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Design of a High-speed Decision Feedback Equalizer using the Constant-Modulus Algorithm (CMA 알고리즘을 이용한 고속 DFE 등화기 설계)

  • Jeon, Yeong-Seop;;Kim, Gyeong-Ho
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.173-179
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    • 2002
  • This paper describes an equalizer using the DFE (Decision Feedback Equalizer) structure, CMA (Constant Modulus Algorithm) and LMS (Least Mean Square) algorithms. The DFE structure has better channel adaptive performance and lower BER than the transversal structure. The proposed equalizer can be used for 16/64 QAM modems. We employ high speed multipliers, square logics and many CSAs (Carry Save Adder) for high speed operations. We have developed floating-point models and fixed-point models using the COSSAP$\^$TM/ CAD tool and developed VHDL filter. The proposed equalizer shows low BER in multipath fading channel. We have performed models. From the simulation results, we employ a 12 tap feedback filter and a 8 tap feedforward logic synthesis using the SYNOPSYS$\^$TM/ CAD tool and the SAMSUNG 0.5$\mu\textrm{m}$ standard cell library (STD80) and verified function and timing simulations. The total number of gates is about 130,000.

$Al_2O_3/SiO_2$, $HfO_2/SiO_2$ 적층 감지막의 두께 최적화를 통한 Electrolyte Insulator Semiconductor 소자의 pH 감지감도특성 비교

  • Gu, Ja-Gyeong;Jang, Hyeon-Jun;Jo, Won-Ju
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2012.02a
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    • pp.448-448
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    • 2012
  • 최근에 pH 감지막의 감지감도특성을 평가하기 위해 electrolyte insulator semiconductor (EIS) 구조가 유용하게 이용되고 있다. EIS는 간단한 구조와 pH 용액에 빠른 응답속도, 낮은 단가 및 집적이 용이하다는 장점이 있다. EIS 구조에서 화학적 용액에 대한 감지감도 평가 중 가장 중요하게 작용하는 부분이 감지막이다. 이 감지막은 감지 대상 물질과 물리적으로 직접 접촉되는 부분으로서 일반적으로 기계적/화학적 강도가 우수한 실리콘 산화막($SiO_2$)이 많이 사용되어져 왔다. 최근에는 기존의 $SiO_2$ 보다 성능이 향상된 감지막을 개발하기 위하여 $Al_2O_3$, $HfO_2$, $ZrO_2$, 그리고 $Ta_2O_5$와 같은 고유전 상수(high-k)를 가지는 물질들을 EIS 센서의 감지막으로 이용하는 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. High-k 물질 중 $Al_2O_3$는 산성에서 알칼리성 영역까지의 넓은 화학안정성을 가지며 화학용액에 대해 내구성이 우수한 특성을 가진다. $HfO_2$은 내식성이 뛰어나며 출력특성이 높은 장점을 가진 물질이다. 본 실험에서는 특성이 다른 두 물질을 EIS의 감지막으로 각각 사용하여 두께에 따른 의존성을 평가하였다. 제작한 EIS 구조의 pH 센서를 바이오 센서에 적용하였을 때 신호대 잡음비(SNR: signal to noise)가 여전히 취약하다는 문제점이 있었다. 이런 문제점을 보완하기 위하여 감지막의 물리적 두께는 점점 얇아지게 되었고 그 결과 높은 출력 특성을 얻게 되었지만, 감지막이 얇아짐에 따라서 화학 용액 중의 이온 침투로 인한 감지막 자체의 손상 또한 심각한 문제로 대두되었다. 이로 인해 최적화 된 감지막의 두께를 얻을 필요가 있다. 결론적으로 $Al_2O_3$, $HfO_2$ 두 감지막 모두 두께가 23 nm일 때 가장 우수한 특성을 보였으며, $Al_2O_3$를 감지막으로 사용하였을 경우 화학적 용액에 대해 내구성이 뛰어났고, $HfO_2$을 사용하였을 때에는 화학적 용액에 대한 안정성 보다는 pH 용액변화에 따른 향상된 감지감도특성을 보였다.

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Partial Relay Selection in Decode and Forward Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks over Rayleigh Fading Channels

  • Zhong, Bin;Zhang, Zhongshan;Zhang, Dandan;Long, Keping;Cao, Haiyan
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.8 no.11
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    • pp.3967-3983
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    • 2014
  • The performance of an partial relay selection on the decode-and-forward (DF) mode cognitive radio (CR) relay networks is studied, with some important factors, including the outage probability, the bit error ratio (BER), and the average channel capacity being analyzed. Different from the conventional relay selection schemes, the impact of spectrum sensing process as well as the spectrum utilization efficiency of primary users on the performance of DF-based CR relaying networks has been taken into consideration. In particular, the exact closed-form expressions for the figures of merit such as outage probability, BER, and average channel capacity over independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) Rayleigh fading channels, have been derived in this paper. The validity of the proposed analysis is proven by simulation, which showed that the numerical results are consistent with the theoretical analysis in terms of the outage probability, the BER and the average channel capacity. It is also shown that the full spatial diversity order can always be obtained at the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) range of [0dB, 15dB] in the presence of multiple potential relays.

Feasibility of Interference Alignment for Reverse Duplex in MIMO Cellular Networks with One-side Base Cooperation (다중 안테나를 사용하는 단방향 기지국 협력 역 듀플렉스 셀룰러 네트워크의 간섭 정렬 타당성)

  • Kim, Kiyeon;Jeon, Sang-Woon;Yang, Janghoon;Kim, Dong Ku
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.273-284
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    • 2015
  • The feasibility conditions of interference alignment (IA) are analyzed for reverse duplex systems, in which one cell operates as downlink (DL) while the other cell operates as uplink (UL) assuming one-sid base station (BS) cooperation. Under general multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna configurations, a necessary condition and a sufficient condition for one-shot linear IA are established, i.e., linear IA without symbol or time extension. In several example networks, optimal sum degrees of freedom (DoF) is characterized by the derived necessary condition and sufficient condition. For some special class of networks, a sufficient condition is established in a more compact expression, which also yields the necessary and sufficient condition. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed IA does not only achieve larger DoF but also significantly improves the sum rate in the practical signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime.

An Experimental Study on Estimation of Suspended Sediment Discharge using Acoustic Backscatter (실내 실험수로에서 초음파 산란도를 활용한 부유사량 산정)

  • Seo, KangHyeon;Kim, DongSu
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2016.05a
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    • pp.174-174
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    • 2016
  • 하천은 침식작용과 퇴적작용에 의해 유사를 하류방향으로 이동시킨다. 하천의 침식작용은 하상을 변화시키고 교량, 보 등의 하천 구조물의 안전성을 저해하여 국민의 재산과 생명에 막대한 피해를 입힌다. 또한 퇴적작용은 상류로부터 이동한 유사를 하도 내에 퇴적시켜 하천의 형상을 변화시키고, 통수면적을 감소시켜 홍수기에 범람 빈도와 규모를 증가시킨다. 이처럼 부유사 자료는 하천 구조물의 설계, 수자원 개발 및 관리를 위한 하천계획의 전반에 있어 매우 중요한 자료이지만, 국내의 경우 유사량 측정방법에 대한 연구가 미비하여 대부분 유사량 채집기를 활용한 직접 측정이 이루어지고 있다. 하지만 유사량 채집기를 활용한 관측은 매우 제한된 지역에서 간헐적으로 실시되고 있어 측정 자료가 부족한 실정이다. 이러한 한계를 극복하고자 간접적인 측정 방식을 개발하였으나 우리나라의 강우 특성상 홍수기를 거치면서 하천의 수리학적 특성이 변화하여 관계식의 신뢰도가 떨어지며 자주 갱신해야 한다는 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는 횡방향 유속과 신호대잡음비(Signal to Noise Ratio, SNR)를 측정하는 H-ADCP(SonTek, SL-3000)와 레이저 회절을 이용하여 지점의 입도분포와 부유사 농도를 측정하는 레이저부유사측정기(LISST : Laser In-Situ Scattering and Transmissometry)를 이용하여 자료를 취득하였다. 그리고 취득된 신호대잡음비, 부유사 농도간의 관계분석을 통해 회귀식을 구축한 후, 초음파 산란도로 정의되는 신호대잡음비를 활용하여 실내 실험수로의 부유사량을 산정하였고 실측 부유사량과의 비교를 통해 오차 분석을 실시하였다. 오차 분석 결과 실측 부유사량은 138.15g/s, 추정 부유사량은 165.372g/s로 신호대잡음비를 이용하여 추정한 부유사량이 약 19% 과다산정 하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 현재 우리나라에 다수 설치되어 있는 수평초음파도플러유속계(H-ADCP)를 활용한 지속적인 부유사량 관측의 토대를 마련할 것으로 사료된다.

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State of the Art on GNSS Reflectometry and Marine Applications (위성신호 반사계측(GNSS-R) 기술 현황과 해양 응용분야)

  • Seo, Kiyeol;Park, Sang-Hyun;Park, Jihye
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.402-408
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    • 2021
  • GNSS-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) is a technique for measuring and analyzing signals transmitted from satellites, reflecting on the surface of land or sea. GNSS-R is mainly used for measuring the water level variation, typhoon and meteorological anomaly, soil moisture, and snow depth. This paper describes the concept and measurement principle of GNSS-R technology, especially focusing on the field of marine utilization and its feasibility. In particular, it presents the applications of this technique for monitoring the safety of marine environment as well as the marine vessel and their utilization areas based on currently available infrastructure on the ground and maritime reference stations, such as the existing differential GNSS reference stations and integrity monitors (DGNSS RSIM), and GNSS reference station infrastructure, using the ground-based and the satellite-based GNSS-R approaches.

Development of portable digital radiography system with device for sensing X-ray source-detector angle and its application in chest imaging (엑스선촬영 각도를 측정할 수 있는 장치 개발과 흉부 X선 영상촬영에서의 적용)

  • Kim, Tae-Hoon;Heo, Dong-Woon;Ryu, Jong-Hyun;Jeong, Chang-Won;Jun, Hong Young;Kim, Kyu Gyeom;Hong, Jee Min;Jang, Mi Yeon;Kim, Dae Won;Yoon, Kwon-Ha
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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    • 2017.01a
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    • pp.235-238
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    • 2017
  • This study was to develop a portable digital radiography (PDR) system with a function measuring the X-ray source-with-detector angle (SDA) and to evaluate the imaging performance for the diagnosis of chest imaging. The SDA device consisted of an Arduino, an accelerometer and gyro sensor, and a Bluetooth module. According to different angle degrees, five anatomical landmarks on chest images were assessed using a 5-point scale. Mean signal-to-noise ratio and contrast-to-noise ratio were 182.47 and 141.43. Spatial resolution (10% MTF) and entrance surface dose were 3.17 lp/mm ($157{\mu}m$) and 0.266mGy. The angle values of SDA device were not significant difference as compared to those of the digital angle meter. In chest imaging, SNR and CNR values were not significantly different according to different angle degrees (repeated-measures ANOVA, p>0.05). The visibility scores of the border of heart, 5th rib and scapula showed significant differences according to different angles (rmANOVA, p<0.05), whereas the scores of the clavicle and 1st rib were not significant. It is noticeable that the increase in SDA degree was consistent with the increase of visibility score. Our PDR with SDA device would be useful to be applicable to clinical radiography setting according to the standard radiography guideline at various fields.

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The Evaluation of the Radiation Dose and Image Quality Through the Change of the Tube Voltage in Cerebral CT Angiography (전산화단층촬영장치를 이용한 뇌 혈관조영 검사에서 관전압 변화에 따른 방사선량과 영상의 질 평가)

  • LEE, Ji-Won;Jung, Kang-Kyo;Cho, Pyong-Kon
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.121-126
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    • 2015
  • To image diagnosis in neurovascular diseases using Multi-Detector Computed Tomography(MDCT), injected the same contrast material when inspecting Brain Computed Tomography Angiography(BCTA) to examine radiation dose and Image quality on changing Cerebral Artery CT number by tube voltage. Executed an examination with same condition[Beam Collimation $128{\times}0.6mm$, Pitch 0.6, Rotation Time 0.5s, Slice Thickness 5.0mm, Increment 5.0mm, Delay Time 3.0sec, Care Dose 4D(Demension ; D)] except for tube voltage on 50 call patients for BCTA and divided them into two groups (25 people for a group, group A: 80, group B: 120kVp). From all the acquired images, set a ROI(Region of Interest) on four spots such as left cerebral artery, right cerebral artery, posterior cerebral artery and cerebral parenchyma to compare quantitative evaluation, qualitative evaluation and effective dose after measuring CT number value from Picture Archiving Communications System(PACS). Evaluating images with CT number acquired from BCTA examination, images with 80 kVp was 18% higher in Signal to Noise Ratio and 19% in Contrast to Noise Ratio than those with 120 kVp. It was seen that expose dose was decreased by over 50% with tube voltage 80 kVp than with 120 kVp. Group A (25 patients) was examination with tube voltage 80kVp while group B with 120 kVp to examine radiation dose and Image quality. It is considered effective to inspect with lower tube voltage than with conventional high kVp, which can reduce radiation dose without any affect on diagnosis.

Comparison of Electrical Signal Properties about Top Electrode Size on Photoconductor Film (광도전체 필름 상부 전극크기에 따른 전기적 신호 특성 비교)

  • Kang, Sang-Sik;Jung, Bong-Jae;Noh, Si-Cheul;Cho, Chang-Hoon;Yoon, Ju-Sun;Jeon, Sung-Pyo;Park, Ji-Koon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.93-96
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    • 2011
  • Currently, the development of direct conversion radiation detector using photoconductor materials is progressing in widely. Among of theses photoconductor materials, mercuric iodide compound than amorphous selenium has excellent absorption and sensitivity of high energy radiation. Also, the detection efficiency of signal generated in photoconductor film varies by electric filed and geometric distribution according to top-bottom electrode size. Therefore, in this work, the x-ray detection characteristics are investigated about the size of top electrode in $HgI_2$ photoconductor film. For sample fabrication, to solve the problem that is difficult to make a large area film, we used the spatial paste screen-print method. And the sample thickness is $150{\mu}m$ and an film area size is $3cm{\times}3cm$ on ITO-coated glass substrate. ITO(Indium-Tin-Oxide) electrode was used as top electrode using a magnetron sputtering system and each area is $3cm{\times}3cm$, $2cm{\times}2cm$ and $1cm{\times}1cm$. From experimental measurement, the dark current, sensitivity and SNR of the $HgI_2$ film are obtained from I-V test. From the experimental results, it shows that the sensitivity increases in accordance with the area of the electrode but the SNR is decreased because of the high dark current. Therefore, the optimized size of electrode is importance for the development of photoconductor based x-ray imaging detector.

Evaluation of the Accuracy and Precision Three-Dimensional Stereotactic Breast Biopsy (3차원 입체정위 유방생검술의 정확도 및 정밀도 평가)

  • Lee, Mi-Hwa
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.213-220
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    • 2015
  • This research was study the accuracy of three-dimensional stereotactic breast biopsy, using a core Needle Biopsy and to assess the accuracy of Stereotactic biopsy and Sono guided biopsy. Using Stereotactic QC phantom to measure the accuracy of the 3D sterotactic machine. CT Scan and equipment obtained in the measured X, Y, Z and compares the accuracy of the length. Using Agar power phantom compare the accuracy of the 3D sterotactic machine and 2D ultrasound machine. Z axis measured by the equipment to compare the accuracy and reliability. Check the accuracy by using visual inspection and Specimen Medical application phantom. The accuracy of the 3D sterotactic machine measured by Stereotactic QC phantom was 100%. Accuracy as compared to CT, all of X, Y, Z axis is p > 0.05. The accuracy of the two devices was 100% as measured by Agar powder phantom. There was no difference between t he t wo d evices as C T and p > 0.05. 3D sterotactic machine of the ICC was 0.954, 2D ultrasound machine was 0.785. 2D ultrasound machine was different according to the inspector. Medical application phantom experiments in 3D sterotactic machine could not find the Sliced boneless ham. 2D ultrasound machine has not been able to find a small chalk powder group. The reproducibility of the three-dimensional stereotactic breast biopsy was better than effect of Sono guided biopsy.