• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.34-41
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• 2011

This paper presents a wide tuning range, fine-resolution DCO (Digitally Controlled Oscillator) with an active inductor. In order to control the frequency of the DCO, the transconductance of the active inductor is tuned digitally. In addition, the DCO gain needs to be calibrated digitally to compensate for gain variations. To cover the wide tuning range, an automatic three-step coarse tuning scheme is proposed. The DCO total frequency tuning range is 1.4 GHz (2.1 GHz to 3.5 GHz), it is 58 % at 2.4 GHz. An effective frequency resolution is 0.14 kHz/LSB. The proposed DCO is implemented in 0.13 ${\mu}m$ CMOS process. The total power consumption is 6.6 mW from a 1.2 V supply voltage. The phase noise of the DCO output at 2.4 GHz is -120.67 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.127-130
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• 2015

ITU-R has conducted a studies for the frequency allocation to the maritime mobile satellite service (MMSS) in the 7375 - 7750 / 8025 - 8400 MHz under WRC-15 agenda item 1.9.2. In order to allocate a certain frequency bands to the new service, compatibility between new service and the existing services is ensured taking into account protecting the existing services form interference of new service. In this paper, we present current studies results of the frequency sharing studies between new allocation to MMSS and the existing services in the ITU-R. In addition, some proposals for allocating the 7/8 GHz frequency bands to MMSS are also considered for efficient spectral utilization with respect to preparing WRC-15.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.51 no.1
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• pp.152-157
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• 2014

Digital still camera generally uses optical low-pass filter(OLPF) to enhance its image quality because it removes high spatial frequencies causing aliasing. However, the use of OLPF causes some loss of detail. On the other hand, when image are captured by using no OLPF, the moir$\acute{e}$ is generally existed in high spatial frequency region of an image. Therefore, in this paper, moir$\acute{e}$ reduction method in case of using no OLPF is suggested. To detect the moir$\acute{e}$, spatial frequency response(SFR) of camera was firstly analyzed by using ISO 12233 resolution chart. Then, moir$\acute{e}$ region is detected by using the patterns that are related to the SFR of camera. next, this region is analysed in the frequency domain. Then, the moir$\acute{e}$ is reduced by removing its frequency component, which represents inflection point between high frequency and DC components. Through the experimental results, it is shown that the proposed method can achieve moir$\acute{e}$ reduction with preserving the detail.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.1543-1551
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• 2011

Dithering scheme has been widely used to improve the resolution of DCO(Digitally Controlled Oscillator) in conventional ADPLLs(All Digital Phase Locked Loop). In this paper a new resolution improvement scheme is proposed where a simple DAC(Digital-to-Analog Converter) is employed to overcome the problems of dithering scheme. The frequencies are controled by varactors in coarse, fine, and DAC bank. The DAC bank consists of an inversion mode NMOS varactor. The other varactor banks consist of PMOS varactors. Each varactor bank is controlled by 8bit digital signal. The proposed DCO has been designed in a $0.13{\mu}m$ CMOS process. Measurement results shows that the designed DCO oscillates in 2.8GHz~3.5GHz and has a frequency tuning range of 660MHz and a resolution of 73Hz at 2.8GHz band. The designed DCO exhibits a phase noise of -119dBc/Hz at lMHz frequency offset. The DCO core consumes 4.2mA from l.2V supply. The chip area is $1.3mm{\times}1.3mm$ including pads.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.06e
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• pp.35-38
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• 1998

입체음향 시스템의 방향감 제어에서 필수적인 머리전달함수(Head-Related Transfer Function)는 일반적으로 FIR 또는 IIR 필터로 구현되며, IIR 필터의 경우 FIR 보다 비교적 저차 모델링이 가능한 장점을 갖는다. 본 논문에서는 Balanced Model Reduction(BMR) 방법을 이용하여 비교적 높은 차수를 가지는 FIR 형태의 HRTF 필터를 IIR 필터로 설계하고, 입체음향 시스템의 실시간 구현시 필수적인 계산의 효율을 높이는 방법을 제시한다. 또한 IIR 필터로 근사화된 HRTF 필터의 주파수 패턴을 분석하여, 음상정위에 큰 영향을 미치는 주파수 대역을 좀 더 나은 해상도를 갖도록 설계하여 저차 모델 설계시 발생하는 오차가 음상정위에 미치는 영향을 최소화 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.245-247
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• 2014

본 논문은 human visual system(HVS)에 따른 주파수 민감도와 공간에서 다양한 특성들을 구현하기 위한 신호처리 방법을 개발하였다. 인간의 눈은 주파수 성분에 따라 민감도가 다르며 초점에서 멀수록 인지 가능한 해상도가 떨어진다. 주파수 민감도를 구현하기 위해서 본 논문은 영상 신호의 에너지 스펙트럼 모양이 contrast sensitivity function(CSF)의 모양이 되도록하여 영상 신호의 에너지를 증가시켰으며 신호 방향에 적응적인 multiband energy scaling 방법을 개발하였다. 기존의 시스템에서 능률만을 향상시키는 기존의 분석 모델과 비교하면 개발한 방법은 HVS에 좀 더 적절하고 선호되게 영상 신호를 처리할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.394-397
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• 2012

멀티미디어 장치와 사용자의 욕구가 다양해짐에 따라 이를 충족시키기 위하여 이미지 크기는 장치에서 지원하는 해상도나 사용자의 욕구에 맞게 조정되어야 한다. 이미지 업샘플링 방법은 크게 공간 도메인과 주파수 도메인에서 수행될 수 있다. 일반적으로 공간 도메인에서의 업샘플링 방법은 주파수 도메인의 업샘플링에 비해 상대적으로 주관적인 화질 측면에서 좋은 성능을 나타내지만 객관적인 성능이 낮다. 반대로 주파수 도메인에서의 업샘플링 방법은 객관적인 화질이 좋고 주관적인 화질 측면에서 상대적으로 성능이 낮게 나타난다. 본 논문에서는 공간 도메인과 주파수 도메인에서의 업샘플링 방법을 블록의 특성에 따라 적응적으로 업샘플링 방법을 선택하는 알고리듬을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 객관적 성능 뿐 아니라 주관적 성능까지도 향상 시킬 수 있다. 실험 결과를 통해 제안하는 알고리듬이 기존의 알고리듬에 비해 PSNR 측면에서 0.87dB~1.15dB 증가하고, 주관적 화질도 향상됨을 알 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.99-100
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• 2022

자율운항 및 무인선 등 새로운 선박의 도입을 위한 기술개발과 함께 선박중심직접통신(M-S2X)의 필요성이 확대되고 있으며, 고용량, 고속의 서비스 구현을 위해 광대역 기반의 선박중심직접통신(Mx-S2X) 기술개발이 진행되고 있다. Mx-S2X의 안정적 서비스 구현을 위해 활용 가능한 주파수를 탐색하고 적정 주파수를 식별하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.25 no.9
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• pp.903-911
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• 2014

This paper proposes a high speed frequency synthesizer with dual phase-locked loop(PLL) structure to improve phase noise level and shape in a wideband receiver. To reduce phase noise and fractional spur, a output frequency of $1^{st}$ PLL used as reference frequency of $2^{nd}$ PLL is changed. The frequency synthesizer has been designed with 1 Hz frequency resolution using digital NCO in 6.5~8.5 GHz wide spectrum. The measured results of the fabricated frequency synthesizer show that the output power is about -3 dBm, the maximum lock-in time and phase noise are within 60 us and -95 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset, respectively.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.47 no.6
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• pp.419-429
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• 2023

The pinnacle of rapidly changing and advancing maritime transportation technology is expected to be the Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (MASS). The implementation of various services within the MASS is likely to be feasible through the ship-centric network known as the S2X communication system. However, existing communication systems face issues such as service traffic saturation and failure to meet demanded functionalities, necessitating the proactive introduction of additional communication technologies. In this study, the concept of S2X communication for the MASS was redefined, deriving required functionalities and ultimately selecting frequencies suitable for utilization. Candidate frequency groups suitable for the derived communication requirements were identified, and communication frequencies prioritized for the initial application were chosen through expert consensus. It is anticipated that through further research, including experimentation to validate these frequencies, they could be utilized in implementing services for autonomous ship navigation in the future.