• ETRI Journal
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.850-862
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• 2019

This work investigated three-dimensional (3D) focused microwave thermotherapy (FMT) at 925 MHz for a human tissue mimicking phantom using the time reversal (TR) principle for musculoskeletal disorders. We verified the proposed TR algorithm by evaluating the possibility of 3D beam focusing through simulations and experiments. The simulation, along with the electromagnetic and thermal analyses of the human tissue mimicking phantom model, was conducted by employing the Sim4Life commercial tool. Experimental validation was conducted on the developed FMT system using a fabricated human tissue mimicking phantom. A truncated threshold method was proposed to reduce the unwanted hot spots in a normal tissue region, wherein a beam was appropriately focused on a target position. The validation results of the simulation and experiments obtained by utilizing the proposed TR algorithm were shown to be acceptable. Effective beam focusing at the desired position of the phantom could be achieved.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.912-916
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• 2001

Fluxmeter is a measuring instrument the magnetic flux intensity by means of an integration of the voltage induced to a search coil to unit time. It also is required to a precise integrator since the voltage induced to a search coil has a differential value of the flux ${\Phi}$ to unit time. In this study, a bias current which is a main problem of the integrator in a drift troublesome depending on the temperature of a FET is investigated. We have confirmed that the temperature dependence of both the bias current of a integrator using the FET and the reversal saturated current of the minor carrier in a P-N junction of a semiconductor were the same. The property of a commercial integrator goes rapidly down with increasing temperature. The bias current of a FET is increased twice as much with 10$^{\circ}C$ increment. As a result, the low drift integrator could be developed by setting the lower temperature up with a pottier device.

• E2M - 전기 전자와 첨단 소재
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.668-673
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• 1996

In this paper, (P $b_{1-x}$ L $a_{x}$)(Z $r_{0.52}$ $Ti_{0.48}$) $O_{3}$ (X=0-13[at%]) thin film were prepared by the Sol-Gel method, Multiple PLZT thin films were spin-coated on the Pt/Ti/ $SiO_{2}$Si substrate. The electrical properties of the films were investigated for varying the annealing temperature. In the PLZT(11/52/48) specimens, the dielectric ocnstant of 1236 and the polarization reversal time of 460[nm] were obtained and the breakdown of the film did not occur up to 1*10$^{10}$ cycles at the voltage of 7[V] by the bipolar acceleration. The remanent polarization and coercive field decreased with increasing the content of La in the range of 0-13[at%] and thin film of the PLZT(11/52/48) showed the value of 2.56[.mu.C/c $m^{2}$] and 21.1[kV/cm], respectively.ly.y.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제30권12C호
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• pp.1133-1143
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 다중경로 채널 환경의 초광대역 (Ultra Wide Band; UWB) 시스템에서 고속 고신뢰의 동기획득을 위한 향상된 두 단계 신호 탐색 기법인 TSS-LS(Two-Step Search scheme with the Linear search based Second step) 를 제안한다. 제안된 TSS-LS는 기존에 본 저자들이 제안하였던 TSS-BS (Two-Step Search scheme with the Bit reversal search based Second step)와 견줄만한 매우 빠른 동기획득 성능을 달성할 수 있도록 Single-Dwell 연속 동기탐색 기법에 기초하고 있으며 두 개의 다른 임계값과 탐색창을 적용한다. 반면, 제안된 TSS-LS는 UWB 시스템에서 통기획득의 고신뢰성을 보장하기 위해 두번째 단계에서 Bit Reversal 탐색 알고리즘을 사용하는 TSS-BS와는 달리 Linear 탐색 알고리즘을 적용하게 된다. IEEE 802.15.3a의 UWB 다중경로 채별 환경에서의 모의실험 결과, 일반적인 탐색 기법보다 본 논문에서 제안된 두 단계 탐색 기법의 정규화된 평균 동기획득 소요 시간이 큰 폭으로 향상됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 특히, 신호 동기획득 과정과 연동된 비트오율 성능 평가에서 제안된 TSS-LS 기법의 경우 높은 신호대 잡음비에 대해 이상적인 성능에 필적하는 매우 우수한 성능을 보임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.281-294
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• 2015

Bolted joint connection is the most commonly used connection element in structures and devices. The loosening due to external dynamic loads cannot be observed and measured easily and may cause catastrophic loss especially in an extreme requirement and/or environment. In this paper, an innovative Real-time Cross-Correlation Method (RCCM) for monitoring of the bolted joint loosening was proposed. We apply time reversal process on stress wave propagation to obtain correlation signal. The correlation signal's peak amplitude represents the cross-correlation between the loosening state and the baseline working state; therefore, it can detect the state of loosening. Since the bolt states are uncorrelated with noise, the peak amplitude will not be affected by noise and disturbance while it increases SNR level and increases the measured signals' reliability. The correlation process is carried out online through physical wave propagation without any other post offline complicated analyses and calculations. We implemented the proposed RCCM on a single bolt/nut joint experimental device to quantitatively detect the loosening states successfully. After that we implemented the proposed method on a real large structure (reaction wall) with multiple bolted joint connections. Loosening indexes were built for both experiments to indicate the loosening states. Finally, we demonstrated the proposed method's great anti-noise and/or disturbance ability. In the instrumentation, we simply mounted Lead Zirconium Titanate (PZT) patches on the device/structure surface without any modifications of the bolted connection. The low-cost PZTs used as actuators and sensors for active sensing are easily extended to a sensing network for large scale bolted joint network monitoring.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2017

가상 음원 배열 개념은 시역전 처리에 시지연 빔조향 기법을 적용함으로써 가상 음원 배열로부터 나아가는 방향에 해당하는 선택된 위치에 음원 없이도 음파의 시 공간적 집속을 수행하는 방법이다. 하지만 가상 음원 배열 개념을 이용한 시역전 처리 방법은 가상 음원 배열에 해당하는 임계각 및 근거리를 벗어나는 범위로의 음파 집속이 불가능하다는 제약 조건이 따른다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 제약 조건을 해결하기 위해, 도파관 불변성 이론을 가상 음원 배열 개념에 적용하여 집속 음장의 수평 방향으로의 이동을 통해 임계각 및 근거리를 벗어나는 구간으로의 음파 집속 방법에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 수치 실험의 결과를 통해 본 연구의 타당성을 검증하였으며, 기존의 가상 음원 배열 개념의 제약 조건에 관계없이 선택된 위치에서의 강인한 음파 집속 성능의 결과를 보였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.135-150
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• 2015

Large concrete structures are prone to cracks and damages over time from human usage, weathers, and other environmental attacks such as flood, earthquakes, and hurricanes. The health of the concrete structures should be monitored regularly to ensure safety. A reliable method of real time communications can facilitate more frequent structural health monitoring (SHM) updates from hard to reach positions, enabling crack detections of embedded concrete structures as they occur to avoid catastrophic failures. By implementing an unconventional mode of communication that utilizes guided stress waves traveling along the concrete structure itself, we may be able to free structural health monitoring from costly (re-)installation of communication wires. In stress-wave communications, piezoelectric transducers can act as actuators and sensors to send and receive modulated signals carrying concrete status information. The new generation of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) based smart aggregates cause multipath propagation in the homogeneous concrete channel, which presents both an opportunity and a challenge for multiple sensors communication. We propose a time reversal based pulse position modulation (TR-PPM) communication for stress wave communication within the concrete structure to combat multipath channel dispersion. Experimental results demonstrate successful transmission and recovery of TR-PPM using stress waves. Compared with PPM, we can achieve higher data rate and longer link distance via TR-PPM. Furthermore, TR-PPM remains effective under low signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio. This work also lays the foundation for implementing multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) stress wave communication networks in concrete channels.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.53-66
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• 1988

틸라피아는 암수간에 성장차가 커 수컷 종묘만을 생산하여 양식함은 산업적으로 매우 중요시된다. 본 연구는 나일틸라피아의 암컷을 수컷으로 성전환시키기 위한 연구로써 본 종의 초기생식소 분화 및 여러 농도의 호르몬 처리에 의한 성전환율을 구한 후 호르몬이 성장에 미치는 효과를 조사하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 나일틸라피아의 초기 생식소는 원생식세포의 점진적인 분열에 의해 부화후 9일째 형성되었으며, 난소와 정소로의 성 분화는 부화후 약 20일부터 조직학적으로 식별되었다. 17$\alpha$-mrthyltestosterone (MT)을 15, 30 및 60ppm의 농도로 10$\~$40일 동안 처리한 후 성전환율을 조사한 결과 모든 실험군에서 $95\%$ 이상의 수컷이 생산되었다. 특히 15ppm-40일, 30ppm-30일과 30ppm-40일 처리군에서는 $100\%$ 수컷이 유도되었다. 호르몬 처리에 의한 성장의 증가는 대조군에 비해 비교적 뚜렷하게 나타났으며, condition factor 역시 크게 나타나 MT는 틸라피아의 성장을 증가시킴은 물론 비만하게 함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.279-285
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• 1996

넙치의 전 암컷 집단의 생산을 위한 연구의 일환으로 실제 양식 어민이 손쉽게 이용할 수 있는 성전환 처리방법을 개발하고자, 부화 후 30일째부터 90일까지 60일간 $17{\beta}-methyltestoste-rone$ (MT)과 $estradiol-17{\beta}\;(E_2)$을 $1\~100$ ppb로 매일 2시간 동안 침지하여 성전환을 유도하였다. 부화 후 200일째의 실험군의 성비는 대조군에서 수컷이 $46.7\%$로 나타나 암수비가 거의 1 : 1이었으나, MT에 의한 수컷 유도율은 1 ppb 처리군이 $72.5\%$, 그리고 10 ppb 처리군이 $87.2\%$로 나타났고, 특히 100 ppb 처리군의 경우 $100\%$로 나타났다. $E_2$에 의한 암컷 유도율은 1 ppb 처리군에서 $75.5\%$ ,10 ppb 처리군에서 $91.9\%$였고, 가장 높은 농도인 100 ppb에서는 $97.2\%$로 나타났다. 호르몬 농도에 따른 각 처리군별 생존율 및 성장은 유의한 차이가 없었다(P>0.05).

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.346-355
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• 1980

It has been proposed that wide individual variation in response to heparin be not considered in the conventional set protocol for the control of heparin and protamine during extracorporeal circulation. In this paper, two protocol of heparin and protamine therapy were compared to assess the role of the Activated Clotting Time [ACT] in relation to heparin, protamine, and postoperative blood loss and transfusion. The study groups consisted of the 31 patients [adults 15 and children 16] anticoagulated with the conventional heparin protocol and the 31 patients [adults 15 and children 16] anticoagulated with ACT protocol during extracorporeal circulation. In the conventional heparin protocol, two mg of heparin per kg was administered initially with an additional 0.75 mg of heparin per kg every 30 minutes of extracorporeal circulation, and reversal was accomplished with protamine in a dose of 1.5 times the total milligram of heparin. In the ACT protocol, two mg of heparin per kg was administered initially with an additional dose of heparin enough to reach an ACT of 480 seconds [within safe zone 300 to 600 seconds] from the patient`s dose response curve every 1 hour of extracorporeal circulation, and reversal was done with protamine in a dose of 1.3 times the milligram of the residual heparin. The results were summarized as follows. After a dose of 2 mg per kg of heparin, the patient`s ACT varied from 240 to 600 seconds in adults and from 240 t~ 660 seconds in children. In the ACT group the total amount of heparin administered was markedly reduced when compared to the conventional group, and less protamine was required to neutralize heparin. The dose of heparin administered decreased from 7.07 [SE 0.42] mg/kg of the conventional group to 4.92 [SE 0.32] mg/k8 of the ACT group in adults and from 10.17 [SE 1.15] mg/kg to 5.23 [SE 0.24] mg/kg in children, which represent 30.4% and 48.6% decrease respectively. The dose of protamine administered for reversal decreased from 10.6 [SE 0.63] mg/kg of the conventional group to 3.35 [SE 0.35] mg/kg of the ACT group in adults and from 15.7 [SE 1.70] mg/kg to 3.26 [SE 0.27] mg/kg in children, which represent 68.4% and 79.2% respectively. The ratio of protamine to heparin administered in the conventional group was 1.50:1 in adults and 1.54:1 in children, but in the ACT group 0.68:1 in adults and 0.62:1 in children. Postoperative blood loss and transfusion revealed no statistically significant difference between the two groups. Although six patients in the conventional group and one in the ACT group needed re-exploration for continuous hemorrhage, no case of generalized oozing was encountered, and in each case a definite bleeding site was identified. Author would like emphasizing the value of the ACT protocol in controlling heparin and protamine administration during extracorporeal circulation.