• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제7권10호
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• pp.1378-1388
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 웨이블릿 변환(wavelet transform)을 이용하여 저 비트율로 압축된 영상을 복원했을 때 나타나는 화질열화를 개선하는 방법을 제안한다. DCT의 압축에서 화질열화는 블록화 현상(blocking artiiacts)과 잡음(noise) 등이 있었으나 웨이블릿 변환은 블록화 현상이 나타나지 않고 윤곽선(edge) 부근에 링잉현상(ringing artifacts)이 나타나게 되었다. 제안된 방법에서는 윤곽선 부근의 링잉현상이 나타나는 부분과 나타나지 않는 부분을 분류하고 각 영역에 적응적 필터를 적용하여 영상을 개선시켰다. 인간 시각에 거슬리는 윤곽선 영역은 캐니 마스크(Canny mask)를 적용하여 강한 윤곽선 영역을 찾아내고, 또한 주변 영역을 탐색하여 평탄한 영역(fiat region)과 텍스쳐 영역(texture region)으로 분류하고, 각 영역에 맞는 필터 를 적용하게 된다. 실험결과, 링잉현상이 나타나는 저 비트율 압축 영상에서 제안된 방법의 PSNR 값은 0.05db정도 낮아졌지만, 강한 경계 영역과 평탄한 영역의 영상에서는 0.023db정도 높아겼다. 또한 인간 시각의 주관적 관점에서 볼 때 평탄한 영역에서의 링잉현상이 보다 개선된 화질을 보였다.

• 대기
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.241-253
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• 2007

This paper investigates summer precipitation change in East Asia according to switching surface boundary condition over South Korea and Shantung. Simulations are carried out by ECHO-G/S for 20 years (1980-1999). Surface condition over both areas in ECHO-G/S is represented by ocean (OCN experiment). In OCN experiment, the summer precipitation is considerably underestimated around the Korean peninsula (the dry region) and overestimated over the eastern Tibetan Plateau (the wet region). It may be related that the lack of the heat sources from the unrealistically prescribed land-sea mask weakens northward expansion of rainband and the development of convective precipitation. Moreover the simulated rainband retreats before June in connection with the early genesis of summer monsoon circulation. The systematic bias of the summer precipitation over the dry and wet regions are reduced comparing with the OCN experiment when the land-sea masks over South Korea and Shantung are realistically considered as land (LND experiment). These improvements can be explained by the thermodynamical dissimilarity between land and ocean. Enhanced warming by switching the areas from sea to land has led to develop the thermal low over Yellow Sea with the cyclonic circulation. Thus, this cyclonic circulation supports moistures from the south to the dry region and blocks to the wet region. The heat transport from the land surface to atmosphere plays a key role in the developing convective precipitation in local scale and maintaining the precipitation and the rainband. Therefore, this results indicate that the design of the realistic land-sea distribution is required for the accurate simulation of the regional precipitation.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제43권8호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2006

스위칭모드로 동작하는 증폭기는 수 MHz 대역이상의 주파수에서 고효율의 특성을 가지고 있다고 알려져 있으며, 이러한 스위칭모드 증폭기 중 I급 증폭기는 이론적으로 스위칭 동작을 통해 100%의 효율을 얻을 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 회로 시뮬레이터를 이용한 하모닉 밸런스 해석을 통해 E급 증폭기를 설계하였다. 설계된 증폭기는 pHEMT 및 마이크로스트립선로로 구현하였으며, 제작된 E급 증폭기는 2.4GHz에서 출력전력이 17.6dBm일 때 66%의 전력부가효율을 가진다. 이 증폭기는 -3dBm의 입력 무선랜 신호를 인가하였을 때 출력스펙트럼 측정 결과가 무선랜 스펙트럼 마스크 표준규격을 만족한다. 즉, $P_{ldB}$의 출력스펙트럼은 요구 스펙트럼 마스크를 만족하지 못하며 9dB back off을 하였을 때 요구 스팩트럼을 만족하는 결과를 나타내었다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.133-145
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• 1998

The purposes of this study were to assess current status of respirator usage among workers in the small-scale industries and to identify those factors causing respirator wearers not to continuously wear respirators during work. Total 168 workers participated voluntarily in the survey. In order to cover all possible reasons, though not exclusive, 33 diverse questions were developed based upon the results in the published literatures and from researchers' own experience. The most common type of respirator worn was the disposable single-use respirator(42%). However, masks made of gauze, which should not be considered as a respirator, were widely used (38%). Only 28% of respondents indicated they wear respirators continuously during work. The major reasons for removing respirators include, in descending order of frequency, difficulty in breathing (46%), sweating (39%), bothered by frequent removal (21%), inadequate mask size (19%) and hot air temperature inside the respirator (19%), etc. In addition, minor reasons including mask design, administrative, and personal reasons were also identified. These reasons should be considered in a well designed respirator program in order to improve workers' acceptance and usage of respirators.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.389-395
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• 2005

The etching technology of the high aspect ratio contact(HARC) is necessary at the critical contact processes of semiconductor devices. Etching the $SiO_{2}$ contact hole with the sub-micron design rule in manufacturing VLSI devices, the unexpected phenomenon of 'profile tilting' or 'bottom distortion' is often observed. This makes a short circuit between neighboring contact holes, which causes to drop seriously the device yield. As the aspect ratio of contact holes increases, the high C/F ratio gases, $C_{4}F_{6}$, $C_{4}F_{8}$ and $C_{5}F_{8}$, become widely used in order to minimize the mask layer loss during the etching process. These gases provide abundant fluorocarbon polymer as well as high selectivity to the mask layer, and the polymer with high sticking yield accumulates at the top-wall of the contact hole. During the etch process, many electrons are accumulated around the asymmetric hole mouth to distort the electric field, and this distorts the ion trajectory arriving at the hole bottom. These ions with the distorted trajectory induce the deformation of the hole bottom, which is called 'profile tilting' or 'bottom distortion'. To prevent this phenomenon, three methods are suggested here. 1) Using lower C/F ratio gases, $CF_{4}$ or $C_{3}F_{8}$, the amount of the Polymer at the hole mouth is reduced to minimize the asymmetry of the hole top. 2) The number of the neighboring holes with equal distance is maximized to get the more symmetry of the oxygen distribution around the hole. 3) The dual frequency plasma source is used to release the excessive charge build-up at the hole mouth. From the suggested methods, we have obtained the nearly circular hole bottom, which Implies that the ion trajectory Incident on the hole bottom is symmetry.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.77-93
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• 2008

The purpose of the study was to examine make-up expression elements of horror characters as an evil spirit, a vampire, a zombie, a monster and a psycho murderer through make-up, focused on horror movies of the United States after1960s. First, an evil spirit was expressed that the pupil grew dim without a focus and the skin was torn by going bad and rot completely. Also, it was expressed that its teeth was changed to pointed canine teeth as a wild beast and its pale and bloodless face showed blood vessels clearly. To express its bloodless and pale skin, air brush was swept into the skin over several times. Its canine tooth was made acryl powder into its shape and was harden to make its shape smooth. Also, it was colored to show people like the real thing. Second, a vampire was expressed by make-up elements as long nails, a sharp canine tooth, a pale skin with a blood vessel and dead eyes. Its rough skin and long nails were manufactured with latex foam, which was colored like the skin. Third, a monster image as a werewolf was expressed by make-up elements as fur, sharp teeth, changed nails and toenails, a rough skin and a face changed to a wolf. Rubber mask and rubber body suit were manufactured as a make-up of special character and so all its body was changed. Fourth, a psycho murderer and body-deformed man were expressed by make-up elements as a distorted mask, swelled-up and deformed skull and face form, terribly deformed body, discolored and hang down skin and teeth with an indeterminate form. Its body and face were manufactured by the foam latex technology according to make-up design as a make-up of special character.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.417-422
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 시간영역 비교기를 응용한 ZQ 보정회로를 제안한다. 제안하는 비교기는 VCO기반으로 설계되었으며 전력소모를 감소시키기 위해 추가적인 클록 발생기를 사용하였다. 제안한 비교기를 사용하여 참조 전압과 PAD 전압을 낮은 1 LSB 전압 단위로 비교하여 추가적인 오프셋 보정과정을 생략할 수 있었다. 제안하는 시간영역 비교기 기반의 ZQ 보정회로는 1.05 V 및 0.5 V 공급전압의 65 nm CMOS공정으로 설계되었다. 제안한 클록 발생기를 통해 단일 시간영역 비교기 대비 37 %의 전력소모가 감소하였으며 제안하는 ZQ 보정 회로를 통해 최대 67.4 %의 mask margin을 증가시켰다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2023

X-Ray, CT, MRI, 스캐너 등과 같은 장치는 영상 획득 과정 중 여러 원인으로 인해 S&P 잡음을 생성할 수 있다. 영상에 나타난 S&P 잡음은 영상의 품질을 저하시키기 때문에, 영상처리 과정에 잡음제거 기술을 필수적으로 사용해야 한다. S&P 잡음 제거에 관한 연구는 이미 다양한 방법이 제안되었으나, 이들 모두 잡음 밀도가 큰 환경에서는 잔여 잡음을 생성하는 문제점이 있었다. 따라서 본 논문은 영상의 grayscale 값을 새로운 축으로 설정하여 3차원의 평면 방정식을 기반으로 필터링하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안한 알고리즘은 로컬마스크를 세분화하여 가장 근접한 3개의 비잡음 화소를 유효 화소로 설계하여, 복수의 화소를 가진 영역에 대해 코사인 유사도를 적용하였다. 또한, 입력한 화소가 평면을 이룰 수 없는 경우에도 예외 화소로 분류하여 잔여 잡음 없이 우수한 복원을 이루었다.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.355-365
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• 2024

Wavefront coding (WFC) imaging systems can redistribute the energy of an interference laser spot on an image plane sensor by wavefront phase modulation and reduce the peak intensity, realizing laser protection while maintaining imaging functionality by leveraging algorithmic post-processing. In this paper, a spiral axicon WFC imaging system is proposed, and the performance for laser protection is investigated by constructing a laser transmission model. An Airy disk on an image plane sensor is refactored into a symmetrical hollow ring by a spiral axicon phase mask, and the maximum intensity can be reduced to lower than 1% and single-pixel power to 1.2%. The spiral axicon phase mask exhibits strong robustness to the position of the interference laser source and can effectively reduce the risk of sensor damage for an almost arbitrary lase propagation distance. Moreover, we revealed that there is a sensor hazard distance for both conventional and WFC imaging systems where the maximum single-pixel power reaches a peak value under irradiation of a power-fixed laser source. Our findings can offer guidance for the anti-laser reinforcement design of photoelectric imaging systems, thereby enhancing the adaptability of imaging systems in a complex laser environment. The laser blinding-resistant imaging system has potential applications in security monitoring, autonomous driving, and intense-laser-pulse experiments.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.161-169
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• 2020

무선충전기, USB 타입-C 등의 응용에 사용되는 MCU 칩은 제조 원가를 줄이기 위해 3~5개의 추가 공정 마스크가 필요한 DP-EEPROM(Double Poly EEPROM)보다는 추가 마스크가 한 장 이내이면서 메모리 셀 사이즈가 작은 MTP(Multi-Time Programmable) 메모리가 요구된다. 그리고 E/P(Erase/Program) cycling에 따른 MTP 메모리 셀의 endurance 특성과 데이터 retention 특성을 좋게 하기 위해서 V_TP(Program Threshold Voltage)와 V_TE(Erase Threshold Voltage)의 산포는 좁은 것이 필요하다. 그래서 본 논문에서는 short pulse의 erase와 program pulse를 여러 번 수행하면서 목표 전류와 비교한 뒤 전류스펙을 만족하면 더 이상 program이나 erase 동작을 수행하지 않게 하므로 program V_T 산포나 erase V_T 산포를 줄이는 알고리즘과 current-type BL S/A(Bit-Line Sense Amplifier) 회로, WM(Write Mask) 회로, BLD(BL Driver) 회로를 제안하였다. 매그나칩반도체 0.13㎛ 공정으로 제작된 256Kb MTP 메모리 웨이퍼에서 동작 모드에 맞게 정상적으로 동작하는 것을 확인할 수 있다.