• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.183-188
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• 2015

A 10-bit 10MS/s low power consumption successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) using a straightforward capacitive digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is presented in this paper. In the proposed capacitive DAC, switching is always straightforward, and its value is half of the peak-to-peak voltage in each step. Also the most significant bit (MSB) is decided without any switching power consumption. The application of the straightforward switching causes lower power consumption in the structure. The input is sampled at the bottom plate of the capacitor digital-to-analog converter (CDAC) as it provides better linearity and a higher effective number of bits. The comparator applies adaptive power control, which reduces the overall power consumption. The differential prototype SAR ADC was implemented with $0.18{\mu}m$ complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology and achieves an effective number of bits (ENOB) of 9.49 at a sampling frequency of 10MS/s. The structure consumes 0.522mW from a 1.8V supply. Signal to noise-plus-distortion ratio (SNDR) and spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) are 59.5 dB and 67.1 dB and the figure of merit (FOM) is 95 fJ/conversion-step.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.300-308
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• 2010

This paper describes the development of a low-power electrocardiogram (ECG) touch sensor intended for the use with two dry metal electrodes. An equivalent ECG extraction circuit model encountered in a ground-free two-electrode configuration is investigated for an optimal sensor read-out circuit design criteria. From the equivalent circuit model, (1) maximum sensor resolution is derived based on the electrode's background thermal noise, which originates from high electrode-skin contact impedance, together with the input referred noise of instrumentation amplifier (IA), (2) 60 Hz electrostatic coupling from mains and motion artifact are also considered to determine minimum requirement of common mode rejection ratio (CMRR) and input impedance of IA. A dedicated ECG read-out front end incorporating chopping scheme is introduced to provide an input referred circuit noise of 1.3 ${\mu}V_{rms}$ over 0.5 Hz ~ 200 Hz, CMRR of IA > 100 dB, sensor resolution of 7 bits, and dissipating only 36 ${\mu}W$. Together with 8 bits synchronous successive approximation register (SAR) ADC, the sensor IC chip is implemented in 0.18 ${\mu}m$ CMOS technology and integrated on a 5 cm $\times$ 8 cm PCB with two copper patterned electrodes. With the help of proposed touch sensor, ECG signal containing QRS complex and P, T waves are successfully extracted by simply touching the electrodes with two thumbs.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.2245-2253
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• 2018

With the increase of electrical consumption and the unbalance of power demand and supply, power reserve rate is getting smaller and also the reliability of the power supply is getting deteriorated. Under this circumstance, the electrical energy storage (EES) System is considered as one of essential countermeasure for demand side management. This paper proposes efficient evaluation algorithms of multiple functions for EES systems, especially the secondary battery energy storage systems, in the case where they are interconnected with the power distribution systems. It is important to perform the economic evaluation for the new energy storage systems in a quantitative manner, because they are very costly right now. In this paper, the multiple functions of EES systems such as load levelling, effective utilization of power distribution systems and uninterruptible power supply are classified, and then the quantitative evaluation methods for their functions are proposed. From the case studies, it is verified that EES systems installed at distribution systems in a dispersed manner have multiple functions involved with direct and indirect benefits and also they can be expected to introduce to distribution systems with respects to economical point of view.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.504-510
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• 2015

This paper presents a power and area efficient SAR ADC for multi-channel near threshold-voltage (NTV) applications such as neural recording systems. This work proposes a split dual-capacitive-array (S-DCA) structure with shifted input range for ultra low-switching energy and architecture of multi-channel single-ended SAR ADC which employs only one comparator. In addition, the proposed ADC has the same amount of equivalent capacitance at two comparator inputs, which minimizes the kickback noise. Compared with conventional SAR ADC, this work reduces the total capacitance and switching energy by 84.8% and 91.3%, respectively.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.29-38
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• 1982

유효강우량(有效降雨量), 섬체시간(暹滯時間) 및 유출(流出)의 비선형(非線型)을 포함하는 비선형(非線型) 수문학적(水文學的) 모형(模型)이 기술(記述)된다. 모형(模型)의 입력자료(入力資料)를 구성하는 유효강우량(有效降雨量)의 산정(算定)은 polynomial fitting 방법(方法)이 이용되었으며 섬체시간(暹滯時間)의 비선형성(非線型性)이 고려된 비선형섬체모형(非線型暹滯模型)을 남한강(南漢江) 상류(上流)에 위치한 섬강유역(蟾江流域)에 적용하여 상수(常數)값을 산정하고 종래의 방법인 fitting 방법(方法) 및 저류함수모형(貯溜凾數模型)에 변형(變型)을 가한 상관모형(相關模型)의 상수(常數)값들과 비교하였다. 각 모형(模型)에서 구한 상수(常數)값의 결과로부터 본연구(本硏究)의 수학적(數學的) 해법(解法)인 연속근사해법(連續近似解法)과 수치해법(數値解法)인 Newton-Rhapson 방법(方法)이 비선형(非線型) 유출과정해석(流出過程解析)에서 종전의 계산도해법(計算圖解法) 등에 비해 우수함이 밝혀졌다.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.149-153
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• 2002

지구자기장 이하의 저자기장 측정에 있어서 소형이고 소비전력이 작으면서 장기적 안정성이 요구되는 분야에 flux-gate 마그네토미터를 많이 사용하고 있다. 또한 많은 저자기장 측정분야가 지구자기장의 크기측정보다는 지자장의 변화를 측정하는 경우가 많기 때문에, 본 연구에서 측정범위가 $\pm$1,000 nT, 5pT/√Hz (at 1 Hz)인 flux-gate센서를 사용 $\pm$50000 nT인 지구자기장을 순차적 근사법으로 보상한 후 지구자기장의 변화를 고감도로 측정할 수 있는 3-축의 flux-gate 마그네토미터를 개발하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.4231-4245
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• 2020

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is widely studied in both academia and industry due to its high spectral efficiency over orthogonal multiple access (OMA). To effectively improve spectrum efficiency, an amplify-and-forward (AF) cooperative NOMA system is proposed as well as a novel detection scheme is proposed, in which we first perform successive interference cancellation (SIC) twice at U1 for the two signals received from two time slots to remove interference from symbol 2, then two new signals apply max ratio combining (MRC). In addition, a closed-form upper bound approximation for the ergodic capacity of our proposed system is derived. Monte-Carlo simulations and numerical analysis illustrate that our proposed system has better ergodic capacity performance than the conventional cooperative NOMA system with decode-forward (DF) relay, the conventional cooperative NOMA system with AF relay and the proposed AF cooperative NOMA system in [16]. In addition, we can see that ergodic capacity of all NOMA cooperative systems increase with the increase of transmit SNR. Finally, simulations display that power allocation coefficients have little effect on ergodic capacity of all NOMA cooperative systems. This is due to this fact that ergodic capacity of two symbols can be complementary with changing of power allocation coefficients.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.93-101
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• 1985

다양한 채널 길이와 임의의 인가전압하의 MOS 트랜지스터를 2차원적으로 시뮬레이션 하기 위한 프로그램(SOMOS)을 제작하였다. Poisson의 방정식에 대하여는 Newton방법을, 연속방정식에 대하여는 발산정리를 이용하여 기본 수식들에 대한 유한차등법(FDM)에 따른 수식을 전개하였으며, 선형화된 수식의 해는 SOR 방법과 Cummel의 알고리즘을 이용하여 구했다. 하난의 동작상태의 소자를 시뮬레이션 하기 위한 시간은 VAX 11/780 컴퓨터를 사용했을때 인가전압 상태에 따라 30초 내지 4분 정도가 소요되었다. 인가전압과 전위분포에 따라 자동적으로 생성되는 그리드는 비균일한 간격을 가지며 필요에 따라 자동적으로 개선된다.

• 인간행동과 음악연구
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.69-79
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• 2005

This study was purported to examine the definition of tone deafness, various factors for the cause based on literature review of research findings, and to examine therapeutic application of music for treatment of tone deafness. With research, it was found that there can be three different kinds of tone deafness; amusia, agnosia, and asonia. Literature review showed that tone deafness has been frequently dealt in many research in order to verify the causal factors, such as gender, age, and environments. With time, the research trend on tone deafness has shifted towards neurological approach closely examining brain activity, presenting the statement that the brain's capacity to perceive modest pitch changes may be congenitally impaired. Also physiological factors contribute to tone deafness called diplacusis, which is a phenomenon wherein a given tone is heard as different pitches by the two ears, resulting in conflicting bilateral perception of pitch. Music can be used for treatment of various factors causing tone deafness. The most efficient intervention was singing program. Pitch-matching training can be effective training using operant conditioning procedure. Successive approximation or reinforcement of correct response alone was more efficient procedure in helping uncertain singers to sing on pitch. Also progressive breathing exercises helped the training the pitch-matching where one had to coordinate hearing and voice.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.1176-1187
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• 2015

This work proposes a highly efficient sensorless motor driver chip for various permanent-magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) in a wide power range. The motor driver chip is composed of two important parts. The digital part is a sensorless controller consisting mainly of an angle estimation block and a speed control block. The analog part consists of a gate driver, which is able to sense the phase current of a motor. The sensorless algorithms adapted in this paper include a sliding mode observer (SMO) method that has high robust characteristics regarding parameter variations of PMSMs. Fabricated SMO chips detect back electromotive force signals. Furthermore, motor current-sensing blocks are included with a 10-bit successive approximation analog-to-digital converter and various gain current amplifiers for proper sensorless operations. Through a fabricated SMO chip, we were able to demonstrate rated powers of 32 W, 200 W, and 1,500 W.