain broadband antenna at low costs.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for transitioning a millimeter wave between dielectric waveguide and transmission line using a millimeter wave transition structure formed by the dielectric waveguide, the transmission line, and a slot to transition a signal with lower losses. The apparatus includes: transmission lines disposed respectively at input and output terminals on an uppermost dielectric substrate in a signal transition direction and adapted to transition a signal; a dielectric waveguide formed by a via array disposed between top and bottom ground surfaces of a lowermost dielectric substrate in the signal transition direction as a signal transition path; and slots disposed at a signal transition path of an upper ground surface of each dielectric substrate to connect the transmission lines to the dielectric waveguide so as to transition a signal from the transmission line of the input terminal to the transmission line of the output terminal through the dielectric waveguide.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing a digital transmission signal for a transmitter includes a transmission Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter to perform shaping on initial setting data to convert the initial setting data into a signal having a predetermined passband, a comparator to compare the signal with data including degradation information provided as feedback by a receiver corresponding to the transmitter, to generate a control signal, and a band flatness correction filter to adjust a coefficient of the band flatness correction filter in response to the control signal, and to correct an in-band flatness.

Abstract: A system for modifying a hairpin filter is provided which includes a structure transformer to divide a hairpin filter into a plurality of filters and to arrange the plurality of filters in a bilaterally symmetrical pattern, and a coupling generator to generate a plurality of coupling lines, each of the plurality of coupling lines being between each of the filters.

Abstract: Disclosed are a reflect-array lens (or a planar lens) and a solar cell module having the same. The reflect-array lens for a solar cell includes: a planar dielectric substrate having a first permittivity, wherein a plurality of recesses are formed on one surface of the planar dielectric substrate and filled with a dielectric having a second permittivity different from the first permittivity. The reflect-array lens can be easily fabricated and has an excellent concentration degree, and the solar cell module having the reflect-array lens has improved photoelectric conversion efficiency.

Abstract: Provided is a mode transition circuit for transferring a RF signal and a transceiver module having the same. The mode transition circuit includes: a planar transmission line mounted at a RF substrate for receiving a RF signal from a RF signal generating unit; a via formed inside the RF substrate and connected to one side of the planar transmission line for receiving the RF signal from the planar transmission line; at least one of metal patches formed inside the RF substrate and connected to the one side of the via for receiving the RF signal from the via; and a hole formed inside a low frequency substrate and connected to one side of the metal patch for receiving the RF signal from the metal patch.