• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.1-12
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• 2021

3D printing, which designs product in three dimensions, draws attention as a technology that will lead the future for it dramatically shortens time for production without assembly, no matter how complex the structure is. The paper studies the latest researches of 3D-printed electronics and introduces papers studied electronics components, power supply, circuit interconnection and 3D-printed PCBs' applications. 3D-printed electronics showed possibility to simplify facilities and personalize electric devices by providing one-stop printing process of electronic components, soldering, stacking, and even encapsulation.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.19 no.8
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• pp.73-80
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• 2020

The 3D printing of electronics has been a major application topics in additive manufacturing technology for a decade. In this paper, wireless power transfer (WPT) technology for 3D electronics is studied to supply electric power to its inner circuit. The principle of WPT is that electric power is induced at the recipient antenna coil under an alternating magnetic field. Importantly, the efficiency of WPT does rely on the design of the antenna coil shape. In 3D printed electronics, a flat antenna that can be placed on the printed plane within a layer of a 3D printed part is used, but provided a different antenna response compared to that of a conventional PCB antenna for NFC. This paper investigates the WPT response characteristics of a WPT antenna for 3D printed electronics associated with changes in its design elements. The effects of changing the antenna curvature and the gap between the wires were analyzed through experimental tests.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.112-116
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• 2002

In this paper, the active integrated antenna(AIA) using a wideband printed dipole antenna and a balanced amplifier is designed and fabricated. The proposed active printed dipole antenna has characteristics of easy matching, wide bandwidth and higher output power To feed balanced signal to printed dipole, a Wilkinson power divider and delay lines are used. The measured result shows that, at 6 GHz center frequency, the impedance bandwidth is 22 % (VSWR < 2), 3 dB gain bandwidth is 28 %, the maximum gain is 14.77 dBi, and output power at P1 dB point is 23 dBm.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.1-7
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• 2023

The ability of 3D/4D printing technology to create arbitrary 3D structures provides a greater degree of freedom in the design of printed structures. This capability has influenced the field of electronics and biomedical applications by enabling the trends of device miniaturization, customization, and personalization. Here, the current state-of-the-art knowledge of 3D printed electronics and biomedical applications with the unique and unusual properties enabled by 3D/4D printing is reviewed. Specifically, the review encompasses emerging areas involving recyclable and degradable electronics, metamaterial-based pressure sensor, fully printed portable photodetector, biocompatible and high-strength teeth, bioinspired microneedle, and transformable tube array for 3D cell culture and histology.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.272-281
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• 2020

Three-dimensional (3D) selfie services, one of the major 3D printing services, print 3D models of an individual's face via scanning. However, most of these services require expensive full-color supporting 3D printers. The high cost of such printers poses a challenge in launching a variety of 3D printing application services. This paper presents a stencil-based 3D facial relief creation method employing a low-cost RGBD sensor and a 3D printer. Stencil-based 3D facial relief is an artwork in which some parts are holes, similar to that in a stencil, and other parts stand out, as in a relief. The proposed method creates a new type of relief by combining the existing stencil techniques and relief techniques. As a result, the 3D printed product resembles a two-colored object rather than a one-colored object even when a monochrome 3D printer is used. Unlike existing personalization-based 3D printing services, the proposed method enables the printing and delivery of products to customers in a short period of time. Experimental results reveal that, compared to existing 3D selfie products printed by monochrome 3D printers, our products have a higher degree of similarity and are more profitable.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2003.07e
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• pp.2375-2378
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• 2003

In manufacture of printed circuit boards, one important issue is precisely to measure the three-dimensional shape of the solder paste silk-screened prior to direct surface mounting of chips. This paper presents the 3D shape reconstruction of solder paste using the optical triangulation method based on structured light or slit beam and the measurement algorithm for height, volume. area, and coplanarity on component pads from the 3D range image. Futhermore, statistical process control function is incorporated for process capability analysis.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.16 no.9 s.100
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• pp.926-931
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• 2005

In this paper, the printed-sleeve monopole antenna which has the small size and the broadband characteristics, is presented and its radiation characteristics are investigated. To conform the broadband characteristics of the proposed antenna, the experimental antenna is designed, fabricated, and its radiation characteristics are measured in PCS band (1.75 GHz${\~}$1.87 GHz). It is shown that the designed antenna has the non-directional pattern in the horizontal plane, the directional pattern in the vertical plane, VSWR less than 1.5, and gain in 2.14 dBi${\~}$3.4 dBi. From these results, the proposed antenna is conformed as a broadband antenna which can be used for the mobile communication indoor antenna extensively.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.15 no.8
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• pp.792-797
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• 2009

This paper presents the evaluation of PID and fuzzy control logic for the lateral position control of a moving web in roll-to-roll (R2R) printed electronics. In addition, we report the implementation of computer simulation software that enables us to develop the control logic in a graphic user interface and to test the controller performance in 3D dynamic environment. A mathematical model of the web dynamics is described first to explain the lateral motion of a moving web. Based on the model, PID and fuzzy controllers are designed, and embedded in the simulation software. Under the simulation conditions for fabricating RFID antenna by R2R printing, the results indicate that the fuzzy controller shows a better performance and can be more suitable for R2R multi-layer printed electronics.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.111-121
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• 2013

인쇄전자(printed electronics) 기술은 인쇄가 가능한 기능성 전자 잉크 소재를 이용하여 초저가격의 프린팅 공정을 통해서 다양한 전자소자를 제작하는 기술로써, 차세대 ICT 기기의 제작에 적합한 전자제품을 생산하는데 적합한 공정기술로 잘 알려져 있다. 현재 인쇄전자의 기술수준은 일부 요소 부품들을 제작하고 간단한 전자회로를 구현하는 수준에 머무르고 있으나, 도체, 반도체, 절연체의 여러 잉크 소재 및 다양한 초미세 인쇄공정 기술의 개발이 진행됨에 따라 향후 폭넓은 분야에 적용될 것으로 기대된다. 이러한 인쇄전자의 관련 기술 중에서 최근 삼차원(3D) 프린팅 기술이 부상하고 있는데, 지난해 Economist에서는 3D 프린팅을 제3차 산업혁명을 가져올 기술 중 하나로 소개했으며, 세계경제포럼(WEF: World Economic Forum)에서는 2013년 10대 유망 기술 중 하나로 선정했다. 올해 초, 미국의 오바마 대통령은 국정연설에서 거의 모든 제품의 생산 방식을 바꿀 수 있는 잠재력을 가진 기술로 3D 프린팅을 언급했고, Optomec에서는 전자소자용 3D 프린팅 기술을 선보였다. 본 논문에서는 최근에 많이 연구되는 모바일용 무선통신소자나 차세대 디스플레이 백플레인용의 인쇄전자 기술과 상품의 모형인 목업(Mock-up)을 제작할때뿐 만 아니라 전자소자 제작에도 적용이 가능한 3D 프린팅 기술에 대하여 논하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.343-351
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• 2008

In this paper, a spiral shaped common mode filter(CMF) embedded in a flexible printed circuit board(FPCB) is proposed for a multi-function cable. The CMF embedded in a FPC cable presents a new concept as a multi-function cable by the common mode rejection characteristics without a surface mounted device(SMD) CMF. The embedded CMF has a wideband common mode rejection bandwidth and an enhanced differential mode characteristics compared to conventional CMFs that use a magnetic material such as a ferrite of high loss. The proposed CMF of 3 turn inductors has a common mode rejection bandwidth from 0.4 GHz to 3.12 GHz and has 1.95 dB at 3 GHz, 6.97 dB at 8 GHz improvements of a differential mode insertion loss compared to the commercial LTCC(Low Temperature Co-fire Ceramics) CMFs.