• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.477-488
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• 2013

The PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) has been widely used to implement real-time controllers in nuclear RPSs (Reactor Protection Systems). Increasing complexity and maintenance cost, however, are now demanding more powerful and cost-effective implementation such as FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array). Abandoning all experience and knowledge accumulated over the decades and starting an all-new development approach is too risky for such safety-critical systems. This paper proposes an RPS software development process with a platform change from PLC to FPGA, while retaining all outputs from the established development. This paper transforms FBD designs of the PLC-based software development into a behaviorally-equivalent Verilog program, which is a starting point of a typical FPGA-based hardware development. We expect that the proposed software development process can bridge the gap between two software developing approaches with different platforms, such as PLC and FPGA. This paper also demonstrates its effectiveness using an example of a prototype version of a real-world RPS in Korea.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.374-385
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• 2019

This paper presents an optimal implementation of a Daubechies-based pipelined discrete wavelet packet transform (DWPT) processor using finite impulse response (FIR) filter banks. The feed-forward pipelined (FFP) architecture is exploited for implementation of the DWPT on the field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The proposed DWPT is based on an efficient transpose form structure, thereby reducing its computational complexity by half of the system. Moreover, the efficiency of the design is further improved by using a canonical-signed digit-based binary expression (CSDBE) and advanced functional sharing (AFS) methods. In this work, the AFS technique is proposed to optimize the convolution of FIR filter banks for DWPT decomposition, which reduces the hardware resource utilization by not requiring any embedded digital signal processing (DSP) blocks. The proposed AFS and CSDBE-based DWPT system is embedded on the Virtex-7 FPGA board for testing. The proposed design is implemented as an intellectual property (IP) logic core that can easily be integrated into DSP systems for sub-band analysis. The achieved results conclude that the proposed method is very efficient in improving hardware resource utilization while maintaining accuracy of the result of DWPT.

• 시스템엔지니어링학술지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2018

This paper describes the systems engineering development process for the Departure from Nucleate Boiling Ratio (DNBR) algorithm using FPGA. Current Core Protection Calculator System (CPCS) requirement and DNBR logic are analyzed in the reverse engineering phase and the new FPGA based DNBR algorithm is designed in the re-engineering phase. FPGA based DNBR algorithm is developed by VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL) in the implementation phase and VHDL DNBR software is verified in the software Verification & Validation phase. Test cases are developed to perform the software module test for VHDL software modules. The APR 1400 simulator is used to collect the inputs data in 100%, 75%, and 50% reactor power condition. Test input signals are injected to the software modules following test case tables and output signals are compared with the expected test value. Minimum DNBR value from developed DNBR algorithm is validated by KEPCO E&C CPCS development facility. This paper summarizes the process to develop the FPGA-based DNBR calculation algorithm using systems engineering approach.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.1167-1175
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• 2021

The process of automation and monitoring in industrial control system involves the use of many types of sensors. A programmable logic controller plays an important role in the automation of the different processes in the power plant system. The major control units are boiler for temperature and pressure, turbine for speed of motor, generator for voltage, conveyer belt for fuel. The power plant units are controlled using microcontrollers and PLCs, but FPGA can be the feasible solution. The paper focused on the design and simulation of hardware chip to monitor boiler, turbine, generator and conveyer belt. The hardware chip of the plant is designed in Xilinx Vivado Simulator 17.4 software using VHDL programming. The methodology includes VHDL code design, simulation, verification and testing on Virtex-5 FPGA hardware. The system has four independent buzzers used to indicate the status of the boiler, generator, turbine motor and conveyer belt in on/off conditions respectively. The GSM is used to display corresponding message on the mobile to know the status of the device in on/off condition. The system is very much helpful for the industries working on plant automation with FPGA hardware integration.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.166-173
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• 2022

Recently, studies have been conducted on intelligent transportation systems (ITS) that provide safety and convenience to humans. Systems that compose the ITS adopt architectures that applied the cloud computing which consists of a high-performance general-purpose processor or graphics processing unit. However, an architecture that only used the cloud computing requires a high network bandwidth and consumes much power. Therefore, applying edge computing to ITS is essential for solving these problems. In this paper, we propose an edge artificial intelligence (AI) device based ITS. Edge AI which is applicable to various systems in ITS has been applied to license plate recognition. We implemented edge AI on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The accuracy of the edge AI for license plate recognition was 0.94. Finally, we synthesized the edge AI logic with Magnachip/Hynix 180nm CMOS technology and the power consumption measured using the Synopsys's design compiler tool was 482.583mW.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권8호
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• pp.2952-2965
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• 2023

Advanced reactors, such as Small Modular Reactors or existing Nuclear Power Plants, often use Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based controllers in new Instrumentation and Control (I&C) system architectures or as an alternative to existing analog-based I&C systems. Compared to CPU-based Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), FPGAs offer better overall performance. However, programming functions on FPGAs can be challenging due to the requirement for a hardware description language that does not explicitly support the operation of real numbers. This study aims to implement the Reactor Trip (RT) functions of the existing analog-based Reactor Protection System (RPS) using FPGAs. The RT equations for Overtemperature delta Temperature and Overpower delta Temperature involve dynamic compensators expressed with the Laplace transform variable, 's', which is not directly supported by FPGAs. To address this issue, the trip equations with the Laplace variable in the continuous-time domain are transformed to the discrete-time domain using the Z-transform. Additionally, a new operation based on a relative value for the equation range is introduced for the handling of real numbers in the RT functions. The proposed approach can be utilized for upgrading the existing analog-based RPS as well as digitalizing control systems in advanced reactor systems.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.97-119
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• 2023

The number of industrial Internet of Things (IoT) users is increasing rapidly. Lightweight block ciphers have started to be used to protect the privacy of users. Hardware-oriented security design should fully consider the use of fewer hardware devices when the function is fully realized. Thus, this paper designs a lightweight block cipher IIoTBC for industrial IoT security. IIoTBC system structure is variable and flexibly adapts to nodes with different security requirements. This paper proposes a 4×4 S-box that achieves a good balance between area overhead and cryptographic properties. In addition, this paper proposes a preprocessing method for 4×4 S-box logic gate expressions, which makes it easier to obtain better area, running time, and power data in ASIC implementation. Applying it to 14 classic lightweight block cipher S-boxes, the results show that is feasible. A series of performance tests and security evaluations were performed on the IIoTBC. As shown by experiments and data comparisons, IIoTBC is compact and secure in industrial IoT sensor nodes. Finally, IIoTBC has been implemented on a temperature state acquisition platform to simulate encrypted transmission of temperature in an industrial environment.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 공간-주파수 OFDM (SF-OFDM) 기법을 위한 효율적인 심볼 검출 알고리즘이 제안되고, 이를 기반으로 하는 SF-OFDM 무선 LAN 기저대역 프로세서의 구현 결과가 제시된다. SF-OFDM 기법에서 부반송파의 개수가 적은 경우 부채널간 간섭이 발생하게 되며, 이러한 간섭은 다이버시티 시스템의 성능을 크게 저하시킨다. 제안된 알고리즘은 부채널간 간섭을 병렬적으로 제거함으로써 기존 알고리즘에 비해 큰 성능 이득을 얻는다. 컴퓨터 모의실험을 통한 비트오류율 (BER) 성능 평가 결과 두개의 송${\cdot}$수신 안테나를 사용하는 경우 10-4의 BER에서 기존 알고리즘에 비해 약 3 dB의 성능이득을 얻음을 확인하였다. 제안된 심볼 검출 알고리즘이 적용된 SF-OFDM 무선 LAN 시스템의 패킷오류율 (PER), link throughput 및 coverage 성능이 분석되었다. 최대 전송률의 $80\%$를 목표 throughput으로 설정 했을 때, SF-OFDM 기반 무선 LAN 시스템은 기존의 IEEE 802.11a 무선 LAN 시스템에 비해 약 5.95 dB의 SNR 이득과 3.98 미터의 coverage 이득을 얻을 수 있었다. 제안된 알고리즘이 적용된 SF-OFDM 무선 LAN 기저대역 프로세서는 하드웨어 설계 언어를 통해 설계되었으며, 0.18um 1.8V CMOS 표준 셀 라이브러리를 통해 합성되었다. 제시된 division-free 하드웨어 구조와 함께, 구현된 프로세서의 총 게이트 수는 약 945K개였으며, FPGA 테스트 시스템을 통해 실시간 검증 및 평가되었다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2017

죽음의 문화는 삶의 문화의 반쪽이라는 의미에서 상보적(相補的)이다. 3개의 이승 정낭과 2개의 묘(墓)의 저승 신문(神門)은 올레길 공간체로 연결되어 있다. 그 공간체에는 삶과 죽음사이의 상생(相生)과 상극(相剋)이 공존하는 상보성(相補性)(complementarity) 원리가 제주 문화(文化)에 숨어있다. 대(對)와 대(待)이다. 즉 반대되는 것은 서로 보완적이다란 말이 "(Contraria Sunt Complementa 라틴어)" 서로 대립하면서도 서로 의존하는 관계로 서로가 서로를 품은 관계를 뜻한다. 정낭은 통신 원리로 사용될 뿐 아니라 인체의 RNA Codon에 기본 원리로 사용된다. 또한, 묘의 사각형 산담 귓돌과 한국의 태극과 괘(卦), 유전자(RNA)의 괘(卦), 연결고리의 유사성 Pattern을 들 수 있다. 제주에는 흑용만리 곡선밭담과 사각형 산담이 들판에 펼쳐있다. 제주에서 돌담은 괸담(Stone Networks)으로 연결되고, 괸담의 관습상 발음이 되는 괸당은 친족(Relative Family Networks)로 연결된다. 조상의 명당 묘와 자손들 관계는 영혼적으로 동기감응(同氣感應: Soul Synchronizing the Ancestor to Offspring)이 되어 발복(發福: Change in Future)이 된다고 믿고, 육체적인 피(血)인 유전인자가 자식들에게 직접 전수된다. DNA RNA를 행렬식으로 표시했다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.699-707
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• 2016

중앙처리장치를 중심으로 하는 각종 내장형 시스템은 현재 각종 산업에 매우 광범위하게 쓰이고 있다. 특히 사물인터넷 등의 deeply embedded (심층 내장형) 시스템은 저비용, 소면적, 저전력, 빠른 시장 출시, 높은 코드 밀도 등을 요구한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 요구 조건을 만족시키는 중앙처리장치를 제안하고, 이를 중심으로 한 시스템온칩 플랫폼을 소개한다. 제안하는 중앙처리장치는 16 비트라는 짧은 명령어로만 이루어진 확장형 명령어 집합 구조를 갖고 있어 코드 밀도를 높일 수 있다. 그리고, 다중사이클 아키텍처, 카운터 기반 제어 장치, 가산기 공유 등을 통하여 로직 게이트가 차지하는 면적을 줄였다. 이 코어를 중심으로, 코프로세서, 명령어 캐시, 버스, 내부 메모리, 외장 메모리, 온칩디버거 및 주변 입출력 장치들로 이루어진 시스템온칩 플랫폼을 개발하였다. 개발된 시스템온칩 플랫폼은 변형된 하버드 구조를 갖고 있어, 메모리 접근 시 필요한 클락 사이클 수를 감소시킬 수 있었다. 코어를 포함한 시스템온칩 플랫폼은 상위 언어 수준과 어셈블리어 수준에서 모의실험 및 검증하였고, FPGA 프로토타이핑과 통합형 로직 분석 및 보드 수준 검증을 완료하였다. $0.18{\mu}m$ 디지털 CMOS 공정과 1.8V 공급 전압 하에서 ASIC 프론트-엔드 게이트 수준 로직 합성 결과, 50MHz 동작 주파수에서 중앙처리장치 코어의 논리 게이트 개수는 7700 수준이었다. 개발된 시스템온칩 플랫폼은 초소형 보드의 FPGA에 내장되어 사물인터넷 분야에 응용된다.