• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.198-205
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• 2005

In this paper, we proposed a new algorithm for the separation of fetal ECG from single channel abdominal ECG. The algorithm consists of a stage of demixing vector calculation for initial signal and a stage of fetal beat detection for the rest of signal. The demixing vector was obtained by applying independent component analysis technique to projected signals into time-frequency domain. For the test of this algorithm, simulation signals, De Lathauwer's data and some measured data, which was acquired from 8 healthy volunteers whose pregnant periods ranged from 22 weeks to 35 weeks and whose ages from 27 to 37, were used. For each data, the accuracy of fetal beat detection was $100\%$ and with the location of fetal beats, fetal heart rate variability and morphology could be offered. In conclusion, this proposed algorithm showed the possibility of fetal beat separation with a single channel abdominal ECG and it might be adopted to a fetal health monitoring system, by which a single channel abdominal ECG is acquired.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.665-674
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• 2016

We designed and fabricated a semiconductor optical amplifier-integrated dual-mode laser (SOA-DML) as a compact and widely tunable continuous-wave terahertz (CW THz) beat source, and a pin-photodiode (pin-PD) integrated with a log-periodic planar antenna as a CW THz emitter. The SOA-DML chip consists of two distributed feedback lasers, a phase section for a tunable beat source, an amplifier, and a tapered spot-size converter for high output power and fiber-coupling efficiency. The SOA-DML module exhibits an output power of more than 15 dBm and clear four-wave mixing throughout the entire tuning range. Using integrated micro-heaters, we were able to tune the optical beat frequency from 380 GHz to 1,120 GHz. In addition, the effect of benzocyclobutene polymer in the antenna design of a pin-PD was considered. Furthermore, a dual active photodiode (PD) for high output power was designed, resulting in a 1.7-fold increase in efficiency compared with a single active PD at 220 GHz. Finally, herein we successfully show the feasibility of the CW THz system by demonstrating THz frequency-domain spectroscopy of an ${\alpha}$-lactose pellet using the modularized SOA-DML and a PD emitter.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.07a
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• pp.437-438
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2001.06d
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• pp.163-166
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 ITS(Intelligent Transportation System) 기술중의 하나인 차량 충돌 방지 시스템의 신호처리부를 설계 구현하였다. 제안된 시스템은 FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave)방식의 770Hz 밀리미터파 레이더를 기준으로 파라미터 값을 설계하여 거리와 속도를 실시간 검출하도록 구현되었다. 제안된 시스템은 TI사의 TMS320C31-40 DSP 와 AT89C52 Bbit 마이크로프로세서로 구현되어 10Hz 이상의 갱신율, 0.2m의 거리 분해능 및 2knvh의 속도 분해능을 제공하고 있다. 실험 환경으로 주파수 발생기(Function Generator)에서 비트주파수(Beat Frequency)를 생성하여 동작을 확인하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.258-261
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• 2012

Helicopter-borne FMCW radar altimeter obtains the altitude information using the beat frequency between the transmitted and reflected signal from the nadir direction. However, the altitude error may exist when the strong echoes are received from the large RCS at the off-nadir direction because of the wide beamwidth of the altimeter antenna. In this paper, in order to investigate the effect of the altitude error due to the large RCS around the off-nadir direction, the reflected signals were measured by using the corner reflectors displaced on the several reference ground positions, and the acquired signals were analyzed and compared in the spectral domain. The analysis results can be used for the improvement of the altitude accuracy in the radar altimeter.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.649-652
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• 2006

폐나, 기관지 등의 호흡기, 기타 장기에는 매우 미세한 크기의 털 형태의 섬모라고 하는 부속기관을 가지고 있다. 점액을 이동시키고 기타 물질들을 배출할 때 유용한 역할을 하는 이 섬모들은 동기화된 패턴으로 진동을 한다. 이러한 움직임은 각각의 종이 가진 특성뿐만 아니라, 같은 종의 현재의 상태에 따라 다양한 특징들을 보여준다. 시약 투여 시 혹은 환경 변화에 따른 생체 반응 등과 같이 다양한 특성 및 반응 연구에 이러한 섬모의 진동 주파수 (Ciliary Beat Frequency, CBF)를 이용하고 있다. 섬모의 진동 주파수 측정에 대해 몇몇 연구가 있어왔으나, 규격화되거나 대표적인 방법은 아직까지 없으며, 각각의 방법마다 잡음에 약하든지, 빠르게 움직이는 섬모의 주파수 측정에 어려움이 있거나, 고비용 시스템 필요 등의 단점들이 있다. 최근 들어 영상 기술의 발달로 영상을 이용한 CBF 측정 방법들이 제안되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 CCD 카메라로 촬영한 영상을 이용해서 섬모의 영상에서 가중 평균을 응용한 위치 값으로 섬모의 움직임을 추출, FFT를 통해 보다 정확하고 간편하며 좀 더 다양한 영상에 적용시킬 수 있는 CBF 측정 방법을 제시한다.

• Wind and Structures
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.403-418
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• 2020

To investigate the effects of central buckles on the dynamic behavior and flutter stability of long-span suspension bridges, four different connection options between the main cable and the girder near the mid-span position of the Aizhai Bridge were studied. Based on the flutter derivatives obtained from wind tunnel tests, formulations of self-excited forces in the time domain were obtained using a nonlinear least square fitting method and a time-domain flutter analysis was realized. Subsequently, the influences of the central buckles on the critical flutter velocity, flutter frequency, and three-dimensional flutter states of the bridge were investigated. The results show that the central buckles can significantly increase the frequency of the longitudinal floating mode of the bridge and have greater influence on the frequencies of the asymmetric lateral bending mode and asymmetric torsion mode than on that of the symmetric ones. As such, the central buckles have small impact on the critical flutter velocity due to that the flutter mode of the Aizhai Bridge was essentially the symmetric torsion mode coupled with the symmetric vertical mode. However, the central buckles have certain impact on the flutter mode and the three-dimensional flutter states of the bridge. In addition, it is found that the phenomenon of complex beat vibrations (called intermittent flutter phenomenon) appeared in the flutter state of the bridge when the structural damping is 0 or very low.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1998 no.11
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• pp.199-200
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• 1998

The mucociliary system is one of the most important airway defense mechanisms, and knowledge of the ciliary beat frequency(CBF) is important in the understanding of this system. Using a laser light scattering method and fiber optic probe, we developed a simple and practical instrument for real-time in vivo measurements of CBF of cells in human nasal cavity. From the ciliated epithelium cells in an anterior end of middle terminator in nasal cavity, the signals of ciliary movement are transferred into a PC and analyzed by a autoregressive(AR) power spectrum. The mean CBF of 8 normal subjects was $7.1{\pm}1.1$(Hz). This instrument provided a convenient and reliable method of studying the mucociliary activity in the respiratory tract.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.44-49
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• 2001

In this paper, we propose a new technique to compensate for the VCO nonlinearity using only the returned beat signal whose spectrum contains the internal reflections and the targets simultaneously. In the case of a distance measurement system using single antenna, the reflections from the circulator and the antenna are much larger than the return signal from target. The beat signal by these reflections is at much lower frequency than that of the target, and the VCO nonlinearity can be compensated for using these signals. Indoor experiments were carried out and the results show marked improvement in the shape of range profile and the range resolution.

• Proceedings of the Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.158-161
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• 2000

In this paper, we propose a new technique to compensate for the VCO nonlinearity using only the returned beat signal whose spectrum contains the internal reflections and the targets simultaneously. In the case of a distance measurement system using single antenna, the reflections from the circulator and the antenna are much larger than the return signal from target. The beat signal by these reflections is at much lower frequency than that of the target, and the VCO nonlinearity can be compensated leer using these signals. Indoor experiments were carried out and the results show marked improvement in the shape of range profile arid the range resolution.