• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.117-126
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• 2009

Purpose : A numerical method of designing a multiple quantum filter (MQF) is presented for the optimum detection of myo-inositol (mI), an important brain metabolite, by using in vivo proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ($^1$-HMRS). Materials and Methods : Starting from the characterization of the metabolite, the filter design includes the optimization of the sequence parameters such as the two echo times (TEs), the mixing time (TM), and the flip angle and offset frequency of the 3rd $90^{\circ}$ pulse which converts multiple quantum coherences (MQCs) back into single quantum coherences (SQCs). The optimized filter was then tested both in phantom and in human brains. Results : The results demonstrate that the proposed MQF can improve the signal-to-background ratio of the target metabolite by a factor of more than three by effectively suppressing the signal from the background metabolites. Conclusion : By incorporating a numerical method into the design of MQFs in $^1$-HMRS the spectral integrity of a target metabolite, in particular, with a complicated spin system can be substantially enhanced.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.42 no.2 s.302
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• pp.131-142
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• 2005

The low rate speech coders under 4 kbit/s are based on sinusoidal transform coding (STC) or multiband excitation (MBE). Since the harmonic coders are not efficient to reconstruct the transient segments of speech signals such as onsets, offsets, non-periodic signals, etc, the coders do not provide a natural speech quality. This paper proposes method of a efficient transient model :d a multi-mode low rate coder at 2.4 kbit/s that uses harmonic model for the voiced speech, stochastic model for the unvoiced speech and a model using aperiodic pulse location tracking (APPT) for the transient segments, respectively. The APPT utilizes the harmonic model. The proposed method uses different models depending on the characteristics of LPC residual signals. In addition, it can combine synthesized excitation in CELP coding at time domain with that in harmonic coding at frequency domain efficiently. The proposed coder shows a better speech quality than 2.4 kbit/s version of the mixed excitation linear prediction (MELP) coder that is a U.S. Federal Standard for speech coder.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.684-689
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• 2021

In this paper, we develop a cost effective and disposable voltammetric sensing platform involving screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE) modified with the nanocomposites composed of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, polyelectrolyte, and tyrosinase for bisphenol A. This is known as an endocrine disruptor which is also related to chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular and female reproductive diseases, precocious puberty, and infertility. A negatively charged oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) wrapped with a positively charged polyelectrolyte, e.g., polydiallyldimethylammonium, was first wrapped with a negatively charged tyrosinae layer via electrostatic interaction and assembled onto oxygen plasma treated SPCE. The nanocomposite modified SPCE was then immersed into different concentrations of bisphenol A for a given time where the tyrosinase reacted with OH group in the bisphenol A to produce the product, 4,4'-isopropylidenebis(1,2-benzoquinone). Cyclic and differential pulse voltammetries at the potential of -0.08 V vs. Ag/AgCl was employed and peak current changes responsible to the reduction of 4,4'-isopropylidenebis(1,2-benzoquinone) were measured which linearly increased with respect to the bisphenol A concentration. In addition, the SPCE based sensor showed excellent selectivity toward an interferent agent, bisphenol S, which has a very similar structure. Finally, the sensor was applied to the analysis of bisphenol A present in an environmental sample solution prepared in our laboratory.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.268-273
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• 2004

A method of reflection-transmission type ultrasonic inverse scattering image was presented using linearly arrayed transducers in inner surface of half-cylinder. In this method, to reduce the number of data, the mirror effect using a reflector behind object and pulse wave with finite frequency band, To verify the proposed method, a computer simulation was performed for organic phantom specimen, As the results. it was verified that the reconstructed image was satisfactory even when the limitation view angle was limited to around 30 deg.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.45 no.11
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• pp.61-68
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose a RF front-end developments for vehicle UWB radar systems. UWB systems have a very narrow pulse width that is below 1ns. Therefore, UWB is designed to have broadband quality of low power several GHz and must coexist with the radio communication system. UWB's advantages include high channel capacity and data rate, because precise resolution for multi-path can easily position estimate and Rake receiver. Also, UWB has low interference because it displays broadband quality of low power. Positioning is made possible by short range accuracy, which can reduce the expense of system design. An RF front-end module is designed using the DCR(Direct ConveRsion) method and is composed in RF for vehicles at a low-cost.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.231-236
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• 2011

In recent years, LBS(Location Based Service) is applied in many different fields. Therefore, various location-aware schemes have been studied. In the location awareness system using time dependent algorithm, TOA(Time of Arrival) or TDOA(Time Difference of Arrival) algorithm, distortion of a signal by AWGN(Additive White Gaussian Noise) and multi-path effects cause the degradation of location awareness performance. In this paper, the unexpected noise is eliminated by averaging multiple pulses in order to overcome the degradation of performance. Also, we research the technique for improving the performance of the location awareness by detecting direct-path signal with adjusting threshold.

• The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.100-110
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• 1994

레이다 신호는 대표적인 전자파 신호로서 주변환경에 따라 시간, 주파수, 공간 영역에서 고유한 신호특성을 가지고 있으며, 신호처리 기법도 다양하다. 본 논문에서는 먼저 레이다를 위한 전파 신호처리 의정의와 필요성을 언급한뒤, 레이다 신호환경 특성을 살펴보고 신호처리를 위한 신호의 시간 및 스펙트럼 특성에 대해 기술하였다. 그리고, 신호특성에 적합한 신호처리기의 구현을 위해 레이다 신호처리에 관 련된 주요 기법에 대해 개괄적으로 설명하였다. 레이다 신호처리 분야는 일반적으로 잘 알려진 음성이 나 영상신호처리 분야와 달리 고유한 알고리듬과 구조가 요구된다. 신호처리기법으로서 레이다 파형설 계, 해상도 모호성, 펄스압축, 클러터제거, 도플러처리, 일정오경보탐지, 클러터 지도, 표적군 형성/ 추출, 표적식별, 레이다영상기법, 적응배열처리 등에 관해 개괄적으로 설명하였다. 레이다 선호처리 기술은 "스마트"한 레이다를 위한 두뇌 역할을 하기때문에 그 필요성과 중요성이 증가하고 있다. 그러나, 고속, 대용량의 신호를 주어진 빔 주사시간동안에 실시간으로 처리하여 표적 정보를 추출해야 하기 때문에 아직도 상용 프로세서의 속도 한계내에서 알고리듬의 수행에 다소 제약을 받고 있으나, 최근 디지탈 신호처리 전용의 고속 칩의 출현으로 많은 발전을 가져오고 있다. 끝으로, 향후 레이다 신호처리 발전 추세와 응용분야에 대해 살펴보았다. 응용분야는 군수 및 민수용의 겸용 파급효과가 매우 크고, 군용의 대공탐색 및 조기경보, 전장감시뿐만 아니라 전투기 탑재용으로 필수적이며, 특히 민수용의 공 항, 항공기, 선박, 위성 등 매우 다양하다. 최근 발전추세에 따른 기술로서 다중모드 신호처리, 고집적 회로기술, 적응배열, 디지탈 빔형성, 적응성, 고분해능 및 방향성, 표적식별, 다차원 신호처리에 대해 언급 하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.158-164
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• 2015

The main mission of OTM(On-The-Move) satellite communication system is to provide satellite communication service while moving on a vehicle. So it should have a capability to maintain a reliable communication channel when it travels at high speeds or in a severe fluctuation region. This paper presents a small-sized multi-mode monopulse structure applicable to OTM satellite communication system which has only single mode-coupler with a pair of slot using a feature of circular polarized received signal. And tracking error signal is defined using fundamental and high-order modes.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.38A no.12
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• pp.991-997
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• 2013

A new frequency tuning scheme and a transconductor with a wide tuning range and low harmonic distortion is presented. This frequency tuning technique is based on the relationship between the time-constant and the elapsed times in charging a capacitor up to a certain level. Its structure is as simple as that of a conventional tuning scheme using a VCF(Voltage-Controlled Filter) and it does not need a pure sine wave but uses a CLK(Clock) pulse as a reference signal, which is easily obtained from on-chip system clocks or external X-tal oscillators. When a certain reference CLK is given, without complex capacitor arrays the pole frequency of the filter can be controlled continuously in the frequency domain. Simulation results are presented to confirm the operation of the proposed approach.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.08a
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• pp.309-313
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• 2009

In this paper, the network performance of a turbo coded optical code division multiple access (CDMA) system with cross-layer, which is between physical and network layers, concept is analyzed and simulated. We consider physical and MAC layers in a cross-layer concept. An intensity-modulated/direct-detection (IM/DD) optical system employing pulse position modulation (PPM) for satellite broadcasting communications is considered. In order to increase the system performance, turbo codes composed of parallel concatenated convolutional codes (PCCCs) is utilized. The network performance is evaluated in terms of bit error probability (BEP). From the simulation results, it is demonstrated that turbo coding offers considerable coding gain with reasonable encoding and decoding complexity. Also, it is confirmed that the performance of such an optical CDMA network can be substantially improved by increasing the interleaver length and the number of iterations in the decoding process. The results of this paper can be applied to implement the satellite broadcasting communications.