• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.519-523
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• 2006

Poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) has been employed as a microchip material for DNA separation in microfluidic condition. Different sieving molecules such as cellulose derivatives having glucose building block (methyl cellulose (MC), hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC)) and polyethylene oxide (PEO) having linear (ring-opened ethylene oxide) unit were used and their performance was compared in terms of separation efficiency and resolution. In general, PEO showed better separation performance than cellulose derivatives probably due to the nature of linear shape polymer conformation. It was possible to perform at least 15 consecutive running with 1.2% PEO at the electric field strength around 200 V/cm. Fast analysis of the standard $\Phi$X 174 RF DNA/Hae III (less than 130s) was obtained with the number of the theoretical plate around 250,000/m. Our PMDS microchip was applied to the measurement of CAG repeat number, which is related to male infertile disease.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.2070-2076
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• 2015

Nano composite materials were multi-constituent combinations of nano dimensional phases with distinct differences in structure, chemistry and properties. Nano particles were less likely to create large stress concentrations and thereby can avoid the compromise of the material ductility while improve other mechanical properties. Corona discharge was an electrical discharge. The ionization of a fluid surrounding a conductor was electrically energized. This discharge would occur when the strength of the electric field around the conductor was high enough to form a conductive region, but not high enough to cause electrical breakdown or arcing to nearby objects. This paper shows all the studies done on the preparation of nano fillers. Special attention has given to the ACSR transmission line conductor, TiO₂ nano fillers and also to the evaluation of corona resistance on dielectric materials discussed in detail. The measurement of the dielectric properties of the nano fillers and the parameters influencing them were also discussed in the paper. Corona discharge test reveals that in 0%N ACSR sample corona loss was directly proportional to the applied line voltage. No significant change in corona loss between 0%N and 1%N. When TiO₂ nano filler concentration was increased up to 10%N fine decrement in corona loss was found when compared to base ACSR conductor, corona loss was decreased by 40.67% in 10%N ACSR sample. It was also found from the surface conditions test that inorganic TiO₂ nano filler increases the key parameters like tensile strength and erosion depth.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.518-536
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• 2009

To verify the performance of a Distributed Translator Network(DTxR) system in the real world conditions, 5 legacy DTV broadcasting repeater sites were implemented with 5 DTxR systems and field-tested by the DTV field test truck. The 4 DTV broadcasting repeater sites are selected in congested areas where their service areas are overlapped and the 5th site is deviated from the other sites to examine the effect of long-delayed multipath signals. First of all, we checked the receiving signal of the main station that used as a transmitting signal in 5 DTxR systems on the pre-selected 60 test points and tested every case of a DTxR system's on & off except 1 repeater site due to the already built-in DTV repeater system. The test items are received signal electric field strength, noise margin, ease of reception and subjective evaluation of the picture quality for received signals. We used 3rd, 5th, and 6th generation DTV receivers to examine the differences of the receivability by each generation of DTV receivers. Reviewing the test results, we conclude that the DTxR system can be adopted in the current DTV Repeater sites and it could improve the quality and receivability of the main signals by extending the service areas and enhancing the signal levels in the shadow areas without using the extra broadcasting channels.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.119-124
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• 2010

디지털 제작, 압축 기술의 발전, 유무선 인터넷 보급 확산, 다양한 전송 및 서비스 플랫폼의 등장, 전송 기술의 광대역화, 단말 기술의 발전, 라이프스타일 변화와 킬러 서비스 등장으로 미디어 시장은 급속도로 발전하고 있다. 지상파 방송은 아날로그에서 디지털로 전환하고 있으며, 고화질, 다채널, 모바일, 3D 서비스를 제공하거나 제공할 예정에 있다. 현재 디지털 TV는 아날로그 TV와 동시 방송 형태로 제공되고 있지만 2012년말 디지털 TV로 완전한 전환을 앞두고 있으며, 모바일 TV인 DMB는 2005년말 본방송을 시작하여 전국 서비스를 제공하고 방송 커버리지를 확장하고 있다. FM과 AM의 디지털화를 위한 디지털 오디오 방송도 방식 선정을 위한 절차가 진행 중이다. 전파는 송신소에서 단말까지 전송되는 도중 신호레벨 감쇠, 페이딩, 왜곡, 잡음 유입 등을 겪게 된다. 양질의 지상파 방송을 제공하기 위해서는 전파가 수신 가능한 상태 이상의 양호한 상태로 시청자에게 전달되어야 한다. 이를 위해 방송사는 방송 수신 품질을 측정하고 수신이 불량한 지역에 대해서는 송신기 설치, 송신 출력 증강, 중계기 설치 등을 통해 양질의 서비스 제공이 가능한 방송 서비스 영역을 확대한다. 다양한 지상파 방송 매체에서 수신 품질 평가를 위해 가장 많이 측정하는 항목은 전계강도이다. 대부분의 경우 어떤 지역의 전계강도가 해당 매체가 요구하는 기준 레벨 이상이면 해당 지역을 양호 지역으로 평가한다. 본 논문에서는 다양한 지상파 방송 매체에 대한 전계강도를 측정하고 이를 분석할 수 있는 시스템을 제안하고자 한다. 제안 시스템을 이용하면 자동화된 절차에 의해 최단 시간에 다양한 지역에 대한 방송 수신 품질을 측정하고, 그 결과를 분석하여 방송 서비스 영역에 대한 평가를 내릴 수 있으며, 측정결과를 DB로 관리하여 동일 채널에 대한 이전 측정결과와 비교 분석, 다른 채널과 전계강도 비교 분석을 통해 특정 송신기 출력이 감소되거나 특정 안테나 출력에 문제가 발생한 경우에도 이를 쉽게 감지하여 최적의 방송망 구축 및 관리가 가능하다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.189-194
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• 2021

LIBS has been attracting attention as an analytical method capable of real-time measurement without sample preparation. In this study, a Lab. scale LIBS device was fabricated to examine the applicability and reproducibility of LIBS in the analysis of chloride contents in mortar. The existing analysis method and LIBS analysis were performed simultaneously on the mortar test specimen with the chloride content adjusted. Compared to the chloride content condition of the mortar, the XRF and Potentiometric Titration results also showed a similar trend. As a result of LIBS analysis, chlorine ions were detected at a wavelength of 837.59 nm according to the chloride content condition. In order to improve the precision in various concentration ranges, the LIBS signal amplification of about 50 times through the electric field enhancement was implemented. Through the verification of the aqueous solution-based reproducibility, a high correlation between the LIBS signal strength and the Cl concentration was confirmed, and the possibility of applying LIBS to the durability diagnosis of concrete damage by chloride was confirmed.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.51 no.8
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• pp.340-346
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• 2002

Capacitor material utilized in the downsizing passive devices and integration of passive devices requires the physical and electrical properties at given area such as capacitor thickness reduction, relative dielectric constant increase, low leakage current and thermal stability. common capacitor materials, $Al_2O_3$, $SiO_2$, $Si_3N_4$, $SiO_2$/$Si_3N_4$, TaN and et al., used until recently have reached their physical limits in their application to integration of passive devices. $Ta_2O_{5}$ is known to be a good alternative to the existing materials for the capacitor application because of its high dielectric constant (25~35), low leakage current and high breakdown strength. Despite the numerous investigations of $Ta_2O_{5}$ material, there have little been established the clear understanding of the annealing effect on capacitance characteristic and conduction mechanism. This study presents the dielectric properties $Ta_2O_{5}$ MIM capacitor structure Processed by $O_2$ RTA oxidation. X-ray diffraction patterns showed the existence of amorphous phase in $600^{\circ}C$ annealing under the $O_2$ RTA and the formation of preferentially oriented-$Ta_2O_{5}$ in 650, $700^{\circ}C$ annealing and the AES depth profile showed $O_2$ RTA oxidation effect gives rise to the $O_2$ deficientd into the new layer. The leakage current density respectively, at 3~1l$\times$$10_{-2}$(kV/cm) were $10_{-3}$~$10_{-6}$(A/$\textrm{cm}^2$). In addition, behavior is stable irrespective of applied electric field. the frequency vs capacitance characteristic enhanced stability more then $Ta_2O_{5}$ thin films obtained by $O_2$ reactive sputtering. The capacitance vs voltage measurement that, Vfb(flat-band voltage) was increase dependance on the $O_2$ RTA oxidation temperature.