• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.53-60
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• 1999

In this paper, it is proposed to a new architecture of CMOS IADC(Current-Mode Analog-to-Digital Converter) using 1.5-bit bit cell of which consists a CSH(Current-Mode Sample-and-Hold) and CCMP(Current-Mode Comparator). In order to guarantee the entire linearity of IADC, the CSH is designed to cancel CFT(Clock Feedthrough) whose resolution is to meet at the least 9-bit which is placed in the front-end of each bit cell. In the proposed IADC, digital correction logic is simplified and power consumption is reduced because bit cell of each stage needs two latch CCMP. Also, it is available for a mixed-mode integrated circuit because all of block is designed with only MOS transistor. With the HYUNDAI 0.8㎛ CMOS parameter, the HSPICE simulation results show that the proposed IADC can be operated at 20Ms/s with SNR of 43 dB with which is satisfied 7-bit resolution for input signal at 100 ㎑, and its power consumption is 27㎽.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.17 no.10
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• pp.11-23
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• 2012

To achieve efficient code size reduction, this paper proposes a new compressed instruction set architecture for the OpenRISC architecture. The new instructions and their corresponding formats are designed by the profiling information of the existing instruction usage. New 16-bit instructions and 32-bit instructions are proposed to compressed the existing 32-bit instructions and instruction sequences, respectively. The proposed instructions can be classified into three types. The first is the new 16-bit instructions for the frequent normal 32-bit instructions such as add, load, store, branch, and jump instructions. The second type is the new 32-bit instructions for the consecutive two load instructions, two store instructions, and 32-bit data mov instructions. Finally, two new 32-bit instructions are proposed to compress function prolog and epilog code, respectively. OpenRISC hardware decoder is extended to support the new instructions. Experiments show that the efficiency of code size reduction improves by an average of 30.4% when compared to the OR1200 instruction set architecture without loss of execution performance.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.38 no.11
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• pp.821-827
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• 2001

A new low power charge-recycling ROM architecture is proposed. The charge-recycling ROM uses charge-recycling method in bit lines of ROM to save the power consumption. About 90% of the total power used in the ROM is consumed in bit lines. With the proposed method, power consumption in ROM bit lines can be reduced asymptotically to zero if the number of bit lines is infinite and the sense amplifiers detect infinitely small voltage difference. However, the real sense amplifiers cannot sense very small voltage difference. Therefore, reduction of power consumption is limited. The simulation results show that the charge-recycling ROM only consumes 13% ~ 78% of the conventional low power contact programming mask ROM.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.777-780
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• 2005

모바일 오디오 적용을 위한 저전력 ${\Sigma}{\Delta}$ Modulator 에 대한 설계와 layout 을 보였다. 전체 구조는 3 차 단일 피드백 루프이며, 해상도는 16bit 을 갖는다. 샘플링 주파수에 따른 Over-sampling Ratio 는 128(46kHz) 또는 64(96kHz) 가 되도록 하였다. 차동 구조를 사용한 3 차 ${\Sigma}{\Delta}$ modulator 내의 적분기에 사용된 Op-Amp 는 DC-Gain 을 높이기 위해서 Gain-boosting 기법이 적용되었다. ${\Sigma}{\Delta}$ modulator 의 기준 전압은 전류 모드 Band-Gap Reference 회로에서 공급이 되며, PVT(Process, Voltage, Temperature) 변화에 따른 기준 전압의 편차를 보정하기 위하여, binary 3bit 으로 선택하도록 하였다. DAC 에서 사용되는 단위 커패시터의 mismatch 에 의한 성능 감소를 막기 위해, DAC 신호의 경로를 임의적으로 바꿔주는 scrambler 회로를 이용하였다. 4bit Quantizer 내부의 비교기 회로는 고해상도를 갖도록 설계하였고, 16bit thermometer code 에서 4bit binary code 변환시 발생하는 에러를 줄이기 위해 thermometer-to-gray, gray-to-binary 인코딩 방법을 적용하였다. 0.18um CMOS standard logic 공정 내 thick oxide transistor(3.3V supply) 공정을 이용하였다. 입력 전압 범위는 2.2Vp-p,diff. 이며, Typical process, 3.3V supply, 50' C 시뮬레이션 조건에서 2Vpp,diff. 20kHz sine wave 를 입력으로 할 때 SNR 110dB, THD 는 -95dB 이상의 성능을 보였고, 전류 소모는 6.67mA 이다. 또한 전체 layout 크기는 가로 1100um, 세로 840um 이다.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.89-94
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• 2011

Today, the utilization of communication devices is being increased including information terminals, cell phones, handheld personal digital assistants (PDA) caused by the development of information and communication technology. The development of information and services is speeding up, whereas most communication devices have provided a inefficient hierarchical menu and sequential searching structure. In this study, the Adaptive User Interface is applied to the Bus Information Terminal(BIT) which is one of communication equipment installed in the bus stop. It will be based on analysis of unspecified individuals' preferences and user's directly personalization in the BIT prototype. We expect the results of this study to be possible to provide users with efficient and convenient information acquisition and contribute to the development of public transport use by improving the accessibility and usability of BIT.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.260-266
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• 2013

The open bit line is vulnerable to noise compared to the folded bit line when read/write for the DRAM. According to the increasing DRAM densities, the core circuit operating conditions is exacerbated by the noise when it comes to the open bit line 6F2(F : Feature Size) structure. In this paper, the interference effects were analyzed by the data patterns between the bit line by experiments. It was beyond the scope of existing research. 68nm Tech. 1Gb DDR2, Advan Tester used in the experiments. The noise effects appears the degrade of internal operation margin of DRAM. This paper investigates sense amplifier power line splits by experiments. The noise can be improved by 0.2ns(1.3%)~1.9ns(12.7%), when the sense amplifier power lines split. It was simulated by 68nm Technology 1Gb DDR2 modeling.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.10b
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• pp.361-363
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 MPEG-4 Version2 Audio 표준에 근거하여 낮은 연산부담을 갖는 독자적인 엘고리즘을 적용한 MPEG-4 BSAC Audio 디코더를 개발하였다. 개발된 BSAC 디코더는 32bit RISC 구조를 갖는 Intel Xscale Processor 기반 시스템에 최적화하여 구현 및 평가를 수행하였다. 수행속도 증가 및 연산 정밀도 향상을 위해 각 기능 블록별 기능 및 구현 원리 연구와 32 bit 연산 구조를 파악하여, 이를 고정소수점 연산 구조로 구현함으로써 성능을 향상시켰다. 유한비트에 따른 오차 영향을 최소화하기 위해 데이터의 표현 범위에 대한 연구를 통해 근사한 오차를 최소화 하여 연산 정밀도를 향상 시키고자 하였다. 비선형 양자화기 및 filter bank 등 상대적으로 높은 연산 부담을 갖는 기능 블록은 Table look-up, 보간법, 지수연산 제거, pre/post scrambling 기법 등을 적용하여 최적화 하였다. 최종적으로 개발된 BSAC 디코더는 32 bit 연산 구조의 X-scale 프로세서를 탑재한 Development Board와 WindowsCE OS로 구성된 타겟 system에 이식하여 performance 평가하였으며, 높은 연산 정밀도 및 다른 수행속도를 확인할 수 있었다. 주관적인 청각 평가에서도 MPEG-4 reference 디코더와의 음원의 차이가 거의 없음을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.80-83
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• 2003

In this paper, the programming characteristics of the multi-bit devices based on SONOS structure are investigated. Our devices have been fabricated by $0.35\;{\mu}m$ complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process with LOCOS isolation. In order to achieve the two-bits per cell operation, charges must be locally trapped in the nitride layer above the channel near the junction. Channel hot electron (CHE) injection for programming can operate in multi-bit using localized trap in nitride film. CHE injection in our devices is achieved with the single power supply of 5 V. To demonstrate CHE injection, substrate current (Isub) and one-shot programming curve were investigated. The multi-bit operation which stores two-bit per cell is investigated with a reverse read scheme. Also, hot hole injection for fast erasing is used. Due to the ultra-thin gate dielectrics, our results show many advantages which are simpler process, better scalability and lower programming voltage compared to any other two-bit storage flash memory. This fabricated structure and programming characteristics are shown to be the most promising for the multi-bit flash memory.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.1208-1210
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• 2012

BIT(Built-In Test)란 S/W 또는 H/W 의 기능 및 상태를 진단하고 오류에 대응하기 위한 방법론으로 기능에 대한 신뢰성 및 빠른 오류 복구를 보장하기 때문에 다양한 분야에서 BIT 처리를 통해 시스템의 안정성을 높이고 있다. 현업에서의 BIT 는 도메인 특성에 따라 처리해야 하는 작업의 변화가 크기 때문에 구조화 되지 않은 형태로 각각 개발되고 있다. 따라서 BIT 개발 시 반복적인 작업이 수반되며 처리 과정의 수정 또는 처리 범위의 확장을 위해서는 많은 시간 및 인력이 요구된다. 이에 본 논문에서는 BIT 처리를 구조화하기 위하여 처리과정에 필요한 정보들을 일반화된 형태로 기록할 수 있도록 하는 BIT 처리 병세 방안과 BIT 처리 명세를 기반으로 한 자동 코드 생성 체계를 제안한다. 이를 통해 개발 과정의 편의성과 생산성을 향상하고 BIT 처리의 유연성과 확장성을 높일 수 있다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.575-584
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• 2002

This paper presents a novel DCT-based embedded zero-tree coding and optimal bit allocation algorithm for image sequence coding. In order to fully utilize the structure of the conventional standard coding algorithm and improve the coding efficiency, motion estimation and compensation(ME/MC)-DCT hybrid coding structure and a modified zero-tree coding algorithm are applied. After the rearrangement DCT coefficients into pyramidal structure according to their significance on the decoded image quality, the modified embedded zero-tree coding is performed on layered coefficients. Moreover, for a given overall bit rates, a new optimal bit control scheme is proposed to achieve the best decoded image quality in the consecutive frames. The rate control scheme can also provide the equal quality of decoded image with the control of bit rate and distortion for each frame. The various simulation results are provided to evaluate the coding performance of the proposed scheme.