• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.339-346
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the image quality, diagnostic efficacy, and radiation dose associated with the use of a cadmium telluride (CdTe) detector, compared to charge-coupled device (CCD) and complementary metal oxide semiconductor(CMOS) detectors. Materials and Methods: Lateral cephalographs of a phantom (type 1) composed of synthetic polymer filled with water and another phantom (type 2) composed of human skull macerated with polymer coating were obtained with CdTe, CCD, and CMOS detectors. Dosimeters placed on the type 2 phantom were used to measure radiation. Noise levels from each image were also measured. McNamara cephalometric analysis was conducted, the dentoskeletal configurations were assessed, and a subjective evaluation of image quality was conducted. Parametric data were compared via 1-way analysis of variance with the Tukey post-hoc test, with a significance level of 5%. Subjective image quality and dentoskeletal configuration were described qualitatively. Results: A statistically significant difference was found among the images obtained with the 3 detectors(P<0.05), with the lowest noise level observed among the images obtained with the CdTe detector and a higher subjective preference demonstrated for those images. For the cephalometric analyses, no significant difference (P>0.05) was observed, and perfect agreement was seen with regard to the classifications obtained from the images acquired using the 3 detectors. The radiation dose associated with the CMOS detector was higher than the doses associated with the CCD (P<0.05) and CdTe detectors(P<0.05). Conclusion: Considering the evaluated parameters, the CdTe detector is recommended for use in clinical practice.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.359-369
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 CMOS X-Ray 검출기의 메인 클럭을 발생시키는 위상 고정 루프(phase locked loop, PLL)을 위한 전류 불일치를 줄이면서도 넓은 동작 범위를 가지는 전하 펌프(charge pump, CP) 회로를 제안하였다. CP 회로의 동작 범위와 전류 불일치는 CP 회로를 구성하는 전류원 회로의 동작 범위와 출력 저항에 의해서 결정된다. 제안된 CP 회로는 넓은 동작 범위를 확보하기 위한 wide operating 전류 복사 바이어스 회로와 전류 불일치를 줄이기 위한 출력 저항이 큰 캐스코드 구조의 전류원으로 구현하였다. 제안된 wide operating range 캐스코드 CP 회로는 350nm CMOS 공정을 이용하여 칩으로 제작되었으며 소스 측정 장치(source measurement unit)을 활용하여 전류 일치 특성을 측정하였다. 이때 전원 전압은 3.3V이고 CP 회로의 전류 ICP=100㎂이었다. 제안된 CP 회로의 동작 범위 △VO_Swing=2.7V이고 이때 최대 전류 불일치는 5.15%이고 최대 전류 편차는 2.64%로 측정되었다. 제안된 CP 회로는 낮은 전류 불일치 특성을 가지면서 광대역 주파수 범위에 대응할 수 있으므로 다양한 클럭 속도가 필요한 시스템에 적용할 수 있다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제46권7호
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• pp.61-67
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 0.25-$\mu$m 디지털 CMOS공정으로 제작된 UHF대역 RFID를 위한 무선통신용 쿼드러처(Quadrature) 출력이 가능한 Integer-N방식의 PLL 주파수 합성기를 설계 및 제작하여 측정하였다. Integer-N 방식의 주파수 합성기의 주요 블록인 쿼드러처 전압제어 발진기(Voltage Controeld Oscillator, VCO)와 위상 주파수 검출기(Phase Frequency Detector, PFD), 차지 펌프(Charge Pump, CP)를 설계하고 제작하였다. 전압제어발진기는 우수한 위상노이즈 특성과 저전력 특성을 얻기 위해 LC 공진기를 사용하였으며 전압제어 가변 캐패시터는 P-channel MOSFET의 소스와 드레인 다이오드를 이용하여 설계되었으며 쿼드러처 출력을 위해 두 개의 전압제어발진기를 서로 90도 위상차를 가지도록 설계하였다. 주파수 분주기는 프리스케일러(Pre-scaler)와 아날로그 디바이스사의 칩 ADF4111을 사용하였으며 루프 필터는 3차 RC필터로 설계하여 측정하였다. 측정결과 주파수 합성기의 RF 출력 전력은 50옴 부하에서 -13dBm이고, 위상 잡음은 100KHz offset 주파수에서 -91.33dBc/Hz 이었으며, 동작 주파수영역은 최소 930MHz에서 최대 970MHz이고 고착시간은 약 600$\mu$s이다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.15
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• pp.399-402
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• 2002

This paper is researched that electric characteristic of Digital x-ray radiography technique with changing composition ratio of Iodine. Dopant material, Iodine is evaporated with amorphous selenium. Thorugh the old papers say, doponted Iodine will be down the created trap level because of Arsenic dopant material in amorphous selenium. Arsenic material of Composition ratio in amorphous selenium is fixed with 0.3% and test sample is deposited composition of 30, 100, 300, 500, 700ppm with thermal evaporate system. Experimental measurement is performed by dark current and x-ray sensitivity in amorphous selenium based radition detector sensor. Fabricated test sample thickness is $30{\mu}m$ and injected voltage is $3{\mu}m$，$6{\mu}m$，$9{\mu}m$ to both electrode. Experimental results showed that the net charge of composition rate of 30ppm is 398.88 pc/mR/$cm^2$ very high. And increase of the Iodine composition ratio is tendency to the decrease of net charge. Doping changing composition of Iodine in amorphous selenium detector offered to basical information of amorphous selenium material.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.247-252
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• 2009

본 논문은 전하펌프와 클록트리거 회로를 사용하는 프리스케일러가 포함된 UHF RFID 응용을 위한 900MHz Integer-N 방식의 주파수 합성기를 소개한다. 쿼드러처 출력이 가능한 전압제어발진기와 프리스케일러, 위상주파수검출기와 전하펌프 및 아날로그 고정 검출기는 0.35-${\mu}m$ CMOS 공정으로 설계되었다. 주파수 분주기는 verilog-HDL 모듈을 통해 설계되었으며 mixed-mode 시뮬레이션을 통해 디자인을 검증하였다. 전압제어발진기의 동작 주파수영역은 828MHz에서 960MHz이고 위상이 90도 차이나는 쿼드러처 신호를 출력한다. 시뮬레이션 결과로 위상잡음은 100KHz offset 주파수에서 -102dBc/Hz 이었으며, 고착시간은 896MHz에서 928MHz까지 32MHz step을 천이할 때 4us이다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.206.1-206.1
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• 2012

The NASA Antarctica balloon experiment CREAM has successfully collected the data of energetic cosmic rays during six flights in past years. It recently observed the unexpected discrete hardening in energy spectra of comic rays. However high-statistics data of energetic cosmic rays are required for the further investigation of the unexpected hardening in comic-ray energy spectra. The International Space Station (ISS) is an ideal platform for the CREAM experiment to investigate the unexpected hardening and explore the fundamental issues like the acceleration mechanism and the origin of energetic cosmic rays because of the high duty cycle of the experiment in the ISS platform. We will present the design of the ISS-CREAM experiment, and the development and fabrication status of the detector components including the 4-layer silicon charge detector which will measure the charge constitution of cosmic rays with unprecedented accuracy.

• 센서학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.264-270
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• 2016

Self-powered neutron detector (SPND) is a sensor to monitor a neutron flux proportional to a reactor power of the nuclear power plants. Since an SPND is usually installed in the reactor core and does not require additional outside power, it generates electrons itself from interaction between neutrons and a neutron-sensitive material called an emitter, such as rhodium and vanadium. This paper presents the simulations of the depletion sensitivity evaluations based on MCNP models of rhodium and vanadium SPNDs and light water reactor fuel assembly. The evaluations include the detail geometries of the detectors and fuel assembly, and the modeling of rhodium and vanadium emitter depletion using MCNP and ORIGEN-S codes, and the realistic energy spectrum of beta rays using BETA-S code. The results of the simulations show that the lifetime of an SPND can be prolonged by using vanadium SPND than rhodium SPND. Also, the methods presented here can be used to analyze a life-time of those SPNDs using various emitter materials.

• 센서학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2010

Electrostatic capacitance measurement method in a fine hose was proposed, in which two ring-type electrodes were disposed on the hose in the direction of fluid flow instead of the conventional face-to-face electrodes. With the proposed electrode structure, we realized a Ringer's solution exhaustion detector for an IV(invasive vein) injection set. On a 4 mm-diameter hose of IV set, we disposed two ring-type electrodes of 10 mm width at a distance of 5 mm each other and obtained 0.72 pF and 2.51 pF for air and 10 % dextrose Ringer's solution in the hose, respectively. The capacitance between the two electrodes varied with the hose-wraparound coverage of electrode as well as the width of electrode and the distance between the electrodes. For hose-wraparound electrode coverage of 75 %, the capacitance varied from 0.62 pF to 1.98 pF with the Ringer's solution level between the two electrodes. A charge amplifier converted the capacitance. variation into electric signal and a comparator was used to detect whether Ringer's solution was exhausted or not. The result was delivered to a host using a RF transmitter with 320 MHz carrier frequency.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.166-172
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• 2006

This is a short review article of our recent studies on the ATP-induced, allosteric conformational transition of the chaperonin GroEL complex by solution X-ray scattering. We used synchrotron X-ray scattering with a two-dimensional, charge-coupled, device-based X-ray detector to study (1) the specificity of the chaperonin GroEL for its ligand that induced the allosteric transition, and (2) the identification of the allosteric transition of GroEL in its complicated kinetics induced by ATP. Due to the dramatically increased sensitivity of the X-ray scattering technique based on the use of the two dimensional X-ray detector and synchrotron radiation, different allosteric conformational states of GroEL populated under different conditions were clearly distinguished from each other. It was concluded that solution X-ray scattering is an extremely powerful tool for investigating the equilibrium and kinetics of cooperative conformational transitions of oligomeric protein complex, especially when combined with other spectroscopic techniques such as fluorescence spectroscopy.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제4권5호
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• pp.15-18
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• 2003

The Cd$\_$1-x/Zn$\_$x/Te film was produced by thermal evaporation for the flat-panel X-ray detector. The crystal structure and the surface morphology of poly crystalline Cd$\_$1-x/Zn$\_$x/Te film were examined using XRD and SEM, respectively. The leakage current and X-ray sensitivity of the fabricated films were measured to analyze the X-ray response characteristic of Zn in a polycrystalline CdZnTe thin film. The leakage current and the output charge density of Cd$\_$0.7/Zn$\_$0.3/Te thin film were measured to 0.3 1nA/$\textrm{cm}^2$ and 260 pC/$\textrm{cm}^2$ at an applied voltage of 2.5 V/$\mu\textrm{m}$, respectively. Experimental results showed that the increase of Zn doping rates in Cd$\_$1-x/Zn$\_$x/Te detectors reduced the leakage current and improved the X-ray sensitivity significantly. The leakage current was drastically diminished by the formation of thin parylene layer in the Cd$\_$0.7/Zn$\_$0.3/Te detector.