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A Study on a Performance Analysis of Direct-Conversion Receiver Using AC-Coupling Method in Additive White Gaussian Noise Channel Environment (AWGN 채널환경에서 AC-Coupling기법을 이용한 Direct-Conversion 수신기의 성능분석에 관한 연구)

  • 박성진;김칠성;성태경;조형래
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2000.05a
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    • pp.205-209
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    • 2000
  • Modem wireless communication equipments provides various multimedia and aims at the development of low-power, minimum size and weight, and low-cost implimentations. Because of the heterodyne architecture which was invented many decades ago in the wireless communication system using too many components, it was difficult to make it small, compact and On-Chip so it does not proper for future communication. That gives rise a new developing architecture, so called, Direct Conversion. Because The Direct Conversion down-converts the wireless frequency band to baseband directly, it does not need using additive components and has a merit of reduction in power dissipation. We describes the Direct Conversion architecture and DC-Offset, which must be solved, theorectically and predicts system performance enhancement when adopt the AC-Coupling method.

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A Robust Digital Pre-Distortion Technique in Saturation Region for Non-linear Power Amplifier (비선형 전력 증폭기의 포화영역에서 강인한 디지털 전치왜곡 기법)

  • Hong, Soon-Il;Jeong, Eui-Rim
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2015.05a
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    • pp.681-684
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    • 2015
  • Power amplifier is an essential component for transmitting signals to a remote receiver in wireless communication systems. Power amplifier is a non-linear device in general, and the nonlinear distortion becomes severer as the output power increases. The nonlinearity results in spectral regrowth, which leads to adjacent channel interference, and decreases the transmit signal quality. To linearize power amplifiers, many techniques have been developed so far. Among the techniques, digital pre-distortion is known as the most cost and performance effective technique. However, the linearization performance falls down abruptly when the power amplifier operates in its saturation region. This is because of the severe nonlinearity. To relieve this problem, this paper proposes a new adaptive predistortion technique. The proposed technique controls the adaptive algorithm based on the power amplifier input level. Specifically, for small signals, the adaptive predistortion algorithm works normally. On the contrary, for large signals, the adaptive algorithm stops until small signals occur again. By doing this, wrong coefficient update by severe nonlinearity can be avoided. Computer simulation results show that the proposed method can improve the linearization performance compared with the conventional digital predistortion algorithms.

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A Hierarchical Model Predictive Voltage Control for NPC/H-Bridge Converters with a Reduced Computational Burden

  • Gong, Zheng;Dai, Peng;Wu, Xiaojie;Deng, Fujin;Liu, Dong;Chen, Zhe
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.136-148
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    • 2017
  • In recent years, voltage source multilevel converters are very popular in medium/high-voltage industrial applications, among which the NPC/H-Bridge converter is a popular solution to the medium/high-voltage drive systems. The conventional finite control set model predictive control (FCS-MPC) strategy is not practical for multilevel converters due to their substantial calculation requirements, especially under high number of voltage levels. To solve this problem, a hierarchical model predictive voltage control (HMPVC) strategy with referring to the implementation of g-h coordinate space vector modulation (SVM) is proposed. By the hierarchical structure of different cost functions, load currents can be controlled well and common mode voltage can be maintained at low values. The proposed strategy could be easily expanded to the systems with high number of voltage levels while the amount of required calculation is significantly reduced and the advantages of the conventional FCS-MPC strategy are reserved. In addition, a HMPVC-based field oriented control scheme is applied to a drive system with the NPC/H-Bridge converter. Both steady-state and transient performances are evaluated by simulations and experiments with a down-scaled NPC/H-Bridge converter prototype under various conditions, which validate the proposed HMPVC strategy.

A Case Study on the Operation and Management Simulation of Pension Insurance House in Later Life : In the Case of Muju Rural Village (노후연금보험주택의 운영과 관리 시뮬레이션 사례연구 : 무주군의 전원마을 모델을 중심으로)

  • Hong, Hyung-Ock;Kim, Jung-In
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.61-71
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study was to resolve the issues of inferior housing environment and the population decrease in rural community by improving the environment and attracting urban inhabitants. A simulation on the costs and the local programs was operated from a point of view that Pension Insurance House with Long-term Lease and a plan for the program in connection with local resources should be accompanied to attract urban inhabitants. The study was carried out through mainly documents analysis and specialists' opinions. The simulation results are as follows. Firstly, the pre-existing rural housing development projects have only emphasized the hardware, while underestimated the post-management with operating programs. The software should be underlined when Pension Insurance House is developed. Secondly, as a result of the simulation on construction expenditure and the operating and maintenance cost for 30 years, about 82.3 million Wons are necessary residential expenses for 15 years per unit. Thirdly, in case of MUJU County, it has made the most of its pre-existing institutions. It's medical institutions provide medical care system with health education, facilities related leisure and culture offer recreational programs and the local community center and its program of each town helps new habitants adopt to the rural life. Additionally, the employment project of a local welfare center allow people living in a rural community to continue their careers with their talents and interests through local class programs for a life worth living. Lastly, guide for getting information of rural life, local community gathering and preliminary education should be carried out to reduce expectant tenants' incompatibility and assist them settle down early. The community program expansion is also required at the local government level.

A Study on the Current Trend and Implication for Development of Gyubang Craft (한국 규방공예에 대한 실태조사 및 활용 방안 모색)

  • Lee, Youn-Soon
    • Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.111-126
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    • 2008
  • This article aims to discover the current status and appropriate way to research Gyubang craft, expecting its development and preservation, and elevating it to Korea's unique artistic textile culture. It also searches improved methods for Gyubang craft as the following: First, in order to avoid confusions about Gyubang craft, appropriate concepts and definitions of Gyubang craft must be settled through a discussion among experts. Second, by activating economic activities at lower ratio, among purposes of Gyubang craft, achievements must be elevated. Third, in order to settle down the difficulties of Gyubang craft, a variety of methods such as effective sewing machines and manufacturing techniques as well as providing materials at a reasonable price, considering practical ways through diversifying products, elevating the economy of crafts, exploring sales routes, improving educational contents, and expanding educational places must be facilitated. Fourth, for nurturing talented and excellent human resources in the area of Gyubang craft, the followings should be considered: diversifying contents of education, developing textbooks, improving instructors' quality, providing reasonable cost of education, educating on the utilization and application of Gyubang craft, introducing efficient teaching methods through textbooks and multimedia, awarding 'certificates' to trainees, and permitting certificate holders' to instruct Gyubang craft. Finally, it is convinced that the achievement of production, pride of preserving tradition, pleasure of procedural work, economic activities as experts, and sales of products will be reinforced, and the population for Gyubang craft is also expected to increase. By elevating Gyubang craft into Korea's traditional textile art, Korea's global competitiveness in the area of textile should be strengthened.

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Development of the RF SAW filters based on PCB substrate (PCB 기판을 이용한 RF용 SAW 필터 개발)

  • Lee, Young-Jin;Im, Jong-In
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.43 no.11 s.353
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    • pp.8-13
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    • 2006
  • Recent RF SAW filters are made using a HTCC package with a CSP(chip scale Package) technology. This paper describes a development of a new $1.4{\times}1.1\;and\;2.0{\times}1.4mm$ RF SAW liters made by PCB substrate instead of HTCC package, and this technology can reduce the cost of materials down to 40%. We have investigated the multi-layered PCB substrate structures and raw materials to find out the optimal flip-bonding condition between the $LiTaO_3$ wafer and PCB substrates. Also the optimal materials and processing conditions of epoxy laminating film were found out through the experiments which can reduce the bending moment caused by the difference of the thermal expansion between the PCB substrate and laminating film. The new PCB SAW filter shows good electrical and reliability performances with respect to the present SAW filters.

An Optical Surfacing Technique of the Best-fitted Spherical Surface of the Large Optics Mirror with Ultra Precision Polishing Machine (대형 광학계 연마 장비에 의한 대구경 반사경의 최적 근사 구면 제조 방법에 관한 연구)

  • Song, Chang Kyu;Khim, Gyungho;Hwang, Jooho;Kim, Byung Sub;Park, Chun Hong;Lee, Hocheol
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.324-330
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    • 2013
  • This paper describes a novel method to surface large optics mirror with an extremely high hardness, which could replace the high cost of the repetitive off-line measurement steps and the large ultra-precision grinding machine with ultra-positioning control of 10 nm resolution. A lot of diamond pellet to be attached on the convex aluminum base consists of a grinding tool for the concave large mirror, and the tool was pressured down on the large mirror blank. The tool motion at an interval on the spiral path was controlled with each feed rate as the dwell time in the conventional computer-controlled polishing. The shape to be surfaced was measured directly by a touch probe on the machine without any separation of the mirror blank. Total 40 iterative steps of the surfacing and measurement could demonstrate the form error of RMS $7.8{\mu}m$, surface roughness of Ra $0.2{\mu}m$ for the mirror blank with diameter of 1 m and spherical radius of curvature of 5400 mm.

RPSMDSM: Residential Power Scheduling and Modelling for Demand Side Management

  • Ahmed, Sheeraz;Raza, Ali;Shafique, Shahryar;Ahmad, Mukhtar;Khan, Muhammad Yousaf Ali;Nawaz, Asif;Tariq, Rohi
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.2398-2421
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    • 2020
  • In third world countries like Pakistan, the production of electricity has been quickly reduced in past years due to rely on the fossil fuel. According to a survey conducted in 2017, the overall electrical energy capacity was 22,797MW, since the electrical grids have gone too old, therefore the efficiency of grids, goes down to nearly 17000MW. Significant addition of fossil fuel, hydro and nuclear is 64.2%, 29% and 5.8% respectively in the total electricity production in Pakistan. In 2018, the demand crossed 20,223MW, compared to peak generation of 15,400 to 15,700MW as by the Ministry of Water and Power. Country faces a deficit of almost 4000MW to 5000MW for the duration of 2019 hot summer term. Focus on one aspect considering Demand Side Management (DSM) cannot oversea the reduction of gap between power demand and customer supply, which eventually leads to the issue of load shedding. Hence, a scheduling scheme is proposed in this paper called RPSMDSM that is based on selection of those appliances that need to be only Turned-On, on priority during peak hours consuming minimum energy. The Home Energy Management (HEM) system is integrated between consumer and utility and bidirectional flow is presented in the scheme. During peak hours of electricity, the RPSMDSM is capable to persuade less power consumption and accomplish productivity in load management. Simulations show that RPSMDSM scheme helps in scheduling the electricity loads from peak price to off-peak price hours. As a result, minimization in electricity cost as well as (Peak-to-Average Ratio) PAR are accomplished with sensible waiting time.

An Efficient Pitch Estimation for IMBE (Improved Multi-band Excitation) Speech Coder (개량형 다중대역 여기 (IMBE: Improved Multi-band Excitation) 음성 부호기의 피치 예측 개선)

  • Na, Hoon;Jeong, Dae-Gwon
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.34-41
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    • 2001
  • In an IMBE (Improved Multi-band Excitation) speech coder, initial pitch estimation occupies most of the total computing time for the coder due to complex cost function and exhaustive search over candidate pitches. Future frames in initial pitch estimation cause inevitable time delay. Therefore, it is difficult to implement a real-time coder. Furthermore, unvoiced frames use the unnecessary pitch estimation as in the voiced frames. In this paper, each frame is determined voiced or unvoiced by Dyadic Wavelet Transform (DyWT) and, then, initial pitch estimation is performed only for voiced frame. Therefore different pitch estimation algorithms are employed between voiced and unvoiced frames incurring reduced time delay at transmitter and receiver. Simulation result show that the relative complexity of initial pitch estimation is reduced by 23%, and the processing time decreases down to 1/10 ∼ 1/1l of the IMBE coder while speech quality is almost maintained.

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Performance Improvement of Eye Tracking System using Reinforcement Learning (강화학습을 이용한 눈동자 추적 시스템의 성능향상)

  • Shin, Hak-Chul;Shen, Yan;Khim, Sarang;Sung, WonJun;Ahmed, Minhaz Uddin;Hong, Yo-Hoon;Rhee, Phill-Kyu
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.171-179
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    • 2013
  • Recognition and image processing technology depends on illumination variation. One of the most important factors is the parameters of algorithms. When it comes to select these values, the system has different types of recognition accuracy. In this paper, we propose performance improvement of the eye tracking system that depends on some environments such as, people, location, and illumination. Optimized threshold parameter was decided by using reinforcement learning. When the system accuracy goes down, reinforcement learning used to train the value of parameters. According to the experimental results, the performance of eye tracking system can be improved from 3% to 14% by using reinforcement learning. The improved eye tracking system can be effectively used for human-computer interaction.