• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.637-640
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• 2005

In this paper, we investigate the characteristics of a piezoresistive AFM cantilever in the range of $0\~30{\mu}N$ by using nano force calibrator (NFC), which consists of a high precision balance with resolution of 1 nN and 1-D fine positioning stage. Brief modeling of the cantilever is presented and then, the calibration results are shown. Tests revealed a linear relationship between the probing force and sensor output (resistance change), and the force vs. deflection. From this relationship, the force constant of the cantilever was calculated to 3.45 N/m with a standard deviation of 0.01 N/m. It shows that there is a big difference between measured and nominal spring constant of 1 N/m provided by the manufacturer s specifications.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.36-40
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• 2003

근래에 들어 질병으로 인하여 의사표현이 곤란한 환자에게 뇌파에 기초한 BCI(Brain Computer Interface)와 같은 새로운 인터페이스를 제공하고자 하는 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. BCI를 위한 기초 연구로서 특정 자극에 대해 유발되는 뇌파의 측정과 분석은 BCI를 위한 뇌파의 패턴과 인터페이스의 설계에 중요한 역할을 한다. 이 연구의 목적은 시청각 자극 인가후 피험자의 반응 시간을 측정하는 시스템을 EEG와 같은 생체 신호 계측 시스템과 연동이 가능한 형태로 개발하는 것이다. 제안된 시스템은 기능적으로 자극 신호 발생부, 반응시간 측정부, 유발뇌파 측정부, 동기신호발생부로 나뉘어진다. 자극신호 발생부는 실험에 이용되는 자극신호를 제작하는 부분으로서 Flash를 사용하여 구현하였다. 반응시간 측정부는 문제에 대한 답 선택 요청시각으로부터 피험자의 반응까지의 시간을 측정하는 부분으로서 마이크로 컴퓨터(80C31)를 이용하여 구현하였다. 우발뇌파 측정부는 시판용 하드웨어와 소프트웨어를 그대로 사용하였다. 동기신호 발생부는 전체 시스템의 동기를 맞추기 위한 신호를 발생하는 부분으로서 문제제시, 답요구와 동기한 화면상의 명암 신호와 이를 검출하는 광센서로 구성하였다. 본 논문에서 제시한 방법에서는 기존의 유발진위 측정 및 자극시스템에 특정 모듈(반응시간 측정 장치, 동기신호 발생장치)만을 추가하여 실험자의 의도에 맞는 시스템을 설계할 수 있어 유발 뇌파 및 반응시간 측정을 필요로 하는 연구를 가속화 할 것이 기대된다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.119-127
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• 2008

In this paper, the modular line-connected photovoltaic PCS (photovoltaic power conditioning system) is proposed. A step-up DC-DC converter using a active-clamp circuit and a dual series-resonant rectifier is proposed to achieve a high efficiency and a high input-output voltage ratio efficiently. An IncCond (incremental conductance) MPPT (maximum power point tracking) algorithm that improves MPPT characteristic is used. The PV module current is estimated without using a DC current sensor. By control a inverter using a linearized output current controller, a unity power factor is achieved. All algorithms and controllers are implemented on a single-chip microcontroller and the superiority of the proposed DC-DC converter and controllers is proved by experiments.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.215-221
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• 2016

In this thesis we introduce a large quantity of input interface system using a low cost single chip microcontroller which is consists of walking board with 1600 switches, RS485 communication for switch data communication and PC application software for walking pattern analysis. When a pedestrian walks on the walking board, the pattern analysis of foot pressed switches can be utilized on diverse divisions of sports and industry such as walking physical therapy, dancing, a large quantity of sensors interface system, etc.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.1547_1548
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• 2009

제안된 Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) 어레이 기반 IR 스펙트로미터는 상층부에 FPI 어레이와 하단에 $V_2O_5$ 볼로미터 IR 적외선 센서어레이로 크게 두 부분으로 구성된다. 이 구조에서 다양한 FPI 공진 캐비티의 두께에 의해 특정 공진 파장이 선택되어 진다. 그리고 각각의 볼로미터 IR 디텍터는 IR 파장에 상응하는 투과도를 감지해낸다. 다양한 박막 필터 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해 제작된 FPI 어레이 기반 IR 스펙트로미터는 $3{\sim}5{\mu}m$의 적외선 파장대역에서 흡수 스펙트럼을 가지는 $CH_4$, $CO_2$, $N_2O$, CO 가스 검출을 위해 다층 박막 FPI 층의 다층 박막 FPI 층의 투과율을 높였다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.128-133
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• 2002

We developed a electronic music glove (BMG) system that plays musical scores in real time processing. The EMG system interfaces with the signal coming from the controller to the sound card in the computer, The computer, according to the status of the fingers and foot switches, generates the sound signals and sends them to the speaker systems through the application C++ program and MIDI message. The EMG systems control the velocity and duration of sound and several musical performance expressions such as chorus, reverberation, rhythm, and volume. Finally, we implemented the digital drum set using: the EMG system as example.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2001.07a
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• pp.423-426
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• 2001

Recently we have reported that the meander-patterned amorphous FeCoSiB films exhibit large change in their high frequency impedance by applying a strain, suggesting that the films are very attractive for making of a highly sensitive strain sensor elements. In this study, the effect of anisotropy on a change in the impedance of sputtered amorphous film patterns was investigated in the frequency range from 1MHz to 1GHz. As a function of applied strains, the high frequency impedance was extremely changed in the case of film patterns with transverse anisotropy due to excellent magnetomechanical coupling properties. As a summary, the maximum figure of merit f has measured about 2600 in the case of transverse anisotropy, and about 500 in the case of longitudinal anisotropy at 500 MHz. These values of F are approximately more than 1000 times higher than that of a conventional metal strain gauge (F 2) and more than 10 times higher than that of a semiconductor gauge (F 200).

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.55 no.11
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• pp.544-547
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• 2006

In this paper, we present a temperature-controlled system for MEMS electrical resistance heaters without a temperature sensor. To rapidly control the heater temperature, the microheater system developed consists of a power supply, power amplifier, digital ${\underline{P}}roportional-{\underline{I}}ntegral-{\underline{D}}ifferential$ (PID) controller, and a quarter bridge circuit with the microheater and three resistors are nominally balanced. The microheaters are calibrated inside a convection oven to obtain the temperature coefficient with a linear or quadratic fit. A voltage amplifier applies the supply voltage proportional to the control signal from the PID controller. Small changes in heater resistance generate a finite voltage across the quarter bridge circuit, which is fed back to the PID controller to compare with the set-point and to generate the control signal. Two MEMS microheaters are used for evaluating the developed control system - a NiCr serpentine microheater for a preconcentrator and a Nickel microheater for ${\underline{P}}olymerase\;{\underline{C}}hain\;{\underline{R}}eaction$ (PCR) chip.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2002.07b
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• pp.731-734
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• 2002

This paper describes on the fabrication and characteristics of a ceramic thin-film pressure sensor based on Ta-N strain gauges for harsh environment applications. The Ta-N thin-film strain gauges are sputter deposited onto a micromachined Si diaphragms with buried cavity for overpressure protectors. The proposed device takes advantages of the good mechanical properties of single crystalline Si as diaphragms fabricated by SDB and electrochemical etch-stop technology, and in order to extend the operating temperature range, it incorporates relatively the high resistance, stability and gauge factor of Ta-N thin-films. The fabricated pressure sensor presents a low temperature coefficient of resistance, high sensitivity, low non-linearity and excellent temperature stability. The sensitivity is $1.097{\sim}1.21mV/V{\cdot}kgf/cm^2$ in the temperature range of $25{\sim}200^{\circ}C$ and the maximum non-linearity is 0.43 %FS.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.473-480
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• 2014

As the use of computer has been popularized these days, an active research is in progress to make much more convenient and natural interface compared to the existing user interfaces such as keyboard or mouse. For this reason, there is an increasing interest toward Microsoft's motion sensing module called Kinect, which can perform hand motions and speech recognition system in order to realize communication between people. Kinect uses its built-in sensor to recognize the main joint movements and depth of the body. It can also provide a simple speech recognition through the built-in microphone. In this paper, the goal is to use Kinect's depth value data, skeleton tracking and labeling algorithm to recognize information about the extraction and movement of hand, and replace the role of existing peripherals using a virtual mouse, a virtual keyboard, and a speech recognition.