• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.573-581
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• 2014

The salient features of UWB(Ultra WideBand) networks such as high-rate communications, low interference with other radio systems, and low power consumption bring many benefits to users, thus enabling several new applications such as wireless universal serial bus (WUSB) for connecting personal computers (PCs) to their peripherals and the consumer-electronics (CE) in people's living rooms. Because the size of multimedia data frame, WiMedia device must transmit the fragment of MSDU. However, when the fragment of MSDU is lost, WiMedia device maintains active mode for the time to complete the transmission MSDU, and there is a problem that unnecessary power consumption occurs. Therefore we propose new power management scheme to reduce unnecessary power consumption of WiMedia devices in the case that the fragment is lost.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제2권5호
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• pp.431-435
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• 2018

A modified setup of a CMD technique for high power coherent beam combining was presented to address an issue of low damage threshold of electro-optic modulators. The feasibility of the modified setup was demonstrated by combining eight fiber beams, and it was successfully performed with ${\lambda}/44$ of residual phase error and 100 Hz of control bandwidth. It is expected that the modified CMD setup facilitates ultra-high power coherent beam combination without a limitation caused by the low damage threshold of electro-optic modulators.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.47-58
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• 2005

This paper addresses development of the ultra-light analog sun sensors for small satellite applications. The sun sensor is suitable for attitude determination for small satellite because of its small, light, low-cost, and low power consumption characteristics. The sun sensor is designed, manufactured and characteristic-tested with the target requirements of ${\pm}60^{\circ}$ FOV (Field of View) and pointing accuracy of ${\pm}2^{\circ}$. Since the sun sensor has nonlinear characteristics between output measurement voltage and incident angle of sunlight, a higher order calibration equation is required for error correction. The error was calculated by using a polynomial calibration equation that was computed by the least square method obtained from the measured voltages vs. angles characteristics. Finally, the accuracies of 1-axis and 2-axes sun sensors, which consist of 2 detectors, are compared.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.353-360
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• 2016

Series hybrid electric vehicles (SHEVs) having multiple power sources such as an engine- generator (EnGen), a battery, and an ultra-capacitor require a power control unit with high power density and reliable control operation. However, manufacturing using separate individual power converters has the disadvantage of low power density and requires a large number of power and signal cable wires. It is also difficult to implement the optimal power distribution and fault management algorithm because of the communication delay between the units. In order to address these concerns, this approach presents a design methodology and a power control algorithm of an integrated power converter for the SHEVs powered by multiple power sources. In this work, the design methodology of the integrated power control unit (IPCU) is firstly elaborately described, and then efficient and reliable power distribution algorithms are proposed. The design works are verified with product-level and vehicle-level performance experiments on a 10-ton SHEV.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.134-140
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• 2001

한정된 주파수 문제를 해결하기 위해 제안된 초광대역 통신 시스템은 전 주파수 대역에 걸쳐 스펙트럼이 마치 기저 대역 잡음과 유사한 형태로 존재하여 타 통신 시스템에 간섭을 주지 않고 고속의 통신이 가능하며, 반송파를 사용하지 않기 때문에 송 수신기의 소비 전력과 그 구조를 간략화 시킬 수 있다. 그러나 기존의 펄스위치 방식 (Pulse Positioning Modulation : PPM)은 주파수 스펙트럼 상에 불연속 전력 스펙트럼 성분이 존재하여 시스템의 효율을 저하된다. 본 논문에서는 불연속 전력 스펙트럼 성분이 발생하지 않고, 유클리드 거리가 최대가 될 수 있는 Antipodal 신호를 제안한다. 또한, 고주파 시뮬레이터인 Agilent사의 Advanced Design System을 사용하여 Antipodal 신호를 이용한 변 복조기를 설계하여 구현 및 적용 가능성을 보였다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.176-181
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• 2013

This paper presents a CMOS impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) receiver implemented using IBM 0.13um CMOS technology for inner/inter-chip wireless interconnection. The IR-UWB receiver is based on the non-coherent architecture which removes the complexity of RF architecture (such as DLL or PLL) and reduces power consumption. The receiver consists of three blocks: a low noise amplifier (LNA) with active balun, a correlator, and a comparator. Simulation results show the die area of the IR-UWB receiver of 0.2mm2, a power gain (S21) of 12.5dB, a noise figure (NF) of 3.05dB, an input return loss (S11) of less than -16.5dB, a conversion gain of 18dB, a NFDSB of 22. The receiver exhibits a third order intercept point (IIP3) of -1.3dBm and consumes 22.9mW of power on the 1.4V power supply.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.89-96
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• 2018

본 연구는 915MHz의 UHF (Ultra High Frequency) 대역에서 RF 에너지 하베스팅 기술을 이용하는 풀 패시브 스마트 센서태그 개발을 목표로 한다. 다양한 방사 조건에서 전력수집을 최적화하기 위해, 최대전력점추적(MPPT: maximum power point tracking)을 활용하는 효율적인 에너지 하베스팅 모듈이 사용된다. 특히 제안하는 태그는 에너지 획득과 데이터 전송 능력 향상을 위해 두개의 직교 안테나를 사용한다. 실험 결과 개발된 스마트 센서태그는 4m 거리에서 DC 3.6V 출력을 위해 0.19mW 정도의 낮은 입력 RF 전력을 획득 할 수 있음을 보인다. 더욱이 제안하는 스마트 센서태그는 저전력 센서어레이로 2m 거리에서 무전원 식품 신선도 모니터링을 완벽하게 실현가능하다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.172-178
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• 2016

In this paper, we propose a sub-10 nm Ge/GaAs heterojunction-based tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET) with vertical band-to-band tunneling (BBT) operation for ultra-low-power (LP) applications. We design a stack structure that is based on the Ge/GaAs heterojunction to realize the vertical BBT operation. The use of vertical BBT operations in devices results in excellent subthreshold characteristics with a reduction in the drain-induced barrier thinning (DIBT) phenomenon. The proposed device with a channel length ($L_{ch}$) of 5 nm exhibits outstanding LP performance with a subthreshold swing (S) of 29.1 mV/dec and an off-state current ($I_{off}$) of $1.12{\times}10^{-11}A/{\mu}m$. In addition, the use of the highk spacer dielectric $HfO_2$ improves the on-state current ($I_{on}$) with an intrinsic delay time (${\tau}$) because of a higher fringing field. We demonstrate a sub-10 nm LP switching device that realizes a good S and lower $I_{off}$ at a lower supply voltage ($V_{DD}$) of 0.2 V.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.15-19
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• 2017

The fossil fuel power consumption generates $CO_2$, which causes the problems such as global warming. Also, the increase in energy consumption has accelerated the depletion of the fossil fuels, and renewable energy is attracting attention. Among the renewable energies, the solar energy gets a lot of attention as the infinite clean energy source. But, the supply level of solar cell is insignificant due to high cost of generation of electric power in comparison with fossil fuels. Thus several researchers are recently doing the research on ultra-low-cost solar cells. Also, $Cu_2O$ is one of the applied materials as an absorption layer in ultra-low-cost solar cells. Cuprous oxide ($Cu_2O$) is highly desirable semiconductor oxide for use in solar energy conversion due to its direct band gap ($E_g={\sim}2.1eV$) and a high absorption coefficient that absorbs visible light of wavelengths up to 650 nm. In addition, $Cu_2O$ has several advantages such as non-toxicity, low cost and can be prepared with simple and cheap methods on large scale. In this work, we fabricated the $Cu_2O$ thin films by reactive sputtering method. The films were deposited with a Cu target with variable parameters such as substrate temperature, rf-power, and annealing condition. Finally, we confirmed the structural properties of thin films by XRD and SEM.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.89-99
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 WBAN 환경에서의 저전력 사용과 신뢰성 있는 전송을위한 라우팅 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 알고리즘은 의료 서비스와 비의료 서비스가 공존하는 WBAN 환경에서 의료용 장치의 에너지 소모를 최대한 줄이고 수명 및 안정성을 최대한 높이는 방법이다. 또한 의료용 장치 뿐 만 아니라 비의료용 장치도 에너지 소모를 최소화하고, 장치의 수명도 최대화 할 수있다. 경로 선택 시 이전 노드와의 거리와 잔존 에너지량을 고려하여 가중치를 계산하고 가중치의 값을 합하여 전체 경로의 가중치를 계산한다. 전체 경로의 가중치가 가장 작은 것을 경로로 설정한다. 또한 이 알고리즘은 노드간의 링크 상태를 파악해서 링크 에러 및 혼잡 상황이 발생 했을 때 에러 경로를 회피하여 다음 가중치의 경로를 선택할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 무선 센서 네트워크 라우팅 알고리즘인 홉 카운트 기반 최단 거리 라우팅 알고리즘과 EAR 라우팅 알고리즘을 비교 대상으로 하여 WBAN의 특성인 저전력과 높은 신뢰성 보장을 시뮬레이션을 통해 확인한다.