• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.491-506
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• 2001

In this paper, a new three-dimensional piezoelectric thin shell element containing an integrated distributed piezoelectric sensor and actuator is proposed. The distributed piezoelectric sensor layer monitors the structural shape deformation due to the direct effect and the distributed actuator layer suppresses the deflection via the converse piezoelectric effect. A finite element formulation is presented for static response of laminated shell with piezoelectric sensors/actuators. An eight-node and forty-DOF shell element is built. The performance of the shell elements is improved by reduced integration technique. The static shape control of structure is derived. The shell element is verified by calculating piezoelectric polymeric PVDF bimorph beam. The results agreed with those obtained by theoretical analysis, Tzou and Tseng (1990) and Hwang and Park (1993) fairly well. At last, the static shape control of a paraboloidal antenna is presented.

• 센서학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.114-118
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• 2021

In this study, the sensitivity of an active pixel sensor (APS) was adjusted by employing a gate/body-tied (GBT) p-channel metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (PMOSFET)-type photodetector with a transfer gate. A GBT PMOSFET-type photodetector can amplify the photocurrent generated by light. Consequently, APSs that incorporate GBT PMOSFET-type photodetectors are more sensitive than those APSs that are based on p-n junctions. In this study, a transfer gate was added to the conventional GBT PMOSFET-type photodetector. Such a photodetector can adjust the sensitivity of the APS by controlling the amount of charge transmitted from the drain to the floating diffusion node according to the voltage of the transfer gate. The results obtained from conducted simulations and measurements corroborate that, the sensitivity of an APS, which incorporates a GBT PMOSFET-type photodetector with a built-in transfer gate, can be adjusted according to the voltage of the transfer gate. Furthermore, the chip was fabricated by employing the standard 0.35 ㎛ complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology, and the variable sensitivity of the APS was thereby experimentally verified.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2007

This article deals with the design and prototyping of Shift-By-Wire system for an automatic transmission equipped vehicle. In order to manipulate the shifting action electronically, Shift-By-Wire system consists of an electronic shift lever, an electric shift actuator and position sensors. The shift lever is designed to transform the driver's shifting command into an electric signal; it includes the position sensor using non-contact type hall sensor and an additional shifting switch acting as Tip-tronic. For the design of an electric shifting actuator, we investigated the stroke angles and shifting efforts of the manual control lever in each shifting section. And the position sensor of the shifting actuator is designed by using a potentiometer with an optical encoder. Finally the prototype of Shift-By-Wire system was built in a conventional 2.4L class SUV vehicle, and we performed road tests in order to verify its performance.

• 센서학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.172-179
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• 1997

간섭형 광섬유 센서의 경우 소자의 구성만 적절히 바꾸어 다른 종류의 측정에도 사용될 수 있다는 점에 착안하여 여러 종류의 센서를 동시에 신호처리할 수 있는 원격 다중화 광섬유 센서 시스템을 구현하였다. 구현된 센서 시스템의 신호처리는 간단한 광학 구성으로 원격 다중화 측정이 가능하도록 광섬유 Fabry-Perot 간섭형 센서배열을 가정하여 피측정량의 변화에 의한 간섭 무늬의 수만 카운트하는 디지털 신호처리로 구성되었다. 광섬유의 광학 효과에 대한 데이터를 종합함으로써 센서 시스템에 부착할 센서를 구현하기 위해 적합한 광학효과를 선택하는 기준을 제시하였으며, 한 예로서 반경 4.3 cm의 원형 다이아프램 중앙에 광섬유 Fabry-Perot 간섭계를 부착하여 광섬유의 스트레인 광학 효과를 이용하게 구성한 압력센서 1개를 센서 시스템에 연결하여 간섭형 광섬유 압력 센서 시스템을 구성하였다. 압력센서의 동작을 수조실험에서 확인함으로써 압력의 원격 측정이 가능함을 보였으며, 수조 실험의 길과 2 m의 측정범위에서 오차는 ${\pm}3.6\;cm$이내인 것으로 나타났다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.625-633
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• 2004

In this paper, position control of a car-like mobile robot using a neural network is presented. positional information of the mobile robot is given by a laser range finder located remotely through wireless communication. The heading angle is measured by a gyro sensor. Considering these two sensor information as a reference, the robot posture is corrected by a cascaded controller. To improve the tracking performance, a neural network with a cascaded controller is used to compensate for any uncertainty in the robot. The neural network functions as a compensator to minimize the positional errors in on-line fashion. A car-like mobile robot is built as a test-bed and experimental studies of several controllers are conducted and compared. Experimental results show that the best position control performance can be achieved by a cascaded controller with a neural network.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.885-890
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 웨어러블 컴퓨터 시스템을 구축하기 위해, WUSB over WBAN 프로토콜에서 구현된 실시간 위치인식 플랫폼 기술을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 실시간 위치인식 플랫폼 기술은 웨어러블 컴퓨터의 주변 장치를 구성하는 WUSB over WBAN 프로토콜 기반 센서 노드 망에서 동작한다. 그리고 WUSB 호스트가 전송한 WBAN 비컨이 수신된 시간차를 계산하여 센서노드의 위치를 결정하고, 가상 물체의 동작을 결정하게 된다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2006

Characteristics of thin-film NTC thermal sensors fabricated by micromachining technology were studied as a function of the thickness of membrane. The overall-structure of thermal sensor has a form of Au/Ti/NTC/$SiO_{X}$/(100)Si. NTC film of $Mn_{1.5}CoNi_{0.5}O_{4}$ with 0.5 mm in thickness was deposited on $SiO_{X}$ layer (1.2 mm) by PLD (pulsed laser deposition) and annealed at 873-1073 K in air for 1 hour. Au(200 nm)/Ti(100 nm) electrode was coated on NTC film by dc sputtering. By the results of microstructure, X-ray and NTC analysis, post-annealed NTC films at 973 K for 1 hour showed the best characteristics as NTC thermal sensing film. In order to reduce the thermal mass and thermal time constant of sensor, the sensing element was built-up on a thin membrane with the thickness of 20-65 mm. Sensors with thin sensing membrane showed the good detecting characteristics.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.299-306
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 공진기와 인체와의 거리에 따른 근접 전자기장 변화에 의한 공진기 임피던스의 변화를 토대로 사람의 호흡 및 심박신호를 검출할 수 있는 센서를 제안한다. 제안된 생체신호 측정센서는 패치형 공진기가 결합된 발진기, 발진주파수의 2채배 주파수만 통과시키기 위한 다이플렉서, 증폭기, SAW 필터 및 RF 검출기로 구성되어 있다. 호흡과 심박신호와 같은 인체의 주기적인 움직임은 근접 전자기장 영역 안에서 공진기의 임피던스 변화를 야기하며, 발진기의 주파수를 변화시킨다. 감도를 향상시키기 위해 발진주파수의 2채배 주파수 천이를 SAW 필터의 저지대역에 위치시킴으로써, 제안된 센서의 검출 거리를 2배로 확장시킬 수 있다. 제안된 센서의 측정결과, 최대 40 mm까지 호흡 및 심박신호가 안정적으로 측정되는 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.2059-2066
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• 2018

This study explored the feasibility of utilizing an SWCNT-coated fabric sensor for the development of a wearable motion sensing device. The extent of variation in electric resistance of the sensor material was evaluated by varying the fiber composition of the SWCNT-coated base fabrics, attachment methods, number of layers, and sensor width and length. 32 sensors were fabricated by employing different combinations of these variables. Using a custom-built experimental jig, the amount of voltage change in a fabric sensor as a function of the length was measured as the fabric sensors underwent loading-unloading test with induced strains of 30 %, 40 %, and 50 % at a frequency of 0.5 Hz. First-step analysis revealed the following: characteristics of the strain-voltage curves of the fabric sensors confirmed that 14 out of 32 sensors were evaluated as more suitable for measuring human joint movement, as they yield stable resistance values under tension-release conditions; furthermore, significantly stable resistance values were observed at each level of strain. Secondly, we analyzed the averaged maximum, minimum, and standard deviations at various strain levels. From this analysis, it was determined that the two-layer sensor structure and welding attachment method contributed to the improvement of sensing accuracy.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.125-133
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 수중에서 광과광센서를 이용하여 AUV의 도킹스테이션에의 도킹에 대한 새로운 연구를 하였다. 이를 위해 LED를 유도광원으로 사용하는 도킹스테이션과렌즈, 광 변위센서, 신호처리기, 연산처리기로 구성된 센서시스템 무인잠수정에 장착한 무인잠수정의 종단유도장치 시스템을 제안하였다. LED 복사광을 이용해 정밀한 상대각도 측정 정밀도를 얻을 수 있도록 집광렌즈 및 광센서 시스템의 원리해석과 이를 검증하기 위해 집광렌즈와 광센서 시스템을 직접 제작하고 기초실험을 수행하였으며 제작한 광학센서를 이용한 AUV와 도킹시스템을 제작하고 수조에서 기본적인 도킹시험을 수행하여 새로운 도킹 방법으로의 가능성을 검증하였다.