• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2005

This paper presents fabrication process and experimental results of two different types of flexible MEMS biosensors based on polymer/metal multilayer processing techniques. One type of a biosensor is a microelectrode array (MEA) for nerve signal monitoring through implanting the MEA into a living body, and another is a tactile sensor capable of being mounted on an arbitrary-shaped surface. The microelectrode array was fabricated and its electrical characteristics have been examined through in vivo and in vitro experiment. For sensitive skin, flexible tactile sensor array was fabricated and its sensitivity has been analyzed. Mechanical flexibility of these biosensors has been achieved by using a polymer, and it is verified by implanting a MEA to an animal and mounting the tactile sensor on an arbitrary-shaped surface.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.83-94
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• 2017

Near-field source localization algorithms are very sensitive to sensor gain/phase response errors, and so it is important to calibrate the errors. We took into consideration the uniform linear array and are proposing a blind calibration algorithm that can estimate the directions-of-arrival and range parameters of incident signals and sensor gain/phase responses jointly, without the need for any reference source. They are estimated separately by using an iterative approach, but without the need for good initial guesses. The ambiguities in the estimations of 2-D electric angles and sensor gain/phase responses are also analyzed in this paper. We show that the ambiguities can be remedied by assuming that two sensor phase responses of the array have been previously calibrated. The behavior of the proposed method is illustrated through simulation experiments. The simulation results show that the convergent rate is fast and that the convergent precision is high.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.189-190
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• 2007

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2004년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2004
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• pp.577-580
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• 2004

To overcome with large size noise source distribution network design difficulty in interferometric radiometer system, especially for sub-Y-type array, a new on-board calibration technique using noise re-radiation is proposed in this paper. The suggested calibration technique is using noise re-radiation effect of center antenna after noise source injection from matched load. This approach is especially proper to sub-Y-type array interferometric synthetic aperture radiometer in mm-wave frequency band. Compared with noise injection network of a conventional synthetic aperture radiometer, the system mass, volume, and hardware complexity is reduced and cost-effective. Only one internal noise source, matched load, is used for injection using noise re-radiation technique a small set of sub-Y receiver channels is calibrated. Detailed calibration scenario is discussed and simulation results about noise re­radiation effect are presented.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.2902-2912
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• 1994

The ultrasonic array sensor system, consisting of one transmitter and fourreceivers instead of the traditional combination of a transmitter and a receiver is proposed in order to identify the location of objects. From the theoretical analysis and the experimental results, it is found that this new array sensor system could derive the information on the position of objects accurately, while the traditional sensor system could provide only the informatioin on the distance to objects. This sensor system is used to develop a sonar-based local mapping algorithm. The local map is used to find the existence of possible gates, through which the mobile robots can pass, and to select the suitable one in order for the robots to reach the goal safely in the presence of obstacles. The performance of the proposed local map algorithm is demonstrated experimentally in a small working area with several obstacles. It is found that the quality of the resulting local map is sufficient for the avoidance of collisions between the robots and obstacles and for the selection of the suitable gate leading to the goal. It is also shown that the global map of the working area could be obtained by integrating several local maps constructed from different locations and that it matches the actual layout of the working area well.

• Korean Journal of Geomatics
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2004

The aim of this research is comparing the existing approximation models (e.g. Affine Transformation and Direct Linear Transformation) with Rational Function Model as a substitute of rigorous sensor model of linear array scanner, especially push-broom sensor. To do so, this research investigates the mathematical model of each approximation method. This is followed by the assessments of accuracy of transformation from object space to image space by using simulated data generated by collinearity equations which incorporate or depict the physical aspects of linear array sensor.

• 센서학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.249-255
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• 2013

Gas-sensor array technology, which has been much utilized in the field of food technology by the name of 'electronic nose' is drawing attention in diagnosing lung cancer based on the analysis of the exhaled human breath. Much understanding has been accomplished about the composition of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of the human exhaled breath, in spite of some variations depending on research groups due mainly to lack of the standardization of the sensing procedures. Since VOCs may be produced during the process of cellular metabolism, difference in the cellular metabolism between healthy cells and lung cancer cells are expected to be reflected on the composition variation of the exhaled VOCs. Several studies have attempted to apply the gas-sensor array technology to lung cancer analysis using many different types of sensors including metal oxide, carbon black-polymer composite, surface acoustic wave, and gold nanoparticles. In this mini-review VOC as biomarkers, sensor array technology and application of the array technology for the diagnosis of cancer disease have been described.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.842-849
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• 1990

본 논문에서는 array processing에서, sensor array를 통해 들어오는 source signal들의 개수를 결정하는 방법들을 판정의 정확도의 관점에서 연구 고찰한다. 첫번째 방법은 Akaike의 Akaike's Information Criterion(AIC)이고, 다른 하나는 Schwartz와 Rissanen의 Minimum Description Length(MDL)이다. 실용적인 측면에서 볼 때, 신호대잡음비 (S/N)가 매우 낮은 상태에서 얻어진 한정된 양의 data를 이용하여 제한된 갯수의 sensor들로 이루어진 array로 부터, 매우 근접해 있는 source signal들의 갯수를 예측해 내는 것은 대단히 중요한 일이다. 본 논문은 simulation 결과를 통하여, source signal들이 근접해 있을수록, array의 sensor 갯수가 줄어들수록, 이용할 data의 양이 한정될수록 또 S/N가 낮아질수록, AIC이 MDL에 비해서 높은 신뢰도를 가짐을 보여준다.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.1116-1120
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 고감도 EM 센서용으로 적용되는, 고이득의 소형 마이크로스트립 배열 안테나 구조를 제안하였다. 안테나의 동작 주파수는 24 GHz 대역이며, 안테나의 기본 구조는 배열 중간에 급전점이 위치하고 급전점으로부터 체피세프(Chebyshev) 다항식에 의한 대칭적인 패턴을 갖는다. 또한, 배열 안테나의 양 측면에 빔 폭 가변을 통하여 지향성을 증가시키기 위한 측면 날개를 부가함으로써 배열의 크기를 확장하지 않고 안테나의 이득을 향상시켰다. 또한, 본 구조를 사용하는 경우, 안테나의 동작 주파와 부엽 레벨(side-lobe level)은 이득과 관계없이 그대로 유지되었으며, 면밀한 측정을 통하여 설계 결과를 검증하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.173-182
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• 2019

Due to the degradation of beamforming properties at angles close to $0^{\circ}$ to $180^{\circ}$, linear array does not have a complete $180^{\circ}$ inspection range but a smaller one. This paper develops a improved sensor array with two additional sensors above and below the linear sensor array, and presents time difference and two dimensional multiple signal classification (2D-MUSIC) based impact localization for omni-directional localization on composite structures. Firstly, the arrival times of impact signal observed by two additional sensors are determined using the wavelet transform and compared, and the direction range of impact source can be decided in general, $0^{\circ}$ to $180^{\circ}$ or $180^{\circ}$ to $360^{\circ}$. And then, 2D-MUSIC based spatial spectrum formula using uniform linear array is applied for locate accurate position of impact source. When the arrival time of impact signal observed by two additional sensors is equal, the direction of impact source can be located at $0^{\circ}$ or $180^{\circ}$ by comparing the first and last sensor of linear array. And then the distance is estimated by time difference algorithm. To verify the proposed approach, it is applied to a quasi-isotropic epoxy laminate plate and a stiffened composite panel. The results are in good agreement with the actual impact occurring position.