• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.396-399
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• 2002

Intense quasi-monochromatic x-ray irradiation from the linear plasma target is described. The plasma x-ray generator employs a high-voltage power supply, a low-impedance coaxial transmission line, a high-voltage condenser with a capacity of about 200 nF, a turbo-molecular pump, a thyristor pulse generator as a trigger device, and a flash x-ray tube. The high-voltage main condenser is charged up to 55 kV by the power supply, and the electric charges in the condenser are discharged to the tube after triggering the cathode electrode. The x-ray tube is of a demountable triode that is connected to the turbo molecular pump with a pressure of approximately 1 mPa. As electron flows from the cathode electrode are roughly converged to the molybdenum target by the electric field in the tube, the weakly ionized plasma, which consists of metal ions and electrons, forms by the target evaporating. In the present work, the peak tube voltage was almost equal to the initial charging voltage of the main condenser, and the peak current was about 20 kA with a charging voltage of 55 kV. When the charging voltage was increased, the linear plasma x-ray source grew, and the characteristic x-ray intensities of K-series lines increased. The quite sharp lines such as hard x-ray lasers were clearly observed. The quasi-monochromatic radiography was performed by a new film-less computed radiography system.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 의료용 X선 발생기의 고전압 발생장치를 설계하는 방법을 제시한다. 고전압의 발생을 위해 인버터를 사용하였다. 또한 라인필터회로, 정류회로, 펄스 복 변조 제어회로, 전 브리지 구동회로, 고전압 트랜스, 고전압 정류회로를 설계 제작하였다. 본 논문에서 제시된 설계 방법에 의해 스위칭 주파수 40 KHz인 고전압 발생장치를 제작·실험하여 가변전압 0∼620 V. 가변전류 50 ∼500 mA를 얻었다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2001년도 Proceedings ICPE 01 2001 International Conference on Power Electronics
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• pp.295-300
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• 2001

A variety of high voltage DC power supplies employing the high frequency inverter are difficult to achieve soft switching considering a quick response and no overshoot response under the wide load variation ranges which are used in medical-use x-ray high voltage generator from 20kV to 150kV in the output voltage and from 0.5mA to 1250mA, respectively. The authors develops soft switching high voltage DC power supply designed for x-ray power generator applications, which uses series resonant inverter circuit topology with a multistage voltage multiplier instead of a conventional high voltage diode rectifier connected to the second-side of a high-voltage transformer with a large turn ratio. A constant on-time dual mode frequency control scheme operating under a principle of zero-current soft switching commutation is described. Introducing the multistage voltage multiplier, the secondary transformer turn-numbers and stray capacitance of high-voltage transformer is effective to be greatly reduced. It is proved that the proposed high-voltage converter topology with dual mode frequency modulation mode control scheme is able to be the transient response and steady-state performance in high-voltage x-ray tube load. The effectiveness of this high voltage converter is evaluated and discussed on the basis of simulation analysis and observed data in experiment.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.97-109
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• 1994

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.400-403
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• 2002

The fundamental experiments for measuring soft x-ray characteristics from the vacuum capillary are described. These experiments were primarily performed in order to generate line spectra such as x-ray lasers. The generator consists of a high-voltage power supply, a polarity-inversion ignitron pulse generator, a turbo-molecular pump, and a radiation tube with a capillary. A high-voltage condenser of 200 nF in the pulse generator is charged up to 20 kV by the power supply, and the electric charges in the condenser are discharged to the capillary in the tube after closing the ignitron. During the discharge, weakly ionized plasma forms on the inner and outer sides of a capillary. In the present work, the pump evacuates air from the tube with a pressure of about 1 mPa, and a demountable capillary was developed in order to measure x-ray spectra according to changes in the capillary length. In this capillary, the anode (target) and cathode elements can be changed corresponding to the objectives. The capillary diameter is 2.0 mm, and the length is adjusted from 1 to 50 mm. When a capillary with aluminum anode and cathode electrodes was employed, both the cathode voltage and the discharge current almost displayed damped oscillations. The peak values of the voltage and current increased when the charging voltage was increased, and their maximum values were -10.8 kV and 4.7 kA, respectively. The x-ray durations observed by a 1.6 ${\mu}$m aluminum filter were less than 30 ${\mu}$s, and we detected the aluminum characteristic x-ray intensity using a 6.8 ${\mu}$m aluminum filter. In the spectrum measurement, two sets of aluminum and titanium electrodes were employed, and we observed multi-line spectra. The line photon energies seldom varied according to changes in the condenser charging voltage and to changes in the electrode element. In the case where the titanium electrode was employed, the line number decreased with corresponding decreases in the capillary length. Compared with incoherent visible light, these rays from the capillary were diffracted and diffused greatly after passing through two slits.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.495-498
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 의료 및 산업용 X-선 발생장치의 선량평가를 위한 면적선량계(DAP)의 시스템을 제안한다. 제안하는 시스템은 Ion-Chamber를 이용한 면적선량 측정기술을 기반으로 진단용 X-선 장치에 의해 발생된 피폭선량을 명확히 측정할 수 있다. 면적선량계의 하드웨어부는 공기 중에서 X-선에 의해 전리되는 전하의 양을 측정한다. 미소 전류를 통한 누적선량 측정을 위한 고속 처리 알고리즘부는 입력 손실 없이 낮은 구현비용(전력)으로 X-선에 의해 전리되는 전하의 양을 측정한다. X-선 발생장치의 동작에 동기화된 유무선 송수신 프로토콜부는 통신 속도를 향상시킨다. 연동 및 에이징을 위한 PC 기반 제어 프로그램부는 실시간으로 발생된 X-선량을 측정하여 PC용 GUI를 통해 측정 그래프 및 수치 모니터링이 가능하도록 한다. 제안된 시스템의 성능을 공인시험기관에서 평가한 결과, 각각의 에너지 대역(30, 60, 100, 150kV)에서 면적선량계에 측정되는 값이 선형적으로 증가됨을 확인할 수가 있었다. 또한 4등분한 지점에서 측정기의 지시치에 대한 표준편차가 ${\pm}1.25%$를 나타내어서 면적선량계가 위치에 관계없이 균일한 측정값을 나타냄을 확인하였다. 한편, ${\pm}4.2%$의 불확도가 측정되어서 국제 표준인 ${\pm}15%$ 이하에서 정상동작 됨이 확인되었다.

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2019

In modern times, X-ray imaging has become a necessary tool for early diagnosis, quality control, nondestructive testing, and security screening. X-ray imaging equipment generally comprises an X-ray generator and an image sensor. Most commercially available X-ray generators employ filament-thermionic electron-based X-ray tubes, thus demonstrating typical analog behavior, such as slow response and large stray X-rays. Furthermore, digital X-ray sources, which have been studied extensively using field electron emitters manufactured from nanometer-scale materials, provide fast and accurately controlled ultra-shot X-rays. This could usher in a new era of X-ray imaging in medical diagnosis and nondestructive inspections. Specifically, digital X-ray sources, with reduced X-ray dose, can significantly improve the temporal and spatial resolution of fluoroscopy and computed tomography. Recently, digital X-ray tube technologies based on carbon nanotubes, developed by Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, have been transferred to several companies and commercialized for dental imaging for the first time.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.107-113
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• 1992

Inverter type X-ray apparatus has been introduced and used several hospitals. Principle of inverter type X-ray generators are such as to convert the frequency of commercial power supply to high frequency and to control the high voltages for X-ray tube. Inverter generators are now on the way for futher development to elliminate single phase generators and three phase generators. We compared inverter type X-ray apparatus with conventional single phase 2 peak and three phase 12 peak, apparatus in the following aspects X-ray out put to tube voltage, linearity of X-ray out put to mA, HVL according to mA contrast to kV.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.403-408
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• 2011

MFX tube를 개발하기 위하여, MFX tube 내에서 전계방출음극으로부터 방출된 전자의 궤적을 SIMION 프로그램을 이용하여 전산모사하였다. 전자의 출발위치와 상관없이 emitter에서 방출된 전자빔을 한곳에 집중시킬 수 있는 optimum extractor voltage Ve가 존재한다는 것을 알아내었다. Extractor voltage Ve는 source voltage Vs에 따라 변하지만, 두 전압의 비율(Ve/Vs)는 항상 일정하고, 그 값은 99.4%였다. Source와 extractor에 인가된 전압의 비율(Ve/Vs)이 99.4%일 때, 교차점에서의 빔 직경은 $1.2{\mu}m$였다. MFXG의 초점 크기는 교차점에서의 beam diameter보다 작을 수 없기 때문에, 교차점에서의 beam diameter을 작게 할 수 있는 조건을 찾는 것은 중요하다. 따라서 위의 두 결과는 MFX tube의 개발에 있어서 매우 중요한 결과로 판단된다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.322-329
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 디지털 의료 영상 및 진단 분야 그리고 산업용으로도 활용 가능한 싱글 포톤 계수형 영상센서를 $0.18{\mu}m$ triple-well CMOS(Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) 공정을 사용하여 설계하였다. 설계된 Readout 칩용 싱글 픽셀은 디지털 X-ray 이미지 센서모듈을 간단화 하기 위해 단일 전원전압을 사용하였으며, Preamplifier의 출력 전압인 signal voltage(${\Delta}Vs$)를 크게 하기 위해 Folded Cascode CMOS OP amp를 이용한 Preamplifier를 설계하였으며, 기존의 Readout 칩 외부에서 인가하던 threshold voltage를 Readout 칩 내부에서 생성해 줄 수 있도록 Externally Tunable Threshold Voltage Generator 회로를 새롭게 제안하였다. 그리고, Photo Diode에서 발생하는 Dark Current Noise를 제거하기 위한 Dark Current Compensation 회로를 제안하였으며, 고속 counting이 가능하고, layout 면적이 작은 15bit LFSR(Linear Feedback Shift Resister) Counter를 설계하였다.