• 센서학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.432-440
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• 2023

This study introduces an efficient readout circuit designed for two-electrode electrocardiogram (ECG) recording, characterized by its low-noise and low-power consumption attributes. Unlike its three-electrode counterpart, the two-electrode ECG is susceptible to common-mode interference (CMI), causing signal distortion. To counter this, the proposed circuit integrates a common-mode charge pump (CMCP) with a window comparator, allowing for a CMI tolerance of up to 20 V_PP. The CMCP design prevents the activation of electrostatic discharge (ESD) diodes and becomes operational only when CMI surpasses the predetermined range set by the window comparator. This ensures power efficiency and minimizes intermodulation distortion (IMD) arising from switching noise. To maintain ECG signal accuracy, the circuit employs a chopper-stabilized instrumentation amplifier (IA) for low-noise attributes, and to achieve high input impedance, it incorporates a floating high-pass filter (HPF) and a current-feedback instrumentation amplifier (CFIA). This comprehensive design integrates various components, including a QRS peak detector and serial peripheral interface (SPI), into a single 0.18-㎛ CMOS chip occupying 0.54 mm². Experimental evaluations showed a 0.59 µV_RMS noise level within a 1-100 Hz bandwidth and a power draw of 23.83 µW at 1.8 V.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.163-170
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• 2005

The RF integrated noise filters are fabricated by photolithography. The stack for the electromagnetic noise filters consists of the nano-granular ($Co_{41}Fe_{38}AI_{13}O_8$) soft magnetic film / $SiO_2$ / Cu transmission line / seed layer (Cu/Ti) / $SiO_2$-substrate. A good signal-attenuation feature along with a low signal-reflection feature is observed in the present filters. Especially in the noise filter incorporated with a $Co_{41}Fe_{38}AI_{13}O_8$ magnetic film with lateral dimensions of $2000{\mu}m$ wide, 15 mm long and $1{\mu}m$ thick, the maximum magnitude of signal attenuation reaches -55 dB, and the magnitude of signal reflection is below -10 dB in the overall frequency range. And this level of signal attenuation is much larger than that of a noise filter incorporated with a Fe magnetic film.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.294-301
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• 2002

Vibration control of a plate using an optical fiber sensor and a piezoelectric actuator is considered in the present study, An aluminum plate with attached Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometer (EFPI) and piezoelectric actuator is prepared for experimental investigation. Vibration level of EFPI that can represent the mechanical strain without severe distortion Is validated by forced nitration experiment. A linear time invariant system model is constructed based on the experimentally obtained frequency responses, and an optimal controller is designed for the multi-modal vibration suppression. Control performance is presented in frequency and time domains. It is found that the nitration level of the first three modes can be greatly reduced. The effect of low-pass filtering used to eliminate high frequency noise on the stability and control performance is also considered.

• 전자공학회논문지S
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• 제35S권12호
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• pp.93-102
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• 1998

본 논문에서는 잡음에 의해 기인된 음성의 왜곡을 제거하여 음성인식기의 성능을 향상시키는 방법을 기술한다. 잡음 환경에서는 음성의 발성 방식이 변이하고(롬바드효과), 잡음이 음성신호에 첨가되므로 음성인식기의 성능을 저하시킨다. 롬바드 효과는 주변 잡음의 크기나 종류, 화자의 특성과 음소 등에 종속적인 비선형적인 변환이므로 측정방법이 알려져 있지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 롬바드 효과의 크기를 측정하는 방법을 제시하고, 롬바드 효과의 크기에 따른 롬바드 효과의 보정방법을 제안한다. 잡음에 의한 음성의 왜곡은 다음의 과정을 통해서 제거한다. 우선, 스펙트럼 차감법을 사용하여 음성에 포함된 잡잡음을 제거하고, 음성의 동적인 특성을 강조하기 위해 대역 통과 필터링을 한다. 두 번째로 에너지 정규화 과정을 통해서 롬바드 효과에 의한 음성의 발성 강도의 변이를 제거한다. 마지막으로 제안한 롬바드 효과의 크기 척도는 롬바드 음성의 켑스트럼에 존재하는 왜곡을 제거하는 변환에 이용한다. 제안한 방법을 음성인식에 적용한 결과, SNR(signal-to-noise ratio) 0, 10, 20 dB에서 46.3%, 75.5%, 87.4%의 인식률을 82.6%, 95.7%, 97.6%로 향상시켰다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2000년도 ITC-CSCC -2
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• pp.851-854
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• 2000

Digital halftoning is a technique to make an equivalent binary image from scanned photo or graphic images. Low pass filtering characteristic of human visual system can be applied to get the effect of spatial averaging of local area consisted of black and white pixels for gray image. The overlapping of black dot decreases brightness and black dot is very sensitive to human visual system in the bright region. In this paper, for gray-level expression, only bright gray region in the color image is considered for blue noise mask (BNM) approach. To solve this problem, BNM with CMY dot is used for the bright region instead of black dot. Dot-on-dot model with single mask causes the problem making much black dot overlap, color distortion. Therefore approach with three masks for C, M and Y each is proposed to decrease pixel overlap and color distortion.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.437-443
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• 2010

SAW device is widely used as band pass filters, chemical or physical sensors, and actuators. In this paper, we propose the capacitive gap measurement system with high precision using SAW device. The research process is mainly composed of theoretical and experimental part. In the theoretical part, equivalent circuit model was used to predict the SAW response by the change of load impedance. In the experimental part, commercialized capacitor was used to see the SAW response by the change of load capacitance to check the feasibility as a sensor unit. After that, experimental setup to measure and adjust the gap was made and the SAW response by the change of gap which caused the capacitance change was measured. Finally, resolution and stroke was decided compared with the signal change and basic measurement noise level.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.14-20
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• 2003

In this study an analysis of the flow characteristics in three types of turbo-fans for a vacuum cleaner was performed by using CFD. The characteristics of three models calculated for various rotating speed for flow rates are obtained and compared with measured data. The mixing plane approach is applied to compute the flow between impeller and diffuser. The results show that the model that is modified to reduce fan noise gives stable flow characteristics in operating range than the original model, with both models show similar performance characteristics at the range of high flow rate. Since in the modified model it takes much longer for an impeller blade to pass a diffuser blade than in the original model, and the peak pressure at BPF can be relieved, it is anticipated that the modified model give much lower noise level with similar performance than the original one, which remains to be verified by unsteady computation and measurements. The good agreement between the predictions and measurement results confirms the validity of this study.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2002년도 학술대회지
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• pp.631-634
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• 2002

The study of the flow characteristics in two types of turbo-fans for a vacuum cleaner was performed in a previous study. In present study an analysis of a new modified model to reduce fan noise was performed by using CFD. The characteristics of three models calculated for various rotating speeds and flow rates are obtained and compared with available measured data. The results show that the modified model gives stable flow characteristics in operating range than the original model, while both models show similar performance characteristics at the range of high flow rate. Since in the modified model it takes much longer for an impeller blade to pass a diffuser blade than in the original model, and thus the peak pressure at BPF can be relieved, it is anticipated that the modified model gives much lower noise level with similar performance than the original one, which remains to be verified by unsteady computation and measurements.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.636-645
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 실제 양산되는 디지털 전자제품에서 발생한 고조파 신호의 이상 현상 사례를 소개하고, 실용화에 효과적인 해결방안을 제시한다. 일반적인 디지털 신호의 고조파 잡음수준은 5차 이상부터 40 (dB/decade)의 기울기로 감소하므로 5차 이상의 고조파는 대부분의 회로설계에서 무시되어 왔다. 하지만 특정 형상의 PCB 혹은 기구에서는 10차 이상의 고조파도 높은 수준의 전달과 방사가 발생함을 측정을 통하여 확인하였다. 공간적 설계 제한이 존재하는 상용제품에서 커패시터를 주기적으로 배치한 저역통과 여파기 구조를 제안하였고, 측정을 통하여 그 효과를 검증하였다. 제안된 방법은 고조파 잡음수준의 지속적인 증가와 실용제품들의 공간적 제약을 모두 해결할 수 있어서 향후 다양한 디지털기기에 활용될 것으로 기대한다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2002년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(2)
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• pp.165-168
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• 2002

As the demand for higher data-rate chip-to-chip communication such as memory-to-controller, processor-to-processor increases, low cost high-speed serial links\ulcorner become more attractive. This paper describes a 0.25-fm CMOS 1.6Gbps/pin 4-level transceiver using Stub Series Terminated Logic for high Bandwidth. For multi-gigabit/second application, the data rate is limited by Inter-Symbol Interference (ISI) caused by channel low pass effects, process-limited on-chip clock frequency, and serial link distance. The proposed transceiver uses multi-level signaling (4-level Pulse Amplitude Modulation) using push-pull type, double data rate and flash sampling. To reduce Process-Voltage-Temperature Variation and ISI including data dependency skew, the proposed high-speed calibration circuits with voltage swing controller, data linearity controller and slew rate controller maintains desirable output waveform and makes less sensitive output. In order to detect successfully the transmitted 1.6Gbps/pin 4-level data, the receiver is designed as simultaneous type with a kick - back noise-isolated reference voltage line structure and a 3-stage Gate-Isolated sense amplifier. The transceiver, which was fabricated using a 0.25 fm CMOS process, performs data rate of 1.6 ~ 2.0 Gbps/pin with a 400MHB internal clock, Stub Series Terminated Logic ever in 2.25 ~ 2.75V supply voltage. and occupied 500 * 6001m of area.