• 한국광학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.83-87
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• 2015

본 논문은 자외선 광학센서 개발에 관한 것이다. 기존에 반도체 기반 자외선 센서를 대체하기 위해 개발된 단주기 광섬유격자기반 자외선 센서에 대한 측정 민감도를 향상시키기 위한 다양한 장치들을 설계하고 실험을 통해 성능을 확인하였다. 최근 연구를 통해 자외선 흡수에 따라 인장력이 유도되는 아조벤젠 폴리머 재료와 장력에 따른 광섬유격자 특성 변화를 조합하여 새로운 자외선 센서의 개념이 제시되었다. 본 연구에서는 광섬유격자 기반 자외선 센서에서 흡수하지 못하고 통과되는 자외선 잔광을 반사판을 이용해서 다시 반사시켜 센서에서 재흡수되는 원리로 센서의 민감도를 향상시켰다. 본 논문에서는 반사판의 종류를 선정하고 반사판의 곡률반경을 최적화하였다. 또한 기존의 원통형 집광렌즈를 이용한 민감도 향상 기술을 접목 시켜 아무런 장치가 없을 때와 비교해서 약 15배의 성능을 향상시키는 결과를 얻었다. 또한 외부 환경 효과를 줄이기 위한 패키지 모듈을 제작하여 적용하고 그 특성을 분석하였다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.333-338
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• 2019

방사선치료 분야에서는 치료의 안전성을 검증하기 위한 Quality Assurance(QA) 절차가 매우 중요하게 여겨진다. 그러나 일반적으로 이에 사용되는 선량계들의 다양한 문제점 때문에, 이를 대체하기 위한 선량계 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 형광체로부터 방출된 visible light(VL)에 의한 Sensitivity 극대화를 위해, 뛰어난 형광 효율을 가지는 형광체인 $Gd_2O_2S:Tb$를 요오드화납(Lead(II) Iodide; $PbI_2$)에 다양한 weight percent(wt%)로 혼합한 Blended hybrid sensor를 제작하였다. 이후 Blended sensor 및 Pure $PbI_2$ sensor의 고에너지 방사선에 대한 반응특성을 비교 및 평가하였다. 민감도 평가결과, 3wt%는 sensor에서 타 sensor들과 40% 이상 차이나는 최댓값이 나타났으며, 이를 제외한 센서에서 wt%의 증가에 따른 점차적 민감도 감소추세를 확인하였다. 또한, 재현성 평가에서는 Pure $PbI_2$ sensor가 coefficient of variation(CV)>0.015의 큰 편차를 보인 반면, blended sensor는 모두 CV<0.015 이하의 결과를 보였다.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2002년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.27-30
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• 2002

PMFBG sensor was fabricated using phase mask and Excimer laser. The reflected wavelength of PMFBG sensor had dual peaks due to intrinsic birefringence. To discover the polarization axes, peak sensitivity was measured under compression test. The signal characteristics of PMFBG sensor were also examined in embedding condition. The embedded PMFBG sensor in epoxy block was loaded for the transverse strain measurements. Experiments showed that the PMFBG sensor could successfully measure the transverse strain. This PMFBG sensor is useful for the structures that require measuring transverse stram.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.477-496
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• 2013

Due to their cost-effectiveness and ease of installation, wireless smart sensors (WSS) have received considerable recent attention for structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure. Though various wireless smart sensor networks (WSSN) have been successfully implemented for full-scale structural health monitoring (SHM) applications, monitoring of low-level ambient strain still remains a challenging problem for WSS due to A/D converter (ADC) resolution, inherent circuit noise, and the need for automatic operation. In this paper, the design and validation of high-precision strain sensor board for the Imote2 WSS platform and its application to SHM of a cable-stayed bridge are presented. By accurate and automated balancing of the Wheatstone bridge, signal amplification of up to 2507-times can be obtained, while keeping signal mean close to the center of the ADC span, which allows utilization of the full span of the ADC. For better applicability to SHM for real-world structures, temperature compensation and shunt calibration are also implemented. Moreover, the sensor board has been designed to accommodate a friction-type magnet strain sensor, in addition to traditional foil-type strain gages, facilitating fast and easy deployment. The wireless strain sensor board performance is verified through both laboratory-scale tests and deployment on a full-scale cable-stayed bridge.

• 센서학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.178-182
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• 2008

Planar type micro catalytic combustible gas sensor was developed by using nano crystalline $SnO_2$ Pt thin film as micro heater was deposited by thermal evaporation method on the alumina substrate. The thickness of the Pt heater was around 160 nm. The sensor showed high reliability with prominent selectivity against various gases(Co, $C_3H_8,\;CH_4$) at low operating temperature($156^{\circ}C$). The sensor with nano crystalline $SnO_2$ showed higher sensitivity than that without nano crystalline $SnO_2$. This can be explained by more active adsorption and oxidation of hydrogen by nano crystalline $SnO_2$ particles. The present planar-type catalytic combustible hydrogen sensor with nano crystalline $SnO_2$ is a good candidate for detection of hydrogen leaks.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제31A권5호
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• pp.113-120
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• 1994

Silicon flow sensor that can detect the velocity and direction of air flow was designed and fabricated by integrated circuit process and bulk micromachining technique. The flow sensor consists of three-layered dielectric diaphragm, a heater at the center of the diaphragm, and four thermopiles surrounding the heater at each side of diaphragm as sensing elements. This diaphragm structure contributes to improve the sensitivity of the sensor due to excellent thermal isolation property of dielectric materials and their tiny thickness. The flow sensor has good axial symmetry to sense 2-D air flow with the optimized sensing position in the proposed structure. The sensor is fabricated using CMOS compatible process followed by the anisotropic etching of silicon in KOH and EDP solutions to form I$\mu$ m thick dielectric diaphragm as the last step. TCR(Temperature Coefficient of Resistance) of the heater of the fabricated sensors was measured to calculate the operating temperature of the heater and the output voltage of the sensor with respect to flow velocity was also measured. The TCR of the polysilicon heater resistor is 697ppm/K, and the operating temperature of the heater is 331$^{\circ}C$ when the applied voltage is 5V. Measured sensitivity of the sensor is 18.7mV/(m/s)$^{1/2}$ for the flow velocity of smaller than 10m/s.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.459-464
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• 2013

Structures can be evaluated their health status by allowable loading criteria. These criteria can be determined by the maximum strain. Therefore, in order to detect this maximum strain of structures, fiber optic Bragg grating(FBG) sensor probes are newly designed and fabricated to perform the memorizing detection even if the sensor system is on-and-off. The probe is constructed with an FBG optical fiber embedded in silver epoxy. When the load is applied and removed on the structure, the residual strain remains in the silver epoxy to memorize the maximum strain effect. In this study, a commercial Al-foil bonded FBG sensor probe was tested to investigate the detection feasibility at first. FBG sensor probes with silver epoxy were fabricated as three different sizes. The detection feasibility of maximum strain was studied by doing the tensile tests of CFRP specimens bonded with these FBG sensor probes. It was investigated the sensitivity coefficient defined as the maximum strain divided by the residual strain. The highest sensitivity was 0.078 of the thin probe having the thickness of 2 mm.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2017

본 연구에서 광섬유 브래그 격자 센서를 이용한 보행 진동 측정에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 보행 진동 측정 시스템의 민감도를 향상시키기 위하여 FBG Seismic sensor 부를 재설계하였다. 성인남성의 평균 걷는 주기 1.5~2.5 Hz를 설계목표인 외부가진 값으로 가정하고, FBG Seismic sensor 부의 1차 모드 고유진동수 값을 외부 가진 주파수 부근 값인 3.5 Hz를 갖도록 CATIA와 ABAQUS를 이용하여 설계하고 제작함으로써 기존의 보행 진동 측정 시스템과 대비하여 민감도를 약 15배 향상 시킬 수 있었고, 침입 감지 분야 적용에 적합함을 확인하였다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2016

Nowadays, most major automobile manufacturers are very interested, and actively involved, in developing driver alcohol detection system for safety (DADSS) that serves to prevent driving under the influence. DADSS measures the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) from the driver's breath and limits the ignition of the engine of the vehicle if the BAC exceeds the reference value. In this study, to optimize the sensor array of the DADSS, we selected sensors by using three different methods, configured the sensor arrays, and then compared their performance. The Wilks' lambda, stepwise elimination and filter method (using a principal component) were used as the sensor selection methods [2,3]. We compared the performance of the arrays, by using the selectivity and sensitivity as criteria, and Sammon mapping for the analysis of the cluster type of each gas. The sensor array configured by using the stepwise elimination method exhibited the highest sensitivity and selectivity and yielded the best visual result after Sammon mapping.

• 센서학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.462-468
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• 2010

A low power gas sensor with microheater was fabricated by MEMS technology. In order to heat up the gas sensing material to a operating temperature, a platinum(Pt) micro heater was built on to the micromachined Si substrate. The width and gap of microheater were $20\;{\mu}m$ and $4.5\;{\mu}m$, respectively. ZnO nanowhisker arrays were fabricated on a sensor device by hydrothermal method. The sensor device was deposited with ZnO seeds using PLD systems. A 200 ml aqueous solution of 0.1 mol zinc nitrate hexahydrate, 0.1 mol hexamethylenetetramine, and 0.02 mol polyethylenimine was used for growthing ZnO nanowhiskers. The power consumption to heat up the gas sensor to a operating temperature was measured and temperature distribution of sensor was analyzed by a Infrared Thermal Camera. The optimum temperature for highest sensitivity was found to be $250^{\circ}C$ although relatively high(64 %) sensitivity was obtained even at as low as $150^{\circ}C$. The power consumption was 72 mW at $250^{\circ}C$ and was only 25 mW at $150^{\circ}C$.