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On the Etching Condition of Cellulose Nitrate Solid State Nuclear Track Detector (SSNTD) (Cellulose Nitrate 고체비적검출기(固體飛跡檢出器)의 부식조건(腐蝕條件))

  • Myung, Dong-Bum;Jun, Jae-Shik
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.26-33
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    • 1987
  • An experimental study for an optimum etching of commercialized cellulose nitrate SSNTD, CA 80-15 and LR 115-1 for detecting alpha particles, was carried out. Alt-hough ordinary etching condition of the detectors has been recommended by the producer, a remarkable discrepancy in etching tine was found. The detectors were irradiated with a $0.1{\mu}Ci\;^{241}Am$ alpha source under a known geometrical arrangement. Analysis on the track size as functions of etching time and etchant concentration and comparative examination of theoretically predicted number of tracks per unit area with that recorded on the detectors were made, including a study on the variation of detection efficiency with the effective energy of the incident alpha particles.

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Detection of M-FSK Signals with Difference Threshold Test in Rayleigh Fading Channels (레일리 감쇄 채널에서 차분 문턱간 검정을 쓴 M진 주파수 편이 변조 신호검파)

  • Kim Hong Jik;Kang Hyun Gu;Kim Sun Yong;Kwon Hyoungmoon;Bang Man-Won;Song Iickho
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.30 no.10C
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    • pp.999-1006
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    • 2005
  • The difference threshold test (DTT) declares erasures whenever the difference between the largest and second largest energy detector outputs does not exceed a given threshold. we show that the DTT outperforms the ratio threshold test (RTT) for finite modulation size and diversity order in the detection of M-FSK signals. The asymptotic performance for infinite modulation size and diversity order is then investigated. It is shown that the minimum signal-to-noise ratio required to achieve error-free communication for the DTT is the same as that for the RTT.

The Characteristics on the Change of Cerebral Cortex using Alternating Current Power Application for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

  • Kim, Whi-Young
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.197-204
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    • 2014
  • A transcranial magnetic stimulation device is a complicated appliance that employs a switching power device designed for discharging and charging a capacitor to more than 1 kV. For a simple transcranial magnetic stimulation device, this study used commercial power and controlled the firing angle using a Triac power device. AC 220V 60 Hz, the power device was used directly on the tanscranial magnetic stimulation device. The power supply device does not require a current limiting resistance in the rectifying device, energy storage capacitor or discharge circuit. To control the output power of the tanscranial magnetic stimulation device, the pulse repetition rate was regulated at 60 Hz. The change trigger of the Triac gate could be varied from $45^{\circ}$ to $135^{\circ}$. The AVR 182 (Zero Cross Detector) Chip and AVR one chip microprocessor could control the gate signal of the Triac precisely. The stimulation frequency of 50 Hz could be implemented when the initial charging voltage Vi was 1,000 V. The amplitude, pulse duration, frequency stimulation, train duration and power consumption was 0.1-2.2T, $250{\sim}300{\mu}s$, 0.1-60 Hz, 1-100 Sec and < 1 kW, respectively. Based on the results of this study, TMS can be an effective method of treating dysfunction and improving function of brain cells in brain damage caused by ischemia.

Application of the tri-axial drill-bit VSP method to drilling for geological survey in civil engineering

  • Soma Nobukazu;Utagawa Manabu;Seto Masahiro;Asanuma Hiroshi
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.70-79
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    • 2004
  • We have examined the applicability of the triaxial drill-bit VSP method (TAD-VSP) to the geological survey of possible sites for a high-level radioactive waste disposal repository. The seismic energy generated by a drill bit is measured by a downhole multi-component detector, and the resulting signals are processed to image the geological structure deep underground. In order to apply the TAD-VSP method to civil-engineering-scale drilling, we have developed a small but highly sensitive and precise three-component downhole seismic measurement system, and recorded drill-bit signals at a granite quarry. We have successfully imaged discontinuities in the granite, possibly related to fractures, as highly reflective zones. The discontinuities imaged by the TAD-VSP method correlate well with the results of other borehole observations. In conclusion, the TAD-VSP method is usable in geological investigations for civil engineering because the equipment is compact and it is simple to acquire the drill-bit signal.

Experimental Determination of Differential Fast Neutron Spectra in a Reactor using Threshold Detectors

  • Kim, Dong-Hoon
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.280-293
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    • 1972
  • The differential fast neutron spectra above 0.5 Mev at particular spatial positions in tile reactor(TRIGA MARK-II) core has been determined experimentally using several threshold activation detectors. The series expansion technique utilizing the concept of least squares optimization was used to obtain an approximate solution to the set of integral equations which are defined by the experimentally determined activation data. The influence of use of different weighting functions in the solution was analyzed in each measurement. To carry out the necessary mathematical calculations, a computer code for the UNIVAC 1106 digital computer has been prepared. Good agreement was achieved between the differential fast neutron spectra determined in this work and the computed flux determined independently using space-independent multigroup transport theory.

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A Study on Atmospheric Correction in Satellite Imagery Using an Atmospheric Radiation Model (대기복사모형을 이용한 위성영상의 대기보정에 관한 연구)

  • Oh, Sung-Nam
    • Atmosphere
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.11-22
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    • 2004
  • A technique on atmospheric correction algorithm to the multi-band reflectance of Landsat TM imagery has been developed using an atmospheric radiation transfer model for eliminating the atmospheric and surface diffusion effects. Despite the fact that the technique of satellite image processing has been continually developed, there is still a difference between the radiance value registered by satellite borne detector and the true value registered at the ground surface. Such difference is caused by atmospheric attenuations of radiance energy transfer process which is mostly associated with the presence of aerosol particles in atmospheric suspension and surface irradiance characteristics. The atmospheric reflectance depend on atmospheric optical depth and aerosol concentration, and closely related to geographical and environmental surface characteristics. Therefore, when the effects of surface diffuse and aerosol reflectance are eliminated from the satellite image, it is actually corrected from atmospheric optical conditions. The objective of this study is to develop an algorithm for making atmospheric correction in satellite image. The study is processed with the correction function which is developed for eliminating the effects of atmospheric path scattering and surface adjacent pixel spectral reflectance within an atmospheric radiation model. The diffused radiance of adjacent pixel in the image obtained from accounting the average reflectance in the $7{\times}7$ neighbourhood pixels and using the land cover classification. The atmospheric correction functions are provided by a radiation transfer model of LOWTRAN 7 based on the actual atmospheric soundings over the Korean atmospheric complexity. The model produce the upward radiances of satellite spectral image for a given surface reflectance and aerosol optical thickness.

LED Communication-based PC-PC Transmission System (LED통신기반 PC-PC 전송시스템)

  • Shim, Kyu-Sung;Le, The Dung;An, Beong-Ku;Park, In-Jung
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.181-187
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    • 2012
  • LED is just a semiconductor which can produce light. Currently, there are active research works on LED lighting technologies according to the growth of energy-saving environmental industry. Especially, LED communication is one of the active research works in these fields. In this paper, we design a LED communication-based PC-PC transmission system. A transmission circuit system(transmitter) using LED and a receiving circuit system(receiver) using PD(photo detector) and Op-amp are designed, respectively. The experiments for the designed system are performed as follows. One computer is connected at the end of transmitter and receiver, respectively, and text files are transmitted by using text transmission programming. In this experiment, we test the performance with various baud rates, LED colors, transmission ranges.

Simulation and Performance Assessment of a Geiger-mode Imaging LADAR System (가이거모드 영상 LADAR 시스템의 시뮬레이션과 성능예측)

  • Kim, Seongjoon;Lee, Impyeong;Lee, Youngcheol
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.687-698
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    • 2012
  • LADAR systems can rapidly acquire 3D point clouds by sampling the target surfaces using laser pulses. Such point clouds are widely used for diverse applications such as DSM/DTM generation, forest biomass estimation, target detection, wire avoidance and so on. Many kinds of LADAR systems have been developed with their respective purposes and applications. Particularly, Geiger mode imaging LADAR systems are increasingly utilized since they are energy efficient thank to extremely sensitive detectors incorporated into the systems. The purpose of this research is the performance assessment of a Geiger mode imaging LADAR system based on simulation with the real system parameters. We thus developed a simulation method of such a LADAR system by modeling its geometric, radiometric, optic and electronic aspects. Based on the simulation, we performed the performance assessment of a newly designed system to derive the outlier ratio and false alarm rate expected during its operation in almost real environment with reasonable system parameters. The proposed simulation and performance assessment method will be effectively utilized for system design and optimization, and test data generation.

An ERD-TOF System for the Depth Profiling of Light Elements (경원소 적층 분석을 위한 탄성되튐-비행시간 측정시스템)

  • Kim, Y. S.;Woo, H. J.;Kim, J. K.;Kim, D. K.;Choi, H. W.;Hong, W.
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 1996
  • An ERD-TOF system is constructed for the nondestructive depth profiling of light elements in thin films in the range of several thousand angstroms. The particles, recoiled by 10 $MeV^{35}Cl$ projectiles, were detected by a Time-Of-Flight spectrometer composed of a MCP (Micro Channel Plate) and a SSB (Silicon Surface Barrier) detector. A two parameter data acquisition system composed of two PC's was constructed for registering simultaneous time and energy signals. A $Si_3N_4$/poly-Si/$SiO_2$/Si sample was anlayzed and the result is compared with RBS. The detection limit, maximum probable depth and depth resolution for light elements in silicon are about $4\times10^{14}atoms/\textrm{cm}^2$, 5, 000$\AA$ and 100$\AA$, respectively.

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The Extreme Low Speed Motor Observer and Brake Torque Control Technologies (극 저속 전동기용 관측기 및 제동 토크 제어 기술)

  • Kim, Young-Choon
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.363-368
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    • 2013
  • This paper relates to the electric braking, the permanent magnet synchronous motor vector control is suspended until the applied, and propose a new scheme by the controller in the observer to estimate the position and velocity using the Resolver speed detector. In addition, as a way to control the speed by braking torque at low speed, the pole of a stop just before the stop electrical braking. As a result, noise and dust abatement, consumption, reduction of the brake shoe increase the maintainability of comfort and energy use, enhances the effect of EMU performance improved sikyeoteum could see.