• 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한음성학회 2005년도 추계 학술대회 발표논문집
• /
• pp.67-70
• /
• 2005

Voice conversion (VC) is a technique for modifying the speech signal of a source speaker so that it sounds as if it is spoken by a target speaker. Most previous VC approaches used a linear transformation function based on GMM to convert the source spectral envelope to the target spectral envelope. In this paper, we propose several nonlinear GMM-based transformation functions in an attempt to deal with the over-smoothing effect of linear transformation. In order to obtain high-quality modifications of speech signals our VC system is implemented using the Harmonic plus Noise Model (HNM)analysis/synthesis framework. Experimental results are reported on the English corpus, MOCHA-TlMlT.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
• /
• 제10권3호
• /
• pp.81-88
• /
• 2021

This paper proposes two types of subharmonic RF receiver front-end (called LMV) where, in a single stage, quadrature voltage-controlled oscillator (QVCO) is stacked on top of a low noise amplifier. Since the QVCO itself plays the role of the single-balanced subharmonic mixer with the dc current reuse technique by stacking, the proposed topology can remove the RF mixer component in the RF front-end and thus reduce the chip size and the power consumption. Another advantage of the proposed topologies is that many challenges of the direct conversion receiver can be easily evaded with the subharmonic mixing in the QVCO itself. The intermediate frequency signal can be directly extracted at the center taps of the two inductors of the QVCO. Using a 65 nm complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology, the proposed subharmonic RF front-ends are designed. Oscillating at around 2.4 GHz band, the proposed subharmonic LMVs are compared in terms of phase noise, voltage conversion gain and double sideband noise figure. The subharmonic LMVs consume about 330 ㎼ dc power from a 1-V supply.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
• /
• 제9권8호
• /
• pp.939-944
• /
• 2014

차량 운행 시 주의분산으로 인한 자동차 사고가 증가 하고 있는데, 주의분산 행동은 전방 주시율, 차로유지능력, 위험상황별 반응시간의 세 가지 항목에 대해 영향을 미친다. 많은 운전자들이 운행 중 라디오를 청취하게 되는데, 지역의 경계를 넘어가는 경우 특정 방송국의 라디오를 계속 청취하기 위해 라디오의 주파수를 변경하여야 한다. 이 과정에서 운전자의 주의분산이 발생하여 교통사고 발생 가능성이 높아지게 된다. 특히 고속도로에서는 빠른 속도로 차량이 주행하므로 사고의 위험이 더욱 높아지게 된다. 차량 운행 시 라디오 조작으로 인한 사고의 위험성을 줄이기 위해 본 논문에서는 각 방송국의 표준 라디오 주파수를 데이터베이스(D/B : date base)에 저장하고, 특정 지역의 경계에서 내비게이션으로부터 얻은 차량의 위치정보를 이용하여 변경된 지역의 라디오 주파수를 결정한 후, 기존의 주파수와 새로운 주파수를 이용하는 신호 중 수신율이 양호한 주파수를 선택하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 양호한 수신율을 가지는 주파수를 선택하기 위해 두 주파수에 대한 신호의 신호-대-잡음비(SNR : signal-to-noise ratio)를 기준으로 사용한다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집 V
• /
• pp.2903-2906
• /
• 2003

In this paper, we developed a multichannel acupuncture point balance measurement system that measures skin resistances at various acupuncture points to evaluate the balancing state of the meridian. The system consists of 16 channel resistance-voltage converter, signal processing part for signal amplification and filtering, A/D conversion part, micro-controller part, and data processing part. Compared to the previously developed 1 channel or 4 channel systems, it is found that the 16 channel system can measure the skin resistances of 16 acupuncture points, simultaneously, providing various clinical information such as balance and variation of the resistance value.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집 V
• /
• pp.2749-2752
• /
• 2003

Magnetocardiography is a very weak biomagnetic field generated from the heart. Since the magnitude of the biomagnetic field is in the order of a few pico Tesla, it is measured with a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). SQUID is a transducer converting magnetic flux to voltage, however, its range of linear conversion is very restricted. In order to overcome the narrow dynamic range. a flux locked loop is used to feedback the output field with opposite polarity to the input field so that the total Held becomes zero. This prevents the operating point of the SQUID from moving too far away from the null point thereby escape from the linear region. In this paper, an emulator for the SQUID sensor and feedback coil is proposed. Magnetic courting between the original field and the generated field by the feedback coil is emulated by electronic circuits. By using the emulator, FLL circuits are analyzed and optimized without SQUID sensors. The emulator may be used as a test signal for multi-channel gain calibration and system maintenance.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한전자공학회 2005년도 추계종합학술대회
• /
• pp.1055-1058
• /
• 2005

The present paper designed a weight measuring instrumentation system in which data conversion and a series of signal processing were totally equipped. 16 loadcell are incoming sensors and each output of the loadcell was amplified and filtered for proper analog signal processing. Several measuring instrumentation OP amps and general purposed OP amps were used. 12 bits A/D converters converted analog signals to digital bits and a PIC microprocessor controlled the 16 channels of loadcell. RF RS232 modules were used for wireless communication between the PIC microprocessor and an ethernet host for a remote sensor monitoring system development.

• 전기학회논문지
• /
• 제67권3호
• /
• pp.374-382
• /
• 2018

This paper has done a hardware-based approach to increase the modulation index in 3-phase inverters, unlike the conventional software algorithm-based approaches. The minimum required time to measure the currents in a three-phase inverters with shunt resistors has also been analyzed. By the analysis, the longest time in minimum required time is AD conversion time. To shorten the minimum required time, this paper proposed a sample-and-hold(S/H) circuit implemented at the inverter current signal output to retain the current signal. When the linear operation region of an inverter with S/H was compared with that without it, the modulation index was increased by 7.8 %. Inverters with S/H circuits can employ the traditional software algorithms, such as the voltage injection method or current restoration method, and it will yield further increase the modulation index.

• 전자공학회논문지B
• /
• 제31B권1호
• /
• pp.49-56
• /
• 1994

This paper describes the design principles and methods of electronic processor for thermal imager with the SPRITE detector, operating in the 8-12 micron band. The thermal imager consists of a optical scanner containing the detector and an electrical signal processor. The optical scanner utilizing rotating polygon and oscillating mirror, is 2-dimensional serial/parallel scan type using 5 elements of the detector. And the electronic processor has pre-processing of 5 chnanel's thermal signal from the detector, and performs digital scan conversion to reform the parallel data stream into serial analog data compatible with conventional RS-170 video. Through the designed electronic processor, we have acquired a satisfactory thermal image. And the MRTD (Minimum Resolvable Temperature Difference) is 0.5$^{\circ}$K at 7.5 cycles/mm.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
• /
• 제2권1호
• /
• pp.1-9
• /
• 2007

In this paper, a third-order harmonic mixer is designed using frequency multiplier theory for the Ka-band. The gate bias voltage is selected by frequency multiplier theory to maximize the third-order harmonic element ofthe fundamental LO frequency in the proposed mixer. The designed mixer has a gate mixer structure composed of a gate terminal input for the fundamental local signal ($f_{LO}$), RF signal (${RF}$) and a drain terminal output for the harmonic frequency ($3f_{LO}-f_{RF}$) respectively. The Ka-band harmonic mixer is designed and fabricated using a commercial GaAs MESFET device with a plastic package. The proposed mixer will provide a solution for the problems found in the high cost, complex circuitry in a conventional Ka-band mixer. The 33.5 GHz harmonic mixer has a -10 dB conversion gain by pumping 11.5 GHz LO with a +5 dBm level.

• 한국조명전기설비학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국조명전기설비학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회논문집
• /
• pp.106-110
• /
• 2005

In this paper, LED traffic signal lamp's operating circuit using Flyback converter and PFC IC has been presented. Most power conversion circuits use PFC IC for Power Factor Correction. The design parameter's value of Flyback converter has been proposed and the error amplifier which regulates the output voltage has been designed Besides, the under voltage protection circuit and the over voltage protection circuit for protecting the operating circuit kin unbalance of common electric power source and the temperature compensation circuit for fixed optical output power have been proposed.