• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2006년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.215-216
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• 2006

In this paper, the antenna the with linear active phased array of $1{\times}16$ operated in DBS band was designed. The antenna was composed of sixteen radiating elements, sixteen active channels and five Wilkinson power combiners with 4-channel inputs, a digital control board and a stabilizing DC bias board. The radiating element of the array has the structure of a microstrip stack patch with a left-hand circular polarization. And, each active channel consists of a low noise ampilifier, a 3-bit digital phase shifter and a variable analog attenuator. The breadboard of linear active phased array antenna was also fabricated to test the electrical performances. The radiation patterns of the antenna were measured after correcting initial phases of each active channel in aechoic chamber. And also, the beam scanning chracteristcs of $10^{\circ}$, $20^{\circ}$, $30^{\circ}$ were measured.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.319-329
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• 2012

Closed-loop transmit diversity is considered an important technique for improving the link budget in the third generation and future wireless communication standards. This paper proposes several transmit diversity algorithms suitable for small wireless terminals and presents performance assessment in terms of average signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and outage improvement, convergence, and complexity of operations. The algorithms presented herein are verified using data from measured indoor channels with variable antenna spacing and the results explained using measured radiation patterns for a two-element array. It is shown that for a two-element array, the best among the proposed techniques provides SNR improvement of about 3 dB in a tightly spaced array (inter-element spacing of 0.1 wavelength at 2 GHz) typical of small wireless devices. Additionally, these techniques are shown to perform significantly better than a single antenna device in an indoor channel considering realistic values of latency and propagation errors.

• 천문학회지
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.147-156
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• 2012

We present a test of the emission statistics of active galactic nuclei (AGN), probing the connection between the red-noise temporal power spectra and multi-modal flux distributions known from observations. We simulate AGN lightcurves under the assumption of uniform stochastic emission processes for different power-law indices of their respective power spectra. For sufficiently shallow slopes (power-law indices (${\beta}{\leq}1$), the flux distributions (histograms) of the resulting lightcurves are approximately Gaussian. For indices corresponding to steeper slopes (${\beta}{\geq}1$), the flux distributions become multi-modal. This finding disagrees systematically with results of recent mm/radio observations. Accordingly, we conclude that the emission from AGN does not necessarily originate from uniform stochastic processes even if their power spectra suggest otherwise. Possible mechanisms include transitions between different activity states and/or the presence of multiple, spatially disconnected, emission regions.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.43-46
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• 2005

A Protomodel Space Infrared Cryogenic System (PSICS) cooled by a stirling cryocooler was designed. The PSICS has an IR sensor inside a cold box which is cooled by a stilting cryocooler with refrigeration capacity of 500mw at 80K in a vacuum vessel. It is important to minimize heat load for reducing background thermal noise. In order to design the cryogenic system of low heat load and to reduce heat load, we did several numerical analyses and tested using boil-off calorimetry with liquid nitrogen to measure the heat leak of the system. In this paper, we present the results obtained by thermal analysis and heat load measurement for designing the PSICS.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1993년도 하계학술대회 논문집 A
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• pp.277-280
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• 1993

When the noise is mainly caused by a detector and is statistically independent of the incident radiation, the multiplexing inherent in the Hadamard transform (HT) spectrometer can provide an improved spectrum-estimate. A spectrum-estimate can be further improved when any nonidealities in the system are compensated. In this research, three spectrum-estimation methods for an HT spectrometer having a nonideal mask are discussed in terms of computational efficiency, statistical bias, the sources of error, and the mean-square error associated with a given estimate. In addition, the results obtained from computer simulations are used to verify the theoretical foundation of each method.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권12호
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• pp.4080-4092
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• 2021

In this study, the performance of sequence tracking methods for multiple interaction events in specific CdZnTe Compton imagers was evaluated using Monte Carlo simulations. The Compton imager consisted of a 6 × 6 array of virtual Frisch-grid CZT crystals, where the dimensions of each crystal were 5 × 5 × 12 mm³. The sequence tracking methods for another Compton imager that consists of two identical CZT crystals arrays were also evaluated. When 662 keV radiation was incident on the detectors, the percentages of the correct sequences determined by the simple comparison and deterministic methods for two sequential interactions were identical (~80%), while those evaluated using the minimum squared difference method (55-59%) and Three Compton method (45-55%) for three sequential interactions, differed from each other. The reconstructed images of a 662 keV point source detected using single and double arrays were evaluated based on their angular resolution and signal-to-noise ratio, and the results showed that the double arrays outperformed single arrays.

• 한국음향학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국음향학회 1994년도 FIFTH WESTERN PACIFIC REGIONAL ACOUSTICS CONFERENCE SEOUL KOREA
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• pp.842-847
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• 1994

This paper presents the nearfield acoustic holography (NAH) imaging system for airborne sound constructed in our own laboratory. The effects of different kinds of noise and the filter function's form in wave number space for reconstructions are analysed emphatically. Using the system we have measured the vibrating mode and the radiated field of a simulative "Chime Stone" made by metal, and gotten interesting results. These results indicate that NAH can be used to research the mechanism of sound production and evalution of musical quality for Chime Stone as an effective means.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제85권6호
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• pp.743-753
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• 2023

Piezoelectricity is defined as the ability of certain materials to produce electric signals when mechanically stressed or to deform when an electrical potential is applied. Piezo technology is becoming increasingly crucial as intelligent devices use vibration sensors to detect vibrations in consumer electronics, the automotive industry, architectural design, and other applications. A wide range of applications is now possible with piezoelectric sensors, such as skin-attachable devices that monitor health and detect diseases. In this article, copper nanoparticles are used in the piezoelectric sensor as the driving agent of the magnetic field. Magnetic nanocatalysts containing copper nanoparticles are used due to their cheapness and availability. Considering that the increase of the electric field acting on the piezoelectric increases the damping (As a result, damping materials reduce radiation noise and increase material transfer losses by altering the natural vibration frequency of the vibrating surface). Among the advantages of this method are depreciating a significant amount of input energy using high energy absorption capacity and controlling slight vibrations in the sensors.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.955-960
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• 2019

전산화단층검사는 많은 방사선을 받을 수 있으며, 한 명의 환자에서 반복적으로 시행되는 경우가 위험도는 매우 높다. 어린이의 경우에 방사선에 의한 암 발생률이 더 높다고 보고하고 있다. 3D 프린트는 여러 분야에 적용하기 위해서 연구되고 있으며, 여러 응용 분야중 방사선 차폐체 제작 및 재료에 대한 연구가 최근 진행되고 있다. 3D 프린터의 목적은 기존의 판넬 형태의 차폐체를 대체하고 인체의 형태를 따라 맞춤형 제작을 하는 것이 최종 목적이기 때문에 3D 프린터에 입력할 3차원정보처리에 대한 연구도 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 스테레오 비전의 깊이지도(depth map) 생성 기술을 이용하여 환자 맞춤형 안구차폐체 제작의 전단계인 인체표면의 3차원 데이터를 계산하고 활용 가능성을 연구하고자 하였다. 알려진 3차원 정보처리의 방법들에 비해서 비교적 간단한 방법으로 제안된 결과 안면부 3차원 정보추출을 위한 최소한의 정보가 추출되었다. 본 연구의 결과는 자연광을 적용한 스테레오영상의 장점과 한계점을 제공하였고 향후 안구 차폐체 제작을 위한 기초자료가 될 것으로 판단한다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2016

영상화 품질향상은 방사선 치료영역과 진단영역의 영상화 검사와 같이 quality assurance (QA) 장비들의 특성평가에 매우 중요한 요소이다. 본 연구의 목적은 치료장비의 megavoltage X-ray 에너지를 사용하여 측정방법에 있어서 NPS에 대한 수평, 수직적인 방법에 대한 측정결과를 비교 평가하는 것이다. 잡음전력스펙트럼 평가 방법들은 국제 전기 규격 international electro-technical commission (IEC 62220-1) 기준을 사용하여 치료 영역에 적용되었다. 사용한 전자포털 영상장치(electronic portal imaging device, EPID)는 Siemens BEAMVIEW$^{PLUS}$, Elekta iViewGT 그리고 Varian Clinac$^R$ iX aS1000이었다. 데이터들로부터 각각의 주파수 값에 대응하는 노이즈 값들의 평균에 대해서, 각각의 주파수 별로 대응해서 표현하였으며, 수평 수직되어있는 주파수별 평균값의 노이즈값을 합산해서 정량적으로 장비마다 비교 평가하였다. 결과값은 Elekta iView에서 4가지 방법론에 의한 가로방향에서의 horizontal측정된 NPS값과 vertical 세로방향에서의 측정치는 비슷한 경향성에 따라서 horizontal과 vertical값은 3~5%정도의 차이가 있었으며, Siemens BEAMVIEW$^{PLUS}$, Varian Clinac$^R$ iX aS1000에서 horizontal측정된 NPS값과 vertical 측정된 NPS값은 편차의 차이가 전체값의 평균으로 했을 시 horizontal과 vertical값은 15%정도의 차이가 나타남을 보였다. 본 연구에서는 수평 수직되어있는 주파수별 평균값의 노이즈값을 합산해서 정량적으로 장비마다 비교 평가하였으며, 정량적인 평가방안을 제시하였다는 점을 둘 수 있다.