• 센서학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.66-72
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• 2017

The three dimensional ultrasonic anemometer was constructed to reduce the disadvantages of the two-dimensional anemometer and to be free from the use environment. Three pairs of transmitting and receiving ultrasonic sensors were designed to face each other at an angle of $45^{\circ}$ to the upper and lower surfaces at intervals of $120^{\circ}$. 200 kHz ultrasonic sensor Oscillation, transmission and reception, level detection, power supply circuit were designed and U, V, W wind speed vector components were obtained by measuring the time of first received ultrasonic pulse by transmitting pulse ultrasound. It is implemented as firmware in ARM Coretex-M3 processor so that horizontal and vertical wind direction and wind speed can be converted into digital signal by vector calculation. In this study, The three-dimensional ultrasonic anemometer can complement the disadvantages of the two-dimensional anemometer (mechanical and ultrasonic), and it is expected to gradually replace the two-dimensional anemometer due to its high utilization rate by collecting additional information such as vertical wind.

• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.114-118
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• 2000

Purpose : The pathophysiology of essential tremor(ET) remains unknown. PET studies of ET showed some conflicting data. One study reported significant glucose hypermetabolism of the medulla and thalami, but other studies reported abnormal bilateral overactivity of cerebellar and red nuclear connections. The previous experimental studies suggested that each PET finding reflects a part of neural circuit which is responsible for ET. So it can be imagined that olivocerebellar oscillation may be transmitted by the way of cerebellar projections to the thalamus in ET. It has been reported that the cerebellar dentate nucleus neurons are involved in the generation and/or guidance of movement based on visual cues. The purpose of this study is to clarify the role of dentato-thalamic tract in ET. Methods : Tremor amplitudes were recorded as each patient perform two kinds of task, one involving sensory-guided movement and the other involving memory-guided movement. Each patient was asked to move his/her index finger following a smoothly moving target. He/She also was asked to perform the same movements with his/her eyes closed ET. Results : The results showed that average amplitudes of tremor were significantly higer during visually guided task than during memory guided task in ET patients. Conclusions : Our results led us to conclude that dentato-thalamic tract might be related to the control of tremor in ET.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.316-324
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• 2010

In this paper, we design a 256 kbits EEPROM for a MCU (Microcontroller unit) with the wide voltage range of 1.8 V to 5.5 V. The memory space of the EEPROM is separated into a program and data region. An option memory region is added for storing user IDs, serial numbers and so forth. By making HPWs (High-voltage P-wells) of EEPROM cell arrays with the same bias voltages in accordance with the operation modes shared in a double word unit, we can reduce the HPW-to-HPW space by a half and hence the area of the EEPROM cell arrays by 9.1 percent. Also, we propose a page buffer circuit reducing a test time, and a write-verify-read mode securing a reliability of the EEPROM. Furthermore, we propose a DC-DC converter that can be applied to a MCU with the wide voltage range. Finally, we come up with a method of obtaining the oscillation period of a charge pump. The layout size of the designed 256 kbits EEPROM IP with MagnaChip's 0.18 ${\mu}m$ EEPROM process is $1581.55{\mu}m{\times}792.00{\mu}m$.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.217-221
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• 2011

GaAs 나 InP 기반의 HEMT(High Electron Mobility Transistor)들은 우수한 마이크로파 및 밀리미터파 주파수 특성 및 이에 따른 우수한 저잡음 특성을 가지고 있다. GaAs 기반 MHEMT(Metamorphic HEMT)는 InP 기반의 HEMT에 비해 비용 측면에서 커다란 장점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 마이크로파 및 밀리미터파 응용 시스템에 필수적인 MHEMT의 RF 특성을 예측 평가하기 위하여 MHEMT의 RF 소신호 특성 회로를 시뮬레이션하고 분석하였다. 본 논문에서의 시뮬레이션을 통한 RF 소신호 주파수 분석은 MHEMT를 이용한 밀리미터파 응용 시스템 설계에 도움을 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2003

Wide-bandwidth SQUID current amplifier and its control electronics have been constructed for detecting pulse outputs of a superconducting microcalorimeter. The current amplifier made of a double relaxation oscillation SQUID (DROS) has a bandwidth of 1.2 MHz and typical white noise level of about 6 pA/(equation omitted) Hz. To increase the dynamic range of the current amplifier, the flux-locked loop (FLL) has additional circuits to reset the integrator and to count reset numbers which present the number of passed flux quanta. In this system, dynamic range covers from -65 mA to +65 mA. SQUID electronics are controlled by software to get the optimum FLL condition, and to control the current to bias the transition edge sensor (TES). The electronics are shielded from the outside electromagnetic noises by using an aluminum case of 66 mm ${\times}$ 25 mm ${\times}$ 100 mm, and consist of 2 separate printed-circuit-boards for the current amplifier and the control electronics, respectively. The SQUID current amplifier and its control electronics will be used in TESs for detecting photons such as UV and X-ray with high energy resolution.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.1989-2000
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• 2015

In this paper, digital peak current mode control for single phase H-bridge inverters is developed and implemented. The digital peak current mode control is achieved by directly controlling the PWM signals by cycle-by-cycle current limitation. Unlike the DC-DC converter where the output voltage always remains in the positive region, the output of DC-AC inverter flips from positive to negative region continuously. Therefore, when the inverter operates in negative region, the control should be changed to valley current mode control. Thus, a novel control logic circuit is required for the function and need to be analyzed for the hardware to track the sinusoidal reference in both regions. The problem of sub-harmonic instability which is inherent with peak current mode control is also addressed, and then proposes the digital slope compensation in constant-sloped external ramp to suppress the oscillation. For unipolar PWM switching method, an adaptive slope compensation in digital manner is also proposed. In this paper, the operating principles and design guidelines of the proposed scheme are presented, along with the performance analysis and numerical simulation. Also, a 200W inverter hardware prototype has been implemented for experimental verification of the proposed controller scheme.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.134-139
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• 2013

UWB의 일종인 MBOA 무선통신 시스템에 내장하기 위한 광대역 RF 주파수 합성기를 $0.13{\mu}m$ 실리콘 CMOS 기술을 이용하여 설계하였다. 효율적인 MBOA 클록신호 생성을 위하여 낮은 주파수를 갖는 하위 밴드에서는 큰 배수로 주파수를 합성하고, 높은 주파수를 갖는 상위 밴드에서는 작은 배수로 주파수를 합성함으로서 VCO의 발진범위를 대폭 줄일 수 있는 새로운 방법을 적용하였다. 설계된 PLL 회로는 P-MOS 코어 구조의 VCO 및 수퍼 다이나믹 구조의 주파수 분할기를 사용하여 고속 및 광대역 동작 범위를 확보하였다.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.12-16
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• 2018

In this work, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) was demonstrated for 10-GHz band motion detecting sensors. The VCO MMIC was fabricated using a $2-{\mu}m$ InGap/GaAs HBT process, and the tuning of the oscillation frequency is achieved by changing the internal capacitance in the HBT, instead of using extra varactor diodes. The implemented VCO MMIC has a micro size of $500{\mu}m{\times}500{\mu}m$, and demonstrates the value of inserting the VCO into a single chip transceiver. The experimental results showed that the frequency tuning characteristic was above 30 MHz, with the excellent output flatness characteristic of ${\pm}0.2dBm$ over the tuning bandwidth. And, the VCO MMIC exhibited a phase noise characteristic of -92.64 dBc/Hz and -118.28 dBc/Hz at the 100 kHz and 1 MHz offset frequencies from the carrier, respectively. The measured values were consistent with the design values, and exhibited good performance.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1588-1590
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• 2001

The voltage controlled ramp waveform(VCR) has recently been used in the reset period prior to addressing for plasma display. However, in this paper, the current controlled ramp waveform(CCR) which may prevent the oscillation of gap voltage cause current growth and decrease the background luminance has been suggested. As a result, in case of CCR method, the contrast ratio was about 14% increased compared with VCR method, whereas the addressing and sustainin discharge characteristics of CCR method were same with those of VCR method.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.1136-1142
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 조명용 LED를 광원으로 사용한 무선 광통신 시스템에서 광전 궤환을 이용한 ASK 변조 방식을 사용하여 잡음 광의 간섭을 소거하였다. 광전 궤환 회로의 발진을 이용하여 70 kHz의 반송파를 자체적으로 생성하였으며, 입력 신호를 사용하여 궤환 회로의 단락과 개방을 반복함으로써 9.6 kbps의 데이터 속도로 출력광을 ASK 변조하였다. 주변의 잡음 광이 존재하는 환경에서 광전 궤환을 이용한 ASK 변조 방식을 사용함으로써 신호대 잡음비가 약 25 dB 개선되었다.