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영상처리기법을 이용한 그린시트 측정알고리즘 개발 (Development of Green-Sheet Measurement Algorithm by Image Processing Technique)

  • 표창률;양상모;강성훈;윤성만
    • 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국소성가공학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.51-54
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this paper is the development of measurement algorithm for green-sheet based on the digital image processing technique. The Low Temperature Cofired Ceramic (LTCC) technology can be defined as a way to produce multilayer circuits with the help of single tapes, which are used to apply conductive, dielectric and / or resistive pastes on. These single green-sheets have to be laminated together and fired in one step all. Main functionality of the green-sheet film measurement algorithm is to measure the position and size of the punching hole in each single layer. The line scan camera coupled with motorized X-Y stage is used for developing the algorithm. In order to measure the entire film area using several scanning steps, the overlapping method is used. In the process of development of the algorithm based on the image processing and analysis, strong background technology and know-how have been accumulated.

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NCL 기반의 저전력 ALU 회로 설계 및 구현 (Design and Implementation of Low power ALU based on NCL (Null Convention Logic))

  • 김경기
    • 한국산업정보학회논문지
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    • 제18권5호
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    • pp.59-65
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    • 2013
  • 저전력 설계를 요구하는 디지털 시스템에서는 동적 전력(dynamic power)과 누설 전력(leakage power) 사이의 균형을 이루는 점에 근접하는 매우 낮은 전압에서 작동하는 디지털 설계 방식을 요구하지만, 기존의 동기방식의 회로는 낮은 전압에서 지연(delay)이 급격히 증가하여 시스템의 전체 성능을 유지할 수 없을 뿐만 아니라, 공정, 전압, 온도 변이 (PVT variation) 등에 크게 영향을 받아서 올바른 동작을 기대할 수 없다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 낮은 전압에서 여러 가지 변이들에 영향을 받지 않는 비동기회로 설계 방식 중에 타이밍 분석이 요구되지 않고, 설계가 간단한 NCL (Null Convention Logic) 방식을 사용한 저전력 산술논리 연산장치 (ALU) 회로를 매그나칩-SK하이닉스 0.18um 공정으로 설계하고, 기존의 파이프라인 방식의 ALU와 스피드와 전력에 관해서 비교하였다.

차량의 변속기 오일레벨 측정을 위한 FPGA 기반 초음파 레벨 측정기 개발 (A FPGA-based Development of Ultrasonic Level Meter for Measuring Oil Levels of Vehicle Transmissions)

  • 강문호;박윤창
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제13권11호
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    • pp.5427-5433
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    • 2012
  • 본 논문에서는 자동차 변속기 오일레벨을 정확하고 손쉽게 측정할 수 있는 초음파 오일레벨 측정기를 개발하고 실험을 통하여 유용성을 보였다. 초음파 프로브 구동 펄스 생성과 오일레벨 연산을 비롯한 모든 디지털 신호 처리가 하나의 FPGA에 의해서 이루어지도록 하여 측정기의 단순화와 고성능화를 이루었고, 모든 프로그램을 FPGA 프로젝트 IDE상에서 제작하여 측정기 개발 시간을 줄일 수 있었다. 또한, 저-레벨의 초음파 에코 신호를 처리하기 위한 송수신 스위치회로, 다단 능동 필터회로 및 포락선 검출회로 등을 설계하였고, 실험을 통하여 설계된 측정기가 약 1mm 이내의 측정 정확도를 가짐을 확인하였다.

Partial EBG Structure with DeCap for Ultra-wideband Suppression of Simultaneous Switching Noise in a High-Speed System

  • Kwon, Jong-Hwa;Kwak, Sang-Il;Sim, Dong-Uk;Yook, Jong-Gwan
    • ETRI Journal
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    • 제32권2호
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    • pp.265-272
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    • 2010
  • To supply a power distribution network with stable power in a high-speed mixed mode system, simultaneous switching noise caused at the multilayer PCB and package structures needs to be sufficiently suppressed. The uni-planar compact electromagnetic bandgap (UC-EBG) structure is well known as a promising solution to suppress the power noise and isolate noise-sensitive analog/RF circuits from a noisy digital circuit. However, a typical UC-EBG structure has several severe problems, such as a limitation in the stop band's lower cutoff frequency and signal quality degradation. To make up for the defects of a conventional EBG structure, a partially located EBG structure with decoupling capacitors is proposed in this paper as a means of both suppressing the power noise propagation and minimizing the effects of the perforated reference plane on the signal quality. The proposed structure is validated and investigated through simulation and measurement in both frequency and time domains.

크로스톡 회피를 위한 게이트 사이징을 이용한 타이밍 윈도우 이동 (Timing Window Shifting by Gate Sizing for Crosstalk Avoidance)

  • 장나은;김주호
    • 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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    • 제44권11호
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    • pp.119-126
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    • 2007
  • 본 논문은 CMOS 디지털 회로에서 delay에 영향을 미치는 crosstalk을 gate의 downsizing이나 upsizing으로 발생을 회피하기 위한 효율적인 휴리스틱 알고리즘을 제시한다. 제안된 알고리즘은 게이트 사이징을 2가지 step으로 분류하며 avoidance 효과를 극대화하기 위해서 step1에서는 downsizing, step2에서는 upsizing을 순차적으로 적용하여 critical path에 인접하는 aggressor들을 차례로 회피해 나간다. 제시된 알고리즘은 LGSynth91 벤치마크 회로에 대한 테스트 결과 효율성을 검증 하였으며 실험 결과는 평균적으로 8.64%의 Crosstalk Avoidance 효과를 보여줬다. 이 결과로 제시된 새로운 알고리즘의 가능성을 입증하였다.

A Single-Stage 37 dB-Linear Digitally-Controlled Variable Gain Amplifier for Ultrasound Medical Imaging

  • Cho, Seong-Eun;Um, Ji-Yong;Kim, Byungsub;Sim, Jae-Yoon;Park, Hong-June
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • 제14권5호
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    • pp.579-587
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    • 2014
  • This paper presents a variable gain amplifier (VGA) for an analog front-end (AFE) of ultrasound medical imaging. This VGA has a closed-loop topology and shows a 37-dB-linear characteristic with a single-stage amplifier. It consists of an op-amp, a non-binary-weighted capacitor array, and a gain-control block. This non-binary-weighted capacitor array reduces the required number of capacitors and the complexity of the gain-control block. The VGA has been fabricated in a 0.35-mm CMOS process. This work gives the largest gain range of 37 dB per stage, the largest P1 dB of 9.5 dBm at the 3.3-V among the recent VGA circuits available in the literature. The voltage gain is controlled in the range of [-10, 27] dB in a linear-in-dB scale with 16 steps by a 4-bit digital code. The VGA has a bandpass characteristic with a passband of [20 kHz, 8 MHz].

Ultrafast and flexible UV photodetector based on NiO

  • Kim, Hong-sik;Patel, Malkeshkumar;Kim, Hyunki;Kim, Joondong
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.389.2-389.2
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    • 2016
  • The flexible solid state device has been widely studied as portable and wearable device applications such as display, sensor and curved circuits. A zero-bias operation without any external power consumption is a highly-demanding feature of semiconductor devices, including optical communication, environment monitoring and digital imaging applications. Moreover, the flexibility of device would give the degree of freedom of transparent electronics. Functional and transparent abrupt p/n junction device has been realized by combining of p-type NiO and n-type ZnO metal oxide semiconductors. The use of a plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film substrate spontaneously allows the flexible feature of the devices. The functional design of p-NiO/n-ZnO metal oxide device provides a high rectifying ratio of 189 to ensure the quality junction quality. This all transparent metal oxide device can be operated without external power supply. The flexible p-NiO/n-ZnO device exhibit substantial photodetection performances of quick response time of $68{\mu}s$. We may suggest an efficient design scheme of flexible and functional metal oxide-based transparent electronics.

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A Fast and Precise Blind I/Q Mismatch Compensation for Image Rejection in Direct-Conversion Receiver

  • Kim, Suna;Yoon, Dae-Young;Park, Hyung Chul;Yoon, Giwan;Lee, Sang-Gug
    • ETRI Journal
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    • 제36권1호
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    • pp.12-21
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, we propose a new digital blind in-phase/quadrature-phase (I/Q) mismatch compensation technique for image rejection in a direct-conversion receiver (DCR). The proposed image-rejection circuit adopts DC offset cancellation and a sign-sign least mean squares (LMS) algorithm with a unique step size adaptation both for a fast and precise I/Q mismatch estimation. In addition, several performance-optimizing design considerations related to accuracy, speed, and hardware simplicity are discussed. The implementation of the proposed circuit in an FPGA results in an image-rejection ratio (IRR) of 65 dB, which is the best performance with modulated signals, along with an adaptation time of 0.9 seconds, which is a tenfold increase in the compensation speed as compared to previously reported circuits. The proposed technique will be a promising solution in the area of image rejection to increase both the speed and accuracy of future DCRs.

High Security FeRAM-Based EPC C1G2 UHF (860 MHz-960 MHz) Passive RFID Tag Chip

  • Kang, Hee-Bok;Hong, Suk-Kyoung;Song, Yong-Wook;Sung, Man-Young;Choi, Bok-Gil;Chung, Jin-Yong;Lee, Jong-Wook
    • ETRI Journal
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    • 제30권6호
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    • pp.826-832
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    • 2008
  • The metal-ferroelectric-metal (MFM) capacitor in the ferroelectric random access memory (FeRAM) embedded RFID chip is used in both the memory cell region and the peripheral analog and digital circuit area for capacitance parameter control. The capacitance value of the MFM capacitor is about 30 times larger than that of conventional capacitors, such as the poly-insulator-poly (PIP) capacitor and the metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor. An MFM capacitor directly stacked over the analog and memory circuit region can share the layout area with the circuit region; thus, the chip size can be reduced by about 60%. The energy transformation efficiency using the MFM scheme is higher than that of the PIP scheme in RFID chips. The radio frequency operational signal properties using circuits with MFM capacitors are almost the same as or better than with PIP, MIM, and MOS capacitors. For the default value specification requirement, the default set cell is designed with an additional dummy cell.

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Exhaustive 테스트 기법을 사용한 효율적 병렬테스팅 (An Efficient Parallel Testing using The Exhaustive Test Method)

  • 김우완
    • 한국정보과학회논문지:시스템및이론
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    • 제30권3_4호
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    • pp.186-193
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    • 2003
  • 최근 몇 년 동안 디지털 시스템이 복잡성은 아주 빠르게 증가하고 있다. 비록 반도체 제조업자들이 제품에 대한 신뢰성을 높이려고 노력하고 있지만 어느 때에 시스템이 어딘가에서 결함이 발생할 것이라는 것을 알기는 불가능하다. 이렇듯이 회로가 복잡화함에 따라 테스트 생성(test generation)에 대한 잘 정리되어 있고 자동화된 방법이 필요하게 되었다. 하지만 현재 광범위하게 사용하고 있는 방법중 대부분은 한번에 하나씩의 패턴만을 넣어서 처리하는 방식이다. 이는 각각의 결함에 대해서 탐색하는데 많은 시간을 낭비하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 Exhaustive 방법을 사용하는 테스트 패턴 생성 방법 중에서 분할 기법을 적용하여 테스트 패턴을 생성한다. 또한 이 패턴을 이용하여 병렬로 패턴을 삽입함으로써 더욱 빠르게 결함을 발견할 수 있는 방법을 설계 및 구현한다.