• ETRI Journal
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.366-373
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose a low-power all-digital phase-locked loop (ADPLL) with a wide input range and a high resolution time-to-digital converter (TDC). The resolution of the proposed TDC is improved by using a phase-interpolator and the time amplifier. The phase noise of the proposed ADPLL is improved by using a fine resolution digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) with an active inductor. In order to control the frequency of the DCO, the transconductance of the active inductor is tuned digitally. The die area of the ADPLL is 0.8 $mm^2$ using 0.13 ${\mu}m$ CMOS technology. The frequency resolution of the TDC is 1 ps. The DCO tuning range is 58% at 2.4 GHz and the effective DCO frequency resolution is 0.14 kHz. The phase noise of the ADPLL output at 2.4 GHz is -120.5 dBc/Hz with a 1 MHz offset. The total power consumption of the ADPLL is 12 mW from a 1.2 V supply voltage.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제47권8호
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• pp.64-72
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• 2010

본 논문은 UWB주파수 합성기용 광대역 전압 제어 발진기로 시그마-델타 모듈레이션을 이용하여 미세한 성긴 튜닝을 구현하였다. 제안된 성긴 튜닝 방법은 위상 잡음 성능의 저하 없이 작은 유효 주파수 해상도를 제공한다. 3단계의 성긴 튜닝구조로 전압제어 발진기는 광대역과 미세 튜닝 단계를 동시에 구현한다. 본 전압 제어기를 포함한 주파수 합성기는 0.13 ${\mu}m$ CMOS공정으로 구현되었고, 5.8-6.8 GHz의 대역에 3.9 kHz의 유효 주파수 해상도를 갖는다. 측정된 위상 잡음은 1 MHz 오프셋에서 -108 dBc/Hz이고, 5.9 mW 전력 소모로 16.8 %의 튜닝 범위를 갖으며, 튜닝 범위를 갖는 Figure-of-merit(FoM)은 -181.58 dBc/Hz이다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제6권8호
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• pp.719-726
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• 2000

A real-time precise positioning is possible with GPS carrier phase measurements with efficient integer ambiguity resolution techniques. It is known that more reliable and fast integer ambiguity resolution is possi-ble as the number of measurements increases. Most precise positioning systems use dual frequency measurements and the wide-lnae technique to resolve integer ambiguity. The wide-lane technique magnifies the measurement noise while it reduces the number of candidates to be examined. In this paper a new integer ambiguity resolution method using dual frequency is proposed The proposed method utilizes the relationship between the wide-lane single frequency and the narrow-lane ambiguities to resolve narrow-lane integer ambiguity after fixing the wide-lane integer ambiguity. Experiments with real data show that the proposed method gives fast and reliable results.

• 한국측량학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국측량학회 2006년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.39-45
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• 2006

This paper describes an effective and fast algorithm for GPS carrier-phase ambiguity resolution (AR) which can apply for structure monitoring, and a series of simulation analyses have been carried out to demonstrate the performance of the algorithm. The results show that single-frequency AR performance is significantly improved In term of Time-To-Fix-First (TTFF) ambiguity.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.499-504
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• 2011

In this paper, we suggest a method for discretized frequency modulations of ultrasonic signals. A continuous sweep of frequency modulation signals can be modelled with fine levels of discretization. If the ultrasound signals are modulated with monotonically decreasing frequencies, then the cross-correlation between an emitted signal and received signal can be used to identify the distance of multiple target objects. For the discretized frequency synthesis, CF ultrasounds with different frequencies are serially ordered. The auto-correlation test with the signal shows effective results for distance estimation. The discretized frequency syntheses have better distance resolution than CF ultrasound signals and the resolution depends on the number of the combined ultrasound frequencies.

• 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.155-184
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• 2015

This paper addresses the question of what kinds of dispute resolution choices can effectively handle complex intellectual property disputes, given the rising importance of IP, the increasing frequency and complexity of IP disputes, and the lack of research on dispute resolution strategies. For this analysis, the study adopted the analytic hierarchy process approach, which covers complex, multi-criteria decision problems, to quantify the expert's judgments on IP dispute resolution choice. Its results show that the effectiveness of resolution methods differs, depending on the type of IP dispute classified into seven issues, which are (i) requirement for validity of IP right, (ii) range and duration of IP right, (iii) transfer of IP right, (iv) licensing, (v) use of IP right, (vi) declaration of IP infringement, and (vii) estimation of damage. The disputes over IPR ownership and IP infringement remain challenging issues in due to strong requirement of the cross-border enforcement. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR), especially arbitration, is determined to be a more effective method to deal with international IP disputes, but various advanced types of ADR techniques should be further developed to deal with the increasing complexity of IP disputes.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제3권5호
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• pp.271-274
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• 2014

Bayesian based Multi-Frame Super-Resolution (MF-SR) has been used as a popular and effective SR model. On the other hand, the texture region is not reconstructed sufficiently because it works on the spatial domain. In this study, the MF-SR method was extended to operate on the frequency domain to improve HF information as much as possible. For this, a spatially weighted bilateral total variation model was proposed as a regularization term for a Bayesian estimation. The experimental results showed that the proposed method can recover the texture region more realistically with reduced noise, compared to conventional methods.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.201-209
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• 2011

This paper presents a wide-band fine-resolution digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) with an active inductor using an automatic three-step coarse and gain tuning loop. To control the frequency of the DCO, the transconductance of the active inductor is tuned digitally. To cover the wide tuning range, a three-step coarse tuning scheme is used. In addition, the DCO gain needs to be calibrated digitally to compensate for gain variations. The DCO tuning range is 58% at 2.4 GHz, and the power consumption is 6.6 mW from a 1.2 V supply voltage. An effective frequency resolution is 0.14 kHz. The phase noise of the DCO output at 2.4 GHz is -120.67 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38A권3호
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• pp.240-248
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 이산 웨이블릿 변환(Discrete Wavelet Transform: DWT)과 적응적 가중치 보간법을 이용한 효율적인 초해상도 기법을 제안한다. 기존의 단일 영상에 적용되는 초해상도 기법들의 경우, 영상에서의 고주파 대역을 찾기 위하여 확률 기반의 방법들을 많이 사용하였다. 따라서 연산의 복잡도가 증가하고 처리시간 증가라는 문제점을 발생시킨다. 제안된 기법에서는 고주파 대역을 찾기 위한 방법으로 DWT와 적응적 가중치 보간법을 이용한다. 먼저 주어진 영상에 대하여 DWT를 수행하고, 생성된 고주파 부대역(sub-band)들을 적응적 가중치 보간법을 이용하여 입력 받은 영상과 동일한 크기의 고주파 부대역을 생성한다. 이 부대역들과 입력 받은 영상을 조합하여 이산 웨이블릿 역변환(Inverse DWT : IDWT)을 수행함으로써 고해상도의 영상을 획득하게 된다. 실험을 위하여 원본 영상($512{\times}512$)을 다운 샘플링하여 실험 영상($256{\times}256$)을 획득한다. 실험을 통하여 제안된 기법이 기존의 보간법에 비해 향상된 효율을 보이며, 확률 기반의 기법들과 비슷한 성능을 갖지만 처리시간에서 많은 이득을 보이는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.885-902
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• 2022

The mmWave cell-free massive MIMO (CFmMIMO), combining the advantages of wide bandwidth in the mmWave frequency band and the high- and uniform-spectral efficiency of CFmMIMO, has recently emerged as one of the enabling technologies for 6G. In this paper, we propose a novel framework for energy-efficient mmWave CFmMIMO systems that uses low-resolution digital-analog converters (DACs) and phase shifters (PSs) to introduce lowcomplexity hybrid precoding. Additionally, we propose a heuristic pilot allocation scheme that makes the best effort to slash some interference from copilot users. The simulation results show that the proposed hybrid precoding and pilot allocation scheme outperforms the existing schemes. Furthermore, we reveal the relationship between the energy and spectral efficiencies for the proposed mmWave CFmMIMO system by modeling the whole network power consumption and observe that the introduction of low-resolution DACs and PSs is effective in increasing the energy efficiency by compromising the spectral efficiency and the network power consumption.