• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.33-43
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• 2000

Up-conversion of rare-earth element added glass is promising area for short wavelength laser source by utilizing high power semiconductor infra-red laser if the efficiency can be increased by proper method. In this study, relatively low phonon energy fluoride glasses were prepared by co-doping rare-earth elements to realize the high efficiency up-convertor. The physical, chemical, andoptical properties of co-doped fluoride glasses were measured. 10 combinations of 5 different rare-earth fluoride elements doped samples were prepared and their transition temperatures, chemical durability, density, hardness, refractive index, absorption, fluorescence, and fluorescence lifetime were measured. 480nm wavelengths blue up-conversion was found in the Yb3+/Tm3+ co-doped glass sample with 800nm laser source and the optimum composition for the most efficient blue up-conversion was found from the glass sample with 0.3 mol% TmF3 and 1 mol% YbF3.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.569-578
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• 2005

The purpose of this paper is to describe the implementation of monolithically matching circuits, interface circuits, and RF core circuits to the same substrate. We designed and fabricated on-chip 1 to 6 GHz up-conversion and 1 to 8 GHz down-conversion mixers using a 0.8 mm SiGe hetero-junction bipolar transistor (HBT) process technology. To fabricate a SiGe HBT, we used a reduced pressure chemical vapor deposition (RPCVD) system to grow a base epitaxial layer, and we adopted local oxidation of silicon (LOCOS) isolation to separate the device terminals. An up-conversion mixer was implemented on-chip using an intermediate frequency (IF) matching circuit, local oscillator (LO)/radio frequency (RF) wideband matching circuits, LO/IF input balun circuits, and an RF output balun circuit. The measured results of the fabricated up-conversion mixer show a positive power conversion gain from 1 to 6 GHz and a bandwidth of about 4.5 GHz. Also, the down-conversion mixer was implemented on-chip using LO/RF wideband matching circuits, LO/RF input balun circuits, and an IF output balun circuit. The measured results of the fabricated down-conversion mixer show a positive power conversion gain from 1 to 8 GHz and a bandwidth of about 4.5 GHz.

• 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방송공학회 2005년도 학술대회
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• pp.173-176
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• 2005

본 논문에서 영역 분할을 기반으로 하는 새로운 scan rate of-conversion 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 공간적 보간 방법과 기존의 시간적 보간 방법을 이용하여 시공간 보간을 한다. 제안된 방법에서는 먼저 분수령 알고리즘을 이용한 영역 분할하고, 분할된 영역을 기반으로 하여 영역간의 에지 방향성을 결정한다. 기존 알고리즘과 같이 화소간 값 차이를 이용하여 에지의 방향을 구하지 않고 분할된 영역에서 영역구분에 따른 방향에 따라 보간을 함으로써 에지를 유지하면서 scan rate up-conversion을 할 수 있다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.797-805
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• 2014

In this paper we propose a new frame rate up conversion scheme which is used to overcome the motion blur problem of liquid crystal display caused by its slow response. The conventional bilateral motion estimation method which is mainly used in the frame rate up conversion scheme has a drawback that it cannot find true motion vector if there are blocks with simple texture in the search range. To solve this problem, a texture adaptive bilateral motion estimation method that increases cost value of block with simple texture is proposed. Also a motion estimation scheme that utilizes neighboring motion vector effectively is proposed to reduce computation time required to estimate motion. Since the proposed scheme does not apply all available motion vectors within the search range, the execution time of frame rate up conversion can be reduced dramatically. Experimental results show that the interpolated frame image quality of the proposed method is improved in subjective as well as objective view point compared with that of the conventional method.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.202-211
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• 2000

회로 시뮬레이터인 SPICE를 이용하여 1.9GHz 대역의 CMOS up-conversion 믹서를 설계하였고, 회로 설계를 위한 시뮬레이션 과정을 소자 모델링을 포함하여 상세히 설명하였다. $0.5{\mu}m$ 표준 CMOS 공정을 이용하여 칩을 제작한 결과, 제작된 칩의 특성과 초기 시뮬레이션에 의해 예상되는 특성 사이에 큰 차이점이 발견되어 이에 대한 원인 분석을 시도하였다. 발견된 문제점들을 고려한 경우의 시뮬레이션을 통해 시도한 시뮬레이션 방법의 타당성을 증명하였고, 이러한 문제점들을 보완할 경우 사용한 표준 CMOS 공정으로도 GaAs MESFET 공정을 사용한 유사 칩의 특성에 근접하는 칩 특성의 구현이 가능함을 보였다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.813-820
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• 2018

This paper proposes new frame rate up-conversion algorithms. Adaptive motion estimation based on block complexity information are used to obtain more accurate motion vectors. Because the information on block complexity is extracted from the motion estimation prediction size from the original frame, additional computational complexity is not imparted. In experimental results, the proposed algorithms provide robust frame interpolation performance for whole test sequences. Also, the computational complexity of the proposed algorithm is reduced to a benchmark algorithm.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2008년도 International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.1043-1046
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose a Motion Estimation (ME) using new blocks based on the Frame Difference (FD) between two adjacent frames for Frame Rate-up Conversion (FRC). The proposed algorithm decides the shape of blocks by the FD. The experimental results show that the proposed method has better performance than conventional methods.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.497-502
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• 2010

In this paper, the O-mode ultrashort-pulse reflectometry (USPR) millimeter-wave signals that propagate into the plasma and cover a frequency bandwidth of 33-158 GHz are examined numerically using MATLAB. Two important processes are involved in the computation: the propagation of the USPR impulse signal through a waveguide and the frequency up-conversion using millimeter-wave mixers. These mixers are limited to intermediate frequency signals that are less than 500 mV; thus, it is necessary to disperse the impulse signal into a chirped waveform using the waveguide. The stationary phase method is utilized to derive a closed-form formula for a chirped waveform under the assumption that the USPR impulse is Gaussian. In the process of frequency up-conversion, the chirped waveform is mixed with the mixer LO signal, and the lower frequency components of the RF signal are removed using high pass filters.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.561-562
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• 2010

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.131-139
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• 2000

A direct hydrogen liquefaction equipment has been developed and tested, which consists of a GM refrigerator, a liquefaction vessel, a radiation shield, a cryostat, and an ortho-para converter with catalyst. The effect of ortho-para hydrogen conversion on the performance of hydrogen liquefaction has been investigated. The time needed for the hydrogen liquefaction process with hydrogen pressure charge of 4 atm was delayed to around 75 minutes, and the liquefied mass flow rate of the hydrogen was about 0.0150∼ 0.0205 g/s when the hydrogen was liquefied with the direct hydrogen liquefaction system considering ortho-para conversion. With ortho-para conversion, the liquefied mass flow rate decreased up to 20%. Considering ortho-para conversion, there were up to 30% increase in the work input per unit liquefied mass flow rate. When the ortho-para conversion was considered, FOM decreased to be about 0.031∼0.045.