• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.48 no.9
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• pp.31-39
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose a signal readout system with small area and low power consumption for CNT sensor arrays. The proposed system consists of signal readout circuitry, a digital controller, and UART I/O. The key components of the signal readout circuitry are 64 transimpedance amplifiers (TIA) and SAR-ADC with 11-bit resolution. The TIA adopts an active input current mirror (AICM) for voltage biasing and current amplification of a sensor. The proposed architecture can reduce area and power without sampling rate degradation because the 64 TIAs share a variable gain amplifier (VGA) which needs large area and high power due to resistive feedback. In addition, the SAR-ADC is designed for low power with modified algorithm where the operation of the lower bits can be skipped according to an input voltage level. The operation of ADC is controlled by a digital controller based on UART protocol. The data of ADC can be monitored on a computer terminal. The signal readout circuitry was designed with 0.13${\mu}m$ CMOS technology. It occupies the area of 0.173 $mm^2$ and consumes 77.06${\mu}W$ at the conversion rate of 640 samples/s. According to measurement, the linearity error is under 5.3% in the input sensing current range of 10nA - 10${\mu}A$. The UART I/O and the digital controller were designed with 0.18${\mu}m$ CMOS technology and their area is 0.251 $mm^2$.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.65-72
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• 2010

In this study, the performances of a medium grade IMU which is aimed for Mobile Mapping System and a low grade IMU for pedestrian navigation are analyzed through simulations under GPS signal blockage. In addition, an analysis on the accuracy improvement of barometer, electronic compass, or multi-sensor(combination of barometer and electronic compass) to correct medium grade or low grade IMU errors in the situation of GPS signal blockage is performed. With the medium grade IMU, the three dimensional positioning error from INS exceeds the demanded accuracy of 5m when the block time is over 30 seconds. When we correct IMU with barometer, compass, or multi-sensor, however, the demanded accuracy is maintained up to 60 seconds. In addition, barometer is more effective than the electronic compass when they are combined. In case of low grade IMU like MEMS IMU, the three dimensional positioning error from INS exceeds the demanded accuracy of 20m when the block time is over 15 seconds. When we correct INS with barometer, compass, or multi-sensor, however, the demanded accuracy is maintained up to 15 seconds in simulation results. On the contrary to medium grade IMU, electronic compass is more effective than the barometer in case of low velocity such as pedestrian navigation. It is expected that the analysis suggested a method to decrease position or attitude error using aided sensor integration when MMS or pedestrian navigation is operated under 1he environment of GPS signal blockage.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.786-792
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• 2018

A third-order sigma-delta modulator with the architecture of cascade of integrator feedback (CIFB) is proposed for an analog-digital converter used in low-power sensor interfaces. It consists of three switched-capacitor integrators using a gain-enhanced current-mirror-based amplifier, a single-bit comparator, and a non-overlapped clock generator. The proposed sigma-delta analog modulator with over-sampling ratio of 160 and maximum SNR of 90.45 dB is implemented using $0.11-{\mu}m$ CMOS process with 1.2-V supply voltage. The area and power consumption of the sigma-delta analog modulator are $0.145mm^2$ and $341{\mu}W$, respectively.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.1239-1244
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• 2023

In this study, we developed an IoT-based management system to manage a can/PET crusher. Various sensors such as two load cells, DHT22 temperature and humidity sensor, and fine dust meter were interfaced with ESP32 to construct an IoT device, and a management server was built using Node-RED. The system monitors the weight of pressed cans and shredded PET bottles in real time and sends a text message to the manager when the weight exceeds the predetermined threshold for timely collection. The results of the operational test confirmed that the system provides accurate monitoring and efficient notification functions, and offers the possibility of solving environmental problems by improving the efficiency of waste management such as cans and PET bottles.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.313-322
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• 2024

To ensure the stable flight of aerospace electric propulsion systems, it is necessary to measure the supplied flow rate and control it to an appropriate level. However, conventional flow sensors are costly and face limitations in space environments, making heat-based flow estimation a promising alternative. In this study, the Taguchi method, one of the experimental design techniques, was applied to perform thermal analysis simulations using Ansys under various variables and conditions. The Taguchi method was used to set heat supply and the positioning of inlet and outlet temperature sensors as key variables, and the optimal distance conditions were derived. Thermal analysis was conducted through Ansys to analyze the flow estimation results under each experimental condition. Therefore, this study demonstrates the practicality of the heat-based flow estimation method for fuel management systems in electric propulsion systems, presenting a new approach for the efficient and economical operation of electric propulsion. Additionally, this research contributes to the development of fuel management technologies that can be effectively utilized in the constrained environment of space.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.538-539
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• 2013

수평 자세제어에 관한 연구는 플랜트 외부에서 발생하는 미지의 진동이나 불특정 외란이 인가되었을 때 이러한 외란을 적절히 제거하여 플랜트의 안전성을 확보할 수 있는 중요한 기술이다. 특히 수평 자세제어에 대한 문제는 선박이나 항공기 등 진동이나 미지의 외란이 발생하는 비선형시스템에 대하여 플랜트의 안전성을 확보하기 위하여 다양한 제어 알고리즘을 적용하여 진동 및 외란을 제거하고 있다. 본 논문에서 활용하고자하는 수평 자세제어용 액추에이터는 전자기적 에너지를 직선운동을 하는 기계적 운동 에너지로 변환하는 장치로서 산업현장에서 많이 활용하고 있는 액추에이터이다. 이러한 리니어 액추에이터(linear actuator) 3개로 구성된 3축을 활용하여 리니어 액추에이터 상부에 놓여진 플랜트의 수평을 제어하고자 한다. 또한 플랜트의 수평 상태를 계측하기 위한 센서로는 플랜트에 인가되는 외란을 계측하기 위한 가속도 센서 및 정확한 플랜트의 자세를 계측하기 위한 자이로 센서를 활용하여 플랜트의 수평 상태를 계측하도록 하며, 3개의 리니어 액추에이터를 제어하기 위한 마이크로프로세서를 기반으로 PID 제어기를 설계하여 리니어 액추에이터를 활용한 수평제어 성능을 제시하고 한다.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.63-68
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• 2009

The power management integrated circuit(PMIC) for CCD image sensor is presented in this study. A CCD image sensor is very sensitive against temperature. The temperature, that is heat, is generally generated by the PMIC with low efficiency. Since the generated heat influences performance of CCD image sensor, it should be minimized by using a PMIC which has a high efficiency. In order to develop the PMIC with high efficiency, the input stage is designed with synchronous type step down DC-DC converter. The operating range of the converter is from 5V to 15V and the converter is controlled using PWM method. The PWM control circuit consists of a saw-tooth generator, a band-gap reference circuit, an error amplifier and a comparator circuit. The saw-tooth generator is designed with 1.2MHz oscillation frequency. The comparator is designed with the two stages OP Amp. And the error amplifier has 40dB DC gain and $77^{\circ}$ phase margin. The output of the step down converter is connected to input stage of the charge pump. The output of the charge pump is connected to input of the LDO which is the output stage of the PMIC. Finally, the PMIC, based on the PWM control circuit and the charge pump and the LDO, has output voltage of 15V, -7.5V, 3.3V and 5V. The PMIC is designed with a 0.35um process.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.93-100
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• 2004

This paper presents a method to integrate the multiple impressions of a finger for improving fingerprint verification performance. Small-sized sensor has advantage that it can be used in many application fields. However, sufficiently large impression of fingerprint is not available due to the small sensing area, and this degrades the verification performance of the system. The proposed method overcomes this problem by combining the information of fingerprints for enrollment. To combine the fingerprints, the alignment process is important first of all. In the proposed algorithm multiple impressions of a finger are coarsely aligned using the corresponding minutiae pairs and then are finely aligned using the Distance Map. We construct an integrated template for enrollment in aligned coordinate system Since this integrated template represents the enlarged finger region, the problem that is occurred by using small sensor can be overcome. Experimental results show that the use of the integrated template of multiple impressions improves the performance of the fingerprint verification system.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.236-241
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• 2001

The speckle pattern is formed by laser light from a multimode optical fiber. The speckle fluctuation is the result of interference among propagation modes when the optical fiber is subjected to a mechanical perturbation at any point along its length. The experiments were carried on for the study of the feasibility of producing an intrusion detection system using the speckle fluctuation. The speckle fluctuation signals were monitored at real time by an oscilloscope which was connected with a rectifier and a FVC. We used a jig as a PD holder to improve the sensitivity of speckle phenomena and simplify its structure. So we can know the time and magnitude of perturbation.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.49 no.10
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• pp.148-158
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• 2012

This paper presents the design of the incremental delta-sigma ADC. The proposed circuit consists of pre-amplifier, S & H circuit, MUX, delta-sigma modulator, and decimation filter. Third-order discrete-time delta-sigma modulator with 1-bit quantization were fabricated by a $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS technology. The designed circuit show that the modulator achieves 87.8 dB signal-to-noise and distortion ratio (SNDR) over a 5 kHz signal bandwidth and differential nonlinearity (DNL) of ${\pm}0.25$ LSB, integral nonlinearity (INL) of ${\pm}0.2$ LSB. Power consumption of delta-sigma modulator is $941.6{\mu}W$. It was decided that N cycles are 200 clock for 16-bits output.