• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권9호
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• pp.3380-3389
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• 2022

We evaluated the performance of an improved hybrid median filter (IHMF) applied to X-ray computed tomography (CT) images obtained using a high-resolution photon-counting cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detector. To study how the proposed approach improves the image quality, we measured the noise levels and the overall CT-image quality. We established a CZT imaging system with a detector length of 5.12 cm and thickness of 0.3 cm and acquired phantom images. To evaluate the efficacy of the proposed filter, we first modeled two conventional median filters. Subsequently, we were able to achieve a normalized noise power spectrum result of ~10^-8 mm², and furthermore, the proposed method improved the contrast-to-noise ratio by a factor of ~1.51 and the coefficient of variation by 1.55 relative to the counterpart values of the no-filter image. In addition, the IHMF exhibited the best performance among the three filters considered as regards the peak signal-to-noise ratio and no-reference-based image-quality evaluation parameters. Thus, our results demonstrate that the IHMF approach provides a superior image performance over conventional median filtering methods when applied to actual CZT X-ray CT images.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2001년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(2)
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• pp.243-246
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• 2001

At atmosphere photoluminescence(PL) of porous silicon(PSi) decreases and peak wave number of PL is shifted to blue region. When PS is used light detector, the ageing effects are negative phenomena. For controling ageing effects, this paper uses Polymers.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.113-124
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• 2009

The line shape functions for the Doppler-broadened gamma ray spectrum are considered in the $^{10}B(n,{\alpha}{\gamma})^7Li$ reaction occurring in a surrounding medium where the excited $^7Li$ nucleus is slowed down and stopped before decay. The phenomenological form of the stopping power was used for the broadening effect. Convolution with the detailed response of a germanium detector is taken into consideration for the simplest case of solely electronic stopping. A numerical study for the analysis of $^{10}B$ by thermal neutron capture is conducted by performing a parametric search and fitting the measured spectrum in a least-squares approach. In comparison with the previous numerical approach using the same analysis, the computational speed is increased and reliable information concerning the stopping power of the medium is obtained while estimating the uncertainty. Implementation of the routine analysis of $^{10}B$ is facilitated on a recent version of the gamma ray spectrum analysis package HyperGam.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.975-981
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• 2010

Existing error compensation method of industrial electronic absolute displacement detector only depends on skilled engineers. This paper proposes a new table method in order to automatize error compensation. An waveform changes according to the parallel resistance for each pole were tabularized and four waveforms were superimposed to minimize total phase error. These process was verified using simulink. As a result of applying proposed method to the real sensor, peak to peak error was reduced from $3.428^{\circ}$ to $0.879^{\circ}$. In this case, compensation resistance is $4.7k\Omega$ in B pole and $20k\Omega$ in C pole. This compensation rate is comparable to skilled engineers, and it takes 0.8 second which is far shorter than 15 minutes when expert does.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.264-269
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• 2006

A $0.12GHz{\sim}1.4GHz$ DLL-based clock generator with the capability of multiplied four phase clock generation was designed using a 0.18um CMOS process. An adaptive bandwidth DLL with a regulated supply delay line was used for a multiphase clock generation and a low jitter. An extra phase detector (PD) in a reference DLL solves the problem of the initial VCDL delay and achieves a fast lock time. Twice multiplied four phase clocks were generated at the outputs of four edge combiners, where the timing alignment was achieved using a coarse lock signal and the 10 multiphase clocks with T/8 time difference. Those four clocks were combined one more time using a static XOR circuit. Therefore the four times multiplication was achieved. With a 1.8V supply, the rms jitter of 2.1ps and the peak-to-peak jitter of 14.4ps were measured at 1.25GHz output. The operating range is $0.12GHz{\sim}1.4GHz$. It consumes 57mW and occupies 450*325um2 of die area.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.1277-1283
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• 2021

It is important for operators of poly-pipelines in petroleum industry to continuously monitor characteristics of transferred fluid such as its type and amount. To achieve this aim, in this study a dual energy gamma attenuation technique in combination with artificial neural network (ANN) is proposed to simultaneously determine type and amount of four different petroleum by-products. The detection system is composed of a dual energy gamma source, including americium-241 and barium-133 radioisotopes, and one 2.54 cm × 2.54 cm sodium iodide detector for recording the transmitted photons. Two signals recorded in transmission detector, namely the counts under photo peak of Americium-241 with energy of 59.5 keV and the counts under photo peak of Barium-133 with energy of 356 keV, were applied to the ANN as the two inputs and volume percentages of petroleum by-products were assigned as the outputs.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.229-233
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• 2002

CdZnTe 검출기를 제작하고 CT/SPECT 조합영상 시스템에 설치하여 엑스선 및 감마선검출기로서의 응용가능성을 타진해 보았다. 검출기의 크기는 10$\times$10$\times$5 ㎣ 이었다. 양극은 4$\times$4 픽셀로 설계하였으며 각 픽셀의 크기는 $1.5\times$l.5 $\textrm{mm}^2$ 이었다. 음극은 Au로 전극을 만들어 주었다. 시스템의 성능을 조사하기 위해서 방사선촬영용 분해능팬텀과 호프만 뇌 팬텀을 사용하였다. X선 영상에서 고광자방출율을 만족시키기 위해서 shapping time은 50ns 로 하었으며, 3$\times$$10^{5}$ counts/s 까지 선형성이 유지되었다. Tc-99m의 140 keV 감마선에 대한 에너지 분해능은 50 ㎱와 2 $\mu\textrm{s}$ shaping time을 걸어주었을 때 각각 10.4%와 5.3%이었다. CT와 SPECT의 공간분해능은 각각 1 mm와 9 mm 이었다. 광피이크 효율은 50 ㎱와 2 $\mu\textrm{s}$일 때 각각 41.0%와 72.5%이었다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.48-55
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• 2017

Background: Simultaneous detection of neutrons and gamma rays have become much more practicable, by taking advantage of good gamma-ray discrimination properties using pulse shape discrimination (PSD) technique. Recently, we introduced a commercial CLYC system in Korea, and performed an initial characterization and simulation studies for the CLYC detector system to provide references for the future implementation of the dual-mode scintillator system in various studies and applications. Materials and Methods: We evaluated a CLYC detector with 95% $^6Li$ enrichment using various gamma-ray sources and a $^{252}Cf$ neutron source, with validation of our Monte Carlo simulation results via measurement experiments. Absolute full-energy peak efficiency values were calculated for gamma-ray sources and neutron source using MCNP6 and compared with measurement experiments of the calibration sources. In addition, behavioral characteristics of neutrons were validated by comparing simulations and experiments on neutron moderation with various polyethylene (PE) moderator thicknesses. Results and Discussion: Both results showed good agreements in overall characteristics of the gamma and neutron detection efficiencies, with consistent ~20% discrepancy. Furthermore, moderation of neutrons emitted from $^{252}Cf$ showed similarities between the simulation and the experiment, in terms of their relative ratios depending on the thickness of the PE moderator. Conclusion: A CLYC detector system was characterized for its energy resolution and detection efficiency, and Monte Carlo simulations on the detector system was validated experimentally. Validation of the simulation results in overall trend of the CLYC detector behavior will provide the fundamental basis and validity of follow-up Monte Carlo simulation studies for the development of our dual-particle imager using a rotational modulation collimator.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.39-50
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 패널 내부 인터페이스의 하나인 2세대 AiPi+의 클록-데이터 복원 회로(Clock & Data Recovery)를 제안하였다. 제안하는 클록-데이터 복원 회로의 속도는 기존 AiPi+ 보다 빠른 1.25 Gbps 로 향상되었으며 다중 위상 클록을 생성하기 위하여 Delay-Locked Loop(DLL)를 사용하였다. 본 논문에서는 패널 내부 인터페이스의 저전력, 작은 면적의 이슈를 만족하는 클록-데이터 복원 회로를 설계하였다. 매우 간단한 방법으로 자동적으로 Harmonic-locking 문제를 해결할 수 있는 주파수 검출기 구조를 제안하여 기존 주파수 검출기(Frequency Detector)의 복잡도, 전류 소모, 그리고 외부 인가에 따른 문제를 개선하였으며, 전압 제어 지연 라인(Voltage Controlled Delay Line) 에서 상승/하강 시간 차이에 따른 에지의 사라짐 현상을 막기 위해서 펄스 폭의 최대치를 제한하는 펄스 폭 오류 보정 방법을 사용하였다. 제안하는 클록-데이터 복원 회로는 CMOS 0.18 ${\mu}m$ 공정으로 제작되었으며 면적은 $660\;{\mu}m\;{\times}\;250\;{\mu}m$이고, 공급 전압은 1.8 V이다. Peak-to-Peak 지터는 15 ps, 입력 버퍼, 이퀄라이저, 병렬화기를 제외한 클록-데이터 복원 회로의 소모 전력은 5.94 mW 이다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.118-125
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• 2009

통신시스템에서 데이터 전송이 고속으로 이루어지면서, 하드웨어의 복잡성, 전력소모, 가격 등의 이유로 클럭을 제외한 데이터만 수신단으로 보내는 방식이 사용되어지고 있다. 따라서, 고속으로 수신된 데이터에서 클럭 신호를 추출하는 것이 필요하며, 추출된 클럭을 이용하여 데이터를 복원하는 클럭/데이터 복원회로(CDR)에 관한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 0.18um CMOS 공정을 이용하여 10Gbps CDR 회로를 설계하였다. 전력소모와 회로의 복잡도를 줄이기 위해 quarter-rate bang-bang 유형의 위상 검출기를 사용하였으며, 지터 특성 향상을 위해 LC 유형의 4단 VCO를 사용하였다. 모의실험 결과, 설계된 CDR 회로는 1.8V 전원전압에서 80mW의 전력을 소모하며, 2.2ps,pp의 클럭 지터 특성을 보인다. 패드를 제외한 칩 레이아웃 면적은 1.26mm$\times$1.05mm이다.