Patent Publication Number: US-11041895-B1

Title: Probe antenna, probing system, and power density measuring method for measuring power density in near-field electromagnetic field

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) 
     This application claims the priority benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2019-0165412 filed on Dec. 12, 2019, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. 
     BACKGROUND 
     1. Field 
     One or more example embodiments relate to a probing system and method for measuring a power density using a probe antenna, and more particularly, to a device and method for measuring a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field by processing a signal output from a probe antenna when the probe antenna is exposed to the near-field electromagnetic field. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
     In a wireless communication antenna system, an electromagnetic field generated by an antenna may change from a near-field electromagnetic field to a far-field electromagnetic field as a distance from the antenna increases. 
     An existing probing system may measure one of a strength of an electric field and a strength of a magnetic field using a probe antenna and calculate a power density of a far-field electromagnetic field using a result of the measuring to evaluate the performance of a wireless communication antenna. 
     However, in a case in which a distance from the antenna to a measurement point is not sufficient, it may need to measure an electromagnetic field in a near-field region. However, the electromagnetic field in the near-field region may have a different characteristic from that of an electromagnetic field in a far-field region. In detail, when a medium is uniform, in a far-field region, a wave impedance defined by a ratio between a strength of an electric field and a strength of a magnetic field may not vary based on a position but permanently constant. In contrast, in a near-field region, a wave impedance may have different values based on a position. In addition, the electric field and the magnetic field in the far-field region may have phases that are not different each other, whereas those in the near-field region may have phases that are different. Thus, there may be a phase difference between the electric field and the magnetic field in the near-field region. 
     Thus, the existing probing system that calculates a power density by measuring one of a strength of an electric field and a strength of a magnetic field may not measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field. 
     Thus, there is a desire for a probing system that may measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field. 
     SUMMARY 
     An aspect provides a device and method for measuring a power density of an electromagnetic field even in a near-field region having a phase difference between a magnetic field and an electric field by calculating a power density based on the phase difference between the magnetic field and the electric field. 
     According to an example embodiment, there is provided a probe antenna including a board, and a conductor transmitting line formed on the board, having a constant line width, and formed in a polygonal shape or in a closed-curve shape. The conductor transmitting line may be divided into a first transmitting line and a second transmitting line that are separated from each other, and include a first receiving port formed with one end of the first transmitting line and one end of the second transmitting line, and a second receiving port formed with another end of the first transmitting line and another end of the second transmitting line. 
     An input impedance of the first receiving port and the second receiving port may be determined based on a length of the first transmitting line and the second transmitting line. 
     As the conductor transmitting line operates as a loop antenna by a magnetic field input to the probe antenna, the conductor transmitting line may generate a potential difference at the first receiving port and the second receiving port, respectively, each of which is proportional to a strength of the magnetic field. 
     The first receiving port may generate a potential difference that has a same magnitude as that of a potential difference output from the second receiving port and a direction opposite to that of the potential difference output from the second receiving port. 
     As transmitting line areas including the first receiving port and the second receiving port operate as different dipole antennas by an electric field input to the probe antenna, the conductor transmitting line may generate a potential difference at the first receiving port and the second receiving port, respectively, each of which is proportional to a strength of the electric field. 
     The first receiving port may generate a potential difference that has a same magnitude and a same direction as that of a potential difference output from the second receiving port. 
     The first receiving port may output a first output signal by adding a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric field. The second receiving port may output a second output signal by adding a potential difference obtained by reversing a sign of a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric field. 
     The first receiving port may output a first output signal by adding a potential difference obtained by reversing a sign of a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric field. The second receiving port may output a second output signal by adding a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric field. 
     According to another example embodiment, there is provided probing system including a probe antenna including a board, and a conductor transmitting line formed on the board, having a constant line width, and formed in a polygonal shape or a closed-curve shape, and a power density measurer configured to measure a power density of an electromagnetic field using output signals of the probe antenna. The conductor transmitting line may be divided into a first transmitting line and a second transmitting line that are separated from each other, and include a first receiving port formed with one end of the first transmitting line and one end of the second transmitting line, and a second receiving port formed with another end of the first transmitting line and another end of the second transmitting line. The power density measurer may include a power density operator configured to measure the power density of the electromagnetic field using a first output signal output from the first receiving port and a second output signal output from the second receiving port. 
     As the conductor transmitting line operates as a loop antenna by a magnetic field input to the probe antenna, the conductor transmitting line may generate a potential difference at the first receiving port and the second receiving port that is proportional to a strength of the magnetic field. As transmitting line areas including the first receiving port and the second receiving port operate as different dipole antennas by an electric field input to the probe antenna, the conductor transmitting line may generate a potential difference at the first receiving port and the second receiving port that is proportional to a strength of the electric field. 
     The first receiving port may output the first output signal by adding a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric field. The second receiving port may output the second output signal by adding a potential difference obtained by reversing a sign of a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric field. 
     The first receiving port may output the first output signal by adding a potential difference obtained by reversing a sign of a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric field. The second receiving port may output the second output signal by adding a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric field. 
     The power density measurer may further include a radio frequency (RF) remover configured to extract direct current (DC) signals by removing an RF signal from each of the first output signal of the first receiving port and the second output signal of the second receiving port. The power density operator may measure the power density of the electromagnetic field based on a result of subtracting the DC signal extracted from the first output signal and the DC signal extracted from the second output signal from each other. According to still another example embodiment, there is provided a power density measuring method including receiving, from a probe antenna, output signals based on a potential difference proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential difference proportional to a strength of an electric field, and measuring a power density of an electromagnetic field using the output signals. The probe antenna may include a conductor transmitting line that is divided into a first transmitting line and a second transmitting line that are separated from each other, and includes a first receiving port formed with one end of the first transmitting line and one end of the second transmitting line, and a second receiving port formed with another end of the first transmitting line and another end of the second transmitting line. As the conductor transmitting line operates as a loop antenna by a magnetic field input to the probe antenna, the conductor transmitting line may generate a potential difference at the first receiving port and the second receiving port that is proportional to a strength of the magnetic field. As transmitting line areas including the first receiving port and the second receiving port operate as different dipole antennas by an electric field input to the probe antenna, the conductor transmitting line may generate a potential difference at the first receiving port and the second receiving port that is proportional to a strength of the electric field. 
     The first receiving port may output a first output signal by adding a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric field. The second receiving port may output the second output signal by adding a potential difference obtained by reversing a sign of a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field, and a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric field. 
     The first receiving port may output the first output signal by adding a potential difference obtained by reversing a sign of a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric field. The second receiving port may output the second output signal by adding a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric field. 
     The power density measuring method may further include extracting DC signals by removing an RF signal from each of the first output signal of the first receiving port and the second output signal of the second receiving port. The measuring of the power density may include measuring the power density of the electromagnetic field based on a result of subtracting the DC signal extracted from the first output signal and the DC signal extracted from the second output signal from each other. 
     Additional aspects of example embodiments will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       These and/or other aspects, features, and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of example embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which: 
         FIG. 1  is a diagram illustrating an example of a probing system according to an example embodiment; 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating an example of a structure of a probe antenna according to an example embodiment; 
         FIG. 3  is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation principle of a probe antenna according to an example embodiment; 
         FIG. 4  is a diagram illustrating an example of a power density measurer according to an example embodiment; 
         FIG. 5  is a diagram illustrating an example of a signal antenna-type probing system according to an example embodiment; 
         FIG. 6  is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna array-type probing system according to an example embodiment; and 
         FIG. 7  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a power density measuring method according to an example embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Hereinafter, some examples will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, various alterations and modifications may be made to the examples. Here, the examples are not construed as limited to the disclosure and should be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and replacements within the idea and the technical scope of the disclosure. 
     The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular examples only and is not to be limiting of the examples. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an”, and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises/comprising” and/or “includes/including” when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof. 
     When describing the examples with reference to the accompanying drawings, like reference numerals refer to like constituent elements and a repeated description related thereto will be omitted. In the description of examples, detailed description of well-known related structures or functions will be omitted when it is deemed that such description will cause ambiguous interpretation of the present disclosure. 
     Hereinafter, example embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
       FIG. 1  is a diagram illustrating an example of a probing system according to an example embodiment. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , a probing system  100  includes a probe antenna  110  and a power density measurer  120 . 
     The probe antenna  110  includes a board, and a conductor transmitting line formed on the board, having a constant line width, and formed in a polygonal shape or a closed-curve shape. The conductor transmitting line is divided into two portions—a first transmitting line and a second transmitting line that are separated from each other. The conductor transmitting line includes a first receiving port formed with one end of the first transmitting line and one end of the second transmitting line, and a second receiving port formed with another end of the first transmitting line and another end of the second transmitting line. 
     The conductor transmitting line may operate as a loop antenna by a magnetic field input to the probe antenna  110 . The conductor transmitting line may generate a potential difference at the first receiving port and the second receiving port that is proportional to a strength of the magnetic field input to the probe antenna  110 . For example, the first receiving port may generate a potential difference that has the same magnitude as that of a potential difference output from the second receiving port and a direction opposite to that of the potential difference output from the second receiving port. 
     In addition, areas of the conductor transmitting line including the first receiving port and the second receiving port may operate as different dipole antennas by an electric field input to the probe antenna  110 . The areas including the first receiving port and the second receiving port may generate a potential difference at the first receiving port and the second receiving port that is proportional to a strength of the electric field input to the probe antenna  110 . For example, the first receiving port may generate a potential difference that has the same magnitude and direction as those of a potential difference output from the second receiving port. 
     For example, the first receiving port may output a first output signal by adding the potential difference that is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field and the potential difference that is proportional to the strength of the electric field. The second receiving port may output a second output signal by adding a potential difference obtained by reversing a sign of the potential difference that is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field, and the potential difference that is proportional to the strength of the electric field. In addition, the first receiving port may output the first output signal by adding a potential difference obtained by reversing a sign of the potential difference that is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field and the potential difference that is proportional to the strength of the electric field. The second receiving port may output the second output signal by adding the potential difference that is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field and the potential difference that is proportional to the strength of the electric field. 
     The power density measurer  120  may measure a power density of an electromagnetic field in a near-field region, using the first output signal and the second output signal. The power density measurer  120  includes an amplifier  121 , a radio frequency (RF) remover  123 , and a power density operator  125  as illustrated in  FIG. 1 . 
     The amplifier  121  may amplify the first output signal and the second output signal and transmit the amplified signals to the RF remover  123 . 
     The RF remover  123  may extract direct current (DC) signals by removing RF signals respectively from the amplified first output signal and the amplified second output signal. The RF remover  123  may be an RF choke, for example. 
     The power density operator  125  may be disposed or installed at a position separate from the probe antenna  110  such that the power density operator  125  is electrically isolated from the probe antenna  110 . The power density operator  125  may subtract the DC signal extracted from the first output signal and the DC signal extracted from the second output signal from each other to measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic. The power density operator  125  may be one of a processor, a device including the processor, and a personal computer (PC), for example. 
     The probing system  100  may measure an electric field and a magnetic field using a single probe antenna and also measure a phase difference between the electric field and the magnetic field, and may thus measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field without an error. 
     In addition, the power density operator  125  configured to measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field may be disposed to be electrically isolated from the probe antenna  110 , and thus the probing system  100  may minimize an influence of the power density operator  125  on the near-field electromagnetic field. With the power density operator  125  being disposed separately from the probe antenna  110 , the probing system  100  may extract a DC signal from an output of the probe antenna  110  using the RF remover  123 , and transmit the extracted DC signal to the power density operator  125 . Thus, the power density operator  125  and the probe antenna  110  may be electrically isolated therefrom. 
     In addition, as the probing system  100  extracts the DC signal from the output of the probe antenna  110  and transmits the extracted DC signal to the power density operator  125 , the probing system  100  may minimize an influence of the power density operator  125  on the near-field electromagnetic field without using an optical cable and an optical conversion device. That is, the probing system  100  may not require an element or a component related to optical transmission, for example, an optical cable and an optical conversion device, and thus be smaller in size compared to an existing probing system that requires such device related to the optical transmission for a probe antenna. 
     The probing system  100  may be smaller in size than the existing probing system, and embodied as an antenna array-type probing system using a plurality of probe antennas  110  as illustrated in  FIG. 6 . The antenna array-type probing system may measure power densities at various positions on a plane all at once, and thus reduce the amount of time used to measure a power density distribution in a large area. 
       FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating an example of a structure of a probe antenna according to an example embodiment. 
     Referring to  FIG. 2 , the probe antenna  110  includes a circuit board  101 , and a conductor transmitting line  202  formed on the circuit board  101 , having a constant line width, and formed in a polygonal shape or a closed-curve shape. 
     The conductor transmitting line  202  may be divided into two portions as illustrated in  FIG. 2 . A first receiving port  203  and a second receiving port  204  may be formed in the two portions. The probe antenna  110  may receive a signal generated by a near-field electromagnetic field through the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204 . 
     A two-dimensional (2D) area from which a power density is measurable in the probe antenna  110  may be defined by a probe area  205 . The probe area  205  may be an area having the same concept as an effective area of a general antenna. That is, the probe antenna  110  may measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field present in the probe area  205  on the surface of the circuit board  101 . 
     The probe area  205  of the probe antenna  110  may be determined through measurement or simulation. Based on a size of the probe area  205 , a spatial resolution of the probing system  100  including the probe antenna  110  may be determined. 
     The size of the probe area  205  may be proportional to a size of a polygon or a closed curve formed by the conductor transmitting line  202 , and the spatial resolution of the probing system  100  may be determined based on the size of the probe area  205 . Thus, the spatial resolution of the probing system  100  may be determined based on the size of the polygon or the closed curve formed by the conductor transmitting line  202 . For example, when the size of the polygon or the closed curve formed by the conductor transmitting line  202  decreases, the performance of the spatial resolution of the probing system  100  may increase. 
     In addition, a resonant frequency of the probe antenna  110  may be determined based on the size of the polygon or the closed curve formed by the conductor transmitting line  202 . For example, when an entire length of the conductor transmitting line  202  is the same as a wavelength of an electromagnetic field, the probe antenna  110  may resonate at a corresponding frequency. When the probe antenna  110  resonates, an output of the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  of the probe antenna  110  may be different from an output at another frequency. 
     Thus, to prevent such a difference in an output of the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  based on a frequency, the conductor transmitting line  202  may be designed to have the entire length less than a wavelength of an electromagnetic field to be measured. For example, when a wavelength of an electromagnetic field from which a power density is to be measured is defined as λ, a length of a side of a tetragon formed by the conductor transmitting line  202  may be λ/8, and a line width of the conductor transmitting line  202  may be less than or equal to λ/10. 
     In addition, an input impedance of the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  may be determined based on a length of the first transmitting line and the second transmitting line. Here, an impedance corresponding to a portion into which the conductor transmitting line  202  is divided may be obtained using a function of a length into which the conductor transmitting line  202  is divided. The obtained impedance may be the input impedance of the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204 . 
     In addition, when a signal output from the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  is input to the power density measurer  120 , a signal reflection may occur. An amount of the signal reflection may be determined based on an impedance of the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204 . That is, when the input impedance of the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  is different from an input impedance of the power density measurer  120 , the signal output from the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  may be reflected without being input to the power density measurer  120 . Thus, to prevent the signal outputs of the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  from being reflected, the length of the first transmitting line and the second transmitting line may be determined such that the input impedance of the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  is the same as the input impedance of the power density measurer  120 . 
       FIG. 3  is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation principle of a probe antenna according to an example embodiment. Referring to  FIG. 3 , the conductor transmitting line  202  is divided into two portions—a first transmitting line  310  and a second transmitting line  320  that are separated from each other. The conductor transmitting line  202  includes a first receiving port  203  formed with one end of the first transmitting line  310  and one end of the second transmitting line  320 , and a second receiving port  204  formed with another end of the first transmitting line  310  and another end of the second transmitting line  320 . 
     When it is assumed an electric field and a magnetic field are uniform in a probe area  205 , the electric field and the magnetic field may have a same direction and strength in the probe area  205 . For example, when a size of a tetragon formed by the conductor transmitting line  202  is less than a threshold value compared to a wavelength of an electromagnetic field, the electric field and the magnetic field may be uniform in the probe area  205 . 
     A signal output from the first receiving port  203  may be defined as V 1 , and a signal output from the second receiving port  204  may be defined as V 2 . 
     Here, the conductor transmitting line  202  may operate as a loop antenna by a magnetic field input to the probe antenna  110 . 
     For example, the magnetic field present in the probe area  205  and formed on a surface of the probe antenna  110  may induce a current to the conductor transmitting line  202  according to the Faraday&#39;s law. The induced current may generate a potential difference at the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204 . 
     The current induced according to the Faraday&#39;s law may be proportional to a vertical-direction strength of the magnetic field input to the probe antenna  110 . Here, a vertical direction of the magnetic field input to the probe antenna  110  may be the same direction as a vertical-direction axis  310  of an antenna surface including the conductor transmitting line  202 . 
     Thus, a potential difference of a signal output from the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  may be proportional to a strength of a magnetic field in the vertical-direction axis  310  of the antenna surface. 
     In addition, the current induced by the magnetic field according to the Faraday&#39;s law and flowing in the conductor transmitting line  202  may flow clockwise or counterclockwise in the tetragon formed by the conductor transmitting line  202 . That is, when the magnetic field is uniform in the probe area  205 , signals having potential differences in opposite directions may be output from the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204 , respectively. 
     Thus, the potential differences of the signals output from the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  by the magnetic field may have different directions. For example, when V 1  output from the first receiving port  203  by the magnetic field has a potential difference of a positive value, V 2  output from the second receiving port  204  by the magnetic field may have a potential difference of a negative value. 
     To sum up, the signal output from the first receiving port  203  by the magnetic field and the signal output from the second receiving port  204  by the magnetic field may have the potential differences that are the same in magnitude and different in sign. 
     In addition, areas of the conductor transmitting line  202  corresponding to the same direction as a vertical-direction axis  311  of the conductor transmitting line  202  may operate as dipole antennas. 
     That is, an area of the conductor transmitting line  202  including the first receiving port  203  in the same direction as the vertical-direction axis  311  and an area of the conductor transmitting line  202  including the second receiving port  204  in the same direction as the vertical-direction axis  311  may operate as different dipole antennas by an electric field input to the probe antenna  110 . 
     The electric field formed on the surface of the probe antenna  110  may output a potential difference at the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204 . The potential different output from the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  may be proportional to a strength of the electric field in the vertical-direction axis  311  of the conductor transmitting line  202 . 
     When the electric field is uniform in the probe area  205 , the electric field having the same direction and strength may be input to the dipole antennas in a direction corresponding to the vertical-direction axis  311  of the conductor transmitting line  202  including the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204 . Thus, a potential difference output from the first receiving port  203  and a potential difference output from the second receiving port  204  may have the same sign. 
     For example, when V 1  output from the first receiving port  203  by the electric field has a potential difference of a positive value, V 2  output from the second receiving port  204  by the electric field may also have a potential difference of a positive value. 
     To sum up, a signal output from the first receiving port  203  by the electric field and a signal output from the second receiving port  204  by the electric field may have potential differences that are the same in magnitude and sign. 
     In addition, when the probe antenna  110  operates as a linear antenna in response to an input electric field, the electric field input into a horizontal-direction axis  312  of the conductor transmitting line  202  may generate a potential difference between the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204 . However, the probing system  100  may not use the potential difference generated between the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  to measure a power density. 
       FIG. 4  is a diagram illustrating an example of a power density measurer according to an example embodiment. 
     Referring to  FIG. 4 , a signal output from the first receiving port  203  of the probe antenna  110  may be input to a first signal squarer  411  of the amplifier  121 . In addition, a signal output from the second receiving port  204  of the probe antenna  110  may be input to a second signal squarer  412  of the amplifier  121 . 
     The first signal squarer  411  and the second signal squarer  412  may square the signals received respectively and output the squared signals. For example, each of the first signal squarer  411  and the second signal squarer  412  may be embodied using an RF mixer. The RF mixer may receive an RF signal and a local signal, and then modulate the RF signal. Such modulation performed by the RF mixer may be the same as squaring a sum of the RF signal and the local signal. Thus, by replacing the RF signal and the local signal to be input to the RF mixer with a same RF signal, it is possible to output amplified squared RF signal. 
     A potential difference output from the first receiving port  203  by a magnetic field, and a potential difference output from the first receiving port  203  by an electric field may be different RF signals. The first signal squarer  411  may receive the potential difference output from the first receiving port  203  by the magnetic field and the potential difference output from the first receiving port  203  by the electric field. Subsequently, the first signal squarer  411  may generate a first output signal by squaring a sum of the potential difference output from the first receiving port  203  by the magnetic field and the potential difference output from the first receiving port  203  by the electric field. In addition, the second signal squarer to  412  may receive a potential difference output from the second receiving port  204  by the magnetic field and a potential difference output from the second receiving port  204  by the electric field. Subsequently, the second signal squarer  412  may generate a second output signal by squaring a sum of the potential difference output from the second receiving port  204  by the magnetic field and the potential difference output from the second receiving port  204  by the electric field. 
     The first output signal output from the first signal squarer  411  may be input to a first RF choke  421 , and the second output signal output from the second signal squarer  412  may be input to a second RF choke  422 . Here, an RF choke may extract a DC signal by removing a remaining RF signal, excluding the DC signal, from an input signal. For example, each of the first RF choke  421  and the second RF choke  422  may be embodied using an inductor. 
     The DC signals extracted by the RF remover  123  may be input to the power density operator  125  as illustrated in  FIG. 4 . 
     The power density operator  125  includes a signal subtractor  431  and a signal multiplier  432 . The signal subtractor  431  may obtain a difference between the two input signals. The signal multiplier  432  may multiply the obtained difference by a multiplication coefficient to output a result of the multiplying. Since a signal to be input to the power density operator  125  may not be an RF signal but a DC signal, each of the signal subtractor  431  and the signal multiplier  432  may be embodied using an operational amplifier used for an analog circuit. 
       FIG. 5  is a diagram illustrating an example of a signal antenna-type probing system according to an example embodiment. 
     Referring to  FIG. 5 , the probing system  100  may be embodied as a single antenna-type probing system including the probe antenna  110  including the conductor transmitting line  202  formed on the circuit board  101 , and a first signal squarer  510  and a second signal squarer  520 . 
     The first signal squarer  510  may be disposed adjacent to the first receiving port  203 , and the second signal squarer  520  may be disposed adjacent to the second receiving port  204 . In addition, the first signal squarer  510  and the second signal squarer  520  may be produced using an RF mixer produced in a small size using a semiconductor transistor, and installed adjacent to the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204 , respectively. 
     A first output signal output from the first signal squarer  510  may be transmitted to a signal squarer conductor transmitting line  512  connected to a lower surface of the circuit board  101  through a via  511 . A first RF choke  530  may extract a DC signal from a first output signal passing through the signal squarer conductor transmitting line  512 , and transmit the extracted DC signal to a power density operator  550 . 
     In addition, a second output signal output from the second signal squarer  520  may be transmitted to a signal squarer conductor transmitting line  522  connected to the lower surface of the circuit board  101  through a via  521 . A second RF choke  540  may extract a DC signal from a second output signal passing through the signal squarer conductor transmitting line  522 , and transmit the extracted DC signal to the power density operator  550 . 
     The power density operator  550  may multiply, by a multiplication coefficient, a difference between the DC signal extracted from the first output signal and the DC signal extracted from the second output signal, and output a result of the multiplying. 
     A measurement device  560  may measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field using a signal output from the power density operator  550 . The measurement device  560  may be an oscilloscope or a spectrum analyzer, for example. 
     The power density operator  550  and the measurement device  560  may be disposed at a position separate from the circuit board  101  to minimize an influence on the measurement of the near-field electromagnetic field. In addition, the power density operator  550  and the measurement device  560  may be installed in a shielding box to reduce further the influence on the measurement. 
     Although the measurement device  560  is illustrated in  FIG. 5  as being a separate component or element from the power density operator  550 , the measurement device  560  may be included in the power density operator  550  along with the signal subtractor  431  and the signal multiplier  432 . 
     The first RF choke  530  and the second RF choke  540  may remove RF signals respectively from the first output signal and the second output signal, and electrically isolate the power density operator  550  from the first signal squarer  510  and the second signal squarer  520 . Thus, the first RF choke  530  and the second RF choke  540  may prevent the power density operator  550  from having an influence on the measurement of the power density. 
     That is, according to examples, by increasing the number of RF chokes to be installed between the power density operator  550 , and the first signal squarer  510  and the second signal squarer  520 , it is possible to increase a level of an electrical isolation between the power density operator  550 , and the first signal squarer  510  and the second signal operator  520 . 
     In addition, for the first signal squarer  510  and the second signal squarer  520  to operate, a power supply may be needed. 
     However, a power supply device  570  configured to supply power to the first signal squarer  510  and the second signal squarer  520  may have an influence on the measurement of the power density, and thus the power supply device  570  may be installed at a position separate from the circuit board  101 . 
     The power supply device  570  may supply power to the first signal squarer  510  and the second signal squarer  520  through a power supply conductor transmitting line  571 . In addition, by installing a third RF choke  572  in the power supply conductor transmitting line  571 , it is possible to electrically isolate the power supply device  570  from the first signal squarer  510  and the second signal squarer  520 . 
     Here, power to be transmitted from the power supply conductor transmitting line  571  may be transmitted from the lower surface of the circuit board  101  to an upper surface of the circuit board  101  through vias  573  and  574 , and supplied to the first signal squarer  510  and the second signal squarer  520 . 
       FIG. 6  is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna array-type probing system according to an example embodiment. 
     Referring to  FIG. 6 , the probing system  100  may be embodied as an antenna array-type probing system by arranging a plurality of probe antennas  110  on the single circuit board  610  as illustrated in  FIG. 6 . A diagram shown below the circuit board  610  is a projection of a lower surface of the circuit board  610 . 
     A probe antenna  110  may measure a power density of an electromagnetic field inside a probe area, and may not measure a power density of an electromagnetic field outside the probe area. Thus, to measure power densities at a plurality of positions on a 2D plane, a power density may need to be measured at each of the positions by moving the probe antenna  110  to the positions. That is, when a size of the 2D plane from which a power density distribution is to be measured is large, a great amount of time may be used for the probe antenna  110  to move, and thus a measurement time may increase. 
     However, the antenna array-type probing system may measure the power densities at the positions on the 2D plane all at once using the plurality of probe antennas  110 , and thus may reduce an amount of time to be used to measure the power density distribution on the 2D plane. 
     In the antenna array-type probing system, signal squarers  630  may be installed at positions adjacent to receiving ports  620  included in each of the probe antennas  110 . 
     On the lower surface of the circuit board  610 , flat inductors  640  may be installed. The flat inductors  640  may pass a DC signal and attenuate an RF signal, and may thus function as RF chokes described above with reference to  FIG. 5 . 
     In addition, on the circuit board  610 , vias  631  connecting outputs of the signal squarers  630  to the flat inductors  640  may be installed. The flat inductors  640  may be connected to a DC switch  650  through RF choke conductor transmitting lines  641 . As described above, the flat inductors  640  may remove RF signals from input signals and output only DC signals, and thus signals to be transmitted to the DC switch  650  through the RF choke conductor transmitting lines  641  may be DC signals extracted from respective output signals of the signal squarers  630 . 
     The DC switch  650  may select one of the DC signals received through the RF choke conductor transmitting lines  641 , and transmit the selected DC signal to a power density operator  670  through a switch conductor transmitting line  651 . An RF choke  660  may be installed in the switch conductor transmitting line  651 , and thus electrically isolate the power density operator  670  from the DC switch  650 . 
     The DC switch  650  may be configured to select one from DC signals and transmit the selected DC signal, and thus have a low signal loss and be fast in switching speed, compared to an RF switch configured to select one from RF signals and transmit the selected RF signal. 
     That is, the antenna array-type probing system may sequentially input DC signals received from the flat inductors  640  to the power density operator  670  using the DC switch  650 , and sequentially transmit outputs of the power density operator  670  to a measurement device, thereby measuring a power density distribution on a 2D plane all at once. 
       FIG. 7  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a power density measuring method according to an example embodiment. 
     Referring to  FIG. 7 , in operation  710 , the amplifier  121  receives, from the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204 , a signal of a potential difference by a magnetic field and a signal of a potential difference by an electric field. 
     Here, when the signal of the potential difference by the magnetic field is defined as V H  and the signal of the potential difference by the electric field is defined as V E , V H  and V E  may be represented by Equation 1 below.
 
 V   H =ν H ·sin(ω t+θ   H )
 
 V   E =ν E ·sin(ω t+θ   E )  Equation 1
 
     In Equation 1, ω denotes an angular frequency of an electromagnetic field input to the probe antenna  110 . 
     As described above, the probe antenna  110  may operate as a loop antenna in response to a magnetic field input to the probe antenna  110 , and as a linear antenna in response to an electric field input to the probe antenna  110 . Thus, the potential differences respectively output from the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  may be proportional to a strength of the magnetic field and a strength of the electric field. In addition, the magnetic field and the electric field may have different phases in a near-field region, and thus the signals V H  and V E  of the potential differences output from the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  may have different phases. 
     In Equation 1, θ H  denotes a phase of the magnetic field and θ E  denotes a phase of the electric field. In addition, ν H  denotes an amplitude of the signal V H  of the potential difference by the magnetic field, and ν E  denotes an amplitude of the signal V E  of the potential difference by the electric field. The potential differences are proportional to a strength of the magnetic field and a strength of the electric field, and thus ν H  may be proportional to a strength of the magnetic field in the vertical-direction axis  310  of the antenna surface and ν E  may be proportional to a strength of the electric field in the vertical-direction axis  311  of the conductor transmitting line  202 . Here, a proportion coefficient may be determined by a length and a line width of the conductor transmitting line  202 , and a dielectric constant of the circuit board  101 . 
     In addition, the magnetic field and the electric field may exist concurrently in the near-field region, and thus V H  and V E  may be concurrently output from each of the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204 . 
     Thus, a first output signal V 1  output from the first receiving port  203  and a second output signal V 2  output from the second receiving port  204  may include both the signal V H  of the potential difference by the magnetic field and the signal V E  of the potential difference by the electric field, as represented by Equation 2 below.
 
 V   1   =V   H   +V   E =ν H ·sin(ω t+θ   H )+ν E ·sin(ω t+θ   E )
 
 V   2   =−V   H   +V   E =ν H ·sin(ω t+θ   H )+ν E ·sin(ω t+θ   E )  Equation 2
 
     Here, signs of the potential differences respectively output from the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  by the magnetic field may be different from each other. Thus, a positive sign may be attached to V H  of the first output signal V 1 , and a negative sign may be attached to V H  of the second output signal V 2 . 
     The amplifier  121  may receive the first output signal V 1  and the second output signal V 2  respectively from the first receiving port  203  and the second receiving port  204  of the probe antenna  110 . 
     In operation  720 , the amplifier  121  amplifies the signals received in operation  710 . The first signal squarer  411  of the amplifier  121  may amplify the first output signal V 1  received from the first receiving port  203 , and output an amplified signal V 1,double  which may be represented by Equation 3 below. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         
                           V 
                           
                             1 
                             , 
                             double 
                           
                         
                         = 
                           
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                               α 
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                           ⁢ 
                           
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                   Equation 
                   ⁢ 
                   
                       
                   
                   ⁢ 
                   3 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     In Equation 3, a denotes an amplification gain which is an increase in the amplitude that may occur in the first signal squarer  411  and the second signal squarer  412 . In addition, the second signal squarer  412  may amplify the second output signal V 2  received from the second receiving port  204 , and output an amplified signal V 2,double  which may be represented by Equation 4 below. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         
                           V 
                           
                             2 
                             , 
                             double 
                           
                         
                         = 
                           
                         ⁢ 
                         
                           
                             
                               α 
                               ⁡ 
                               
                                 ( 
                                 
                                   V 
                                   2 
                                 
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                         ] 
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   Equation 
                   ⁢ 
                   
                       
                   
                   ⁢ 
                   4 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     In operation  730 , the RF remover  123  extracts DC signals by removing RF signals from the first output signal and the second output signal that are amplified by the amplifier  121 . 
     The first RF choke  421  of the RF remover  123  may remove signal components having 2ωt from the signal V 1,double  output from the first signal squarer  411 . The signal components having 2ωt may correspond to an RF signal, and signal components not having 2ωt may correspond to a DC signal. Thus, a signal V 1,double,choke  output from the first RF choke  421  may be a DC signal extracted from the first output signal, and be represented by Equation 5 below. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     V 
                     
                       1 
                       , 
                       
                         double 
                         . 
                         choke 
                       
                     
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       α 
                       2 
                     
                     ⁡ 
                     
                       [ 
                       
                         
                           
                             v 
                             H 
                             2 
                           
                           2 
                         
                         + 
                         
                           
                             v 
                             E 
                             2 
                           
                           2 
                         
                         + 
                         
                           
                             v 
                             H 
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           
                             v 
                             E 
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           
                             cos 
                             ⁡ 
                             
                               ( 
                               
                                 
                                   θ 
                                   H 
                                 
                                 - 
                                 
                                   θ 
                                   E 
                                 
                               
                               ) 
                             
                           
                         
                       
                       ] 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   Equation 
                   ⁢ 
                   
                       
                   
                   ⁢ 
                   5 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     In addition, the second RF choke  422  of the RF remover  123  may remove signal components having 2ωt from the signal V 2,double  output from the second signal squarer  412 . Thus, a signal V 2,double,choke  output from the second RF choke  422  may be a DC signal extracted from the second output signal, and be represented by Equation 6 below. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     V 
                     
                       2 
                       , 
                       
                         double 
                         . 
                         choke 
                       
                     
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       α 
                       2 
                     
                     ⁡ 
                     
                       [ 
                       
                         
                           
                             v 
                             H 
                             2 
                           
                           2 
                         
                         + 
                         
                           
                             v 
                             E 
                             2 
                           
                           2 
                         
                         + 
                         
                           
                             v 
                             H 
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           
                             v 
                             E 
                           
                           ⁢ 
                           
                             cos 
                             ⁡ 
                             
                               ( 
                               
                                 
                                   θ 
                                   H 
                                 
                                 - 
                                 
                                   θ 
                                   E 
                                 
                               
                               ) 
                             
                           
                         
                       
                       ] 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   Equation 
                   ⁢ 
                   
                       
                   
                   ⁢ 
                   6 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     In operation  740 , the power density operator  125  may measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field by subtracting the DC signal extracted from the first output signal and the DC signal extracted from the second output signal from each other. 
     For example, the signal subtractor  431  of the power density operator  125  may output a difference between the signal V 1,double,choke  output from the first RF choke  421  and the signal V 2,double,choke  output from the second RF choke  422 . The signal multiplier  432  of the power density operator  125  may then multiply the difference output from the signal subtractor  431  by a multiplication coefficient and output a result of the multiplying. 
     When the multiplication coefficient is defined as M, an output V operator,out  of the power density operator  125  may be represented by Equation 7 below.
 
 V   operator,out   =αMν   H ν E  cos(θ H −θ E )  Equation 7
 
     In Equation 7, θ H  denotes a phase of the magnetic field, and θ E  denotes a phase of the electric field. In addition, the output V operator,out  of the power density operator  125  may be proportional to the amplitude ν H  of the signal V H  of the potential difference by the magnetic field and the amplitude ν E  of the signal V E  of the potential difference by the electric field. The amplitude ν H  may be proportional to a strength of the magnetic field in the vertical-direction axis  310  of the antenna surface. The amplitude ν E  may be proportional to a strength of the electric field in the vertical-direction axis  311  of the conductor transmitting line  202 . The vertical-direction axis  310  of the antenna surface and the vertical-direction axis  311  of the conductor transmitting line  202  may be orthogonal to each other. 
     A power density PD of the electromagnetic field may be represented by Equation 8 below. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   PD 
                   = 
                   
                     
                       1 
                       2 
                     
                     ⁢ 
                     
                       E 
                       ⊥ 
                     
                     ⁢ 
                     
                       H 
                       ⊥ 
                     
                     ⁢ 
                     
                       cos 
                       ⁡ 
                       
                         ( 
                         
                           
                             θ 
                             H 
                           
                           - 
                           
                             θ 
                             E 
                           
                         
                         ) 
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   Equation 
                   ⁢ 
                   
                       
                   
                   ⁢ 
                   8 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     In Equation 8, E ⊥  denotes a strength of the electric field, and H ⊥  denotes a strength of the magnetic field. The amplitude ν H  may be proportional to the strength H ⊥  of the magnetic field and the amplitude ν E  may be proportional to the strength H ⊥  of the electric field. 
     In addition, the term (θ H −θ E ) in Equation 7 that is associated with a phase difference between the magnetic field and the electric field may also be included in Equation 8. The amplification gain a of the amplifier  121  and the multiplication coefficient M of the signal multiplier  432  may be constants determined in a process of designing the probing system  100 . Thus, a product of multiplication of ν H , ν E , and the phase difference-related term may be proportional to the power density of the electromagnetic field input to the probe antenna  110 . 
     Thus, Equation 9 may be obtained by referring to Equations 7 and 8. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     V 
                     
                       operator 
                       , 
                       out 
                     
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       α 
                       ⁢ 
                       
                           
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         Mv 
                         H 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         v 
                         E 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         cos 
                         ⁡ 
                         
                           ( 
                           
                             
                               θ 
                               H 
                             
                             - 
                             
                               θ 
                               E 
                             
                           
                           ) 
                         
                       
                     
                     = 
                     
                       
                         
                           F 
                           PD 
                         
                         · 
                         
                           1 
                           2 
                         
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         E 
                         ⊥ 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         H 
                         ⊥ 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         cos 
                         ⁡ 
                         
                           ( 
                           
                             
                               θ 
                               H 
                             
                             - 
                             
                               θ 
                               E 
                             
                           
                           ) 
                         
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   Equation 
                   ⁢ 
                   
                       
                   
                   ⁢ 
                   9 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     In Equation 9, F PD  denotes a proportion coefficient that the output of the power density operator  125  has for a power density. That is, the output of the power density operator  125  may be proportional to a power density of the electromagnetic field input to the probe antenna  110 . Thus, by identifying the proportion coefficient F PD  and applying the output of the power density operator  125  to Equation 9, it is possible to measure the power density of the electromagnetic field input to the probe antenna  110 . 
     Here, the probing system  100  may identify the proportion coefficient F PD  by correcting the probe antenna  110  using an electromagnetic field of which a power density is already known. 
     For example, a transverse electromagnetic (TEM) cell or a gigahertz TEM (GTEM) cell that are used to measure an electromagnetic field may be used to generate a uniform electromagnetic field. The TEM cell or the GTEM cell may be used to identify in advance a direction and a strength of each of an electric field and a magnetic field generated inside the cell. The electric field and the magnetic field generated inside the TEM cell or the GTEM cell may be orthogonal to each other. In addition, there may be no phase difference between the electric field and the magnetic field generated inside the TEM cell or the GTEM cell. 
     Thus, when generating the uniform electromagnetic field using the TEM cell or the GTEM cell, a strength of each of the electric field and the magnetic field generated in the TEM cell or the GTEM cell may be known in advance. Thus, the probing system  100  may input, to Equation 8, the strength of each of the electric field and the magnetic field generated in the TEM cell or the GTEM cell, and then calculate a power density PD cal  of the electromagnetic field generated using the TEM cell or the GTEM cell. 
     Since there is no phase difference between the electric field and the magnetic field generated in the TEM cell or the GTEM cell, θ H  and θ E  may be the same value. Thus, the power density PD cal  may be represented by Equation 10 below. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     PD 
                     cal 
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       1 
                       2 
                     
                     ⁢ 
                     
                       E 
                       
                         ⊥ 
                         
                           , 
                           cal 
                         
                       
                     
                     ⁢ 
                     
                       H 
                       
                         ⊥ 
                         
                           , 
                           cal 
                         
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   Equation 
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                   10 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     In Equation 10, E ⊥,cal  denotes a strength of the electric field of the electromagnetic field generated using the TEM cell or the GTEM cell. H ⊥,cal  denotes a strength of the magnetic field of the electromagnetic field generated using the TEM cell or the GTEM cell. 
     In addition, when the probe antenna  110  is disposed in the electromagnetic field generated using the TEM cell or the GTEM cell, the output V operator,out  of the power density operator  125  may be represented by Equation 11 based on Equations 9 and 10.
 
 V   operator,out,cal   =F   PD   ·PD   cal   Equation 11
 
     Here, a measurement device of the probing system  100  may obtain the proportion coefficient F PD  by applying, to Equation 11, the power density PD cal  calculated using Equation 9 and the output V operator,out  of the power density operator  125 . In addition, the measurement device may measure the power density PD by inputting the output V operator,out  of the power density operator  125  to Equation 12 modified from Equation 9. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   PD 
                   = 
                   
                     
                       
                         1 
                         2 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         E 
                         ⊥ 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         H 
                         ⊥ 
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       
                         cos 
                         ⁡ 
                         
                           ( 
                           
                             
                               θ 
                               H 
                             
                             - 
                             
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                               E 
                             
                           
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                         V 
                         
                           operator 
                           , 
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                         F 
                         PD 
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
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                   12 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     The probing system  100  may measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field in which a magnetic field and an electric field have a phase difference by calculating the power density based on the phase difference between the magnetic field and the electric field. 
     A probing system or a power density measuring method described herein may be drafted as a program that may be executed in a computer, and embodied by various types of a recording medium, such as, for example, a magnetic storage medium, optical read medium, or a digital storage medium. 
     According to example embodiments described herein, by measuring an electric field and a magnetic field using a single probe antenna, it is possible to also measure a phase difference between the electric field and the magnetic field, and thus measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field without an error. 
     According to example embodiments described herein, by arranging a power density operator configured to measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field to be separate from a probe antenna such that they are electrically isolated from each other, it is possible to minimize an influence of the power density operator on the near-field electromagnetic field. 
     According to example embodiments described herein, by extracting a DC signal from an output signal of a probe antenna and transmitting the DC signal to a power density operator without using an optical cable and an optical conversion device, and by minimizing an influence of the power density operator on a near-field electromagnetic field, it is possible to provide a smaller probing system in size compared to an existing probing system. 
     According to example embodiments described herein, by embodying an antenna array-type probing system using a plurality of probe antennas, it is possible to measure power densities at various positions on a plane all at once. 
     The units described herein may be implemented using hardware components and software components. For example, the hardware components may include microphones, amplifiers, band-pass filters, audio to digital convertors, non-transitory computer memory and processing devices. A processing device may be implemented using one or more general-purpose or special purpose computers, such as, for example, a processor, a controller and an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor or any other device capable of responding to and executing instructions in a defined manner. The processing device may run an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications that run on the OS. The processing device also may access, store, manipulate, process, and create data in response to execution of the software. For purpose of simplicity, the description of a processing device is used as singular; however, one skilled in the art will appreciated that a processing device may include multiple processing elements and multiple types of processing elements. For example, a processing device may include multiple processors or a processor and a controller. In addition, different processing configurations are possible, such a parallel processors. 
     The software may include a computer program, a piece of code, an instruction, or some combination thereof, to independently or collectively instruct or configure the processing device to operate as desired. Software and data may be embodied permanently or temporarily in any type of machine, component, physical or virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device, or in a propagated signal wave capable of providing instructions or data to or being interpreted by the processing device. The software also may be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the software is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. The software and data may be stored by one or more non-transitory computer readable recording mediums. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium may include any data storage device that can store data which can be thereafter read by a computer system or processing device. 
     The methods according to the above-described example embodiments may be recorded in non-transitory computer-readable media including program instructions to implement various operations of the above-described example embodiments. The media may also include, alone or in combination with the program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like. The program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of example embodiments, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of non-transitory computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROM discs, DVDs, and/or Blue-ray discs; magneto-optical media such as optical discs; and hardware devices that are specially configured to store and perform program instructions, such as read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory (e.g., USB flash drives, memory cards, memory sticks, etc.), and the like. Examples of program instructions include both machine code, such as produced by a compiler, and files containing higher level code that may be executed by the computer using an interpreter. The above-described devices may be configured to act as one or more software modules in order to perform the operations of the above-described example embodiments, or vice versa. 
     While this disclosure includes specific examples, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made in these examples without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims and their equivalents. The examples described herein are to be considered in a descriptive sense only, and not for purposes of limitation. Descriptions of features or aspects in each example are to be considered as being applicable to similar features or aspects in other examples. Suitable results may be achieved if the described techniques are performed in a different order, and/or if components in a described system, architecture, device, or circuit are combined in a different manner and/or replaced or supplemented by other components or their equivalents. 
     Therefore, the scope of the disclosure is defined not by the detailed description, but by the claims and their equivalents, and all variations within the scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included in the disclosure.