• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.167-170
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• 2016

Replica bit-line technique is used for making enable signal of sense amplifier which accurately tracks bit-line of SRAM. However, threshold voltage variation in the replica bit-line circuit changes the cell current, which results in variation of the sense amplifier enable time, $T_{SAE}$. The variation of $T_{SAE}$ makes the sensing operation unstable. In this paper, in addition to conventional replica bit-line delay ($RBL_{conv}$), dual replica bit-line delay (DRBD) and multi-stage dual replica bit-line delay (MDRBD) which are used for reducing $T_{SAE}$ variation are briefly introduced, and the maximum possible number of on-cell which can satisfy $6{\sigma}$ sensing yield is determined through simulation at a supply voltage of 0.6V with 14nm FinFET technology. As a result, it is observed that performance of DRBD and MDRBD is improved 24.4% and 48.3% than $RBL_{conv}$ and energy consumption is reduced which 8% and 32.4% than $RBL_{conv}$.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.203-207
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• 2000

The sensitivity of ISFET glucose sensor is improved by employing amperometric actuation method. However, this method takes long time to recover the primary output voltage after measurement because of slow migration of the hydrogen ion between internal and external sensing membranes. Consequently, such a recovery-time delaying problem is one of obstacles to a practical use. In this paper, a new method is proposed to control the concentration of hydrogen ion in internal membrane, which applies a reduction potential to the working electrode for supplying hydroxide ion. Experimental results show that the recovery-time was reduced within 2 minute against decades minute of conventional method.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.223-228
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• 2018

In this paper the water sensor using a coaxial cavity resonator is designed and manufactured. The water sensor which can sense water drop linearly has been constructed with voltage controlled oscillator(VCO), coaxial cavity resonator, RF switch, RF detector, A/D converter, DAC and micro controller. The operating frequency range of the designed water sensor is from 2.5GHz to 3.2GHz and the input voltage and current source are 24[V/DC] and 1[A]. The designed sensor circuit includes VCO, RF switch, RF detector which varies the frequency characteristics of the devices in the high frequency of 3GHz. And so we should correct the error of the frequency characteristics of those devices in the sensor circuit. To do this, we make the reference path which switches the signals to the RF detector directly without sending it to the resonator. According to the result of simulation and measurement, we can see that there is 0-50MHz difference between simulated resonator frequency and manufactured resonator frequency.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.48-56
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• 1989

Contact-type linear image sensors for facsimile have been fabricated by means of rf glow discharge decomposition method of silane. The dependence of their electrical and optical properties on rf power, $SiH_4$ flow rate, ambient gas pressure, $H_2SiH_4$ ratio and substrate temperature are described. The a-Si:H monolayer demonstriated photosensitivity of 0.85 and $I_{ph}/I_d$ ratio of 100 unger 100 lux illumination. However, this monolayer has relatively high dark current due to carrier injection from both electrodes, resulting in low $I_{ph}/I_{dd}$ ratio. To suppress the dark current we have fabricated $SiO_2/i-a-Si:H/p-a-Si:H:B$ multilayer film with blocking structure. The photocurrent of this multilayer sensor with 6 V bias became saturated ar about 20nA under 10 lux illumination, while the dark current was less than 0.2 nA. Moreover, the spectral sensitivity of the multilayer film was enhanced for short wavelength visible region, compared with that of the a-Si:H monolayer. These results show that the fabricated photocon-ductive film can be used as the linear image sensor of the facsimile.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.146-153
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• 2008

Integrated humidity sensor system with two stages operational amplifier has been designed and fabricated by $0.8{\mu}m$ analog mixed CMOS technology. The system (28 pin and $2mm{\times}4mm$) consisted of Wheatstone-bridge type humidity sensor, resistive type humidity sensor, temperature sensors and operational amplifier for signal amplification and process in one chip. The poly-nitride etch stop process has been tried to form the sensing area as well as trench in a standard CMOS process. This modified technique did not affect the CMOS devices in their essential characteristics and gave an allowance to fabricate the system on same chip by standard process. The operational amplifier showed the stable operation so that unity gain bandwidth was more than 5.46 MHz and slew rate was more than 10 V/uS, respectively. The drain current of n-channel humidity sensitive field effect transistor (HUSFET) increased from 0.54 mA to 0.68 mA as the relative humidity increased from 10 to 70 %RH.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.117-125
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• 2008

With increase of concern about the Ubiquitous application, the necessity of the computer system which is miniaturized is becoming larger. The ARM processor is showing a high share from embedded system market. In this paper, ideal method for RTD-1000 controller construction and development is described using ARM microcontroller. Existing RTD-1000 measures distance of disconnection or defect of sensing casket by measuring receiving reflected wave which was sent via copper wire inside the leaking sensing rod. Using this RTD-1000, leakage and breakage of water and oil pipe can be sensed and it reports damage results to the networks. But, existing RTD-1000 wastes hardware resources much and costs a great deal to installation. Also, it needs a cooling device because the heating problem, and has some problem of the secondary memory unit such as the hard disk. So, long tenn maintenance has some problems in the outside install place. In this paper, for the resolving the problem of RTD-1000, RTD-1000A embedded system based on ARM is proposed and simulated.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.28.2-28.2
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• 2009

군사적, 산업적 용도로 널리 활용되고 있는 적외선 검출기는 InSb, HgCdTe(MCT)와 같은 물질들을 감지 소자로 사용하고 있다. 현재 가장 많이 사용되는 MCT는 적외선의 전 영역을 감지할 수 있는 장점이 있지만, 대면적 제작이 어려운 단점이 있다. 이에 비해 InSb는 안정적인 재료의 특성, 높은 전하이동도($1.2\times10^6\;cm^2/Vs$) 그리고 대면적 소자 제작의 가능성 등이 높게 평가되어 차세대 적외선 검출소자로 각광 받고 있다. InSb 적외선 수광 소자는 1970년대부터 미국을 중심으로 이온주입, MOCVD 또는 MBE와 같은 다양한 공정을 이용하여 제작되어 왔으며, 앞으로도 군수용 제품을 비롯하여 산업전반에서 더욱 각광을 받을 것으로 예상된다. 하지만 InSb는 77 K에서 0.225 eV의 상대적으로 작은 밴드갭을 갖고 있기 때문에 누설전류로 인한 성능저하가 고질적인 문제로 대두되었고, 이를 해결하기 위한 고품질 절연막 연구가 InSb 적외선 수광 소자 연구의 주요 이슈 중 하나가 되어왔다. PECVD, photo-CVD, anodic oxidation 등의 공정을 이용하여 $SiO_2$, $Si_3N_4$, 양극산화막(anodic oxide) 등 다양한 물질들에 대한 연구가 진행되었고[1,2], 산화막과 반도체 계면에서의 열확산을 억제하여 계면트랩밀도를 최소화하기 위한 연구도 활발히 이루어졌다[3]. 하지만 InSb 소자의 성능개선을 위한 최적화된 산화막에 대한 연구는 여전히 불충분한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 n형 (100) InSb 기판 (n = 0.2 ~ $0.85\times10^{15}cm^{-3}$ @ 77 K)을 이용하여 양극산화막, $SiO_2$, $Si_3N_4$ 등을 증착하고 절연막으로서 이들의 특성을 비교 분석하였다. 양극산화막은 상온에서 1 N KOH 용액을 이용하여 양극산화법으로 증착하였으며, $SiO_2$, $Si_3N_4$는 PECVD로 $150^{\circ}C$에서 $300^{\circ}C$까지 온도를 변화시켜가며 증착하였다. SEM분석과 XPS분석으로 두께의 균일도와 절연막의 조성, 계면확산 정도를 확인하였으며, I-V와 C-V 커브측정을 통해 각 절연막의 전기적 특성을 평가하였다. 이 분석들을 통해 각각의 공정 조건에 따른 절연막의 상태를 전기적 특성과 관련지어 설명할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.1403-1412
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• 2019

Effect of damage and loss cost for downtime is huge, if physical devices such as turbines, pipe, and storage tanks are in the abnormal state originated from not only aging, but also cyber attacks on the control and monitoring system like PLC (Programmable Logic Controller). To improve availability and dependability of the physical devices, we design and implement an indirect health monitoring system which sense temperature, acceleration, current, etc. indirectly, and put sensor data into Influx DB in real-time. Then, the actual performance of detecting abnormal state is shown using the indirect health monitoring system. Analyzing data are acquired using the real-time indirect health monitoring system, abnormal state and security threats can be double-monitored and lower maintenance cost utilizing prognostics and health management.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.769-776
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• 2023

In this paper, we designed an MLSA(Match-line Sense Amplifier) for low-power CAM(Content Addressable Memory). By using the MLSA and precharge controller, we reduced power consumption during CAM operation by employing a selective match-line charging technique to mitigate power consumption caused by mismatch. Additionally, we further reduced power consumption due to leakage current by terminating precharge early when a mismatch occurs during the search operation. The designed circuit exhibited superior performance compared to the existing circuits, with a reduction of 6.92% and 23.30% in power consumption and propagation delay time, respectively. Moreover, it demonstrated a significant decrease of 29.92% and 52.31% in product-delay-product (PDP) and energy-delay-product (EDP). The proposed circuit was validated using SPECTRE simulation with TSMC 65nm CMOS process.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.133-145
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• 1996

This paper presents an indirect cutting force measuring system, which uses the current signals from the AC servo drive units of the horizontal machining center, with its applications to the adaptive regulation of the cutting forces in various milling processes and to the on-line monitoring of tool breakage. A typical model for the feed-drive control system of a horizontal machining center is developed to analyze cutting force measurement from the drive motor. The pulsating milling forces can be measured indirectly within the bandwidth of the current feedback control loop of the feed-drive system. It is shown that the indirectly measured cutting force signals can be used in the adaptive controller for cutting force regulation. The whole scheme has been embedded in the commercial machining center and a series of cutting experiments on the face cutting processes are performed. The adaptive controller reveals reliable cutting force regulating capability against the various cutting conditions. It is also shown that the tool breakage in milling can be detected within one spindle revolution by adaptively filtering the current signals. The effect of the cutter run-out has been considered for the reliable on-line detection of tool breakage.