• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.145-155
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• 2013

현대인의 집밖 스마트 ICT 디바이스의 요구성능은 휴대 용이성, 끊김 없는 통신채널 확보, 저전력 소모, 편리한 UI, 다양한 기능의 통합제공, 필요한 기능의 손쉬운 추가 및 삭제 등이며, 이런 요구에 충족하기 위해서 HW는 경박단소, 고성능 및 저전력 소모 등으로, SW는 개방형 앱 스토어를 통한 기능추가로 진화하였고, 이를 포함하는 디바이스로는 스마트폰, 테블릿 PC가 대표적이다. 집안의 스마트 ICT 디바이스의 요구성능은 집밖 ICT 디바이스 성능을 포함하면서, 어떤 디바이스에서든 끊김없는 콘텐츠 및 데이터 수집과 이동성, 그리고 아직 정의되지 않은 미래 추가기능의 실행 가능성 등이며 이를 위해 STB(Set Top Box), IPTV, 미디어허브, SmarTV 등 다양한 디바이스가 혁신적인 변모를 준비하고 있다. 본고에서는 집안 ICT 디바이스 혁신의 결과물을 디지털 미디어 허브라 명명하고, 이를 지향하고 있는 후보군 디바이스 들의 동향을 살펴보며, 디지털 미디어 허브로의 신속한 변모를 위해 필요한 연구 개발 방안으로 플랫폼기반의 SW-SoC(System On a Chip) 개발 기술을 소개하고자 한다.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.15 no.1 s.61
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• pp.1-14
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• 2000

ATM PON 기반의 FTTH 광 정합 망은 향후 가장 효과적이고 경제적인 망이 될 것이므로 FTTC 망을 비용 경제적인 망으로 구현하기 위해서 광 액세스 시스템(ONU)을 최대한 저가격이고 소형이며 저전력을 소모하는 시스템으로 설계할 필요가 있다. 본 연구의 ONU는 FTTC/FTTH 기반의 155Mb/s(OC-3/STM-1) 및 622Mb/s(OC-12/STM-4) 속도의 ATM-PON 광 정합을 위한 광 액세스 시스템이다. 본 고에서는 유니버설 가입자 정합을 통하여 가입자에게 일반 및 공중전화, N-ISDN, 고속 인터넷 접속, 고속 멀티미디어 서비스 등의 다양한 서비스를 제공하기 위한 비용 효과적이고 소형이며 저전력을 소모하는 ONU 설계 및 구현방안을 기술하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.809-811
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• 2010

In most floating-point operations related with 3D graphic applications for mobile devices, properly approximated data calculations with reduced complexity and low power are preferable to exactly rounded floating-point operations with unnecessary preciseness with cost. Among all the sophisticated floating-point arithmetic operations, multiplication and division are the most complicated and time-consuming, and they can be transformed into addition and subtraction repectively by adopting the logarithmic conversion. In this process, the most important factor for performance is how high we can make an approximation of the logarithm conversion. In this paper, we cover the trends in studying the logarithm conversion circuit designs. We also discuss the important factor in design issues and the applicable fields in detail.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.303-309
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• 2012

Energy expenditure values were estimated based on the voice signals and body activities. Voice signals and body activities were obtained using PVDF contact vibration sensor and 3-axis accelerometer, respectively. Vibration caused by voices, activity signals, and actual energy consumption were acquired using data acquisition system and gas analyzer. With the use of power values from the voice signals and weight as independent variables, R-square of 0.918 appeared to show the highest value. For activity outputs, use of signal vector magnitude, body mass index, height, and age as independent variables revealed to provide the highest correlation with actual energy expenditure. Estimation of energy expenditure based on voice and activity provides more accurate results than based on activity only.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.95-103
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• 2007

Dynamic voltage scaling (DVS) is a well-known and effective power management technique. While there has been research on slack distribution, voltage allocation and other aspects of DVS, its effects on non-voltage-scalable devices has hardly been considered. A DC-DC converter plays an important role in voltage generation and regulation in most embedded systems, and is an essential component in DVS-enabled systems that scale supply voltage dynamically. We introduce a power consumption model of DC-DC converters and analyze the energy consumption of the system including the DC-DC converter. We propose an energy-optimal off-line DVS scheduling algorithm for systems with DC-DC converters, and show experimentally that our algorithm outperforms existing DVS algorithms in terms of energy consumption.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.12B
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• pp.1426-1434
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• 2009

RFID/USN is considered as a key convergence technology in future ubiquitous network. In RFID/USN, the power saving issue receives a great attention due to limited battery lifetime of sensor node. In this paper, we propose a new power saving algorithm, which takes advantage of long-term sleep period. To provide a full network connectivity and balance the battery consumption among sensor nodes, the proposed algorithm intelligently selects the long-term sleep sensor nodes. With mathematical analysis and simulations, we prove that the proposed algorithm can significantly reduce the power consumption of sensor nodes as compared to existing algorithms.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.89-95
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• 2008

In this paper, we designed a low power face detection hardware and analysed its power consumption. The face detection hardware was fabricated using Samsung 0.18um CMOS technology and it can detect multiple face locations from a 2-D image. The hardware is composed of 6 functional modules and 11 internal memories. We introduced two operating modes(SLEEP and ACTIVE) to save power and a clock gating technique was used at two different levels: modules and registers. In additional, we divided an internal memory into several pieces to reduce the energy consumed when accessing memories, and fully utilized low power design option provided in Synopsis Design Compiler. As a result, we could obtain 68% power reduction in ACTIVE mode compared to the original design in which none of the above low power techniques were used.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.368-376
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• 2011

An Electric railway system has the characteristics. The train powered by substations generates regenerative power when it runs on railway of various slope. A regenerative braking is an ideal system on account of reducing mechanical braking as well as recycling the energy. This study dealt with the line gradient review, train running records and power data out of substations in a bid to establish the efficient regenerative energy storage system.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.231-236
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• 2008

A method of moments model for the resistive vee dipole has been established. In order to validate the numerical model, an experimental model is built and reflections from the antenna in the feed line are measured. The measured data and the numerical data agree closely validating the numerical model. Based on the numerical model, efficiency of the antenna and the power dissipated in the resistors are analyzed. The results show that the antenna has low radiation efficiency because of the loading resistors and that the resistors near the drive point of the antenna dissipate more power than do the resisters far from the drive point. The results can be used to determine the amount of power that can be accepted by the resistive vee dipole, to determine the power rating of the loading resistors for a desired application, or to estimate the operation range of the antenna.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.1-8
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• 2014

In wireless body sensor system(WB-SNSs), unlike existing sensor network system, the size of device is small and amount of battery is considerably limited. And various channel environments can be made by link channel characteristic, human movements, sensor placements, transmission power control(TPC) algorithms and so on. In this paper, therefore we take diverse experiments with totally considerated environments to overcome these restrictions and to manage the energy efficiently and find the value of target received signal strength indicator(RSSI) based on diverse factors such as human movements, sensor placements, and TPC algorithms. And we conduct analysis in terms of energy consumption and packet delivery rate(PDR) based on the experimental results. Through these analysis, we compare and evaluate the efficiency according to setup values of Target RSSI and Target RSSI range suitable for wireless body sensor network system.