• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.47 no.6
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• pp.729-737
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• 2015

Wireless communication technologies, especially smartphones, have become increasingly common. Wireless technology is widely used in general industry and this trend is also expected to grow with the development of wireless technology. However, wireless technology is not currently applied in any domestic operating nuclear power plants (NPPs) because of the highest priority of the safety policy. Wireless technology is required in operating NPPs, however, in order to improve the emergency responses and work efficiency of the operators and maintenance personnel during its operation. The wired telephone network in domestic NPPs can be simply connected to a wireless local area network to use wireless devices. This design change can improve the ability of the operators and personnel to respond to an emergency situation by using important equipment for a safe shutdown. IEEE 802.11 smartphones (Wi-Fi standard), Internet Protocol (IP) phones, personal digital assistant (PDA) for field work, notebooks used with web cameras, and remote site monitoring tablet PCs for on-site testing may be considered as wireless devices that can be used in domestic operating NPPs. Despite its advantages, wireless technology has only been used during the overhaul period in Korean NPPs due to the electromagnetic influence of sensitive equipment and cyber security problems. This paper presents the electromagnetic verification results from major sensitive equipment after using wireless devices in domestic operating NPPs. It also provides a solution for electromagnetic interference/radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI) from portable and fixed wireless devices with a Wi-Fi communication environment within domestic NPPs.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.65 no.2
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• pp.114-121
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• 2016

This paper is Instant space vector PWM(Pulse Width Modulation)power conversion devices in switching power semiconductors from my generation to losses and switching when the voltage surge and current surge of electronic noise(EMI: Electro Magnetic Interference / RFI: Radio Frequency Interference)to effectively minimize the power soft-switching power conversion circuit topologies of auxiliary resonant DC tank for the purpose of high performance realization of the electric power conversion system by the high-speed switching of a semiconductor device(AQRDCT simultaneously : an active auxiliary resonance using auxiliary Quasi-resonant DC tank)DC link snubber switch has adopted a three-phase voltage inverter. AQRDCL proposed in this paper can reduce the effective and current peak stress of the power semiconductors of the auxiliary resonant snubber circuit compared to the conventional active-resonant DC link snubber, it is not necessary to install the clamp switch of the auxiliary resonant DC link, DC the peak current and power loss of the bus line can be reduced.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.151-155
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• 2016

In this paper, we present the LED dimming control system by using ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation). This ADPCM apparatus accurately controls the LED current with high resolution reducing the RFI (radio frequency interference) due to the spreading out of the harmonics of current of pulses. Additionally, this makes it easier to increase the accuracy of control operation. This study introduces to make a digitally controlled circuit for controlling LED with high-energy efficient by adopting pulse current to LED. The LED current drive system we designed are two systems, the digitally-controlled unit and analog switching mode power supply unit, can be developed separately. The simulation shows the sigma delta modulation of digital to analog converter's output when the input level is 0.7. From this simulation, the output is approached to accurately 0.15% to target value with 510 pulses.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.273-284
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• 2020

The performance of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) chipset and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensors embedded in smartphones for location-based services (LBS) is limited due to the economic reasons for their mass production. Therefore, it is necessary to efficiently process the output data of the smartphone's embedded sensors in order to derive the optimum navigation values and, as a previous step, output performance of smartphone embedded sensors needs to be verified. This paper analyzes the navigation performance of such devices by processing the raw measurements data output from smartphones. For this, up-to-dated versions of smartphones provided by Samsung (Galaxy s10e) and Xiaomi (Mi 8) are used in the test experiment to compare their performances and characteristics. The GNSS and IMU data are extracted and saved by using an open market application software (Geo++ RINEX Logger & Mobile MATLAB), and then analyzed in post-processing manner. For GNSS chipset, data is extracted from static environments and verified the position, Carrier-to-Noise (C/N₀), Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) performance. For IMU sensor, the validity of navigation and various location-based-services is predicted by extracting, storing and analyzing data in static and dynamic environments.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.16 no.10
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• pp.112-124
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 FTTC/VDSL (Fiber-to-the-Curb/Very High-speed Digital Subscriber Line) 전송시스템의 개발동향과 ANSI, ETSI, ITU등의 표준화 위원회에서 현재 진행중인 VDSL 시스템의 표준화 작업에 대해 기술하였다. 특히, POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service), BA-ISDA(Basic Access Integrated Services Digital Network), HDSL(High-rate Digital Subscriber Line), SDSL (Single-pair HDSL), ADSL(Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) 등의 다양한 xDSL (Digital Subscriber Line) 서비스들에서 발생하는 NEXT (Near-end Crosstalk)/FEXT (Far-end Crosstalk)와 같은 crosstalk를 최소화하기 위해 제안된 VDSL시스템의 주파수 대역과 PSD (Power Spectral Density) mask에 관해 설명하고, 순방향(down-stream) 채널과 역방향(upstream) 채널의 데이터 전송률이 대칭적인 VDSL전송시스템과 비대칭적인 VDSL 전송시스템 간의 주파수대역의 호환성 문제, RFI(Radio Frequency Interference) ingress/egress 문제의 해결 방안에 관해 기술하였다. 또한, 현재 VDSL Coalition과 VDSL Alliance 간에 논의 중인 VDSL 전송시스템의 변복조 방식에 관한 표준화 작업과정 및 순방향과 역방향에 할당될 band 개수에 따른 시스템 성능의 장단점 등에 관해 살펴보았다. 끝으로 현재 국내에서 개발되고 있는 FTTC/VDSL 전송시스템의 전체구조를 요약하고, 네트워크에서 가입자쪽으로 순방향 데이터 전송에 사용된 51.84 Mb/s 19-CAP (Carrierless Amplitude/Phase Modulation) 전송시스템과 가입자 댁내에서 네트워크 방향으로 역방향 데이터 전송에 사용된 1.62 Mb/s QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) burst-mode TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) 전송시스템 등의 동작 원리 및 구조를 기술하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.112-115
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• 2012

현재 전 세계적으로 물 부족 현상이 대두되는 가운데 그 양상은 더욱 심해지고 있다. 이러한 물 부족 현상의 악화됨에 따라 수자원 관리의 중요성이 부각되고 있다. 효율적인 수자원의 관리를 위해서는 근본적으로 물 순환 과정인 수문현상의 이해가 필요하다. 수문현상은 증발산, 강우, 침투, 유출 등의 일련의 과정을 말하는 것으로 이를 해석하기 위해서는 많은 수문 인자들의 정확한 관측이 필요하다. 특히 지표와 대기간의 에너지 및 물의 교환에 대한 중요한 요소인 토양수분은 수문현상의 해석을 위해 필수적인 인자이다. 따라서 수문현상의 정확한 해석을 위해서는 토양수분의 관측이 필요하며, 이에 대한 많은 관측이 이루어져 왔다. 최근에는 원격탐사의 기술의 발달로 토양수분의 관측에 대해 시공간적인 장점을 가지는 인공위성을 이용하고 있다. 토양수분관측에 있어서 많은 위성들이 이용되고 있으나 대다수의 경우 발사시점이 오래되었으며, 현재 2009년 ESA (European Space Agency) 의 지구관측 미션의 일환으로 발사된 SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) 가 이용기간이 남아있다. 단, SMOS는 한국을 포함한 동아시아 및 유럽지역에 대해 RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) 의 전파방해로 우리나라의 경우 토양수분 Product의 직접적인 이용이 어려운 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 SMOS의 Product인 밝기온도를 이용하여 복원알고리즘을 통해 토양수분을 복원하였다. 또한 복원된 알고리즘의 정확성을 평가하기 위해 한반도의 지점관측된 토양수분 데이터를 이용하여 본 알고리즘을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.187-187
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• 2015

인공위성을 이용한 토양수분의 측정은, 범지구적인 물순환 분석에 있어서, 수문학적인 인자들의 시공간적인 변화를 예측, 분석하는데 있어 가장 효율적인 방법으로 제안되어왔다. 현재 국/내 외 적으로 사용하는 토양수분 위성은 Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS), Advanced SCATerometer (ASCAT)이 많이 사용되고 있으며, 더불어 일본에서 최근에 발사 된 Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiomter 2 (AMSR2) 센서를 통한 토양수분도 데이터도 적극 활용 되고 있다. 각 위성은 토양수분을 산출 하는 알고리즘, 파장대 그리고 위성 통과 시간 등이 각기 다르므로, 이러한 위성의 데이터를 사용하기 위해서는 지점 데이터와의 검증이 필수적으로 필요하게 된다. 이에따라 본 연구에서는 위성 데이터와 Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS)와의 비교를 통해 각 위성데이터의 동아시아 지역에서의 효용성을 평가하였다. 동아시아의 건조한 지역에서는 SMOS가 가장 좋은 토양수분 데이터 결과를 보여주었으며, 다른 많은 지역에서는 ASCAT이 우세한 결과를 보여주었다. 하지만 한반도 지역의 특정 지역에서는 AMSR2의 토양수분 값이 ASCAT을 뛰어넘는 좋은 결과를 보여주는 결과가 도출되었다. 추가적으로, SMOS의 경우 Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)의 영향으로 한반도지역 토양수분을 측정하는 것에는 많은 무리가 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.23 no.12
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• pp.1388-1398
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• 2012

SAR(Synthetic Aperture Radar) systems can provide images of wide coverage in day, night, and all-weather conditions. However wideband SAR systems are known to be vulnerable to interferences from other devices operating at in-band or adjacent spectrums and this may lead to image corruptions. In this paper, a SAR point target simulator is developed that provides performance analysis on image distortion caused by interferences from other devices. Interference signals are generated based on the experimental data observed from acquired SAR raw data. Simulation results include typical SAR performance measures such as spatial resolution, peak to sidelobe ratio and integrated sidelobe ratio. Finally, SAR target simulations are performed and shown to correspond to the image corruptions found in real SAR missions affected by RF interferences.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.21 no.12
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• pp.2221-2231
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• 2017

In this paper, we surveyed previous cases, network protocols (such as Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Z-wave, and WirelessHart) and propagation characteristics on the application of maintaining equipments for instrumentation and control (I&C) using wireless communication techniques inside the nuclear power plant (NPP). In addition, we compared and analyzed the difference of detailed regulations with respect to the electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI) in the Regulatory Guide 1.180 rev. 1 (RG. 1.180) for adopting the wireless communication techniques inside the NPP, and other regulations, such as MIL-STD 461E and IEC 61000-4, that are recognized in the KINS/RG-N03.09 (Rev. 2). Furthermore, we investigated evaluating factors about electromagnetic properties by considering indoor environments, wave scattering, shielding effectiveness, and the indoor wave attenuation model that were not included in the current electromagnetic compatibility regulation.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.53-60
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• 2008

A RF environmental field test for the proposed Galileo Sensor Station site was done by Alcatel Alenia technical team contracted by European Space Agency (ESA) and the Space Geodesy division of Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute at the Korean VLBI Hetwork (KVN) site in Tamla University Campus, Jeju from June 21, 2007 to June 24, 2007. Full band and in-band 24 hour observation for radio frequency interference, precise positioning, and multipath on three proposed antenna locations for Galileo signal were executed. The main purpose of this survey is to verify the results of previous test on 2006 by KASI. The preliminary analysis of the results and a full investigation also had been done by ESA under the permission of KASI until the end of July, 2007.