• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.157-162
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• 2023

Among the failures of photovoltaic power generation facilities, failures caused by surges account for 20% of the total failure rate, and energy emissions of tens to hundreds [A] during power generation and electrical damage to inverters and connection boards lead to electrical safety accidents. In particular, in the case of lightning, an abnormal voltage is induced in an electric circuit to destroy insulation, and the current flowing at this time causes a fire and acts as a factor that accelerates the deterioration of parts. Due to this action, the problem of electrical safety of solar power generation devices spreading from outside the city center to the inside of the city center such as houses, apartments, and government offices is emerging. Since lightning strikes cause both field-based and conducted electrical interference, this effect increases with increasing cable length or conductor loops. In addition, surge damages not only solar modules, inverters and monitoring devices, but also building facilities, which can eventually cause operational shutdown due to fire of the photovoltaic power generation system and consequent financial loss. Therefore, in this paper, a lightning protection system for solar power generation devices is studied for the purpose of reducing property damage and human casualties due to the increase in fire and electrical safety accidents caused by lightning strikes in photovoltaic power generation systems.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.44 no.11
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• pp.949-956
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• 2016

There are a number of effects by solar radiation in many aerospace industrial fields, such as degradation of mechanical properties, sealing effect of sealants or decolorization. Because it takes long time to investigate these effects by using the light of natural state, new methods are developed for accelerating this phenomenon. In this paper, we developed an apparatus to simulate accelerated solar radiation phenomenon selecting irradiation intensity $1,120W/m^2$ as the designed environment. Epoxy polymer as the composite material was chosen and processed by ASTM-D638, a reference for tensile test of polymer and plastic. Total color shift was selected as the test category to evaluate acceleration of the test. We obtained acceleration factors and numerical model from test data and concluded it can shorten test periods by accelerated irradiation intensity of $1,120W/m^2$.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.423-430
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• 1994

We designed and fabricated the single mode fiber pigtailed DFB-LD module for 2.5 Gbps optical communication system. In the design of the DFB-LD module, we made the module divided into two parts of inner sub-module and outer 14-pin butterfly package and cylindrical shaped sub-module contain quasi confocal 2 lens system including optical isolator and electrical connection between these parts via hybrid substrate of bias T circuit. Laser welding was used to assemble the sub-module which requires accurate fixing between optical elements. The fabricated DFB-LD module showed optical coupling efficiency of 20% and - 3 dB small signal response of more than 2.6 GHz. We confirmed mechanical reliability of the module by temperature cycle test where the tested module exhibit optical power fluctuation of less than 10%. Finally we evaluated the performance of the fabricated DFB-LD module as light source of 2.5 Gbps optical communication system, sensitivity of - 30.2 dBm was obtained through 47 km optical fiber transmission under the criterion of $1\times10^{-10}$ BER and transmission penalties were 1.5 dB caused by extinction ratio and 1.0 dB caused by chromatic dispersion of normal single mode fiber. fiber.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.249-254
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• 2019

An optical current sensor device that measures electric current by the principle of the Faraday effect was designed and fabricated. The polarization-rotated reflection interferometer and the quadrature phase interferometer were introduced so as to improve the operational stability. Complex structures containing diverse optical components were integrated in a polymeric optical integrated circuit and manufactured in a small size. This structure allows sensing operation without extra bias feedback control, and reduces the phase change due to environmental temperature changes and vibration. However, the Verdet constant, which determines the Faraday effect, still exhibits an inherent temperature dependence. In this work, we tried to eliminate the residual temperature dependence of the optical current sensor based on polarization-rotated reflection interferometry. By varying the length of the fiber-optic wave plate, which is one of the optical components of the interferometer, we could compensate for the temperature dependence of the Verdet constant. The proposed optical current sensor exhibited measurement errors maintained within 0.2% over a temperature range, from 25℃ to 85℃.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.137-145
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• 2022

A directional coupler device, one of the fundamental components of photonic integrated circuits, distributes optical power by evanescent field coupling between two adjacent optical waveguides. In this paper, the design process for manufacturing a directional coupler device is reviewed, and the accuracy of the design results, as seen from the characteristics of the actual fabricated device, is confirmed. When designing a directional coupler device through a two-dimensional (2D) beam-propagation-method (BPM) simulation, an optical structure is converted to a two-dimensional planar structure through the effective index method. After fabricating the directional coupler device array, the characteristics are measured. To supplement the 2D-BPM results that are different from the experimental results, a 3D-BPM simulation is performed. Although 3D-BPM simulation requires more computational resources, the simulation result is closer to the experimental results. Furthermore, the waveguide core refractive index used in 3D-BPM is adjusted to produce a simulation result consistent with the experimental results. The proposed design procedure enables accurate design of directional coupler devices, predicting the experimental results based on 3D-BPM.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.25-30
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• 2015

A wind turbine blade is an important component in wind-power generation, and is generally exposed to harsh environmental conditions. Ultrasonic inspection is mainly used to inspect such blades, but it has been difficult to quantify defect sizes in complicated composite structures. Recently, active infrared thermography has been widely studied for inspecting composite structures, in which thermal energy is applied to an object, and an infrared camera detects the energy emitted from it. In this paper, a calibration method for active optical lock-in thermography is proposed to quantify the size. Inclusion, debonding and wrinkle defects, created in a wind blade for 100 kW wind power generation, were all successfully detected using this method. In particular, a ${\phi}50.0mm$ debonding defect was sized with 98.0% accuracy.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.182-185
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• 2014

In this paper, the ADC performs research and development for high speed data transfers to minimize the optical delay. Have more $6{\mu}s$ delay in the data signal converting optical repeater transmission system existing there has been a limit on the high-speed data transmission, and signal conversion. The need to develop a new technique to reduce the delay in time within $2{\mu}s$ data signal converted by using this direct conversion system. It is desired the development of the core technologies necessary for the signal transduction component, such as mobile communications LTE, LTE advanced service transport network is established, the delay time $3{\mu}s$ technology for reducing the delay time in the signal converting a revolutionary step is applied in this paper we have developed an ADC.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.339-342
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• 2012

최근 자동차 산업의 발달로 후방카메라의 보급과 더불어 안전/보안 관련 제품이 출시되고 있다. 대부분의 후방카메라 설치는 많은 부품과 배선들이 들어간다는 단점이 있으며 배선이 길어질수록 노이즈가 발생한다. 본 연구는 차량의 후방을 감시하는 후방카메라에 관한 시스템으로 MOST 네트워크를 이용하여 설계하였다. 동기 및 비동기 데이터를 동시에 전송할 수 있는 MOST(Media Oriented Systems Transport) 네트워크는 최근 자동차 멀티미디어 시스템에 가장 광범위하게 사용되고 있는 통신 시스템이다. MOST150은 주로 링 형태로 연결되어지며 마스터 역할을 하는 장치가 반드시 하나 존재하고 여러 개의 슬레이브 장치들이 존재한다. 본 논문에서는 MOST150 네트워크에서 차량용 카메라로부터 들어오는 영상을 적용하고, 광 케이블을 통해 노이즈 발생 및 배선의 복잡성을 줄여 운전자가 정확하고 실시간으로 원활한 영상 데이터를 얻을 수 있는 시스템을 설계 및 구현하였다.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.33-46
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• 2010

인쇄전자회로 기술은 인쇄(graphic art printing) 공정을 활용한 다양한 광/전자 기기 개발을 위한 핵심요소 기술이다. 기능성 전자 잉크 소재와 초저가격의 프린팅 공정을 통해서 유비쿼터스 시대의 차세대 모바일 IT 기기의 생명력을 불어넣게 된다. 현재 기술 수준이 일부 요소 부품들을 제작하고 기본 단위의 정보처리를 가능케 하는 수준에 머무르고 있으나, 여러 가지 잉크 소재 및 다양한 초미세 인쇄 공정 기술의 개발이 진행됨에 따라 향후 폭넓은 분양에 적용될 것으로 기대된다. 궁극적으로 인쇄전자회로의 성능이 향상되고 고집적화 됨으로써 기존의 Si 기반 CPU나 IC 칩을 대체하는 공정으로 자리매김을 할 것으로 예상된다. 본 기고문에서는 이러한 인쇄전자회로 기술 및 동향에 대해 기술하였다. 특히, 현재 폭넓게 연구가 진행중인 차세대 디스플레이 백플레인이나 개별물품단위 트래킹을 위한 플라스틱 RFID 태그 적용을 위해 필요한 요건들을 인쇄전자회로 기술관점에서 조망하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.491-495
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• 2002

In the paper, a Visual factory model for a optical-components manufacturing process is built. The optical-components manufacturing process is composed of 3 operation processes; optical sub assembly process, package assembly process, and fiber assembly process. Each process is managed not a batch mode, which is one of most popular manufacturing styles to produce a great deal of industrial output, but though a modular cell. In the processes, a modular cell has to be processed independently of the other cells. Optimization for the composition of assembly cell in the optical-components system is made by the Visual factory model.