• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.101-111
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• 2008

본 논문은 40Gb/s급 광통신 시스템에서 사용되는 고속 리드-솔로몬(RS) 복호기의 하드웨어 면적을 줄인 새로운 구조를 소개하고 RS 복호기 기반의 고속 FEC구조를 제안한다. 특히 높은 데이터처리율과 적은 하드웨어 복잡도를 가지고 있는 차수 연산 블록이 제거된 pDCME 알고리즘 구조를 소개한다. 제안된 16채널 RS FEC구조는 8개의 신드롬 계산 블록이 1개의 KES 블록을 공유하는 8 채널 RS FEC구조 2개로 구성되어 있다. 따라서 4개의 신드롬 계산 블록에 1개의 KES블록을 공유하는 기존의 16채널 3-병렬 FEC 구조와 비교하여 하드웨어 복잡도를 약 30%정도 줄일 수 있다. 제안된 FEC 구조는 1.8V의 공급전압과 $0.18-{\mu}m$ CMOS 기술을 사용하여 구현하였고 총 250K개의 게이트수와 5.1Gbit/s의 데이터 처리율을 가지고 400MHz의 클럭 주파수에서 동작함을 보여준다. 제안된 면적 효율적인 FEC 구조는 초고속 광통신뿐만 아니라 무선통신을 위한 차세대 FEC 구조 등에 바로 적용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제50권9호
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• pp.68-73
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 수면 중에 사용자의 건강상태를 모니터링 하기 위한 U-health 시스템으로 맥박 수와 맥박 파형 검출 회로를 제안하였다. 제안된 검출 회로의 출력은 배터리의 교체 없이 장시간 사용하기 위하여 건강 상태에 따라 맥박 수 또는 맥박 파형이 선택된다. 이러한 동작을 위해 제안된 신호 검출 회로는 ADC 모드 또는 카운트 모드로 동작하는 이중 모드 ADC와 간단한 디지털 로직으로 구성된 판별기를 사용하였다. 우선 초기에는 카운트 모드로 동작하는 이중 모드 ADC를 통해 4초 동안의 맥박 수를 검출한다. 검출된 맥박수는 판별기에서 1분간 누적한 뒤 건강 상태를 판별한다. 건강 이상 등으로 맥박 수가 설정된 정상 범위를 벗어난 경우 이중 모드 ADC는 ADC 모드로 동작하며 맥박 파형을 1kHz의 샘플링 주파수로 10bit의 디지털 데이터로 변환한다. 데이터는 버퍼에 저장하였다가 620kbps의 속도로 RF Tx를 통해 단말기로 전송한다. 이때 RF Tx는 모드에 따라 1분 혹은 1ms 간격으로 동작한다. 제안된 신호 검출 회로는 $0.11{\mu}m$ 공정으로 설계하였으며 $460{\times}800{\mu}m^2$의 면적을 차지한다. 측정결과 제안된 검출 회로는 1V의 동작 전압에서 카운트 모드에서는 $161.8{\mu}W$, ADC 모드에서는 $507.3{\mu}W$의 전력을 소모한다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제30권10호
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• pp.509-514
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• 2020

The two key variables of an Si solar cell, i.e., emitter (n-type window layer) and base (p-type substrate) doping levels or concentrations, are studied using Medici, a 2-dimensional semiconductor device simulation tool. The substrate is p-type and 150 ㎛ thick, the pn junction is 2 ㎛ from the front surface, and the cell is lit on the front surface. The doping concentration ranges from 1 × 10¹⁰ cm^-3 to 1 × 10²⁰ cm^-3 for both emitter and base, resulting in a matrix of 11 by 11 or a total of 121 data points. With respect to increasing donor concentration (Nd) in the emitter, the open-circuit voltage (Voc) is little affected throughout, and the short-circuit current (Isc) is affected only at a very high levels of Nd, exceeding 1 × 10¹⁹ cm^-3, dropping abruptly by about 12%, i.e., from Isc = 6.05 × 10^-9 A·㎛^-1, at Nd = 1 × 10¹⁹ cm^-3 to Isc = 5.35 × 10^-9 A·㎛^-1 at Nd = 1 × 10²⁰ cm^-3, likely due to minority-carrier, or hole, recombination at the very high doping level. With respect to increasing acceptor concentration (Na) in the base, Isc is little affected throughout, but Voc increases steadily, i.e, from Voc = 0.29 V at Na = 1 × 10¹² cm^-3 to 0.69 V at Na = 1 × 10¹⁸ cm^-3. On average, with an order increase in Na, Voc increases by about 0.07 V, likely due to narrowing of the depletion layer and lowering of the carrier recombination at the pn junction. At the maximum output power (Pmax), a peak value of 3.25 × 10^-2 W·cm^-2 or 32.5 mW·cm^-2 is observed at the doping combination of Nd = 1 × 10¹⁹ cm^-3, a level at which Si is degenerate (being metal-like), and Na = 1 × 10¹⁷ cm^-3, and minimum values of near zero are observed at very low levels of Nd ≤ 1 × 10¹³ cm^-3. This wide variation in Pmax, even within a given kind of solar cell, indicates that selecting an optimal combination of donor and acceptor doping concentrations is likely most important in solar cell engineering.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제30권10호
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• pp.566-572
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• 2020

In the recent years, thin film solar cells (TFSCs) have emerged as a viable replacement for crystalline silicon solar cells and offer a variety of choices, particularly in terms of synthesis processes and substrates (rigid or flexible, metal or insulator). Among the thin-film absorber materials, SnS has great potential for the manufacturing of low-cost TFSCs due to its suitable optical and electrical properties, non-toxic nature, and earth abundancy. However, the efficiency of SnS-based solar cells is found to be in the range of 1 ~ 4 % and remains far below those of CdTe-, CIGS-, and CZTSSe-based TFSCs. Aside from the improvement in the physical properties of absorber layer, enormous efforts have been focused on the development of suitable buffer layer for SnS-based solar cells. Herein, we investigate the device performance of SnS-based TFSCs by introducing double buffer layers, in which CdS is applied as first buffer layer and ZnMgO films is employed as second buffer layer. The effect of the composition ratio (Mg/(Mg+Zn)) of RF sputtered ZnMgO films on the device performance is studied. The structural and optical properties of ZnMgO films with various Mg/(Mg+Zn) ratios are also analyzed systemically. The fabricated SnS-based TFSCs with device structure of SLG/Mo/SnS/CdS/ZnMgO/AZO/Al exhibit a highest cell efficiency of 1.84 % along with open-circuit voltage of 0.302 V, short-circuit current density of 13.55 mA cm^-2, and fill factor of 0.45 with an optimum Mg/(Mg + Zn) ratio of 0.02.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.962-966
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• 2002

The $SrBi_2$$Nb_2$$O_{9}$ (SBN) thin films were deposited with $SrNb_2$$O_{6}$ / (SNO) and $Bi_2$$O_3$ targets by co-sputtering method. For the growth of SBN thin films, we adopted the various power ratios of two targets; the power ratios of the SNO target to $Bi_2$$O_3$ target were 100 W : 20 W, 100 W : 25 W, and 100 W : 30 W during sputtering the SBN films. We found that the electrical properties of SBN films were greatly dependent on Bi content in films. The $Bi_2$Pt and $Bi_2$$O_3$ phase as second phases occurred at the films with excess Bi content greater than 2.4, resulting in poor ferroelectric properties. The best growth condition of the SBN films was obtained at the power ratio of 100 W : 25 W for the two targets. At this condition, the crystallinity and electrical properties of the films were improved at even low annealing temperature as $700^{\circ}C$ for 1h in oxygen ambient and the Sr, Bi and Nb component in the SBN films were about 0.9, 2.4, and 1.8 respectively. From the P-E and I-V curves for the specimen, the remnant polarization value ($2P_{r}$) of the SBN films was obtained about 6 $\mu$C/c $m^2$ at 250 kV/cm and the leakage current density of this thin film was $2.45$\times$10^{-7}$ $A/cm^2$ at an applied voltage of 3 V.V.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.6925-6931
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• 2015

LED(Light Emitting Diode)는 저 전력, 긴 수명, 고 휘도, 빠른 응답, 친환경적 특성으로 인해 조명, 디스플레이 등 여러 분야에 사용되고 있다. 백색광 발광다이오드 구현 방식에는 대표적으로 청색 LED 칩과 황색 형광체를 조합하여 백색광을 방출하는 유형이 사용 편리성, 경제성, 효율성 측면에서 LED 백라이트 유닛 및 LED 조명 제조에 가장 적합한 것으로 연구되어 실제 적용되고 있다. 백색광 구현 LED 칩 패키징 공정에서 청색 LED 칩에 황색 형광체에 실리콘을 혼합한 형광봉 지재를 토출하는 공정은 중요한 공정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 조명용 백색 LED 제조 공정에서 실리콘 봉지재를 토출하기 위하여 정전기력 방식과 보이스코일 모터를 이용하여 EHD 펌프 시스템을 개발하였다. 이를 위하여 인가전압 및 시간에 따른 유체곡면 형상을 확인하기 위하여 기초 토출 실험을 통해 최적의 토출 조건이 결정하였고 또한 검증을 위하여 실험계획법을 사용하였다. 검증된 토출 조건의 균일도를 확인하기 위하여 반복 토출 실험을 수행하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.408-417
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• 2011

The plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are specialized hybrid electric vehicles that have the potential to obtain enough energy for average daily commuting from batteries. The PHEV battery would be recharged from the power grid at home or at work and would thus allow for a reduction in the overall fuel consumption. This paper proposes an integrated power electronics interface for PHEVs, which consists of a novel Eight-Switch Inverter (ESI) and an interleaved DC/DC converter, in order to reduce the cost, the mass and the size of the power electronics unit (PEU) with high performance at any operating mode. In the proposed configuration, a novel Eight-Switch Inverter (ESI) is able to function as a bidirectional single-phase AC/DC battery charger/ vehicle to grid (V2G) and to transfer electrical energy between the DC-link (connected to the battery) and the electric traction system as DC/AC inverter. In addition, a bidirectional-interleaved DC/DC converter with dual-loop controller is proposed for interfacing the ESI to a low-voltage battery pack in order to minimize the ripple of the battery current and to improve the efficiency of the DC system with lower inductor size. To validate the performance of the proposed configuration, the indirect field-oriented control (IFOC) based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) is proposed to optimize the efficiency of the AC drive system in PHEVs. The maximum efficiency of the motor is obtained by the evaluation of optimal rotor flux at any operating point, where the PSO is applied to evaluate the optimal flux. Moreover, an improved AC/DC controller based Proportional-Resonant Control (PRC) is proposed in order to reduce the THD of the input current in charger/V2G modes. The proposed configuration is analyzed and its performance is validated using simulated results obtained in MATLAB/ SIMULINK. Furthermore, it is experimentally validated with results obtained from the prototypes that have been developed and built in the laboratory based on TMS320F2808 DSP.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.27-36
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• 2019

작은 굴절률 및 높은 굴절률을 갖는 저 분산 렌즈에 대한 요구가 증가함에 따라, 높은 내열성 및 내마모성을 갖는 이형성 보호 필름에 대한 필요성이 증가하고 있다. 그러나 광학 산업은 비구면 유리 렌즈 성형에 사용되는 이형보호 필름의 제조 공정 및 품질 표준에 대한 명확한 표준을 아직 확립하지 못했다. 이 기술은 광학 렌즈를 제조하는 각 회사의 노하우로 취급된다. 본 연구에서는 FCVA (Filtered Cathode Vacuum Arc) 기반 ta-C 박막 코팅의 이온에칭, 각 소스 및 필터부의 마그네트론 및 아크 전류, 바이어스 전압의 최적화에 관한 실험을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 코팅성능 측면에서, 이리듐- 레늄 합금 박막 스퍼터링 제품 대비 필름 두께가 약 50% 얇고, 경도는 약 20%, 박막의 접착강도는 약 40 % 개선된 것으로 측정되었다. 본 연구의 박막 코팅 공정 결과는 금형 이형 박막층의 최소 기계적 특성 및 품질 확립을 위한 유리 렌즈의 개발 및 활용에 크게 기여할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.115-119
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• 2009

I think this will be valuable reference for assuring consistency and homogeneity of clarity and managing dental radiation equipment by experimentation of dental radiation equipment permanent which based on KS C IEC 61223-3-4 standard and KS C IEC 61223-2-7. Put a dental radiation generator and experiment equipment as source and film(sensor) length within 30 em, place the step-wedge above the film(sensor). Tie up tube voltage 60 kVp, tube current 7 mA and then get an each image through CCD sensor and film by changing the exposure time as 0.12sec, 0.25sec, 0.4sec. Repeat the test 5times as a same method. Measure the concentration of each stage of film image, which gained by experiment, using photometer. And the image that gained by CCD sensor, analyze the pixel value's change by using image J, which is analyzing image program provided by NIH(National Institutes of Health). In case of film, while 0.12sec and 0.25sec show regular rising pattern of density gap as exposure time's increase, 0.4sec shows low rather than 0.12sec and 0.25sec. In case of CCD sensor density test, the result shows opposite pattern of film. This makes me think that pixels of CCD's sensor can have 0~255 value but it becomes saturation if the value is over 255. The way that getting clear reception during decreasing human's exposed radiation is one of maintaining an equipment as a best condition. So we should keeping a dental radiation equipment's condition steadily through cyclic permanent test after factor examination. Even digital equipment doesn't maintain a permanent, it can maintain a clarity by post processing of image so that hard to set it as standard of permanent test. Therefore it would be more increase the accuracy that compare a film as standard image. Thus I consider it will be an important measurement to care for dental radiation equipment and warrant homogeneity, consistency of dental image's clarity through comparing pattern which is the result from factor test against cyclic permanent test.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.439-445
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• 2018

T-type calcium channels are low voltage-activated calcium channels that evoke small and transient calcium currents. Recently, T-type calcium channels have been implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder and neural tube defects. However, their function during embryonic development is largely unknown. Here, we investigated the function and expression of T-type calcium channels in embryonic neural progenitor cells (NPCs). First, we compared the expression of T-type calcium channel subtypes (CaV3.1, 3.2, and 3.3) in NPCs and differentiated neural cells (neurons and astrocytes). We detected all subtypes in neurons but not in astrocytes. In NPCs, CaV3.1 was the dominant subtype, whereas CaV3.2 was weakly expressed, and CaV3.3 was not detected. Next, we determined CaV3.1 expression levels in the cortex during early brain development. Expression levels of CaV3.1 in the embryonic period were transiently decreased during the perinatal period and increased at postnatal day 11. We then pharmacologically blocked T-type calcium channels to determine the effects in neuronal cells. The blockade of T-type calcium channels reduced cell viability, and induced apoptotic cell death in NPCs but not in differentiated astrocytes. Furthermore, blocking T-type calcium channels rapidly reduced AKT-phosphorylation (Ser473) and $GSK3{\beta}$-phosphorylation (Ser9). Our results suggest that T-type calcium channels play essential roles in maintaining NPC viability, and T-type calcium channel blockers are toxic to embryonic neural cells, and may potentially be responsible for neurodevelopmental disorders.