• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.545-563
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• 2015

Energy harvesting (EH) and network coding (NC) have emerged as two promising technologies for future wireless networks. In this paper, we combine them together in a single system and then present a time switching-based network coding relaying (TSNCR) protocol for the two-way relay system, where an energy constrained relay harvests energy from the transmitted radio frequency (RF) signals from two sources, and then helps the two-way relay information exchange between the two sources with the consumption of the harvested energy. To evaluate the system performance, we derive an explicit expression of the outage probability for the proposed TSNCR protocol. In order to explore the system performance limit, we formulate an optimization problem to minimize the system outage probability. Since the problem is non-convex and cannot be directly solved, we design a genetic algorithm (GA)-based optimization algorithm for it. Numerical results validate our theoretical analysis and show that in such an EH two-way relay system, if NC is applied, the system outage probability can be greatly decreased. Moreover, it is shown that the relay position greatly affects the system performance of TSNCR, where relatively worse outage performance is achieved when the relay is placed in the middle of the two sources. This is the first time to observe such a phenomena in EH two-way relay systems.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.1633-1640
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 WLAN 대역에서 동작하는 오픈된 사각 모양의 마이크로스트립패치 안테나를 제안하였다. 제안된 안테나는 단일 공진 또는 다중 공진 주파수를 가변하여 유효 대역폭을 가지고 있으며 WLAN대역(2.4 - 2.484, 5.15 - 5.35, 5.25-5.825 GHz)을 만족하는 마이크로 스트립 선로를 갖는 평면형 모노폴 구조로 설계된다. 안테나는 FR-4 기판에 제작되었고 두께는 0.8 mm이다. 안테나의 동작모드와 재구성 특성을 분석하기 위해 전류분포와 전자계 분포를 분석하기 위해 상용 툴을 사용하였다. 최적화된 수치를 얻기 위해 각 패치의 길이에 따른 시뮬레이션 반사손실을 비교하였다. 최적화된 수치를 사용하여 스위치가 off 되었을 때 WLAN 밴드 (2.380 - 2.710 GHz)을 얻었으며, 스위치가 on 되었을 때 2.4 GHz 밴드 (2.380 - 2.710 GHz)을 얻었다. 제작 및 측정결과로부터 제안된 안테나의 반사손실 특성, 측정된 이득과 방사패턴 특성 결과를 얻었다.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2006

최근 고화질의 카메라가 장착된 휴대폰이 빈번하게 출시되고 있다. 휴대폰으로 고화질의 동영상 촬영은 가능하지만 그 동영상을 컴퓨터와 휴대폰 이외의 다른 영상장치에서는 무선 전송을 통해 재생시킬 방법이 없다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 휴대폰으로 촬영한 동영상을 고정식 TV뿐만 아니라 이동식 TV에서도 재생 가능케 하는 NTSC TV transmitter module을 설계 및 제작하고자 한다. NTSC transmitter module은 휴대폰에서 재생되는 동영상의 영상 및 음성 신호를 받아 NTSC TV의 CH4 방식으로 변조한 뒤, 이 신호를 무선으로 전송함으로써 TV에서도 휴대폰 동영상을 시청할 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 그러나 NTSC TV transmitter module은 안테나의 길이가 길고 잡음에 민감한 단점이 있다. 향후 TV 신호의 송수신 RF 분야의 지속적인 연구를 통해 안테나의 설계와 TV 신호의 왜곡 및 잡음 문제를 해결한다면 본 NTSC TV transmitter module은 휴대폰뿐만이 아닌 캠코더, DVD 플레이어 등의 많은 영상기기에 응용 가능할 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.306-315
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• 2012

In this study, storage stability of reduced sulfur compounds ($H_2S$, $CH_3SH$, DMS, $CS_2$, and DMDS) and $SO_2$ in sampling bags was investigated in terms of two contrasting storage approaches between forward (F) and reverse (R) direction. The samples for the F method were prepared at the same time and analyzed sequentially through time. In contrast, those of reverse (R) method were prepared sequentially in advance and analyzed all at once upon the preparation of the last sample. In addition, relative performance between two different bag materials (PVF and PEA) was also assessed by using 100 ppb standard. The response factors (RF) of gaseous RSC samples were determined by gas chromatography/pulsed flame photometric detector (GC/PFPD) combined with air server (AS)/thermal desorber (TD) system at storage intervals of 0, 1, and 3 days. There is no statistical difference in all RSCs between two storage methods. However, the results of relative recovery indicated 2.58~12.8% differences in compound type between the two storage methods. Moreover, loss rates and storage stability of $H_2S$ and $SO_2$ were considerably affected by bag materials than any other variables. Therefore, some considerations about storage methods (or bag material types) for sulfur compounds are needed if stored by sampling bag method.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.188-198
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• 2018

In this study, we propose an approach for the design and satisfy the requirements of the fabrication of a small, lightweight, reliable, and stable ultra-wideband receiver for millimeter-wave bands and the contents of the approach. In this paper, we designed and fabricated a stable receiver with having low noise figure, flat gain characteristics, and low noise characteristics, suitable for millimeter-wave bands. The method uses the chip-and-wire process for the assembly and operation of a bare MMIC device. In order to compensate for the mismatch between the components used in the receiver, an amplifier, mixer, multiplier, and filter suitable for wideband frequency characteristics were designed and applied to the receiver. To improve the low frequency and narrow bandwidth of existing products, mathematical modeling of the wideband receiver was performed and based on this spurious signals generated from complex local oscillation signals were designed so as not to affect the RF path. In the ultra-wideband receiver, the gain was between 22.2 dB and 28.5 dB at Band A (input frequency, 18-26 GHz) with a flatness of approximately 6.3 dB, while the gain was between 21.9 dB and 26.0 dB at Band B (input frequency, 26-40 GHz) with a flatness of approximately 4.1 dB. The measured value of the noise figure at Band A was 7.92 dB and the maximum value of noise figure, measured at Band B was 8.58 dB. The leakage signal of the local oscillator (LO) was -97.3 dBm and -90 dBm at the 33 GHz and 44 GHz path, respectively. Measurement was made at the 15 GHz IF output of band A (LO, 33 GHz) and the suppression characteristic obtained through the measurement was approximately 30 dBc.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.36-45
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• 2007

Today Human Personal Trainers are becoming very famous in this health conscious world. They teach user to achieve fitness goals in managed way. Due to their high fee and tight schedule they are unavailable to mass number of people. Another solution to this problem is to develop digital personal trainer portable instrument that may replace human personal trainers. We developed a portable digital exercise trainer device - BIOFIT that manages, monitors and records the user's physical status and workout during exercise session. It guides the user to exercise efficiently for specific fitness goal. It keeps the full exercise program i.e. exercises start date and time, duration, mode, control parameter, intensity in its memory which helps the user in managing his exercise. Exercise program can be downloaded from the internet. During exercise it continuously monitors the user's physiological parameters: heart rate, number of steps walked, and energy consumed. If these parameters do not range within prescribed target zone, the BIOFIT will alarm the user as a feedback to control exercise. The BIOFIT displays these parameters on graphic LCD. During exercise it continuously records the heart rate and number of steps walked every 10 seconds along with exercise date and time. This stored information can be used as treatment for the user by an exercise expert. Real-time ECG monitoring can be viewed wirelessly (RF Communication) on a remote PC.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.757-772
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• 2013

In this study, a combination of sorbent tube (ST)-thermal desorption (TD)-gas chromatography (GC)-mass spectrometry (MS) was used for quantitative analysis of liquid phase standards of 10 BVOC ((1) (+)-${\alpha}$-pinene, (2) (+)-${\beta}$-pinene, (3) ${\alpha}$-phellandrene, (4) (+)-3-carene, (5) ${\alpha}$-terpinene, (6) p-cymene, (7) (R)-(+)-limonene, (8) ${\gamma}$- terpinene, (9) myrcene, and (10) camphene). The results of BVOC calibration yielded comparatively stable pattern with response factor (RF) of 23,560~50,363 and coefficient of determination ($R^2$) of 0.9911~0.9973. The method detection limit (MDL) of BVOC was estimated at 0.03~0.06 ng with the reproducibility of 1.30~5.13% (in terms of relative standard error (RSE)). Emissions of BVOC were measured from four types of fruit samples ((1) tangerine (TO), (2) tangerine peel (TX), (3) strawberry (SO), and (4) sepals of strawberry (SX)). The sum of BVOC flux (${\sum}flux$ (BVOC) in ng/hr/g) for each sample was seen on the descending order of (1) TX=291,614, (2) TO=2,190, (3) SO=1,414, and (4) SX=2,093. If the results are compared between the individual components, the highest flux was seen from (R)-(+)-limonene (265,395 ng/hr/g) from TX sample.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제30권9C호
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• pp.913-921
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• 2005

일반적인 bandpass sampling 방법인 real bandpass sampling 기법은 하향변환(downconversion)을 시행할 때 음의 주파수 대역의 RF 신호와의 에일리어싱(aliasing) 현상을 피해야 하므로 신중한 sampling 주파수 선택이 요구된다. 더욱이 다중신호(multiple signals)가 하향변환 될 경우에 이 sampling 방법은 더욱 많은 제약이 따르게 된다. 그러나 Hilbert 변환을 사용하는 complex bandpass sampling 방법은 음의 주파수 영역의 신호를 제거함으로써, real bandpass sampling 기법보다 유연하고 넓은 sampling 주파수 범위를 제공하며, 또한 더욱 낮은 sampling 주파수를 얻을 수 있는 장점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 complex bandpass sampling의 특징을 사용하여, 다중 신호를 하나의 통신 기기에서 동시에 하향 변환하는 수신기의 구조를 제시한다. 그리고 하나 또는 2개 신호의 하향변환에 관한 내용으로 제한하지 않고 N개의 신호로 확장하여 유효 sampling 주파수 영역 및 보호대역(guard-band)이 고려된 sampling 가능 최소 주파수에 관한 수식들을 일반화한다. 또한 모의실험을 통해 유도된 수식들을 증명한다.

• 천문학회지
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.225-234
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• 2013

We develop a radio receiver system operating at ${\lambda}{\sim}1.3$ mm for the 6 m telescope of Seoul Radio Astronomy Observatory. It consists of a dual polarization receiver, a couple of IF processing units, two FFT spectrometers, and associated software. By adopting sideband-separating superconductor mixers with image band terminated to waveguide load at 4.2 K, we achieve $T_{RX}{\leq}100$ K and $T_{sys}$ less than 150 K at best weather condition over 210-250 GHz frequency range. The intermediate frequency signal of 3.5-4.5 GHz is down converted to 0-1 GHz and fed into the FFT spectrometers. The spectrometer covers 1 GHz bandwidth with a spectral resolution of 61 KHz. Test observations are conducted toward several radio sources to evaluate the performance of the system. Aperture and beam efficiencies measured by observing planets are found to be typically 44 ~ 59% and 47 ~ 61%, respectively over the RF band, which are consistent with those measured at 3 mm band previously.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.1631-1641
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• 2012

위성통신에서 이용 효율을 높이기 위해 Time division multiple access (TDMA)를 사용하였으며, 대표적으로 Digital Video Broadcasting- Satellite Second Generation (DVB-S2) 등으로 표준화되어 운용되어 왔다. 본 논문에서는 이미 표준화된 DVB-S2를 직접 사용하기 어려운 특수한 용도의 시스템이 필요하였고, 이를 위하여 다소 주파수 운용효율 저하를 감수하더라도 열악한 전파환경에서도 신뢰성있게 운용이 가능한 TDMA 프레임 구조를 연구하였다. 프레임 주기가 12초로 수~수십 msec인 일반적인 TDMA 시스템 프레임 구조와 차이가 많고, 이에 따른 시간 및 주파수 드리프트 등을 고려하였다. 그리고 주파수 옵셋이 25 kHz이고 낮은 Signal To Noise Ratio(SNR) 에서도 초기 타이밍 동기 및 주파수와 페이저 초기 동기를 확보하는 방식을 제시하였다. 이를 검증하기 위하여 시뮬레이션 및 연동시험을 수행한 결과 SNR -2.5 dB에서도 안정적으로 동기가 확보됨을 알 수 있다.