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Design and Implementation of Navigation Operating System APIs for Set-based POI Search Algorithm (집합 기반 POI 검색을 지원하는 내비게이션 운영체제 기능 설계 및 구현)

  • Ahn, Hyeyeong;Lee, Jongwoo
    • KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.269-274
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    • 2015
  • As smart device companies such as Google or Apple develop competitive mobile-based automotive operating systems and navigation systems, the range of choice for users in such markets is expanding. Navigation systems equipped with mobile operating systems have increased convenience for users. However, since an API for the POI databases used in navigation systems doesn't exist, the number of applications using POI data is insufficient. In this paper, we designed and implemented system calls for navigation operating systems with a focus on POI search, in order to resolve such limitations. The system calls support set-based POI search functions, and therefore provides solutions to search performance degradation problems caused by false inputs. As a result of performance evaluation, not only did the search performance improve, but there was also no problem in applying APIs in applications.

Process Characteristics for $YB_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7-d}$ Films Fabricated by Single Target Sputter and Surface Modification Technique

  • Lee, Eue-Jae
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.5 no.5
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    • pp.598-605
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    • 1995
  • Thin films of $YB_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7-d}$ were prepared on various substrated of MgO(100), $SrTiO_{3}$, and $LaAlO_{3}$ by using off-axis magentron sputtering methods and annealing in-situ. The prarameters of film fabrication processes had been optimized through a "follow the lcoal maxima" strategy to yield good quality films in therms of the critical temperature $T_{c}$ and the critical current density $J_{c}$. Optimizedproecsses employing a plane magndtron and an cylindrical magnetron yielded $T_{c}$>90K along with $J_{c}$$10^{6}$A/$\textrm{cm}^2$ at 77K and > 2${\times}$$10^{7}$A/$\textrm{cm}^2$ at 5K. The sampels, however, showed degradationinthe properties, after chemical etching for fabrication of microbridges with the line width of 2-10 mocrons. In particular, the value of $T_{c}$ for the microbridges of 2microns was as small as 80%. The degradation was strongly dependent on the line width through a formula : $T_{c}$(e)=$T_{c}$)b) [1-a exp(-1000 bL)} where $T_{c}$(e) and $T_{c}$ (b) are the values of $T_{c}$ in the absolute scale measured after and before chemical etching, respectively and L is the line width in mm. By utilizing a best fitting technique, the proper constant values of a and to b were found as exp(-1.2) and 0.22, respectively. This formula was very useful in estimatiing the upper limit of the device operationtemperature.

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Thermal Characteristics Analysis of Upper Arm Hybrid Structure of Lightweight Pantograph Considering Heat Source by Collecting Current (집전전류에 의한 열원을 고려한 경량 판토그래프 상부암 혼성구조체의 열 특성 분석 연구)

  • Park, Chan-Bae;Jeong, Geochul
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.466-473
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    • 2017
  • Recently, domestic railway related institutes are developing pantographs for high speed trains; to lighten the upper arm, this device has a composite structure of CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic) and aluminum instead of conventional steel. In the case of KTX-Sancheon, the pantograph must have a large current capacity because this system is of power-car type, supplying all necessary power for the train through a single pantograph. If the thickness of the pipe is arbitrarily increased in order to increase the current carrying capacity, without analyzing the thermal characteristics of the aluminum pipe, the increase in the weight of the upper arm may cause degradation of the current collecting performance. Therefore, in this paper, using the thermal analysis technique, we analyze the temperature change characteristics of the aluminum pipe of the upper arm over time, while receiving power at the stationary state of the KTX-Sancheon; we also examine the adequacy of the minimum thickness of the aluminum pipe in accordance with the proposed pantograph flow capacity.

Characteristics of organic electroluminescent devices having buffer layers (Buffer층을 가진 유기 전기 발광 소자의 특성)

  • 이호식;고삼일;정택균;이원재;김태완;강도열
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1998.06a
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    • pp.399-402
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    • 1998
  • Electroluminescent(EL) devices based on organic thin films have attracted lots of interests in large-area light-emitting display. One of the problems of such device is a lifetime, where a degradation of the cell is possibly due to an organic layers thickness, morphology and interface with electrode. In this study, light-omitting organic electroluminescent devices were fabricated using Alq$_3$(8-hydroxyquinolinate aluminum) and TPD(N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-bis(3-methylphenyl(1-1\`-biphenyl]-4,4'-diamine). Where Alq$_3$ is an electron-transport and emissive layer, TPD is a hole-transport layer. The cell structure is ITO/TPD/Alq$_3$/Al and the cell is fabricated by vacuum evaporation method. In a measurement of current-voltage characteristics, we obtained a turn-on voltage at about 9 V. We also investigated stability of the devices using buffer layer with blend of PEI (Poly ether imide) and TPD by varying mot ratios between ITO and Alq$_3$. In current-voltage characteristics measurement, we obtained the turn-on voltage at about 6 V and observed an anomalous behavior at 3∼4 V. And we used other buffer layer of PEDT(3,4-pyrazino-3',4'-ethylenedithio-2,2',5,5'-tetrathiafulvalenium) with ITO/PEDT/TPD/Alq$_3$Al structure. We observed a surface morphology by AFM(Atomic Force Microscopy), UV/visible absorption spectrum, and PL(Photoluminescence) spectrum. We obtained the UV/visible absorption peak at 358nm in TPD and at 359nm in Alq$_3$, and the PL peaks at 410nm in TPD and at 510nm in Alq$_3$. We also studied EL spectrum in the cell structure of ITO/(TPD+PEI)/Alq$_3$/Al.

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Bragg Reflecting Waveguide Device Fabricated on a Flexible Substrate using a Nano-imprinting Technology (나노임프린팅 기술을 이용한 유연성 브래그 반사 광도파로 소자)

  • Kim, Kyung-Jo;Yi, Jeong-Ah;Oh, Min-Cheol
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.149-154
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    • 2007
  • Bragg reflecting waveguide devices have been fabricated on a flexible polymer substrate utilizing a post lift-off process which could Provide excellent uniformity of grating Patterns on Plastic film. The 510 m Period Bragg grating pattern is made by two methods. In the first sample the grating is fabricated by exposing the laser interference pattern on a photoresist, and then it is inscribed by $O_2$ plasma etching. The grating pattern of the second sample is formed by a PDMS soft mold imprinting process. The selective adhesion property of SU-8 material for Au and Si surfaces is utilized to prepare a 100-mm thick plastic substrate. Single mode waveguide is fabricated on the plastic substrate using polymer materials with refractive indices of 1.540 and 1.430 for the core and the cladding layers, respectively. The Bragg grating on Plastic substrate does not show any degradation in its spectral response compared to the reference sample made on a silicon wafer.

A study on the Relation between Strain & Conductivity of the Printed Pattern in Post-Printing Section of Roll to Roll process (롤투롤 공정의 인쇄 후 구간에서 변형률과 인쇄한 패턴의 전기 전도도와의 관계에 대한 연구)

  • Choi, Jae-Ho;Lee, Chang-Woo;Shin, Kee-Hyun
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.15 no.9
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    • pp.877-880
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    • 2009
  • A curing process in post-printing section of R2R process is required for an electrical property of the printed pattern when devices such as RFID, Solar cell are printed. PEN as well as heat-stabilized PET which is used as a plastic substrate would be deformed at high temperature due to change of its elastic modulus. And crack in the printed pattern, which is on the plastic substrate is occurred due to the deformation of the substrate. The occurrence of crack causes electrical resistance to increase and the quality of the device to deteriorate. In case of RFID antenna, the range of reading distance is shortened as the electrical resistance of the antenna is increased. Therefore, the deformation of the plastic substrate, which causes the occurrence of crack, should be minimized by setting up low operating tension in R2R process. In low tension, slippage between a moving substrate and a roller would be generated when the operating speed is increased. And scratch would be occurred when slippage is generated due to an air entrainment, which is related to the thickness of the air film. The thickness of the air film is increased when operating speed is increased as shown by simulation based on mathematical model. The occurrence of scratch in conductive pattern printed by roll to roll process is a critical damage because it causes degradation or failure of electrical property of it.

Controlled Release of Nerve Growth Factor from Sandwiched Poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide) Films for the Application in Neural Tissue Engineering

  • Gilson Khang;Jeon, Eun-Kyung;John M. Rhee;Lee, Ilwoo;Lee, Sang-Jin;Lee, Hai-Bang
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.334-340
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    • 2003
  • In order to fabricate new sustained delivery device of nerve growth factor (NGF), we developed NGF-loaded biodegradable poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA, the mole ratio of lactide to glycolide 75:25, molecular weight: 83,000 and 43,000 g/mole, respectively) film by novel and simple sandwich solvent casting method for the possibility of the application of neural tissue engineering. PLGA was copolymerized by direct condensation reaction and the molecular weight was controlled by reaction time. Released behavior of NGF from NGF-loaded films was characterized by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and degradation characteristics were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). The bioactivity of released NGF was identified using a rat pheochromocytoma (PC-12) cell based bioassay. The release of NGF from the NGF-loaded PLGA films was prolonged over 35 days with zero-order rate of 0.5-0.8 ng NGF/day without initial burst and could be controlled by the variations of molecular weight and NGF loading amount. After 7 days NGF released in phosphate buffered saline and PC-12 cell cultured on the NGF-loaded PLGA film for 3 days. The released NGF stimulated neurite sprouting in cultured PC-12 cells, that is to say, the remained NGF in the NGF/PLGA film at 37 $^{\circ}C$ for 7 days was still bioactive. This study suggested that NGF-loaded PLGA sandwich film is released the desired period in delivery system and useful neuronal growth culture as nerve contact guidance tube for the application of neural tissue engineering.

Patterning of Y-Ba-Cu-O thin films by rdactive ion etching(RIE) (활성이온식각법에 의한 Y-Ba-Cu-O고온초전도 박막의 미세선 제작)

  • Park, Jong-Hyeok;Han, Taek-Sang;Kim, Yeong-Hwan;Choe, Sang-Sam
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.151-157
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    • 1993
  • Abstract We have fabricated Y-Ba-Cu-O superconducting thin films by in-situ on-axis rf magnetron sputtering method using $Y_1$B$a_2$C${u_4}\;{_2O_x}$ nonstoichiometric target. Reactive ion etching (RIE) method was used in patterning the films. We have investigated the properties of patterned films, and compared the properties of the films before and after patterning. As the line width of the pattern decreases from 5${\mu}$m to 2${\mu}$m, a slight but not significant degradation in superconducting properties of the patterned films is observed. The bridge patterns are found to have clean edges and good electrical properties enough to be applied in device applications. From the result of this research, the possibility of submicron patterning by RlE is confirmed.

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Characterization of $V_2O_5$ thin films as a counter electrode for complementary electrochromic devices (상보형 전기변색소자용 $V_2O_5$박막의 대향전극 특성)

  • 조봉희;김영호
    • Electrical & Electronic Materials
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    • v.9 no.7
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    • pp.690-695
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    • 1996
  • We have systematically investigated the characterization of V$_{2}$O$_{5}$ thin films as a counter electrode for lithium based complementary electrochromic devices. The V$_{2}$O$_{5}$ thin films were prepared by thermal vacuum evaporation with varing the substrate temperature and film thickness. In electrochromic devices for smart windows, the WO$_{3}$ thin films with 400-800 nm thickness require to be capable of reversibly injection 10-15 mC/cm$^{2}$ of lithium, which is readily accomplished charge-balanced switching in a V$_{2}$O$_{5}$ thin films with 100-150nm thick. The V$_{2}$O$_{5}$ thin films produces considerably small changes in optical modulation properties in the visible and near infrared region(500-1100 nm) compared to the amorphous WO$_{3}$ thin films on 10-15 mC/cm$^{2}$ of lithium injection and the V$_{2}$O$_{5}$ thin films can therefore act as a counter electrode to WO$_{3}$ in a lithium based complementary clectrochromic devices. After 10$^{5}$ coloration/bleaching switching time, the degradation does not occurs and the devices exhibit a stable optical modulation in V$_{2}$O$_{5}$ thin films. It has shown that the injected lithium ion amounts in crystalline V$_{2}$O$_{5}$ thin films with the same thickness is large by 3-5 mC/cm$^{2}$ of lithium compared to the amorphous thin films in the same driving conditions. Therefore, to optimize the device performance, it is necessary to choose an appropriate film thickness and crystallinity of V$_{2}$O$_{5}$ for amorphous WO$_{3}$ film thickness as a working electrode.

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A transducer array for focusing the ultrasound setting angle (초음파 집속을 위한 트랜스듀서 어레이 집속 각도 설정)

  • Lee, Sang-sik
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.45-48
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    • 2016
  • The treatment of obesity have been developed various devices for the treatment of obesity, the ultrasound is to be made after the state changes to become easy fat decomposition by heat and vibrations to facilitate the flow of blood and lymph fatty acid released into the blood. There is such ultrasonic transducer array is used in obesity therapy focusing angle of the transducer array and the frequency may have a significant impact on the degradation of fat. In this paper, we set the frequency that reaches the shortest time to a set temperature 27kHz, 1MHz, by applying a transducer with a diameter of 5mm, 10mm, 16mm for the frequency of 3MHz, obtain the wavelength and near the stomach in order to set the frequency of the transducer array, which was set to the focusing angle of the transducer with three contact surfaces. As a result, the time to reach the set temperature was short days when 3MHz frequency, the focusing angle is titrated is $40^{\circ}$.