• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제30권11호
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• pp.1211-1216
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• 2013

In this study, a dynamic camera actuation system for simultaneous in situ image acquisition is developed to achieve real-time observation of transient liquid flow on a lab-on-a-disk. A disk-type electric circuit, namely circuit-on-a-disk, co-rotated with the lab-on-a-disk improves the dynamic image acquisition ability in terms of a frame rate. The circuit-on-a-disk is comprised of a camera connected with a motor, a microprocessor and a wireless communication module. The camera connected with the motor enables to realize dynamic tracking of a transient flow and real-time image acquisition. The obtained images can be simultaneously transferred by a video/audio transmitter unit to a personal computer. Also, the microprocessor receives signals from the personal computer, and then controls the focusing position of the camera. We are expecting that heaters, sensors, and light sources also can be integrated on the circuit-on-a-disk, and they will enable various functional actuations as well as precise image acquisition.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2019

An automated signal-acquisition method for the NASA's space geodesy satellite laser ranging (SGSLR) system is described as a selection of two system parameters with specified probabilities. These parameters are the correlation parameter: the minimum received pulse number for a signal-acquisition and the frame time: the minimum time for the correlation parameter. The probabilities specified are the signal-detection and false-acquisition probabilities to distinguish signals from background noise. The steps of parameter selection are finding the minimum set of values by fitting a curve and performing a graph-domain approximation. However, this selection method is inefficient, not only because of repetition of the entire process if any performance values change, such as the signal and noise count rate, but also because this method is dependent upon system specifications and environmental conditions. Moreover, computation is complicated and graph-domain approximation can introduce inaccuracy. In this study, a new method is proposed to select the parameters via a conditional equation derived from characteristics of the signal-detection and false-acquisition probabilities. The results show that this method yields better efficiency and robustness against changing performance values with simplicity and accuracy and can be easily applied to other satellite laser ranging (SLR) systems.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.645-653
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• 2021

With the recent development of precision medicine(Theranostics), interest and utilization of the quantitative function of SPECT/CT are increasing. This study aims to investigate the effect on the radioactivity concentration estimate by the increase or decrease in the total time of SPECT/CT imaging conditions. A standard image was obtained by the conditions of a total acquisition time of 600 sec(10 sec/f × 120 frames) by diluting ^99mTc 91.76 MBq in a cylindrical phantom filled with sterile water, and a comparative image was obtained by increasing the total acquisition time by -90%, -75%, -50%, -25%, +50%, +100%. The CNR, radioactive concentration estimate(cps/ml), and the variation rate(%) of the recovery coefficient(RC) were analyzed by measuring the overall coefficient of interest in each image. The results[CNR, Radiation Concentration, RC] by the change in the number of projections for each increase or decrease rate(-90%, -75%, -50%, -25%, +50%, +100%) of total acquisition time are as follows. [-89.5%, +3.90%, 1.04] at -90%, [-77.9%, +2.71%, 1.03] at -75%, [-55.6%, +1.85%, 1.02] at -50%, [-33.6%, +1.37%, 1.01] at -25%, [-33.7%, +0.71%, 1.01] at +50%, [+93.2%, +0.32%, 1.00] at +100%. and also The results[CNR, Radiation Concentration, RC] by the acquisition time change for each increase or decrease rate(-90%, -75%, -50%, -25%, +50%, +100%) of total acquisition time are as follows. [-89.3%, -3.55%, 0.96] at -90%, [-73.4%, -0.17%, 1.00] at -75%, [-49.6%, -0.34%, 1.00] at -50%, [-24.9%, 0.03%, 1.00] at -25%, [+49.3%, -0.04%, 1.00] at +50%, [+99.0%, +0.11%, 1.00] at +100%. Image quality(CNR) showed a pattern of change in proportion to the increase or decrease in the total acquisition time of SPECT/CT, but the result at quantitative evaluation showed a change of less than 5% in all experimental conditions, maintaining quantitative accuracy(RC less than 0.05) without much influence.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.479-485
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• 1990

증발 농축공정중 각종 운전 조건의 제어 및 데이터 수집을 자동으로 하기 위하여 제어 및 데이터 수집 부위에 각종 조절기와 센서를 부착하여 컴퓨터 프로그램에 의하여 공정이 진행되도록 하였다. 증발 농축 장치는 원심식 박막증발기인 Centri-Therm$(CT-1B,\;{\alpha}-Laval\;Co.,\;Sweden)$이 이용되었으며 제어 변수로는 증발기의 압력, 급액 속도, 증기의 온도 및 냉각수의 유량 등을 택했다. 그리고 데이타 수집 부위로는 급액 및 농축액의 온도와 농도, 냉각수의 입구 및 출구 온도, 증기의 온도, 증발 온도, 원료 및 농축액의 중량 변화, 응축수의 양 등을 택했다. 운전 프로그램은 PASCAL language를 이용해 작성하였으며 전 공정은 균일하게 콘트롤되었다. 냉각수는 밸브 콘트롤러에 의해 시간당 125kg의 유속으로 흐르도록 하였으며 급액 속도 125/h에서 최대 증발 속도는 41.7kg/h였다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.204-209
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• 2004

A partial matched filter (PMF) for semi-coherent correlation code acquisition of the DSSS-CPFSK signal is proposed. It is a calculation-reduced structure of the hard-limited signal based FIR filter, yet its code acquisition time is equal to that of the hard-limited signal based FIR filter. The PMF eliminates duplicate calculations by utilizing the characteristic that the hard-limited DSSS-CPFSK signal has same value in several consecutive samples. For example, the PMF can achieve about 95% reduction in gate size, as compared to the hard-limited signal based FIR filter, when the modulation index of the DSSS-CPFSK signal is equal to 1.5 and the sample rate is equal to 40 sample/chip.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.1230-1239
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• 1996

This paper analyzes matched-filter acquistion performance of a direct-sequence spread-specturm multiple-access system in a Rayleigh fading channel. For an application of multiple access system, multiple access interference is considered in the performance analysis. A signal flow graph technique is used to derive mean acquisition time in terms of detection and false alarm probabilities. As aresult of performance analysis, it is shown that mean acquisition time increases as fading rate becomes faster andthe numbre of users increases, and it decreases as a matched-filter length becomes logner. The variation of parameter values hs much influence on acquisition performance as SNR/chip becomes smaller.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.495-505
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• 2008

This paper presents a parallel processing searcher structure for the initial synchronization of a direct sequence ultra-wideband (DS-UWB) system, which is suitable for the digital implementation of baseband functionalities with a 1.32 Gsample/s chip rate analog-to-digital converter. An initial timing acquisition algorithm and a data demodulation method are also studied. The proposed searcher effectively acquires initial symbol and frame timing during the preamble transmission period. A hardware efficient receiver structure using 24 parallel digital correlators for binary phase-shift keying DS-UWB transmission is presented. The proposed correlator structure operating at 55 MHz is shared for correlation operations in a searcher, a channel estimator, and the demodulator of a RAKE receiver. We also present a pseudo-random noise sequence generated with a primitive polynomial, $1+x^2+x^5$, for packet detection, automatic gain control, and initial timing acquisition. Simulation results show that the performance of the proposed parallel processing searcher employing the presented pseudo-random noise sequence outperforms that employing a preamble sequence in the IEEE 802.15.3a DS-UWB proposal.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2019

This paper analyzes the signal acquisition performance of the legacy GNSS spreading codes and a polyphase code. The code length and chip rate of a polyphase code are assumed to be same as those of the GPS L1 C/A and Galileo E1C codes. The autocorrelation and cross correlation characteristics are analyzed. In addition, a way to calculate a more accurate probability of false alarm for a code with sidelobe non-zero auto-correlation function is proposed. Finally, we estimate the probability of detection and the mean acquisition time for a given signal strength and the probability of false alarm.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.146-153
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• 2008

UWB(Ultra Wide-Band)통신 기술은 매우 짧은 펄스를 사용하기에 정밀한 동기 획득 제어가 필요하다. 고속 W-PAN 응용이나 저속 무선측위 응용 모두를 위해 정확한 UWB 신호의 동기 획득(Signal Acquisition)은 매우 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 UWB 다중경로 채널 환경에서 동기 획득을 위해 두 단계 신호 탐색기법을 이용하여 동기 획득 알고리즘을 제안한다. 첫 번째 단계는 수신된 신호전체 시간을 두고 탐색 구간을 절반으로 나눠 각각 나눠진 창의 전력 값의 합을 비교하여 더 큰 전력 값을 가지는 구간을 다음 탐색 창으로 잡는다. 이러한 과정을 반복하여 다음 탐색 창을 구한다. 비교된 값이 임계값을 넘을 때까지 탐색을 반복한다. 두 번째 단계에서는 첫 번째 단계에서의 구해진 탐색 창을 Fine Search 하기 위하여 Linear 탐색 알고리즘을 적용하여 검색한다. 이 제안 알고리즘을 UWB 다중경로 채널 환경에서 모의실험 결과 병렬 탐색 알고리즘에 비해 고속 동기 획득이 가능하고 SNR의 변화가 심한 환경에 적합한 특성을 확인하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권10호
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• pp.3822-3830
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• 2023

The large-area Compton camera (LACC), featuring significantly high detection sensitivity, was developed for high-speed localization of gamma-ray sources. Due to the high gamma-ray interaction event rate induced by the high sensitivity, however, the multiplexer-based data acquisition system (DAQ) rapidly saturated, leading to deteriorated energy and imaging resolution at event rates higher than 4.7 × 10³ s^-1. In the present study, a new simultaneous multi-channel DAQ was developed to improve the energy and imaging resolution of the LACC even under high event rate conditions (10⁴-10⁶ s^-1). The performance of the DAQ was evaluated with several point sources under different event rate conditions. The results indicated that the new DAQ offers significantly better performance than the existing DAQ over the entire energy and event rate ranges. Especially, the new DAQ showed high energy resolution under very high event rate conditions, i.e., 6.9% and 8.6% (for 662 keV) at 1.3 × 10⁵ and 1.2 × 10⁶ s^-1, respectively. Furthermore, the new DAQ successfully acquired Compton images under those event rates, i.e., imaging resolutions of 13.8° and 19.3° at 8.7 × 10⁴ and 10⁶ s^-1, which correspond to 1.8 and 73 μSv/hr or about 18 and 730 times the background level, respectively.