• 천문학회보
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.46.1-46.1
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• 2005

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 의료용 선형가속기로부터 발생되는 명목상 가속전압 6 MV선의 검출특성을 확인하기 위하여 유전체 물질을 사용한 평행판 검출기를 제작하였다. 제작한 검출기의 전극은 단면이 크롬으로 코팅되어 있는 FEP유전체 필름(두께: 100 $\mu\textrm{m}$)을 사용하였고 두 전극 사이에 PTFE유전체 필름(두께 : 100 $\mu\textrm{m}$)을 삽입하였다. 측정을 위하여 선원-팬텀 표면간의 거리 100 cm, 그리고 팬텀의 표면으로부터 깊이 5 cm되는 지점에 방사선 유도전하를 획득하기 위한 제작검출기를 놓았다. 방사선 조사시 제작검출기의 유용성을 알아보기 위하여, 영점 변동, 누설 전류, 인가전압에 따른 검출기의 반응, 재현성, 선형성, 조직최대선량비 등을 측정하였다. 측정결과 검출기의 영점 변동 전류 (I$_{Z}$ )는 8.3 pA, 누설 전류(I$_{I}$)는 10 pA 이었다. 제작 검출기는 인가전압에 대한 선형성을 보였으며, 또한 재현성실험에서는 조사된 선량에 대하여 1% 오차 범위 내에서 일치하였다. 검출기의 선량에 대한 선형성은 3% 이내의 오차범위에서 일치하면서 선량율 의존성이 있음을 확인하였다. 조직최대선량비분포에 대한 제작 평행판 검출기와 비교검출기간의 선량오차는 팬텀내의 최대 선량점으로부터 7.5 cm까지 3% 이내에서 일치하였다. 본 연구결과 유전체 필름을 이용한 평행판 검출기는 선량계로서의 기본적인 특성들을 허용 가능한 범위에서 만족스러워 상대선량측정을 위한 검출기로 사용할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.14 No.1
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• pp.505-508
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• 2001

Currently there is much interested in removing latent charge that is caused to latent image effect and blurring of obtained image as well as reduction of x-ray conversion efficiency in digital radiography system. To remove latent charge a-Se film is irradiated by light with 3500 lux using halogen lamp and optical fiber. We measured dark current and photosensitivity to analyze removing effect of latent charge, then compared with and without light erasing method. The reduction of measured signal due to latent charge effect was 32.5 %, and the removal effect of latent charge by using light erase method was its 95.5 %.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.505-508
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• 2001

Currently there is much interested in removing latent charge that is caused to latent image effect and blurring of obtained image as well as reduction of x-ray conversion efficiency in digital radiography system. To remove latent charge a-Se film is irradiated by light with 3500 lux using halogen lamp and optical fiber. We measured dark current and photosensitivity to analyze removing effect of latent charge, then compared with and without light erasing method. The reduction of measured signal due to latent charge effect was 32.3%, and the removal effect of latent charge by using light erase method was its 95.5%.

• 센서학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.229-234
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• 2016

Self-powered neutron detector (SPND) is being widely used to monitor the reactor core of the nuclear power plants. The SPND contains a neutron-sensitive metallic emitter surrounded by a ceramic insulator. Currently, the vanadium (V) SPND has been being developed to be used in OPR1000 nuclear power plants. Some Monte Carlo simulations were accomplished to calculate the initial sensitivity of vanadium emitter material and alumina insulator with a cylindrical geometry. An MCNP code was used to simulate some factors (neutron self-shielding factor and beta escape probability from the emitter) and space charge effect of an insulator necessary to calculate the sensitivity of vanadium detector. The simulation results were compared with some theoretical and experimental values. The method presented here can be used to analyze the optimum design of the vanadium SPND and contribute to the development of TMI (Top-mount In-core Instrumentation) which might be used in the SMART and SMR.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2002년도 합동 추계학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.593-596
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• 2002

A design of clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit for the SONET OC-48 using a standard 0.18 ${\mu}m$ CMOS process has been performed. The phase detector and the charge pump must be able to operate at the 2.5 Gb/s input data speed and also accurately compare phase errors to reduce clock jitter. As a phase detector, the Hogge phase detector is selected but two transistors are added to improve the performance of the D-F/F. The charge pump was also designed to be placed indirectly input and output. A general ring oscillator topology is presented and simulated. It provides five-phase outputs and 220 MHz to 3.12 GHz tuning range.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.339-344
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 Early-late detector, Duty-rate modulator, 그리고 LSI(Lock Status Indicator)를 사용하여 작은 크기와 빠른 위상고정 시간을 갖는 위상고정루프를 제안하였다. 제안된 위상고정루프는 작은 용량을 가진 하나의 커패시터를 사용하게 됨으로써 칩의 크기를 결정하는 루프필터의 크기가 작아지게 되어 크기를 최소화 하였다. 기존의 전하펌프와 달리 2개의 전하펌프를 사용하여 하나의 커패시터를 사용하더라도 2차 루프필터를 사용 한 것과 같은 전압파형을 만들어 줌으로써 위상을 고정시킬 수 있다. 2개의 전하펌프는 UP, DN신호 위상의 빠르기를 감지해주는 Early-late detector와 일정한 비율의 파형을 만들어주는 Duty-rate modulator에 의해 제어된다. LSI회로를 사용함으로써 빠른 위상고정시간을 얻을 수 있다. 제안된 위상고정루프는 1.8V $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS 공정을 사용하여 설계하였고, Hspice 시뮬레이션을 통해 회로의 동작을 검증하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.567-572
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• 2011

A sensitivity analysis of the methods used to evaluate the transport properties of a CdZnTe detector was performed using two different radiations (${\alpha}$ particle and gamma-ray) emitted from an $^{241}Am$ source. The mobility-lifetime products of the electron-hole pair in a planar CZT detector ($5{\times}5{\times}2\;mm^3$) were determined by fitting the peak position as a function of biased voltage data to the Hecht equation. To verify the accuracy of these products derived from ${\alpha}$ particles and low-energy gamma-rays, an energy spectrum considering the transport property of the CZT detector was simulated through a combination of the deposited energy and the charge collection efficiency at a specific position. It was found that the shaping time of the amplifier module significantly affects the determination of the (${\mu}{\tau}$) products; the ${\alpha}$ particle method was stabilized with an increase in the shaping time and was less sensitive to this change compared to when the gamma-ray method was used. In the case of the simulated energy spectrum with transport properties evaluated by the ${\alpha}$ particle method, the peak position and tail were slightly different from the measured result, whereas the energy spectrum derived from the low-energy gamma-ray was in good agreement with the experimental results. From these results, it was confirmed that low-energy gamma-rays are more useful when seeking to obtain the transport properties of carriers than ${\alpha}$ particles because the methods that use gamma-rays are less influenced by the surface condition of the CZT detector. Furthermore, the analysis system employed in this study, which was configured by a combination of Monte Carlo simulation and the Hecht model, is expected to be highly applicable to the study of the characteristics of CZT detectors.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.53-63
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• 2019

Background: As neutron fields are always accompanied by gamma rays, it is essential to distinguish neutrons from gamma rays in the detection of neutrons. Neutrons and gamma rays can be separated by pulse shape discrimination (PSD) methods. Recently, we performed characterization of a stilbene scintillator detector and an EJ-301 liquid scintillator detector with a high-speed digitizer DT5730 and investigated optimized PSD variables for both detectors. This study is for providing a basis for developing fast neutron/gamma-ray dual-particle imager. Materials and Methods: We conducted PSD experiments using stilbene scintillator and EJ-301 liquid scintillator and evaluated neutron and gamma ray discriminability of each PSD method with a $^{137}Cs$ gamma source and a $^{252}Cf$ neutron source. We implemented digital signal processing techniques to apply two PSD methods - the charge comparison (CC) method and the constant time discrimination (CTD) method - to distinguish neutrons from gamma rays. We tried to find optimized PSD variables giving the best discriminability in a given experimental condition. Results and Discussion: For the stilbene scintillator detector, the charge comparison method and the constant time discrimination method both delivered the PSD FOM values of 1.7. For the EJ-301 liquid scintillator detector, both PSD methods delivered the PSD FOM values of 1.79. With the same PSD variables, PSD performance was excellent in $300{\pm}100keVee$, $500{\pm}100keVee$, and $700{\pm}100keVee$ energy regions. This result shows that we can achieve an effective discrimination of neutrons from gamma rays using these scintillator detector systems. Conclusion: We applied both PSD methods to a stilbene and a liquid scintillator and optimized the PSD performance represented by FOM values. We observed a good separation performance of both scintillators combined with a high-speed digitizer and digital PSD. These results will provide reference values for the dual-particle imager we are developing, which can image both fast neutrons and gamma rays simultaneously.

• 전기의세계
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• 제11권
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• pp.8-13
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• 1963

Solid state nuclear radiation detector에 사용되는 transistor에 의한 저잡음 charge sensitive preamplifier의 설계방식과 이에 대한 실측결과에 관하여 기술하였다. 먼저 transistor noise의 제원인을 분석하고 이 잡음들을 최소로 하기 위하여 이에 관련된 각 parameter에 대하여 이론 및 실험적으로 고찰하였다. 지금까지 알려진 진공관식 증폭기의 최소잡음은 등가전자수로 표시하면 약 250전자 정도이고 그 transistor증폭기에 있어서는 약 1,000전자 정도이었으나 본 설계방식에 의하여 제작된 transistor증폭기에서는 detector를 포함한 전 input capacitance가 약 100PF일때 약 400전자의 양호한 저잡음특성을 보이고 있으며 linearity 및 stability도 매우 좋은 결과를 보이고 있다. 여기에 사용된 cascode회로 자체는 이미 오래 전부터 알려져 있었지만 잡음을 최소로 하기 위한 설계방법은 지금껏 알려지지 않고 있으므로 본 논문에서는 전치증복기의 소요이득에서 잡음을 최소로 할 수 있는 설계방식을 확립하여 이 방식에 의한 실측결과는 종래의 transistor를 사용한 것보다 가장 좋았다.