• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.167-177
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• 2007

For the continuous growth of the construction industry and the increase of the global competitiveness, research and development of construction technology is necessary. However, the R&D investment of Korean government for the construction industry is not sufficient compared with other countries and the various policies for encouraging construction R&D investment need to be improved too. This research focuses on the promotion of the construction R&D by the private sector that is one of the principal body of construction R&D and also the final user of the developed construction technology. This research suggests three promotion directions for the construction R&D by private sector; (1) the direction of creating better R&D investment climate, (2) the direction of increasing R&D investment amount, and (3) the direction of fostering R&D activities immediately.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.29 no.2C
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• pp.306-314
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• 2004

Some receiver(and most transmit) beamforming algorithms with an array antenna at a cellular CDMA base stations require accurate internal and external calibrations. The external calibration, which usually needs to be done only once, determines the array manifolds, i.e. the complex response of each antenna as a function of DOA(Directions of Arrival). The internal calibrations are necessary because characteristics of RF/IF circuity of each receiver chain vary differently in response to temperature or humidity changes. We propose an iterative subspace-based calibration algorithm for an asynchronous CDMA-based antenna away in the presence of unknown gain and phase error is presented. We verify the subspace-based calibration algorithms by performing the experiment using measured data. Also, we propose an efficient algorithm using the simulated annealing technique. This algorithm overcomes the problem of the initial guessing in the subspace-based approach.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.47 no.10
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• pp.67-73
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• 2010

In this paper, the effect of a finite substrate on the mutual coupling of a pair of microstrip patch antennas along the H -plane is investigated. The mutual coupling of a pair of microstrip patch antennas can be reduced using the interference effect due to the phase difference by a variety of routes of the surface wave. In the case of the substrate with $\varepsilon_r$=10 and thickness of 3.2 mm, the mutual coupling is reduced by 4.85 dB on the substrate size with the strong mutual coupling, while the mutual coupling is reduced by 34.28 dB on the substrate size with the weak mutual coupling when the distance between the antenna centers is varied from 0.5 $\lambda_0$ to 1.0 $\lambda_0$. In the case of optimization substrate size, the decreasing rate of the mutual coupling with the increase of the distance between the antenna centers is very large. Good agreements between the image method and full wave simulation results are obtained.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.558-567
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• 1997

Linear power amplifier modules with high-efficiency have been developed for PCS handy phone. These modules were designed using extracted large-signal models of MESFETs and harmonic balance simulation. The modules are intended for low-tier and high-tier at the operation frequency range of 1750 ~ 1780 MHz. For low-tier module, the output power and $IMD_3$ were 23.2 dBm and 31 dBc, respectively, at power-added efficiency of 34% with the supply drain bias of 3.6 V. For high-tier module, the output power and $IMD_3$ were 272.2 dBm and 31 dBc, respectively, at power-added efficiency of 33% with the supply drain bias of 4.2 V. These linear power amplifier modules are suitable for PCS handy phone.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.184-203
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• 2013

This study analyzes the variability of Korean summer rainfall associated with the tropical low-frequency oscillation using long-term observation data. From the EOF analysis, the first mode showed opposite phase between the South and the North Korea with the regime shift in rainfall variability since the mid-1990s. The summer precipitation over South Korea tends to increase in southern part during strong El Ni$\tilde{n}$o where the warm sea surface temperature extends to far eastern tropical Pacific. In weak La Ni$\tilde{n}$a, the increased precipitation directly influences from the western tropical Pacific to the mid-latitude. In June, the rainfall over South Korea is positively correlated with the Indian Summer Monsoon while in July, it is negatively correlated with the Western North Pacific Summer Monsoon. In August, highly negative correlation between the rainfall over South Korea and the Indian Summer Monsoon is found.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.449-449
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• 2008

전기 흡수 방법과 변조 광전류 분광학을 이용하는 방법으로 내장 전압을 측정할 수 있다. 이 논문에서는 변조 광전류 분광학을 사용하였다. 소자에 인가 전압이 영일 때 양극과 음극의 일 함수 차이 때문에 내장 전압이 존재하며, 그로 인해 내장 전기장이 생긴다. 유기 발광 소자의 광전도도는 엑시톤이 자유 전자와 정공으로 분리될 때 발생한다. 이 때 발생되는 광전류의 크기와 광전류의 위상 변화를 측정하여 내장 전압을 추정한다. 소자의 구조는 두 전극 사이에 단층으로 하여 만들었으며 모든 소자에서 발광층인 $Alq_3$ 두께는 150nm로 하였고, 양극으로는 ITO를 사용하였으며, 음극으로는 Al과 LiAl을 100nm 두께와 150nm두께로 하였다. ITO/$Alq_3$/Al 소자 구조에서 Al 100nm 와 150nm 로 두께 변화를 주었으나 내장 전압은 1.0eV로 변화가 없었다. ITO/$Alq_3$/LiAl 소자 구조에서 LiAl이 100nm 와 150nm 두께 변화에서도 내장 전압은 1. 8eV로 같은 크기를 보였다. 이로 부터 전극의 두께와는 상관없이 일정한 내장 전압이 측정됨을 알 수 있었다. LiAl을 사용한 소자의 경우 Al을 음극으로 사용한 소자에 비해 내장 전압이 0.8eV 증가되었다. 이는 LiAl의 일함수가 Al보다 낮은 값을 갖는 것과 일치하는 결과이다. 이런 결과가 나온 까닭은 LiAl을 음극으로 사용한 경우에는 자유로운 $Li^+$이 발생하여 유기물에 더 좋은 전자 주입이 되도록 하여 소자의 전자 장벽을 낮추었기 때문에 전자의 주입이 활발하여 광전류의 이동이 용이했음을 알 수 있다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.33 no.2A
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• pp.183-190
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• 2008

The balanced Tx diversity with same data on two antennas can have better or lower performance than STBC Tx diversity, depending on the difference between each phase of two channels when the received signal is processed with MRRC. Therefore, using the feedback information based on the phase estimation in each channels, the better scheme of the balanced Tx diversity and STBC Tx diversity can be selected. However, when the phase condition changes during the transmission as the selected Tx. diversity scheme, the decoded bit can be erroneous because the previously estimated phase and newly estimated phase is different. In this case, the receiver should request the re-transmission of the just received signal to the transmitter part. Through computer simulation, it is shown that the combined scheme of the balanced Tx diversity and STBC Tx. diversity has better performance than STBC Tx diversity.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07c
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• pp.2098-2100
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• 2000

We propose pulsed $CO_2$ laser below 30W by the AC(60Hz) switching control of leakage transformer primary which has some advantage of cost and size compared to a typical pulsed power supply. Pulse repetition rate is adjusted from 5Hz to 60Hz to control laser output. In this laser, a low voltage open loop control for high voltage discharge circuit is employed to avoid the HV sampling or switching and high voltage leakage transformer is used to convert rectified low voltage pulse to high voltage one. A ZCS(Zero Cross Switch) circuit and a PIC one-chip microprocessor are used to control gate signal of SCR precisely. The pulse repetition rate is limited by 60Hz due to the frequency of AC line and a high leakage inductance. The maximum laser output was obtained about 23W at pulse repetition rate of 60Hz, total gas mixture of $CO_{2}/N_{2}$/He = 1/9/15, SCR gate trigger angle 90$^{\circ}$, and total pressure of 18Torr.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.39C no.3
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• pp.291-297
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• 2014

Due to the rapid increase in demand for transportation of human and freight in modern railway systems, the CBTC system has been proposed, which is the solution for improvement of the line capacity that has been limited by the conventional track circuit based train control system. In the CBTC system, higher reliability of the communication system should be guaranteed for the safety of passengers and trains. However, due to the inherent characteristics of the wireless channel environment, performance degradations are inevitable. The diversity techniques can increase the reliability of data transmission using multiple antennas. In this paper, we investigate the performance of the STBC in the railway channel environment. Rician fading model is used for the viaduct scenarios which take important roles in the railway system. Also, considered is the Doppler effect which is an important factor in the mobile communication system. Simulations are performed to analyze the performance of the STBC in various channel environments. Results show that the performance degradation due to the phase error in viaduct scenarios is independent of the diversity order but is affected by the constellation of the modulation.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.45 no.8
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• pp.60-68
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• 2008

The complex permittivity and permeability of various periodic metamaterial (MTM) cells are extracted by simulating a fictitious rectangular waveguide consisting of PEC and PMC walls. The shapes of the MTM cells include a thin wire (TW), a single split-ring resonator (SSRR), a double SRR (DSRR), a modified SRR, and a combined structure of the TW and the DSRR. The TW falls on a negative-$\varepsilon$/positive-$\mu$ region, the SRRs on a positive-$\varepsilon$/negative-$\mu$ region, and the combined structure on a negative-$\varepsilon$/negative-$\mu$ region. We also investigate how the permeability and permeability are affected by the dimension parameters of the MTM cells. Another extraction technique utilizing time domain signals is developed overcoming some limitations that the waveguide technique can not handle.