• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.302-317
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• 2017

This paper proposes a new full adder design based on pass-transistor logic that offers ultra-low power dissipation and superior variability together with low transistor count. The pass-transistor logic allows device count reduction through direct logic realization, and thus leads to reduction in the node capacitances as well as short-circuit currents due to the absence of supply rails. Optimum transistor sizing alleviates the adverse effects of process variations on performance metrics. The design is subjected to a comparative analysis against existing designs based on Monte Carlo simulations in a SPICE environment, using the 22-nm CMOS Predictive Technology Model (PTM). The proposed ULP adder offers 38% improvement in power in comparison to the best performing conventional designs. The trade-off in delay to achieve this power saving is estimated through the power-delay product (PDP), which is found to be competitive to conventional values. It also offers upto 79% improvement in variability in comparison to conventional designs, and provides suitable scalability in supply voltage to meet future demands of energy-efficiency in portable applications.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.107-119
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• 2021

The cross-flow turbine is one of the most famous and widely used hydraulic power systems for a long time. The cross-flow turbine is especially popular in many countries and remote regions where off-grided because of its many benefits such as low cost, high efficiency at low head, simple structure, and easy maintenance. However, most modern turbines, including the cross-flow turbine, are unsuitable for the ultra-low head situation, known as less than 3m water head or zero head with over 0.5m/s flow velocity. In this study, we demonstrated a 20kW class inverted-type cross-flow turbine's performance. First, we reevaluated our previous studies and introduced how to design the inverted-type cross-flow turbine. Secondly, we fabricated the 20kW class inverted-type cross-flow turbine for the performance test. And then, we designed a testbed and installed the turbine system in the demonstration facility. In the end, we compare the demonstration with its previous CFD results. The comparing result shows that both CFD and real model fitted on guide vane angle at 10 degrees. At the demonstration, we achieved 42% turbine efficiency at runner speed 125 RPM.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권11C호
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• pp.1098-1105
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 낮은 복잡도와 전력 소모로 정밀한 무선측위 성능을 제공할 수 있는 고속 비동기식 UWB(Ultra Wide band) 무선측위 기법을 제안하고, NLoS (Non-Line of Sight) 특성이 강한 다중경로 채널 환경에서 무선측위 성능을 향상시키기 위한 Residual Test를 적용한다. 비콘 (Beacon) 수만큼의 송수신이 요구되는 일반적인 ToA (Time of Arrival) 무선측위 기법과 비교하여, 제안된 UWB 무선측위 기법은 단일 송수신 과정만 필요하므로 소모 전력 및 처리 시간 등을 효과적으로 감소시킨다. 또한 비콘간의 엄격한 시각 동기화가 요구되는 일반적인 TDoA (Time Difference of Arrival) 무선측위 기법과 비교하면, 비동기식 기반 제안된 기법은 시스템 복잡도가 매우 낮은 특성을 보유하고 있다. LoS (Line of Sight) 채널 모델에서의 모의실험 결과, 제안된 기법은 낮은 시스템 복잡도와 전력 소모 등을 요구하지만 일반적인 ToA 및 TDoA 무선측위 기법들과 거의 동등한 정밀도의 무선측위 성능을 제공하는 것을 확인하였다. 더불어, NLoS 특성이 강한 다중경로 채널 환경에서도 제안된 기법은 Residual Test를 이용하여 일반적인 기법들에 근접한 정밀도의 무선측위 성능을 달성하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2016년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.3-32
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• 2016

High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) technique has been developed for more than 15 years. It is characterized by its ultra-high peak current and peak power density to obtain unique thin film properties, such as high hardness, good adhesion and tribological performance. However, its low deposition rate makes it hard to be applied in industries. In this work, the development of HiPIMS system and integration of radio frequency (RF) or mid-frequency (MF) power supplies were introduced. Effects of duty cycle and repetition frequency on the microstructure, mechanical property, optical and electrical properties of some binary, ternary and quarternary nitride coatings and oxide thin films were discussed. It can be observed that the deposition rate was effectively increased by the superimposed HiPIMS with RF or MF power. High hardness, good adhesion and sufficient wear resistance can be obtained through a proper adjustment of processing parameters of HiPIMS power system.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2009

심장박동 조절장치를 위한 저전압 저전력 델타 시그마 모듈레이터를 제안하였다. 제안된 회로는 feedforward 구조를 이용한 델타 시그마 모듈레이터 단을 계단식 형태로 설계하였으며, 이를 통하여 저전압 환경에서도 비교적 높은 해상도를 구현할 수 있었다. 인버터 기반의 스위치드 커패시터 회로를 이용하여 전력소모를 최소화하고, 낮은 전압에서도 동작 가능하도록 설계되었다. 제안된 회로는 $0.35-{\mu}m$ CMOS 공정을 이용하여 구현되었으며, 샘플링 주파수가 7.6 kHz 이고 120Hz 대역폭에서 61-dB SNDR, 63-dB SNR, 그리고 65-dB DR 을 가진다. 이때 전력소모는 1-V 전원전압에서 280 nW에 불과하다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.230-238
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• 2022

사물인터넷은 통신 기능이 없는 사물에 통신 기능을 추가하여 사물의 정보를 원격에서 수집 및 사물의 기능을 제어하는 통신기술이다. 이를 위해 Wi-Fi, 3GPP, 블루투스 등 다양한 통신기술이 사용 가능하며 NB-IoT와 LoRa(Long Range)는 사물인터넷 개념에 특화된 통신기술이다. LoRa는 장거리, 저전력, 저속 통신을 지원하는 통신기술로 원거리의 사물에서 생성되는 정보를 수집하고 장비를 제어하기에 적합하다. 이러한 특징 때문에 많은 응용 분야에서 활용되고 있으며 다양한 성능 향상 연구가 진행 중이다. 본 논문은 더욱더 넓은 응용 분야에서 활용하기 위한 초장거리 LoRa 통신 모듈을 제안하고자 한다. 초장거리 LoRa 통신 모듈을 개발하기 위해 하드웨어, 펌웨어 및 테스트를 위한 응용 소프트웨어를 설계 및 구현한다. 구현된 장비는 실제 환경에서 테스트를 통해 성능을 검증하여 활용도를 확인하겠다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1469-1479
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• 2017

Primary-side regulation (PSR) scheme is widely applied in low power applications, such as cell phone chargers, network adapters, and LED drivers. However, the efficiency and standby power requirements have been improved to a high standard due to the new trends of DOE (Department Of Energy) Level VI and COC (Code Of Conduct specifications) V5. The major drawbacks of PSR include poor regulation due to inaccurate feedback and difficulty in acquiring acceptable regulation. A novel adaptive blanking strategy for constant current and constant voltage regulation is proposed in this paper. An accurate model for the sample blanking time related to transformer leakage inductance and the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) parasitic capacitance is established. The proposed strategy can achieve accurate detection for ultra-low standby power. In addition, numerous control factors are analyzed in detail to eliminate the influence of leakage inductance on the loop stability. A dedicated controller integrated circuit (IC) with a power MOSFET is fabricated to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy. Experimental results demonstrated that the prototype based on the proposed IC has excellent performance.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2021

Recently, a lossless non-successive interference cancellation (SIC) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) implementation has been proposed. Such lossless NOMA without SIC is achieved via correlated superposition coding (SC), in comparison with conventional independent SC. However, only high-correlated SC was investigated in the lossless non-SIC NOMA implementation. Thus, this paper investigates low-correlated SC, especially a lossless interval, owing to low-correlation between signals. First, for the low-correlated SC scheme, we derive the closed-form expressions for the two roots with which the lossless interval is defined. Then, simulations demonstrate that the lossless interval of low-correlated SC NOMA is enlarged, with a degraded middle interval, compared to that of high-correlated SC NOMA. Moreover, we also show that such tendency becomes stronger as the value of the correlation coefficient varies. As a result, the proposed low-correlated SC scheme could be considered as a promising correlated SC scheme, with the enlarged lossless interval in NOMA toward the future sixth-generation (6G) ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC).

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제6권5_6호
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• pp.675-687
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• 2010

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is the science and technology of monitoring and assessing the condition of aerospace, civil and mechanical infrastructures using a sensing system integrated into the structure. Impedance-based SHM measures impedance of a structure using a PZT (Lead Zirconate Titanate) patch. This paper presents a low-power wireless autonomous and active SHM node called Autonomous SHM Sensor 2 (ASN-2), which is based on the impedance method. In this study, we incorporated three methods to save power. First, entire data processing is performed on-board, which minimizes radio transmission time. Considering that the radio of a wireless sensor node consumes the highest power among all modules, reduction of the transmission time saves substantial power. Second, a rectangular pulse train is used to excite a PZT patch instead of a sinusoidal wave. This eliminates a digital-to-analog converter and reduces the memory space. Third, ASN-2 senses the phase of the response signal instead of the magnitude. Sensing the phase of the signal eliminates an analog-to-digital converter and Fast Fourier Transform operation, which not only saves power, but also enables us to use a low-end low-power processor. Our SHM sensor node ASN-2 is implemented using a TI MSP430 microcontroller evaluation board. A cluster of ASN-2 nodes forms a wireless network. Each node wakes up at a predetermined interval, such as once in four hours, performs an SHM operation, reports the result to the central node wirelessly, and returns to sleep. The power consumption of our ASN-2 is 0.15 mW during the inactive mode and 18 mW during the active mode. Each SHM operation takes about 13 seconds to consume 236 mJ. When our ASN-2 operates once in every four hours, it is estimated to run for about 2.5 years with two AAA-size batteries ignoring the internal battery leakage.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.595-606
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• 2022

한국은 단위기 발전기 용량 1.4 GW, 20 GW를 초과하는 몇 개 지역의 대단위 발전단지, 대단위 발전단지에서 발전력을 인출하는 2~3개의 초고압 송전선로, 비수권에서 수도권으로 발전력을 수송하는 6개의 초고압 송전선로 구성 등 대용량 발전, 대규모 송전시스템 등 전통적인 전력계통 시스템의 특징을 가지고 있다. 이런 전력계통 특성으로 신재생에너지 진입 단계는 낮으나 주파수 안정도 문제 등으로 일부 발전기 출력 감발을 시행하고 있으며 향후 신재생에너지 확대 정책으로 전력계통 안정도 유지 문제가 가장 중요한 현안으로 떠오를 전망이다. 태양광, 풍력발전 같은 비관성 인버터 기반 신재생에너지 급증시 독립계통에서 전력계통 안정도를 향상시키는 수단은 Natural 관성 자원인 동기조상기와 가상 관성 자원인 BESS를 계통에 설치하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 신재생에너지가 계통안정도에 미치는 영향을 분석하고 최저주파수를 유지하기 위한 BESS 효과를 계통 모의를 통하여 분석하였다. 발전제약 용량에 따른 BESS 효과는 최대 122.81%에 도달하는 것을 확인하였다.