• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.169-174
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• 2019

Flexure joints are recently used in the ultra-precision mechanism for a telecommunication mirror stage. Flexure joints have several advantages coming from their monolithic characteristics. They can be used to reduce the size of manipulators or to increase the precision of motion. In our research, 6 dof(degree of freedom) mechanism is suggested for micrometer repeatability using a flexure mechanism. To design the 6-dof motion, the 2-dof planar mechanism are designed and assembled to make the 6-dof motion. To achieve a certain performance, it is necessary to define the performance of mechanism that quantifies the characteristics of flexure joints. This paper addresses the analysis and design of the 6-dof parallel manipulator with a flexure joint using a finite element analysis tool. To obtain experimental result, CCD laser displacement sensor is used for the total displacement and the stiffness for the 6-dof flexure mechanism.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.56-61
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• 2003

본 논문은 초정밀 가공기에 적용 가능한 6자유도의 운동이 가능한 초정밀 스테이지의 설계를 기술한다. 본 초정밀 스테이지는 특히, 광학을 이용한 가공기와 절삭력이 작은 가공기에 적합하다. 스테이지는 장행정 · 단행정 스테이지로 구성된 이중 서보를 채택한다 장행정 스테이지는 초정밀 운동에 방해가 되는 운동을 줄이며 높은 효율을 갖는 다극 자석 배열을 이용한 선형모터를 사용한다. 그리고 단행정 스테이지는 장행정 스테이지와의 기계적 결합에 의한 구조적 영향성을 없애는 개념을 적용할 수 있는 보이스 코일 모터을 이용한다. 그리고 각 구동부는 최상의 성능을 유지할 수 있도록 최적설계를 수행한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.158-164
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• 2000

In recent year, desire and request fer micro automation are growing rapidly covering the whole range of the industry. This has been caused mainly by request of more accurate manufacturing process due to a higher density of integrated circuits in semiconductor industry. This paper presents a six d.o.f fine motion stage using magnetic levitation technique, which is one of actuating techniques that have the potential for achieving such a micro motion. There is no limit in motion resolution theoretically that the magnetically levitated part over a fixed stator can realize. In addition, it Is possible to manipulate the position and the force of the moving part at the same time. Then, the magnetic levitation technique is chosen into the actuating method. However, we discuss issues of design, kinematics, dynamics, and control of the proposed system. And a few experimental results fur step input are given.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.551-554
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• 2000

Alignment system is a system to locate an object to it's accurate position in multi-d.o.f space. According to process of application, it is need to align an object in 3 or 6 d.o.f. space. And alignment system is used in various environments. Especially in PDP application, alignment process is carried out in vaccume environment. In this paper, we developed 3 d.o.f. alignment system for vaccume environment, performed kinematic analysis and improved it's positional accuracy.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society Of Semiconductor Equipment Technology
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.232-243
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• 2006

6자유도계를 실시간 해를 풀 수 있는 이론을 배경으로 실제 여러 형태로 제작이 시도 되고 있다. 기구적인 간단함은 있지만, 비선형적인 6개의 축을 실시간 수식적으로 풀어낸다는 것은 쉽지 않다. 실제현장에서 설계에 적용시키기 위해서는 시뮬레이터를 개발하여 대면적, 고 하중용 등 다양한 스테이지 계를 쉽게 적용할 수 있어야 한다. 본 논문은 대면적용 스테이지 계를 적용하면서 문제점들을 고찰해 보고자 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.33 no.10
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• pp.1045-1053
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• 2009

Precision stages for 6-DOF positioning, actuated by PZT stacks, which are fed back by gap sensors and guided by flexure hinges, have enlarged their application territory in micro/nano manufacturing and measurement area. The precision stages inherently have such limitations as the nonlinearity between input and output in piezoelectric stacks, feedback signal noise in precision capacitive gap sensors and low material damping in precision kinematic linkages of mechanical flexures. To surmount these limitations, the precision stage is modeled with physics-based variables, which are identified by transient response correspondence, and a gain margin calculation algorithm using the Prandtl-Ishlinskii model and describing function is newly developed to assess system performance more precisely than linear controller design schemes. Based on such analyses, a precision positioning controller is designed. Excellent positioning accuracy with rapid settlement accomplished by the controller is shown in step responses of the closed-loop system.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.27 no.12
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• pp.59-66
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• 2010

We developed a model-based controller for 6-DOF micropositioning of a precision stage using $H_{\infty}$ norm, For the design, a state-space system of the mathematical model of the stage is derived In developing the controller, weighting functions are effectively designed in consideration of upper bounds of the sensitivity of the control loop and control input. Step responses in open and closed loop control are provided to verify the micropositioning performance of the stage. By applying the developed controller we prove that the inverse of the weighting function forms the upper bound of the control loop. It is also found that the controller makes the same sensitivity shape with all the DOFs due to the use of $H_{\infty}$ norm. The developed controller is expected to be applied successfully for industrial use.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.255-256
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• 2009

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.106-113
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• 2009

A 6-DOF precision stage was developed based on parallel kinematics structure with flexure hinges to eliminate backlash, stick-slip and friction and to minimize parasitic motion coupled with motions in the other-axis directions. For the stage, lever linkage mechanism was devised to reduce the height of system for the enhancement of horizontal stiffness. Frequency response comparison between experimental results and mathematical model extracted from dynamics of the stage was performed to identify the system parameters such as spring constants and damping coefficients of actuation modules, which cannot be calculated accurately by analytic methods owing to their complicated structures. This newly developed precision stage and its identified model will be very useful for precision positioning and control because of its high accuracy and non-coupled movement.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.105-112
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• 2013

This paper presents the structural design and finite element analysis of precision stage based on a double triangular parallel mechanism for precision positioning and large force generation. Recently, with the acceleration of miniaturization in mobile appliances, the demand for precision aligning and bonding has been increasing. Such processes require both high precision and large force generation, which are difficult to obtain simultaneously. This study aimed at constructing a precision stage that has high precision, long stroke, and large force generation. Actuators were tactically placed and flexure hinges were carefully designed by optimization process to constitute a parallel mechanism with a double triangular configuration. The three actuators in the inner triangle function as an in-plane positioner, whereas the three actuators in the outer triangle as an out-of-plane positioner. Finite element analysis is performed to validate load carrying performances of the developed precision stage.