• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1998년도 하계종합학술대회논문집
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• pp.811-814
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• 1998

REcent research about current testing($\textrm{I}_{DDQ}$ testing) has been emphasizing that $\textrm{I}_{DDQ}$ testing in addition to the logical voltage testing is necessary to increase the fault coverage. The $\textrm{I}_{DDQ}$. testing can detect physical faults other than the classical stuck-at type fault, which affect reliability. One of the most critical issues in the $\textrm{I}_{DDQ}$ testing is to insert a built-in current sensor (BICS) that can detect abnormal static currents from the power supply or to the ground. This paper presents a new BICS for internal current testing for large CMOS logic circuits. The proposed BICS uses a single phase clock to minimize the hardware overhead. It detects faulty current flowing and converts it into a corresponding logic voltage level to make converts it into a corresponding logic voltage level to make it possible to use the conventional voltage testing techniqeus. By using current mirroring technique, the proposed BICS can work at very high speed. Because the proposed BICS almost does not affects normal operation of CUT(circuit under test), it can be used to a very large circuit without circuit partitioning. By altenating the operational modes, a circuit can be $\textrm{I}_{DDQ}$-tested as a kind of self-testing fashion by using the proposed BICS.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.375-380
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• 2017

A differential current-to-time interval converter is presented for current mode sensors. It consists of a ramp voltage generator, a current mode sensor, a reference current source, two current-tunable Schmitt triggers, a one-shot multivibrator, and two logic gates. The design principle is to apply a ramp voltage to each input of the two current-tunable Schmitt triggers whose threshold voltages are proportional to the drain current values of the current mode sensors. A proposed circuit converts a current change in the ISFET biosensor into its equivalent pulse width change. A prototype circuit built using TSMC 0.18 nm CMOS process exhibit a conversion sensitivity amounting to $726.9{\mu}s/pH$ over pH variation range of 2-12 and a linearity error less than ${\pm}0.05%$.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.488-492
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• 2010

과거부터 고속전철 및 집전시스템과 같은 핵심 주요 시스템에 대한 성능을 검증하기 위한 정교한 시험방법과 평가절차는 국내외의 전문가들을 통해 연구되어져 왔다. 판토그라프의 접촉력 측정 하중센서는 판토그라프의 특성에 따라 특수제작이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 판토그라프와 가선시스템 간의 상호작용 특성을 평가하기 위한 항목인 접촉력을 측정하는 방법을 개선하기 위하여 개발된 스트레인 게이지 내장형 하중센서를 소개하고자 한다. 판토그라프에 직접 설치하여 수행한 정적 및 동적 검증의 결과는 매우 신뢰성을 가지고 있어 향후 고속전철용 판토그라프의 보다 효율적인 집전특성을 평가하기 위한 측정시스템의 일부로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제16권1호통권94호
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• pp.253-264
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• 1999

Most autonomous mobile robots view only things in front of them, and as a result, they may collide with objects moving from the side or behind. To overcome this problem. an Active Omni-directional Range Sensor System has been built that can obtain an omni-directional range data through the use of a laser conic plane and a conic mirror. Also, mobile robot has to know its current location and heading angle by itself as accurately as possible to successfully navigate in real environments. To achieve this capability, we propose a self-localization algorithm of a mobile robot using an active omni-directional range sensor in an unknown environment. The proposed algorithm estimates the current position and head angle of a mobile robot by a registration of the range data obtained at two positions, current and previous. To show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, a series of simulations was conducted and the results show that the proposed algorithm is very efficient, and can be utilized for self-localization of a mobile robot in an unknown environment.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.129-134
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• 2012

As application-specific requirements for wireless sensor networks emerge, both real-time and reliable communications become major research challenges in wireless sensor networks due to the many constraints on nodes and wireless links. To support these services, several protocols have been proposed. However, since most of them were designed as well as developed for general purpose applications, it is not recommended that they be directly adapted to applications with special requirements. In this paper, we propose a way to extend the current reliable transport protocol to cover a special real-time service, the (m,k)-firm deadline stream, in wireless sensor networks. While the proposed scheme is basically built on the PSFQ protocol for reliability, some features have been newly developed to support the (m,k)-firm stream efficiently. Finally, simulation results are given to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed scheme in high traffic and with failed links.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.823-831
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• 2016

A high-efficiency method is proposed to suppress magnetic core imbalance in phase-shifted full-bridge (PSFB) converters. Compared with conventional solutions, such as controlling peak current mode (PCM) or adding DC blocking capacitance, the proposed method has several advantages, such as lower power loss and smaller size, because the additional current sensor or blocking capacitor is removed. A time domain model of the secondary side is built to analyze the relationship between transformer core imbalance and cathode voltage of secondary side rectifiers. An approximate control algorithm is designed to achieve asymmetric phase control, which reduces the effects of imbalance. A 60 V/15 A prototype is built to verify the proposed method. Experimental results show that the numerical difference of primary side peak currents between two adjacent cycles is suppressed from 2 A to approximately 0 A. Meanwhile, compared with the PCM solution, the efficiency of the PSFB converter is slightly improved from 93% to 93.2%.

• 전자공학회논문지C
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• 제34C권8호
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• pp.8-21
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• 1997

In this paper, we consider resistive shorts on gate-source, gate-drain, and drain-source as well as opens in MOS FETs included in typical memory cell of VLSI SRAM and analyze behavior of memory by using PSPICE simulation. Using conventional fault models and this behavioral analysis, we propose linear testing algorithm of complexity O(N) which can be applied to both functional testing and IDDQ (quiescent power supply current) testing simultaneously to improve functionality and reliability of memory. Finally, we implement BIST (built-in self tsst) circuit and BICS(built-in current sensor), which are embedded on memory chip, to carry out functional testing efficiently and to detect various defects at high-speed respectively.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.493-502
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• 2001

기존의 논리 테스팅에 비하여 여러 가지 장점을 가지는 전류 테스팅을 위하여 새로운 내장형 전류 감지 회로를 설계하였다. 본 논문에서 제안된 내장형 전류 감지 회로는 시험 대상 회로에서 발생하는 전류와 인버터의 전류 발생 특성에 의해 복사되어진 전류를 비교함으로서 시험 대상 회로의 고장 존재 여부를 감지하여 Pass/Fail 신호로 발생시킨다. 설계된 회로는 차동 증폭 형태의 증폭기와 비교기로 이루어져 있으며, 시험 대상 회로의 전류를 복사해 내기 위한 인버터를 포함하고 있어서 총 10개의 트랜지스터와 3개의 인버터를 사용한다. 본 논문에서 제안된 내장형 전류 감지 회로는 고장 테스트를 위하여 별도의 클럭을 사용하지 않는다. 또한 모드 선택이 필요하지 않아 on-line 테스팅이 가능하며, Pass/Fail 신호를 칩의 외부로 전달하는 출력단자 하나를 제외하고는 별도의 제어단자가 필요하지 않은 장점을 가진다. HSPICE를 사용한 컴퓨터 모의 실험을 통하여 시험 대상 회로에 삽입된 고장을 정확하게 검출해 낼 수 있음을 확인하였다. 제안된 내장형 전류 감지 회로가 칩의 전체 면적에서 차지하는 면적소모는 8×8 병렬 승산기를 시험 대상 회로로 사용한 경우에 약 4.34 %로 매우 작아서 내장형 전류 감지회로에 의한 면적 소모에 대한 부담은 거의 없는 것으로 측정되었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2009

Most portable mobile devices employ rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. This lithium-ion battery usually suffers from the possibility of explosion due to heat generation from surrounding atmosphere or internal deficiency during charging or at overuse. To solve these problems, most rechargeable batteries have a built-in protection circuit module (PCM). The resistance of a properly processed $VO_2$ critical temperature sensor (CTS) is changed dramatically at a critical temperature of around $68^{\circ}C$, which can replace some bi-metal, NTC, or PTC sensors embedded in PCM. Such $VO_2$ CTS consumes a very small current at the level of natural discharge. Experimental results showed that this CTS could be applied to a PCM as the PCM could protect the battery while keeping its power consumption at minimum.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.185-190
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• 2009

Biomedical mobile devices for ubiquitous healthcare consist of biomedical sensors and communication terminal. They have two types of configuration. One is the sensor-network type device using wired or wireless communication with intelligent sensors to acquire biomedical data. The other is the sensor embedded type device, where the data can be acquired directly by itself. There are many examples of sensor network type, such as, fall detection sensor, blood glucose sensor, and ECG sensors networked with commercial PDA phone and commercial phone terminal for ubiquitous healthcare. On the other hand, sensor embedded type mounts blood glucose sensor, accelerometer, and etc. on commercial phone. However, to enable true ubiquitous healthcare, motion sensing is essential, because users go around anywhere and their signals should be measured and monitored, when they are affected by the motion. Therefore, in this paper, two biomedical mobile devices with motion monitoring function were addressed. One is sensor-network type with motion monitoring function, which uses Zigbee communication to measure the ECG, PPG and acceleration. The other is sensor-embedded type with motion monitoring function, which also can measure the data and uses the built-in cellular phone network modem for remote connection. These devices are expected to be useful for ubiquitous healthcare in coming aged society in Korea.