• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.542-549
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• 2016

This paper presents a SoC (System-on-a-Chip) dedicated for a single-chip smart capsule which can be used to continuously monitor human alimentary canal pH and temperature values. The SoC is composed of the pH and temperature sensor interface circuit, a wireless transceiver, the power management circuit and the flow control logic. Fabricated in $0.18{\mu}m$ standard CMOS technology, the SoC occupies a die area of ${\sim}9 mm^2$. The SoC consumes 6.15 mW from a 3 V power supply, guaranteeing the smart capsule battery life is no less than 24 hours when using 50 mAh coin batteries. The experimental results show that measurement accuracy of the smart capsule is ${\pm}0.1$ pH and ${\pm}0.2^{\circ}C$ for pH and temperature sensing, respectively, which meets the requirement of in-body pH and temperature monitoring in clinical practice.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.197-204
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• 2010

본 논문은 저 전압 및 저 왜곡 스위치형 커패시터 (switched-capacitor, SC)를 적용한 새로운 형태의 몸체효과 보상형 스위치 구조를 제안한다. 제안된 회로는 저 전압 SC회로를 위해서 rail-to-rail 스위칭을 허용하며, 기존의 부트스트랩 된 회로 (19dB)보다 더 우수한 총 고조파 왜곡을 가진다. 설계된 2-1 캐스케이드 시그마 델타 변조기는 통신 송수신 시스템내의 오디오 코덱을 위한 고해상도 아날로그-디지털변환을 수행한다. 1단 폴드형 캐스코드 연산증폭기 및 2-1 캐스케이드 시그마 델타 변조기는 0.25 마이크론 이중 폴리 3-금속 표준 CMOS 공정으로 제작되었으며, 2.7V에서 동작한다. 연산증폭기의 1% 정착시간은 16 pF의 부하 용량에 대해 560ns를 보였다. 제작된 시그마 델타 변조기에 대한 검사는 비트 스트림 검사 및 아날로그 분석기를 이용하여 수행 되었다. 다이크기는 $1.9{\times}1.5\;mm^2$였다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.70-79
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• 2016

This paper proposes a low-power range-scaled 14b 30 MS/s pipeline-SAR composite ADC for high-performance CIS applications. The SAR ADC is employed in the first stage to alleviate a sampling-time mismatch as observed in the conventional SHA-free architecture. A range-scaling technique processes a wide input range of 3.0VP-P without thick-gate-oxide transistors under a 1.8 V supply voltage. The first- and second-stage MDACs share a single amplifier to reduce power consumption and chip area. Moreover, two separate reference voltage drivers for the first-stage SAR ADC and the remaining pipeline stages reduce a reference voltage disturbance caused by the high-speed switching noise from the SAR ADC. The measured DNL and INL of the prototype ADC in a $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS are within 0.88 LSB and 3.28 LSB, respectively. The ADC shows a maximum SNDR of 65.4 dB and SFDR of 78.9 dB at 30 MS/s, respectively. The ADC with an active die area of $1.43mm^2$ consumes 20.5 mW at a 1.8 V supply voltage and 30 MS/s, which corresponds to a figure-of-merit (FOM) of 0.45 pJ/conversion-step.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.641-658
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• 2001

All-ceramic restorations have become an attractive alternative to porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns. In-Ceram, and more recently IPS Empress 2 were introduced as a new all-ceramic system for single crowns and 3-unit fixed partial dentures. But their strength and marginal fit are still an important issue. This study evaluated the fracture resistance and marginal fit of three systems of 3 unit all-ceramic bridge fabricated on prepared maxillary anterior resin teeth in vitro. The 3 all-ceramic bridge systems were: (1) a glass-infiltrated, sintered alumina system (In-Ceram) fabricated conventionally, (2) the same system with copy-milled alumina cores (copy-milled In-Ceram), (3) a heat pressed, lithium disilicate reinforced glass-ceramic system (IPS Empress 2). Ten bridges of each system with standardized design of framework were fabricated. All specimens of each system were compressed at $55^{\circ}$ at the palatal surface of pontic until catastrophic fracture occurred. Another seven bridges of each system were fabricated with standard method. All of the bridge-die complexes were embedded in epoxy resin and sectioned buccolingually and mesiodistally. The absolute marginal discrepancy was measured with stereomicroscope at ${\times}50$ power. The following results were obtained: 1. There was no significant difference in the fracture strength among the 3 systems studied. 2. The Weibull modulus of copy-milled In-Ceram was higher than that of In-Ceram and IPS Empress 2 bridges. 3. Copy-milled In-Ceram($112{\mu}m$) exhibited significantly greater marginal discrepancy than In Ceram ($97{\mu}m$), and IPS Empress 2 ($94{\mu}m$) at P=0.05. 4. The lingual surfaces of the ceramic crowns showed smaller marginal discrepancies than mesial and distal points. There was no significant difference between teeth (incisor, canine) at P=0.05. 5. All-ceramic bridges of three systems appeared to exhibit sufficient initial strength and accept able marginal fit values to allow clinical application.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.39-53
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• 2002

This descriptive study was conducted to identify the attitude toward euthanasia of EMT and nursing students and to compare their attitude before and after clinical practice. The convenience sample was comprised of 40 first grade and 40 second grade EMT students attended at G college in G-city, and 40 first grade and 40 third grade nursing students attended at C college in C-province. The variable was tested with an euthanasia attitude scale developed by Kim Ae Kyoung(2001). The valid responses were obtained and analyzed by using SPSS PC+ from November 25 to December 6, 2002. The results showed that most of the respondents agreed to have positive attitude toward euthanasia in terms of client's right and client's quality of life. Also, they thought that euthanasia should be legalized and the right to die with dignity should be guaranteed. The EMT respondents having a clinical experience showed significantly higher score than respondents having no experience in the subarea of medical ethics, and nursing respondents who had a clinical practice showed significantly higher score than others no experience in the subarea of quality of life. But, the other sub-areas had no significant difference between the respondents before and after clinical practice. The attitude toward euthanasia composed of sub-areas such as being after the quality of life, having a high regard for a life and recognizing client's right was not affected by the single factor of clinical practice. Therefore, much supportive intervention need to be done for the students about the significant affecting factors found in this study like a religion, values, education and observing experience of someone's death.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.267-274
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• 2013

본 논문은 Pulse Frequency Modulation(PFM)/Pulse Width Modulation(PWM) 듀얼 모드 피드백 기반 LED 백라이트 유닛 구동용 LLC 공진 변환 제어 IC 설계에 대한 내용을 제시한다. 공진형 변환기에서 하나의 변압기를 사용하면서, 두 가지 출력 전압을 생성할 수 있는 구조를 제안하였으며, Master 출력은 PFM 방식으로 Slave 출력은 PWM 방식으로 제어하도록 설계 하였다. 2차 측 Master 출력을 제어하기 위해서 파워 스위치 제어 신호의 주파수를 조절하는 PFM 피드백과 2차 측 Slave 출력을 제어하기 위해서 파워 스위치 제어 신호의 펄스 폭을 조절하는 PWM 피드백 회로를 설계하였다. 설계된 IC는 $0.35{\mu}m$ 2 Poly 3 Metal BCD(Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) 공정을 이용하여 레이아웃 되었으며, 면적은 $2.3mm{\times}2.2mm$ 이다. 또한, 설계한 칩은 5 V 공급 전압으로부터 26 mA의 전류를 소모하였다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.157-167
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• 2017

Millions of People die every year from diseases caused by exposure to outdoor air pollution. Especially, one of the most severe types of air pollution is fine particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5). South Korea also has been suffered from severe PM. This paper analyzes regional risks induced by PM10 and PM2.5 that have affected domestic area of Korea during 2014~2016.3Q. We investigated daily maxima of PM10 and PM2.5 data observed on 284 stations in South Korea, and found extremely high outlier. We employed extreme value distributions to fit the PM10 and PM2.5 data, but a single distribution did not fit the data well. For theses reasons, we implemented extreme mixture models such as the generalized Pareto distribution(GPD) with the normal, the gamma, the Weibull and the log-normal, respectively. Next, we divided the whole area into 16 regions and analyzed characteristics of PM risks by developing the FN-curves. Finally, we estimated 1-month, 1-quater, half year, 1-year and 3-years period return levels, respectively. The severity rankings of PM10 and PM2.5 concentration turned out to be different from region to region. The capital area revealed the worst PM risk in all seasons. The reason for high PM risk even in the yellow dust free season (Jun. ~ Sep.) can be inferred from the concentration of factories in this area. Gwangju showed the highest return level of PM2.5, even if the return level of PM10 was relatively low. This phenomenon implies that we should investigate chemical mechanisms for making PM2.5 in the vicinity of Gwangju area. On the other hand, Gyeongbuk and Ulsan exposed relatively high PM10 risk and low PM2.5 risk. This indicates that the management policy of PM risk in the west side should be different from that in the east side. The results of this research may provide insights for managing regional risks induced by PM10 and PM2.5 in South Korea.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.51-61
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• 1993

본 연구에서는 에너지법으로 축대칭 박판성형 공정을 해석할 때, Lee와 Yang 이 제안한 방법을 적용함에 있어 굽힘효과를 효과적으로 고려할 수 있는 방법을 제안 하고 축대칭 컵드로잉 공정을 해석하여 본 이론의 타당성을 입증하고자 한다. 굽힘 효과는 박판소재를 몇개의 층(layer)으로 나눈 뒤, 각 층에서 소비되는 변형에너지를 합하여 전체 에너지를 최소화시킴으로써 고려하였다. 해석시 펀치 목부분과 다이목 부분에서의 접촉압력은 각각 균일한 분포를 갖는 것으로 가정하였다. 본 이론의 타 당성을 입증하기 위하여 계산결과를 실험치 및 탄소성 유한요소해석 결과와 비교하였 다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.3-9
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• 1988

Infrared (IR) spectroscopic techniques for the analysis of wood samples and the absorbance spectra of solid woods were presented. KBr pellets were prepared by throughly mixing approximately 300 mg of dried KBr and 1 mg of finely milled wood powder extracted with ethanol-cyclohexane previously. This mixture was made into a transparent disc by means of a pellet-making die (10 ton/$cm^2$ for 10 min). This IR techniques were applied for the analysis of archaeological wood samples. The most notable difference in the IR spectra between the recent and the archaeological waterlogged woods is that the absorption band centered at $1,730cm^{-1}$ was significantly diminished in the waterlogged ones. Total loss of absorption in $1,730cm^{-1}$ might be mainly due to the result of hemicellulose degradation. Another feature indicated by IR spectral comparision are that the degraded waterlogged wood samples showed 1) the increased intensity of the 1,600, 1,500 and $1,270cm^{-1}$ due to the residual lignin and the increased intensity at 1,470 and $1,425cm^{-1}$ due to the degradation of hemicellulose and 2) to the emergence of single band around $1,050cm^{-1}$ instead of three bands at 1,110, 1,060 and $1,040cm^{-1}$ in recent wood due to the degradation of cellulose crystalline. It was revealed from the IR examinations that the first change of wood in the waterlogged situation was the lysis of hemicellulose and the second the lysis of cellulose. It was also suggested that IR spectroscopy could serve a fast method for the investigation on the chemical characteristics of archaeological wood samples.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38B권6호
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• pp.427-434
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• 2013

본 논문은 멀티 채널의 어레이 집적 모듈을 갖는 광트랜시버를 위한 2.5 Gbps 어레이 VCSEL driver의 설계 및 구현에 관한 것이다. 본 논문에서는 광트랜시버에 적용된 1550 nm high speed VCSEL을 드라이브하기 위하여 $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS 공정 기술을 이용하여 자동 광전력제어 기능을 갖는 2.5 Gbps VCSEL (수직 공진기 표면 방출 레이저) 드라이버 어레이를 구현하였다. 광트랜스미터의 폭넓은 대역폭 향상을 위해 2.5 Gbps VCSEL Driver에 네가티브 용량성 보상을 갖는 능동 궤환 증폭기 회로를 채용한 결과 기존 토폴로지에 비해 대역폭, 전압 이득 및 동작 안정성의 뚜렷한 향상을 보였다. 4채널 칩은 최대 변조 및 바이어스 전류하에서 1.8V/3.3V 공급에서 140 mW의 DC 전력만 소모하고, 다이 면적은 기존 본딩 패드를 포함하여 $850{\mu}m{\times}1,690{\mu}m$를 갖는다.