• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.261-267
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• 2009

Due to the measurement noise or system noise, the performance of photovoltaic power generation system can be degraded. If this noise is contained in the solar array voltage measurement signal, the correct operation of the maximum power point tracker can not be guaranteed. The application of the extended Kalman filter to the photovoltaic system can obtain enhanced states estimation result. The Kalman filter provides a recursive solution to optimally estimate from random noise signals. Additionally, as a consequence of Kalman filter, the unmeasurable state such as inductor current can be estimated without current sensor. The methods for system modeling and extended Kalman filter design are presented and the experimental results verify the validity of the proposed system.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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• v.45 no.3
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• pp.175-183
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• 2008

In wireless sensor networks with ad hoc networking capability, sensor nodes are battery operated and are usually disposable once deployed. As a result, each sensor node senses and communicates with limited energy and, thus, energy efficiency has been studied as a key design factor which determines lifetime of a wireless sensor network, and it is more improved recently by using so-called cross-layer optimization technique. In this paper, we propose and implement a new energy saving mechanism that reduces energy consumption during data collection by controlling transmission power at sensor nodes and then measure its performance in terms of lifetime improvement for the wireless sensor network platform ZigbeX. When every sensor node transmits sensed data to its clusterhead, it controls its transmission power down to as low level as communication is possible, resulting in energy saving. Each sensor node controls its transmission power based on RSSI(Received Signal Strength Indicator) of the packet received from its clusterhead. In other words, the sensor node can save energy by controlling its transmission power down to an appropriate level that its clusterhead safely receives the packet it transmits. According to the repetitive experiment of the proposed scheme on the ZigbeX platform using the packet analyzer developed by us, it is observed that the network lifetime is prolonged by up to 21.9% by saying energy during the data collection occupying most amount of network traffic.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.99-104
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• 2018

A micro electromagnetic actuator with high vibration efficiency is proposed for use in an implantable hearing device. The actuator, which can be implanted in the middle ear, consists of membranes based on the stainless steel 304 (SUS-304), and other components. In conventional actuators, in which a thick membrane and a silicone elastomer are used, the size reduction was difficult. In order to miniaturize the size of the actuator, it is necessary to reduce the size of the actuation potion that generates the driving force, resulting in reduction of the electromagnetic force. In this paper, the electromagnetic actuator is further miniaturized by the metal membrane and the vibration amplitude is also optimized. The actuator designed according to the simulation results was fabricated by using micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology. In particular, a $20{\mu}m$ thick metal membrane was fabricated using the erosion process, which reduced the length of the actuator by more than $400{\mu}m$. In the experiments, the vibration displacement characteristics of the optimized actuator were above 400 nm within the range of 0.1 to 1 kHz when a current of $1mA_{rms}$ was applied to the coil.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.14-21
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• 2010

For the ubiquitous healthcare environment, real-time measurement of biomedical signals and accuracy of the measured biomedical information are very important. In addition, it is important to develop a healthcare device with low power In this paper, the synchronized pulse in a heartbeat was detected from the radial artery using the piezo film sensor, in order to eliminate inconvenience to wear a pulse detection finger probe. We can get a best output after applying the adaptive noise canceller using two piezo film sensor signals, pulse signal having motion artifacts and motion artifacts reference signal. To detect heartbeat, we use maximum point detection method from pulse removed motion artifacts.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.293-296
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• 2007

A novel sensitive and non-invasive ring-type glucose probe was designed and measured. The magnitude and phase of return loss change with different concentration of the glucose solution inside the loop structure. Ring type probe is more advantageous than open ended probe to measure electrical characteristics under the skin. The maximum difference of return loss was 0.94 for the concentration difference of 0% and 20% at 285MHz and more sensitive in low frequency.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.343-351
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• 2000

This paper introduces a new rotor position estimation algorithm for the Switched Reluctance Motor, based on the magnetizing curves only at aligned and unaligned rotor positions. The flux linkage is calculated by measured data from phase voltage and phase current, and calculated data are used as the input of magnetizing profiles for rotor position detection. The fuzzy flux observer using novel knowledge-based fuzzy controller are presented to achieve sensorless control of the SRM. The method for selecting optimal angle is proposed for the rotor position detection. The robustness of the proposed algorithm is proved through the comparison of the simulation and experimental results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.422-422
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• 2012

In2O3 계열의 산화물 전도성 투명 전극은 최근 디스플레이, 태양전지 등 전자산업에서 중요한 소재로 전 세계적으로 많이 연구되고 있다. 또한 3.6 eV의 wide bandgap을 가짐으로서 센서 등의 반도체 소자로의 응용가능성이 매우 큰 것으로 알려져 있다. 기존의 연구는 In2O3에 SnO2, Al2O3, Ga2O3 등을 혼합하여 화합물 형태의 투명전극 소재를 개발하고, 전도성 및 투과율 등을 개선시키는데 초점이 맞춰져왔다. 최근에 들어서 나노스케일 물질의 제조 기술 개발로 낮은 차원의 In2O3 나노구조는 센서나 발광다이오드와 같은 전자기기의 제작을 위해서 연구 되었는데, 본 논문에서는 Carbon을 doping하여 p-형 반도체로의 응용 가능성을 고찰하였다. 본 논문에서는 In2O3:C 박막을 radio-frequency magnetron sputtering 방법으로 sapphire(0001) 기판위에 증착하였다. 통상적으로 ceramic target에 carbon을 혼합하여 sintering하여 제작한 ceramic target 대신, In2O3 powder와 CNT를 혼합하여 powder형태의 sputter target을 사용하였다. 박막의 증착 초기에는 매우 평평한 층구조로 성장하였고, 박막의 두께가 증가함에 따라 섬조직이 생성되기 시작하여 표면거칠기가 매우 크게 증가하였다. 박막의 두께가 500 nm 이상이 되면 나노 피라미드가 생성되는데, 이는 In2O3의 결정구조에 기인한 것으로 판단된다.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.6 no.5
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• pp.709-716
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• 2011

Recently, there are many difficult for maintenance in the power in established sensor networks. In order to solve this problems, the power development has been interested using vibration in MEMS that insert the MEMS oscillator. In this paper, we propose the MEMS system with Duffing equation to generate vibration signal that can be use power signal in MEMS and confirm and verify the chaotic behaviors in vibration signal of MEMS by computer simulation. As a verification methods, we confirm the existence of period motion and chaotic motion by parameter variation through the time series, phase portrait, power spectrum and poincare map.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.92-101
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• 2015

미래 전장은 정보 지식 기반의 첨단 전력체계를 확충하기 위해 향후 전력구조를 통합, 지휘통제통신(C4I) 체계와 생존성과 통합성이 향상된 전장의 네트워크중심전(NCW) 수행능력을 향상시킬 것이다. 사이버물리시스템(Cyber-Physical Systems: CPS)은 함정전투체계에 적용되고 있는 DDS를 포함하여 국방 M&S의 근간인 Live, Virture, Constructive(L-V-C) 체계의 큰 축을 형성하고 있다. 사물인터넷(Internet of Things: IoT) 기술은 센서네트워크, 통신, Radio Frequency Identification(RFID), Ubiquitous Sensor Network(USN), Machine to Machine(M2M), D2D 기술 및 상황인지, 지능서비스를 위한 정보수집/가공/융합/분석/예측기술을 포괄적으로 포함한 기술로서 미래산업을 이끌어 갈 차세대 선도 기술이며, 특히 군사적으로도 감시정찰 센서네트워크(USN), 견마형로봇, 경전투로봇과 무인기 기술 및 전술정보통신망체계(TICN) 등 첨단 통신네트워크 기술의 전력화 추세는 IoT 기술의 적용영역을 넓혀주고 있다. 감시정찰체계(Sensor)에서는 감시정찰 분야 영상정보 처리, 표적탐지 등과 관련된 IoT 기술 소요와 지휘통제통신(C4I) 체계의 상호운용성, 데이터링크, 지능형 통신체계 등 C4I 관련 IoT 기술 소요 및 타격체계(Shooter)의 내장형 SW 등 유 무인 무기체계 관련 IoT 기술의 소요가 증대될 것으로 예상된다. 본고는 CPS 및 IoT 기술의 군사적 활용방안 및 획득전략에 대한 적용기술 및 발전방향을 살펴본다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.36-44
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• 1997

For high performance ac drives, the speed sensorless vector control and the stator flux orientation concept have received increasing attention. This paper describes a speed and flux sensorless vector-controlled induction machine(IM) drive based on the stator flux-oriented control. To improve the accuracy and operating range, the control system employs the previously presented speed and flux estimation methods, and then we present a developed method of estimating the speed of IM. In the proposed method all differential and integral terms have been eliminated by giving a very fast, low-cost, effective and practical alternative to the methods currently available. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by simulations and experimental results.