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Optimized Local Relocation for VLSI Circuit Modification Using Mean-Field Annealing

  • Karimi, Gholam Reza;Verki, Ahmad Azizi;Mirzakuchaki, Sattar
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.932-939
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, a fast migration method is proposed. Our method executes local relocation on a model placement where an additional module is added to it for modification with a minimum number of displacements. This method is based on mean-field annealing (MFA), which produces a solution as reliable as a previously used method called simulated annealing. The proposed method requires substantially less time and hardware, and it is less sensitive to the initial and final temperatures. In addition, the solution runtime is mostly independent of the size and complexity of the input model placement. Our proposed MFA algorithm is optimized by enabling module rotation inside an energy function called permissible distances preservation energy. This, in turn, allows more options in moving the engaged modules. Finally, a three-phase cooling process governs the convergence of problem variables called neurons or spins.

Prediction of plasma etching using genetic-algorithm controlled backpropagation neural network

  • Kim, Sung-Mo;Kim, Byung-Whan
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.1305-1308
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    • 2003
  • A new technique is presented to construct a predictive model of plasma etch process. This was accomplished by combining a backpropagation neural network (BPNN) and a genetic algorithm (GA). The predictive model constructed in this way is referred to as a GA-BPNN. The GA played a role of controlling training factors simultaneously. The training factors to be optimized are the hidden neuron, training tolerance, initial weight magnitude, and two gradients of bipolar sigmoid and linear functions. Each etch response was optimized separately. The proposed scheme was evaluated with a set of experimental plasma etch data. The etch process was characterized by a $2^3$ full factorial experiment. The etch responses modeled are aluminum (A1) etch rate, silica profile angle, A1 selectivity, and dc bias. Additional test data were prepared to evaluate model appropriateness. The GA-BPNN was compared to a conventional BPNN. Compared to the BPNN, the GA-BPNN demonstrated an improvement of more than 20% for all etch responses. The improvement was significant in the case of A1 etch rate.

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The Study on Optimization of HVAC Systems Design in Tall Buildings (초고층 건축물의 최적화된 설비시스템 설계를 위한 기초연구)

  • Yu, Jung-Yeon;Cho, Dong-Woo;Yu, Ki-Hyung
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 2005
  • The optimized HVAC system design in tall buildings enable owners to save unnecessary energy consumption and residents to have comfort environments. The purpose of this study is to develop design process for optimized HVAC system design in tall buildings. As basic researches, literature researches and case studies of HVAC system design in tall buildings were performed. Survey was processed among expert in the field and key considerations on HVAC system design were drew as conclusions. With these conclusions, studies were performed on effects of wind velocity, outdoor air temperature, and solar radiation that are main factors of load calculation in tall buildings. Finally, air-tightness and stack effect were analyzed and estimated by literature studies, field measurements and computer simulations.

Modeling of Plasma Process Using Support Vector Machine (Support Vector Machine을 이용한 플라즈마 공정 모델링)

  • Kim, Min-Jae;Kim, Byung-Whan
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2006.10c
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    • pp.211-213
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    • 2006
  • In this study, plasma etching process was modeled by using support vector machine (SVM). The data used in modeling were collected from the etching of silica thin films in inductively coupled plasma. For training and testing neural network, 9 and 6 experiments were used respectively. The performance of SVM was evaluated as a function of kernel type and function type. For the kernel type, Epsilon-SVR and Nu-SVR were included. For the function type, linear, polynomial, and radial basis function (RBF) were included. The performance of SVM was optimized first in terms of kernel type, then as a function of function type. Five film characteristics were modeled by using SVM and the optimized models were compared to statistical regression models. The comparison revealed that statistical regression models yielded better predictions than SVM.

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Comparative Study of Uniform and Nonuniform Grating Couplers for Optimized Fiber Coupling to Silicon Waveguides

  • Lee, Moon Hyeok;Jo, Jae Young;Kim, Dong Wook;Kim, Yudeuk;Kim, Kyong Hon
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.291-299
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    • 2016
  • We have investigated the ultimate limits of nonuniform grating couplers (NGCs) for optimized fiber coupling to silicon waveguides, compared to uniform grating couplers (UGCs). Simple grating coupler schemes, which can be fabricated in etching steps of the conventional complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers without forming any additional overlay structure, have been simulated numerically and demonstrated experimentally. Optimum values of the grating period, fill factor, and groove number for ultimate coupling efficiency of the NGCs are determined from finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation, and confirmed with experimentally demonstrated devices by comparison to those for the UGCs. Our simulated results indicate that maximum coupling efficiency of NGCs is possible when the minimum pattern size is below 50 nm, but the experimental value for the maximum coupling efficiency is limited by the attainable fabrication tolerance in a practical device process.

Design of Railway Vehicle Wheel Profile Suitable for Dual-rail Profile (듀얼 레일 형상에 적합한 철도차량의 차륜 형상 설계)

  • Byon, Sung-Kwang;Lee, Dong-Hyeong;Choi, Ha-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.30-37
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    • 2017
  • When a wheel profile of a train-tram is designed, both train and tram tracks should be considered. This study designed a wheel profile that enables high-speed driving(200km/h) on the train track and low speed driving on the tram track with multiple sharp curves. The study used the approximation optimization method to reduce cost and time, used the sequential quadratic programming method as the optimized algorithm, and the central composite design and response surface method as an approximate model. The optimized wheel shape based on this approximation optimization method reduced wear of the initial wheel showed a better performance in terms of derailment and lateral force.

Study on Optimized Machining of Duralumin using AFC (AFC를 이용한 두랄루민의 최적화 가공에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Min-Seog
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.49-55
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    • 2020
  • Studies on the optimizations of machining processes use two different methods. The first is feed control in real-time by spindle load in a machine tool. The second is feed scheduling in NC code control by material removal rate using a CAD/CAM system. Each approach possesses its respective merits and issues compared to the other. That is, each method can be complementary to the other. The purpose of the study is to improve the productivity of the bulkhead, an aircraft Duralumin structure. In this paper, acceleration or deceleration of cutting tool by spindle load data is achieved using adaptive feed control macro programming in a machine tool.

A Study on the Manufacturing Process for High-finned Tube of Copper Pipe using Roll Forming Method (전조공법을 이용한 동관의 하이핀 튜브 제조 공정에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Tae-Gyu
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.111-115
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    • 2006
  • High-finned tubes have good thermal conductivity and have better cooling efficiency than plain tubes or low-fined tubes due to bigger air contact area. During high-fined tubes are manufactured by roll forming, the main technique is illustrated to optimizing primary material(copper pipe), optimized die matrix designing technique for roll forming, control manufacturing speed to develop productivity etc. In this study, a roll forming system was developed in oder to produce high-finned tube. Also a multi-step roll forming die was designed & built to produce high-finned tube that has over 10 mm fin height. And then, roll forming test using copper pipe was performed to produce high-finned tube. Roll forming process for producing highfinned tube was optimized by analyzing and adjusting misrostructure, hardness, and surface roughness of roll formed high-fined tube.

Multimedia Conferencing System with Intramedia and Intermedia Synchronization Support

  • Yoo, Sang-Shin;Kim, Duck-Jin
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and information Science
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.41-50
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    • 1997
  • In this paper, we describe the design, implementation and evaluation for a multimedia conferencing system with intramedia and intermedia synchronization support between audio and video. The synchronization mechanism proposed here is capable of dynamically adapting to various network conditions thus providing an optimized QoS. In realizing the system based on this mechanism, NeVoT on Mbone is used for audio and VIC for video. Furthermore a synchromization controller is designed and realized with a unique process in supporting intermedia synchronization. Each media agents handling its media stream are modified with intramedia synchronization function. And a communicative function between media agents and synchronization controller is added as well for intermedia synchronization function. Each media agents function reports its buffering status to the synchronization control process which in turn send out optimized buffering delay value thus supporting intermedia synchronization. The realized system is configured and tested on Ethernet and ATM network where performance measurements were performed and its effective synchronization support has been assured.

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An Implementation of an Initial Design System for an Excavator Front Group with an Intelligent CAD Module (지능형 CAD 모듈을 이용한 굴삭기 프론트 초기 설계 시스템 구축)

  • Ju, Su-Suk;Bae, Il-Ju;Lee, Soo-Hong
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.405-412
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    • 2007
  • It's difficult for manufacturers to derive a new design from the demands of consumers as quickly as possible and a designer carries out design operation using insufficient resources in initial design. To carry out initial design process efficiently for an excavator front group, it is necessary for a designer to manage lots of parameter with an existing knowledge or with in-house know-how and develop function module that calculates working range and excavator force. By doing so, it will bring up the optimized values of parameters based on the DOE in the early design stage. In this paper, a new approach to improve the process with optimized parameters is proposed to reduce a product development time of the excavator front design.