• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.26-33
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• 2010

This paper presents a multi-channel capacitive touch sensing unit for SoC applications. This unit includes a simple common processing unit and switch array to detect the touch sensing input by capacitive-time(C-T) conversion method. This touch sensor ASIC is designed based on the Capacitive-Time(C-T) conversion method to have advantages of small current and chip area, and the minimum resolution of the unit is 41 fF per count with the built-in sensing oscillator, LDO regulator and $I^2C$ for no additional external components. This unit is implemented in 0.18 um CMOS process with dual supply voltage of 1.8 V and 3.3 V. The total power consumption of the unit is 60 uA and the area is 0.26 $mm^2$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.239-240
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• 2014

$In_2O_3$에 Sn이 도핑된 Indium Tin Oxdie (ITO)는 높은 전기전도성 및 광투과율을 가지므로 터치센서, 태양전지, 스마트 윈도우, 플렉시블 디스플레이등의 수많은 광전자 소자에 필수적이다. 특히 스마트산업이 발전함에 따라 Touch Screen Panel (TSP) 에 적용되는 터치용 고품질 초박막 ITO의 수요가 증가하고 있다. 그러나 초박막 ITO 필름은 얇은 두께로 인해 낮은 결정성을 가지기 때문에 높은 전기전도성을 확보하기 힘들다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 결정성을 향상시키기 위하여 초기 박막 성장 메커니즘에 영향을 주는 인자를 제어하는데 목표를 두었으며 이러한 박막 초기의 성장에 영향을 미치는 인자들 중 자장강도를 변화시킴으로써 플라즈마 임피던스를 조절하였다. 그 결과 전기적 특성 및 광학적 특성은 자장강도에 매우 의존함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.870-878
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• 2012

Recently, very rapid development of computer and sensor technologies induces various kinds of user interface (UI) technologies based on user experience (UX). In this study, we investigate and develop a smart touch projector system technology on the basis of IR sensor and image processing. In the proposed system, a user can control computer by understanding the control events based on gesture of IR pen as an input device. In the IR image, we extract the movement (or gesture) of the devised pen and track it for recognizing gesture pattern. Also, to correct the error between the coordinate of input image sensor and display device (projector), we propose a coordinate correction algorithm to improve the accuracy of operation. Through this system technology as the next generation human-computer interaction, we can control the events of the equipped computer on the projected image screen without manipulating the computer directly.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.78-86
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• 2008

Many people have conveniently used various messengers to talk with remote friends or to send urgent files to remote co-workers. Recently, it is also possible to use messenger with user's image. However, these messenger technologies are of no use for the blind. In order to cope with this problem, we propose voice-based messenger with a Braille system for the blind. The proposed messenger enables the blind to listen to the received sentences from remote user. It also enables them to listen to the written sentences before sending to remote user for the purpose of checking that the sentences are correctly written. The Braille system for writing sentences can be implemented by using the programmable NXT system, which contains a 32-bit ARM-7 micro-controller, with 4 touch-sensors. Finally, we apply the Bluetooth technology for wireless communication between the Braille system and the proposed messenger.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.23 no.8
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• pp.80-85
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• 2009

In this paper, we propose a full digital capacitive sensing touch key reducing the effects due to the variations of resistance and clock frequency. The proposed circuit consists of two capacitive loads to measure and a resistor between the capacitive loads. The method measures the delays of the resistor and two capacitive loads, respectively. The ratio of the two delays is represented as the ratio of the two capacitive loads and is irrelative to the resistance and the clock frequency if quantization error is disregarded. Experimental results show the proposed scheme efficiently reduces the effects due to the variations of clock frequency and resistance. Further more the method has 1.04[pF] resolution and can be used as a touch key.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.21-29
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• 2016

In this paper, we developed a flexible transparent capacitive pressure sensor which can recognize X and Y coordinates and the size of force simultaneously by sensing a change in electrical capacitance. The flexible transparent capacitive pressure sensor was composed of 3 layers which were top electrode, pressure sensing layer, and bottom electrode. Silver nanowire(Ag NW)/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) hybrid film was used for top and bottom flexible transparent electrode. The fabricated capacitive pressure sensor had a total size of 5 inch, and was composed of 11 driving line and 19 sensing line channels. The electrical, optical properties of the Ag NW/PEDOT:PSS and capacitive pressure sensor were investigated respectively. The mechanical flexibility was also investigated by bending tests. Ag NW/PEDOT:PSS exhibited the sheet resistance of $44.1{\Omega}/square$, transmittance of 91.1%, and haze of 1.35%. Notably, the Ag NW/PEDOT:PSS hybrid electrode had a constant resistance change within a bending radius of 3 mm. The bending fatigue tests showed that the Ag NW/PEDOT:PSS could withstand 200,000 bending cycles which indicated the superior flexibility and durability of the hybrid electrode. The flexible transparent capacitive pressure sensor showed the transmittance of 84.1%, and haze of 3.56%. When the capacitive pressure sensor was pressed with the multiple 2 mm-diameter tips, it can well detect the force depending on the applied pressure. This indicated that the capacitive pressure sensor is a promising scheme for next generation flexible transparent touch screens which can provide multi-tasking capabilities through simultaneous multi-touch and multi-force sensing.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.109-114
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• 2004

This paper proposes an advanced circuit for the fingerprint sensor signal processing. We increased the voltage between ridge and valley by modifying the parasitic capacitance eliminating circuit of sensor plate. The analog comparator was designed for comparing the sensor signal voltage with the reference signal voltage. We also propose an effective isolation strategy for removing noise and signal coupling of each sensor pixel. The fingerprint sensor circuit was designed and simulated, and the layout was performed.

• The Optical Journal
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• s.146
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• pp.23-27
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• 2013

스마트폰으로 변화시키는 일상생활과 사회문화의 중심에 디스플레이가 있어, 스마트폰 업체는 시장에서 우위를 점하기 위한 가장 중요한 전략으로 디스플레이를 선택하고 있다. 스마트폰 제품을 구성하는 프로세서, 통신부품, 메모리, GPS 센서 등의 하드웨어와 운영체제 및 응용소프트웨어, 유저 인터페이스 등의 소프트웨어, MEMS, 터치, 음성, 동작 인식 등의 센서 기술이 급속히 발전함에 따라 인터넷 및 멀티미디어 기반에서 클라우드, Exchange 서버 등의 사용자 경험을 중요시하는 모바일 컴퓨터 기반으로 스마트폰의 기술 환경이 급속히 변화하고 있다. 이러한 스마트폰 기술 환경 변화에 대응하기 위한 가장 필수적인 요소는 스마트폰 디스플레이로, 대형화, 초고해상도화, 초슬림화되고 있는 디스플레이가 스마트폰 경쟁의 중심에 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.458-460
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• 2020

최근 여러 IoT 기기 사용이 급증하면서 보안 위협요소가 사회적인 문제로 대두되고 있다. 이러한 IoT 기기에서 사용자 생체정보를 활용해 사용자를 인증하는 시스템은 보편적으로 사용되고 있다. 그 중 지문인식은 스마트폰부터 여러 기기에 탑재되어 있다. 본 논문에서는 지문인식 센서에 온도, 압력, 터치 센서를 추가하는 기법과 군집화, 패턴 학습 알고리즘을 적용하여 위 변조 검출 능력을 향상시키는 방법을 통하여 지문인식에 대한 이상 징후 탐지 방법을 제안하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.138-143
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• 2017

The purpose of this paper is to implement a smart touch image output system based on ICT. The image output system here uses a pen-touch type screen coordinate recognition type to minimize the error because there is a difference in the resolution of the motion pattern between the image screen and the actual image using the image sensing reaction sensor. To do so, we built a smart image output system that can output image data by using ICT based technology and can be operated remotely without a PC, laptop, monitor, keyboard and mouse by using wireless method and smart touch function instead of the existing wired method. The result of this study is that the image can be output only if there is a wall, and the pen can be operated on the output image without the screen.