Patents by Inventor Kwang-Chun Lee

Kwang-Chun Lee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120182836
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technology for performing a communication using an ultrasonic wave in an environment where an electromagnetic shielding is so severe that a wireless communication using an electromagnetic is difficult. In the environment where the electromagnetic shielding is severe, an ultrasonic terminal according to the present invention may transmit the ultrasonic wave using a solid structure as a medium, and an ultrasonic base station may receive the ultrasonic wave using the solid structure as the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Byung-Jae Kwak, Kwang Chun Lee, Hyun Kyu Chung, Nah-Oak Song
  • Publication number: 20120176688
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a lens, including applying a second lens material to a first lens member made of a first lens material; aligning and fixing a light shielding member to the second lens material; and further applying the second lens material to the first lens member and performing curing thereon to complete a second lens member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hye Ran Oh, Kwang Chun Lee, In Cheol Chang, Young Su Jin
  • Publication number: 20120177819
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a lens, including: forming a first lens layer having a protrusion and a groove part formed on a first surface thereof; forming a light shielding layer on the first surface; and forming a second lens on the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Chun Lee, Young Su Jin, Hye Ran Oh
  • Patent number: 8213891
    Abstract: A gain control apparatus in a receiver of multiband OFDM system includes: an amplifier amplifying a received signal based on a first auto gain control signal; an analog-to-digital converter for converting the amplified signal into a digital signal; band reception signal extractor for extracting a signal of a desired reception band from the converted digital signal for each reception band, and controlling gain of the extracted signal according to a second auto gain control signal; a reception power detector for detecting a reception power value of whole band from the converted digital signal; and a multiband integration baseband processor for generating the first auto gain control signal by using the detected reception power value of the whole band, and generating the second auto gain control signal to be provided to the band reception signal extraction units, resource allocation information for each band and a reception power for each reception band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seong-Min Kim, Byung-Su Kang, Gweon-Do Jo, Jae-Ho Jung, Joon-Hyung Kim, Heon-Kook Kwon, Sung-Jun Lee, Kwang-Chun Lee
  • Publication number: 20120162794
    Abstract: There is provided a lens module. The lens module according to the present invention may include a lens unit including one or more lenses, each having a lens function part and a flange part forming a circumference of the lens function part; and a piezoelectric body disposed on the flange part so as to shield unnecessary light incident through the lens unit and performing autofocusing according to an application of voltage thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Chun LEE, Young Su Jin, Seong Jin Hong, Seok Cheon Lee
  • Publication number: 20120154040
    Abstract: The predistorter may include: a predistortion filter predistorting an input signal to provide an output signal; a predistortion output estimation unit estimating the characteristics of a nonlinear device based on a signal processed by the nonlinear device and the output signal, and calculating a desired output signal of the predistortion filter by using the estimated characteristics of the nonlinear device; and an adaptive algorithm driving unit comparing the output signal with the desired output signal to output an error as a comparison result, calculating a filter coefficient according to which the calculated error is minimized, and providing the calculated filter coefficient to the predistortion filter in order to update a filter coefficient of the predistortion filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Young Hoon KIM, Gweon Do JO, Kwang Chun LEE
  • Patent number: 8174328
    Abstract: A dual-band wideband local oscillation signal generator includes an oscillation unit, a division unit, a poly phase filter (PPF), a switch unit, and a single side band (SSB) mixer. The oscillation unit is configured to generate a positive in-phase (IP) signal, a negative in-phase (IN) signal, a negative quadrature-phase (QN) signal, and a positive quadrature-phase (QP) signal. The division unit is configured to divide frequencies of the IP signal and the IN signal and generate an RF signal. The PPF is configured to receive the IP signal and the IN signals inputted to the division unit, and generate an LO IP signal, an LO IN signal, an LO QP signal, and an LO QN signal. The switch unit is configured to receive the generated LO signals and select a high band frequency signal or a low band frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Bong-Hyuk Park, Kwang-Chun Lee, Hyun-Kyu Chung
  • Publication number: 20120100820
    Abstract: Provided are a method for measuring a variable bandwidth wireless channel, and a transmitter and a receiver therefor. The transmitter, includes: a pre-processing unit for performing variable over-sampling and band-limited filtering on an original sequence for measuring the wireless channel according to a pre-determined digital-to-analog (D/A) operation speed and measurement bandwidth, and creating and storing a probing sequence whose frequency is up-converted into a fixed transmitting intermediate frequency; and a real-time processing unit for transmitting a probing signal that the stored probing sequence is converted according to the D/A operation speed to the wireless channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sung-Jun LEE, Heon-Kook KWON, Myung-Don KIM, Hyun-Kyu CHUNG, Kwang-Chun LEE
  • Patent number: 8165250
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of receiving signal are provided. The apparatus includes an amplifier that controls a gain according to a gain control signal and amplifies a received signal to generate an amplified signal, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter that converts the amplified signal into a digital signal, a Fourier transform unit that performs Fourier transform of the digital signal to a frequency domain signal to generate a Fourier transform signal, a demodulator that demodulates the Fourier transform signal to generate a demodulated signal, and an automatic gain control unit that divides the Fourier transform signal into a noise period and a symbol period, calculates the signal level of the noise period based on the signal level of the symbol period, and generates the gain control signal according to the signal levels of the symbol period and the noise period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae Ho Jung, Kwang Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 8140020
    Abstract: There is provided to an RF calibration apparatus and method for a multi-antenna mobile communication system, which calibrates a phase error and gain error of an RF path by calculating the minimum value of a sum of an initialized reference signal and a comparison signal by a simple operation and controlling the phase value of a phase converter and the gain of a variable amplifier on the RF path, in calibrating the RF path of a multi-antenna mobile communication system of a TDD (Time Division Duplexing) type or FDD (Frequency Division Duplexing) type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-Hyung Kim, Jae-Ho Jung, Heon-Kook Kwon, Kwang-Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 8112040
    Abstract: Provided are a method for measuring a variable bandwidth wireless channel, and a transmitter and a receiver therefore. The transmitter, includes: a pre-processing unit for performing variable over-sampling and band-limited filtering on an original sequence for measuring the wireless channel according to a pre-determined digital-to-analog (D/A) operation speed and measurement bandwidth, and creating and storing a probing sequence whose frequency is up-converted into a fixed transmitting intermediate frequency; and a real-time processing unit for transmitting a probing signal that the stored probing sequence is converted according to the D/A operation speed to the wireless channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sung-Jun Lee, Heon-Kook Kwon, Myung-Don Kim, Hyun-Kyu Chung, Kwang-Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 8102214
    Abstract: Provided is controlled-gain wideband feedback low-noise amplifier. The controlled-gain wideband feedback low-noise amplifier includes: a feedback amplifier configured to isolate an input signal and an output signal obtained by amplifying the input signal, feed back the output signal to the input signal to amplify wideband input signals, resonate a low-frequency band signal among the wideband input signals to amplify the low-frequency band signal among the wideband input signals, and be switched in accordance with a control signal to control an amplification gain of the low-frequency band signal among the wideband input signals; and a cascode amplifier configured to amplify a high-frequency band signal among the wideband signals inputted from the feedback amplifier, and be switched in accordance with a control signal to control an amplification gain of the high-frequency band signal among the wideband signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Bong-Hyuk Park, Kwang-Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 8102209
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seunghyun Jang, Kwang-Chun Lee
  • Publication number: 20110312370
    Abstract: An operation control method in a base station of a wireless communication system includes: checking whether or not an allowed mobile station exists in coverage of the base station and overall coverage of base stations adjacent to the base station; and controlling the base station to perform transmission/reception at a predetermined period through a first discontinuous operation, when the allowed mobile station does not exist in the coverage of the base station and the overall coverage of the adjacent base stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Tae-Joong Kim, Kwang-Chun Lee, Jae-Heung Kim, Hyun-Kyu Chung
  • Publication number: 20110237210
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for transmitting complex signals in a wireless communication system. The present invention, there is provided a method for controlling gain according to a magnitude change of output signals in a polar transmitter including an amplification unit having two or more amplification degrees, the method includes processes to control an output level of a modulated signal when a output-required power of transmission signals are less than a predetermined threshold value, and to perform a basic amplification through the amplification unit; to amplify the amplification unit at a first amplification level when the output-required power of the transmission signals is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold value and is less than a predetermined second threshold value; and to amplify the amplification unit at a second amplification level when the output-required power of the transmission signal is equal to or greater than the second threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Jae-Ho Jung, Joon-Hyung Kim, Kwang-Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 8018278
    Abstract: A pre-distortion apparatus of a power amplifier includes: a pre-distortion unit configured to generate a pre-distorted signal of an input signal by calculating a magnitude of the input signal and outputting a complex correction coefficient corresponding to the calculated magnitude of the input signal, and provide the generated pre-distorted signal as an input of the power amplifier; and a complex correct coefficient update unit configured to generate an error signal by comparing an output signal of the power amplifier with the input signal and updating the complex correction coefficient to minimize a magnitude of the generated error signal, wherein the pre-distortion unit provides a constant bias value corresponding to the magnitude of the input signal as a bias of the power amplifier while updating the complex correction coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae-Ho Jung, Gweon-Do Jo, Young-Hoon Kim, Jung-Hoon Oh, Kwang-Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 7974180
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transmitting/receiving apparatuses of a wideband radio channel measuring device using a multi-carrier. The wideband radio channel measuring device using the multi-carrier may measure radio channel characteristics at a frequency domain. Since the radio channel is measured at the frequency domain by the wideband radio channel measuring device using the multi-carrier, the channel characteristics may be simultaneously measured while maintaining a maximum Doppler measurement frequency at a predetermined level regardless of increase of the number of transmitting and receiving antennas, in an MIMO configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyun-Kyu Chung, Kwang-Chun Lee
  • Publication number: 20110151775
    Abstract: A repeating apparatus in a wireless communication system includes: a signal detection unit configured to receive a signal from a base station or a mobile station and detect strength of the signal; a control unit configured to compare the signal strength detected by the signal detection unit with signal strength predetermined by the system and provide comparison information; and an output signal control unit configured to receive the comparison information from the control unit and adjust and amplify gain of a signal transmitted to the base station or the mobile station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Byung-Su KANG, Heon-Kook KWON, Kwang-Chun LEE
  • Publication number: 20110150139
    Abstract: The method includes performing a wired back-to-back test by forming M wired paths connecting one of the N transmission antennas with the M reception antennas through M cables, separating ith digital data corresponding to an ith receiver wired path from the plurality of digital data stored in the receiver wherein i is a natural number greater than 1 and smaller than M, extracting a time delay by decimating the separated ith digital data and performing sliding correlation on the decimated data, and extracting attenuation and phase characteristics of the ith receiver wired path by extracting samples after the time delay among the decimated samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sung-Jun LEE, Kwang-Chun LEE, Hyun-Kyu CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20110140746
    Abstract: A dual-band wideband local oscillation signal generator includes an oscillation unit, a division unit, a poly phase filter (PPF), a switch unit, and a single side band (SSB) mixer. The oscillation unit is configured to generate a positive in-phase (IP) signal, a negative in-phase (IN) signal, a negative quadrature-phase (QN) signal, and a positive quadrature-phase (QP) signal. The division unit is configured to divide frequencies of the IP signal and the IN signal and generate an RF signal. The PPF is configured to receive the IP signal and the IN signals inputted to the division unit, and generate an LO IP signal, an LO IN signal, an LO QP signal, and an LO QN signal. The switch unit is configured to receive the generated LO signals and select a high band frequency signal or a low band frequency signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Bong-Hyuk PARK, Kwang-Chun Lee, Hyun-Kyu Chung