• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.138-144
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• 2017

In this paper, we propose a high frequency boosting circuits compensating for age-related hearing loss. The frequency response of this hearing loss is quite similar to that of a low-pass filter of which the critical frequency get lower with age. Therefore the voltage gain of this compensation circuits increase proportionally to the frequency of signals when the frequency is higher than the critical frequency and the voltage is constant irrespective of the frequency of signals when the frequency is lower than the critical frequency. The proposed circuits consist of a differential circuit and a unity gain amplifier. Because the critical frequency of the proposed circuits is controlled simply in the shape of a volume control lever, the aged people can adjust the high frequency boosting level easily according to one's hearing loss level. The critical frequency is continuously controllable in the whole audible frequency band and the gain of this high frequency boosting circuits is above 80dB at 10kHz.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.110-110
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• 2004

하나 또는 다수개의 압전액츄에이터(piezoelectric actuator)로 구성된 시스템에서 구동 효율을 높이는데 직접적인 영향을 미치는 고정밀과 빠른 응답 특성을 구현(implementation)하기 위하여, 입력전압에 대하여 출력전압이 선형적으로 추종하고 주파수 가변(variable)이 독립적이며 순차적으로 제어가 가능한 위상가변(phase shifting)형 압전액츄에이터 구동장치의 설계가 필요하다. 구동신호론 증폭하고 가변하는 고전압 증폭 구동장치는 압전액츄에이터 구동에 직접 영향을 주게 되므로, 이의 특성인 고주파에서의 위상지연 보상, 높은 회전비(slew rate)로 고전압에서 정현파의 찌그럼짐을 방지, 전압이득의 가변 및 안정화, 입력 및 출력 임피던스의 개선과 주파스 대역폭(band width)의 확장 등은 매우 중요하다.(중략)

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.46 no.12
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• pp.37-43
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• 2009

This paper describes a monolithic Darlington-cascade amplifier (DCA) operating at X-band, realized with a 0.35-micron SiGe bipolar process, which provides 45 GHz $f_T$. A conventional cascade amplifier was also designed on the same process and tested to establish a reference. Compared to the reference cascade amplifier, the proposed monolithic amplifier circuit exhibits an improved gain of 2.5 dB and improved output power 1-dB compression point of 5.2 dB with 72% wider bandwidth. Measurement results show 19.5 dB gain, 11.2 dBm 1-dB compression power, and 3.1 GHz bandwidth. These results demonstrate that the Darlington-cascade cell is an advantageous substitute to the conventional cascade amplifier.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.238-246
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• 2017

High frequency ultrasound imaging typically suffers from low sensitivity due to the small aperture of high frequency transducers and shallow imaging depth due to the frequency-dependent attenuation of ultrasound. These limitations should be overcome to obtain high-frequency, high- resolution ultrasound images. One practical solution to the problems is a high-performance signal receiver capable of detecting a very small signal and amplifying the signal with minimal electronic noise addition. This paper reports a recently developed low-noise, wideband ultrasound receiver for high-frequency, high-resolution ultrasound imaging. The developed receiver has an amplification gain of up to 73 dB and a variable amplification gain range of 48 dB over an operating frequency of 80 MHz. Also, it has an amplification gain flatness of ${\pm}1dB$. Due to these high performances, the developed receiver has a signal-to-noise ratio of at least 8.4 dB and a contrast-to-noise ratio of at least 3.7 dB higher than commercial receivers.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.13-25
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• 1968

A detailed analysis of the transistor wide-band feedback amplifiers using the hybrid-$\pi$ equivalent circuit has been made. It is considered both for the low freqnency and for the high frequency. The expressions of the gain, bandwidth. input impedance and output impedance have been presented. It is shown that a series feedback amplifier should be driven from the voltage source and should drive into the low resistance load, and a shunt feedback amplifier should be driven from the current source and should drive into the high resistance load. It is also shown that these stages can be coupled without use of the buffer stage or coupling transformer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 1996.06a
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• pp.237-240
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• 1996

본 논문에서는 방향성을 갖는 새로운 공간적응 조절연산자와 비선형필터를 이용한 제한 반복적 영상복원 알고리듬을 제안하고 제안한 알고리듬의 수렴성에 대하여 분석을 하고 있다. 일반적인 제한반복적 영상복원 기법에서는 열화된 영상을 복원하는 과정에서 에지 및 경계부분의 재번짐이 지나친 잡음성분의 증폭에 의한 고리현상 등이 발생한다. 이러한 문제들을 해결하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 다음과 같은 기법을 도입하고 있다. 첫째는, 방향성을 갖는 새로운 공간적응 조절연산자를 적용하여 에지 등의 재번짐을 막고 고주파수 영역의 복원성능을 개선하고 있다. 둘째로, 적응적인 비선형필터를 사용하여 잡음성분과 같은 고주파수 영역의 지나친 증폭에 따른 문제를 해결하고 있다. 그리고, 제안한 논문의 안정성과 수렴성을 보장하기 위한 조건을 분석하고 있다. 열화된 영상에 대하여 실험한 결과, 기존의 다른 결과보다 우수한 성능이 있었고, 특히, 에지의 복원성능 및 고리현상의 제거에 두드러진 특징을 나타내었다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.66-71
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• 1985

A MOSFET with multigates arrayed in periodic structure is studied as a transit time device for microwave amplification. The interactions between the periodic metal gates and the slow wave on the surface of the semiconductor can be observed in the vicinity of synchronism. The stability and the reciprocity of the active quadrupole are shown depending on the frequency and velocity of the carriers.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.1205-1207
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• 2003

고전압 전원공급기를 고 밀도로 제작하기 위하여 고 주파수 동작을 시켜야 한다. 이에 따라 전원 공급기에서 최대의 부피를 차지하는 부품인 변압기는 원하는 주파수에서 최소의 부피로 충분한 전력을 수강하면서 완벽한 펄스재현을 하여야 한다. 그리고 승압비를 일정수준으로 유지하여야 한다. 이러한 변압기의 설계 및 제작 시 주의하여야 한다. 진행파관 증폭기용 고밀도 고전압전원공급기용 고주파수, 고전압, 펄스 변압기 변압기를 설계, 제작 시험하였다. 변압기의 스윗칭 주파수는 80 kHz 이며 입력전압은 265 Vdc이고 출력전압은 4kVdc 이다. 변압기의 정상 출력은 1.7 kW이다. 그리고 최대부피는 $200\;cm^3$ 이하가 되어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 다양한 권선 방법에 의하여 제작된 변압기에 대하여 변압기의 설계 및 시험절차가 제시되었다. 그리고 변압기의 누설 인덕턴스, 분포 케페시턴스 및 공진 주파수도 측정하여 평가하였다.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.27-34
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• 2009

Site amplification should be considered in order to estimate Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI), seismic source and attenuation parameters with a greater degree of reliability. The horizontal to vertical (H/V) ratio technique, originally proposed by Nakamura (1989), has been applied to analyze the surface waves in microtremor records. Recently, its application has been extended to the shear wave energy of strong motion in order to study the site transfer function. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the H/V spectral ratio using the observed data from 9 seismic stations distributed within the Southern Korean Peninsula, from the Odesan earthquake (2007/01/20). The results show that most of the stations have more stable amplification characteristics in a low frequency band than in a high frequency band. However, each seismic station showed its own characteristic resonant frequency and low and high frequency. The resonant frequency at each station should be estimated carefully, because the quality of seismic data is dependent on the resonant frequency. It can be obtained more reliable results of seismic source and attenuation parameters, if seismic ground motions which deconvolved from site transfer function is used. The site amplification data from this study can be used to generally classify the sites within the Southern Korean Peninsula.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.161-171
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• 2017

Observed ground motions are composed of three factors such as, seismic source, attenuation, and site amplification effect. Among them, the site amplification characteristics should be considered significantly when estimating seismic source and attenuation characteristics with more confidence. The site effect is also necessary when estimating not only seismic hazard in seismic design engineering but also rock mechanical properties. This study uses the method of H/V spectral ratio of observed ground motion between target site and reference site called a reference site method. In addition to using the vertical Fourier spectrum of the reference site, we try out the horizontal Fourier spectrum as a new method in this study. We analyze H/V spectral ratio of six ground motions respectively, observed at four sites close to Yedang Reservoir. We then compare site amplification effects at each site using 3 kinds of seismic energies including S waves, Coda waves energy, and background noise. The results suggest that each site showed similar site amplification patterns in S waves and Coda waves energy. However, the site amplification of background noise shows much different characteristics from those of S waves and Coda wave energy, which suggests that the background noises at each site have their own developing mechanism. Each station shows its own characteristics of specific resonance frequency and site amplification properties in low, high and specific resonance frequency ranges. Comparison of the method used in this study to the others that used different methods can provide us with more information about the dynamic amplification of a site characteristics and site classification.