• 전기학회논문지
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• 제63권1호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2014

RFIDs have not become widespread as expected partly due to the cost, size, read range, and reliability problems of tags. The success rate of reading must be improved in order for RFIDs to be widely adopted. Quality control of tags is crucial to meet this requirement. In this study, we designed and implemented a high-performance reader used in inspection equipment that conducts prior inspection of tags. To improve performance of the developed reader, the baseband modem and command processor (CP) were designed using H/W logic and implemented with FPGA. The inspection of small pitch inlays was made possible through the antenna shielding device and H/W command processor function. This equipment enables accurate evaluation of performance and identification of tags satisfying a given read range. By contributing to sort out defective tags, the results can ultimately lead to more stable RFID services.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제39C권3호
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• pp.275-281
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• 2014

최근 들어 연근해와 내수면에서 수중 자원의 효과적 개발과 보존을 위해 다양한 수중 응용 시스템 발굴 및 활용의 필요성이 증대되고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 근거리 수중 이동통신 시스템, 수중 센서네트워크 시스템 등의 핵심 기술 중의 하나인 초소형 수중 음향통신 모뎀의 디지털 모듈을 연구한다. 고속 연산처리가 가능한 디지털 신호처리 프로세서를 탑재한 수중 모뎀의 디지털 모듈을 설계하고 제작하며, 개발된 하드웨어에 프레임 형성 기능과 채널부호 알고리듬들을 구현하고 실험함으로써 회로의 기능과 성능을 검증한다. 실험 결과에 따르면, 개발된 DSP 기반 디지털 모듈에서 전송속도 1 kbps의 길쌈부호 처리를 위해 필요로 하는 연산량이 DSP의 가용 연산 능력의 1% 이내에 불과하므로 개발된 하드웨어 플랫폼에 다양한 고효율 기저대역 알고리듬을 탑재함으로써 수중 모뎀의 성능 개선을 모색할 수 있다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.127-132
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• 2013

In this paper, we design the physical layer of Guardian modem for wireless public networks. The physical layer is composed of a dual-band RF (Radio Frequency) transceiver and a baseband-processor with quasi-orthogonal codes. The 2.4/5GHz dual-band RF transceiver can overcome the communication difficulty of dense 2.4GHz band for wireless public environment. Also the quasi-orthogonal code can reduce the required ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) design area. Finally, we analyze the performance of the developed system in viewpoint of data rate, BER (Bit Error Rate), PER (Packet Error Rate). Moreover we verify the performance of the dual-band RF communication.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.98-109
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• 2002

블루투스 무선 기술은 음성 및 데이터 전송을 위한 단거리 일대다중 무선 주파수 통신을 위해 제안된 범용적으로 사용 가능한 무선통신 기술이다. 블루투스는 2.4㎓ ISM 밴드에서 동작하며 약 l0m 범위의 다양한 이동 장치와 휴대용 장치를 위한 저가격의 기저대역 무선 접속을 제공한다 본 논문은 DMA 방식의 블루투스 기저대역 모듈을 개발하고 그 구조와 테스트 결과를 보인다. 개발된 모듈은 링크 컨트롤러, UART 그리고 오디오 코덱의 세가지 블록으로 구성되며 메인 프로세서 사이의 정보 전달 및 DMA지원을 위한 버스 인터페이스와 RF모듈과의 데이터 송수신을 위한 RF 인터페이스를 지원한다. DMA의 사용은 FIFO를 이용한 데이터의 송수신 방법을 사용하는 기저대역 모듈에 비하여 모듈의 구현 크기 및 데이터의 처리 속도에 있어서도 많은 차이점을 갖는다. 각 블록을 DMA를 지원하도록 설계함으로써 작은 크기의 모듈을 설계할 수 있다. 이러한 작은 크기의 모듈은 생산비용의 절감과 함께 다양한 응용분야에 사용될 수 있는 범용성을 제공한다. 또한 본 모듈은 UART를 이용한 펌웨어 업그레이드 방식을 지원하고 소프트 IP로 설계되었으며 FPGA와 ASIC으로 구현하여 개인용 컴퓨터 사이의 파일 전송과 비트-스트림 전송을 통해 테스트 되었다.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.491-500
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 RF 송수신 시스템 칩 내부의 저잡음증폭기(LNA)와 전체 송수신기 시스템 테스트에 효과적인 새로운 루프백(Loopback) BIST 구조를 제안한다. 제안하는 테스트기법은 외부 테스트장비(Automatic Test Equipment)를 사용하는 기존의 테스트기법과 달리 테스트 모드에서 칩에 내장된 베이스밴드 프로세서를 테스터로 사용하므로써 테스트인가와 테스트평가등을 효율적으로 수행할 수 있는 장점을 갖는다. 높은 주파수의 테스트 출력신호는 낮은 주파수로 변환하여 베이스밴드 프로세서에서 평가하게 됨으로써 테스트용이도가 향상될 수 있다. 제안하는 테스트기법은 ATE와 같은 외부테스트장비의 필요를 최소화하고 테스트 시간과 비용을 줄여 결과적으로 칩 제조비용의 절감을 가능하게 해준다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.1547-1554
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• 2015

Because there are numerous near field communication (NFC) technical standards and each standard has an independent communication protocol, an NFC software for controlling the protocols are significantly complicated. Especially, the anticollision algorithm for establishing the initial communication connection is classified into bit-oriented or time slot method according to the technical standards. Moreover, the anticollision algorithm is generally manipulated in software because of its complexity. In addition, since one host processor is shared by multiple modems in a connectivity SoC, embedding several communication modems with an NFC modem, the spare computing resources can be utilized for other modems by reducing the software cost to control the NFC modem. In this paper, we propose new design methods of the NFC modem for supporting anticollision, framing and bit rate detection in the hardware to reduce the software overhead. Therefore, the utilization of the NFC technology is enhanced in the connectivity SoC by minimizing the cost of software.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2006

Recently, active research has been going on to measure the elastic modulus of human soft tissue with medical ultrasound imaging systems for the purpose of diagnosing cancers or tumors which have been difficult to detect with conventional B-mode imaging techniques. In this paper, a real-time ultrasonic elasticity imaging system is implemented in software on a Pentium processor-based ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system. Soft tissue is subjected to external vibration, and the resulting tissue displacements change the phase of received echoes, which is in turn used to estimate tissue elasticity. It was confirmed from experiment with a phantom that the implemented elasticity imaging system could differentiate between soft and hard regions, where the latter is twice harder than the former, while operating at an adequate frame rate of 20 frames/s.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.258-264
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• 2015

The first 77 GHz transceiver that applies a heterodyne structure-based linear frequency modulation-frequency shift keying (LFM-FSK) front-end module (FEM) is presented. An LFM-FSK waveform generator is proposed for the transceiver design to avoid ghost target detection in a multi-target environment. This FEM consists of three parts: a frequency synthesizer, a 77 GHz up/down converter, and a baseband block. The purpose of the FEM is to make an appropriate beat frequency, which will be the key to solving problems in the digital signal processor (DSP). This paper mainly focuses on the most challenging tasks, including generating and conveying the correct transmission waveform in the 77 GHz frequency band to the DSP. A synthesizer test confirmed that the developed module for the signal generator of the LFM-FSK can produce an adequate transmission signal. Additionally, a loop back test confirmed that the output frequency of this module works well. This development will contribute to future progress in integrating a radar module for multi-target detection. By using the LFM-FSK waveform method, this radar transceiver is expected to provide multi-target detection, in contrast to the existing method.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.144-150
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• 2022

The on-board processor of satellite synthetic aperture radar(SAR) generates transmission signal by digital signal processing, converts it into an analog signal. At this time, the transmission signal generated from the baseband requires the frequency modulation to convert it to the high-frequency band in order to improve the stability. General frequency modulation method using local oscillator(LO) causes IQ imbalance due to phase error/magnitude error and these error reduce performance of SAR. To generate transmission signal without phase/magnitude error, this paper suggests design method of the frequency modulation method using digital to analog converter(DAC) at on-board SAR. For design, this paper analyzes the characteristic of DAC mode and uses pre-compensation filter. To analyze the proposed method performance, performance index are compared with IQ imbalance signals. This method is suitable for on-board SAR using fast sampling DAC and has the advantage of being able to solve IQ imbalances.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.11-24
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• 2022

Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) standard has been proposed to separate the baseband signal processing unit from the Radio Frequency (RF) unit at base station system mainly for reducing the cost of base station systems through open-source interfaces between the two units. To satisfy the performance metrics in various scenarios, several fronthaul functional split options were presented by O-RAN. Amongst these options, the split option 7-2x is widely adopted in practical applications due to its excellent trade-off between the required bandwidth and RU overhead. In this paper, we present a hardware implementation of a base station system that is compliant with the Category B of O-RAN split option 7-2x. It consists of O-DU and O-RU implemented with a commercial off-the-shelf Digital Signal Processor and RF transceiver, respectively. The performance of the proposed base station system is evaluated in terms of Bit Error Rate and received signal power as well as the required fronthaul bandwidth. Through various experimental tests, we have observed that the proposed system reduces the fronthaul bandwidth nearly by 89.7% compared to the conventional system that dose not employ the O-RAN standard.