• ETRI Journal
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.216-218
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• 2006

This letter presents the design for a low-profile planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) that can be stuck to metallic objects to create a passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tag in the UHF band. The designed PIFA, which uses a dielectric substrate for the antenna, consists of a U-slot patch for size reduction, several shorting pins, and a coplanar waveguide feeding structure to easily integrate with an RFID chip. The impedance bandwidth and maximum gain of the tag antenna are about 0.3% at 914 MHz for a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of less than 2 and 3.6 dBi, respectively. The maximum read range is about 4.5 m as long as the tag antenna is on a metallic object.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제64권6호
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• pp.293-300
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• 2021

Background: Understanding the epidemiology and prevalence of febrile urinary tract infection (fUTI) in children is important for risk stratification and selecting appropriate urine sample collection candidates to aid in its diagnosis and treatment. Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the epidemiology, etiology, and changes in antibiotic susceptibility patterns of the first fUTI in children. Methods: This retrospective observational cohort study included children younger than 19 years of age who were diagnosed and treated for their first fUTI in 2006-2016. Electronic medical records were analyzed and radiologic images were evaluated. Results: A total of 359 patients (median age, 5.1 months; interquartile range, 3.0-10.5 months) fit the inclusion criteria; of them, 78.0% (n=280) were younger than 12 months old. The male to female ratio was 5.3:1 for patients aged 0-2 months, 2.1:1 for those 3-5 months, and 1.6:1 for those 6-11 months. Beyond 12 months of age, there was a female predominance. Escherichia coli was the leading cause (83.8%), followed by Enterococcus species (6.7%), and Klebsiella pneumoniae (3.6%). Significant yearly increases in the proportions of multidrug-resistant strains (P<0.001) and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producers (P<0.001) were observed. In patients with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), the overall recurrence rate was 53.6% (n=15). A significantly higher recurrence rate was observed when the fUTI was caused by an ESBL versus non-ESBL producer (75.0% vs. 30.0%, P=0.03). Conclusion: fUTI was most prevalent in children younger than 12 months of age and showed a female predominance in patients older than 12 months of age. The proportion of ESBL producers causing fUTI is increasing. Carbapenems, rather than noncarbapenems, should be considered for treating fUTI caused by ESBL-producing enteric gram-negative rods to reduce short-term recurrence rates in children with VUR.

• 대한방사성의약품학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.147-152
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• 2021

C-11 Radiolabeled amino acid-based radiopharmaceuticals such as [¹¹C]MET for brain tumor PET imaging have limitations due to their short half-life (20 min). F-18 radiolabeled amino acid derivatives have been developed to overcome for the short half-life, one of which is [¹⁸F]FET. Brain tumor imaging using [¹⁸F]FET showed high uptake in tumor region and no non-specific uptake in inflammatory tissue, which was useful in discriminating the difference between inflammation and tumor especially. In this study, [¹⁸F]FET was synthesized using an automatic synthesis module and quality tests were carried out including enantiomeric purity analysis with reference compounds. Radiochemical yield was 50.3 ± 4.9% (n=7, decay-corrected) with molar activity of 76 ± 17 GBq/mmol. The radiochemical purity of >99%. Enantiomeric purity of [¹⁸F]FET using chiral HPLC analysis showed >99%, which was confirmed by co-injection with the L-FET and D-FET authentic standards. [¹⁸F]FET was prepared with high radiochemical yield and molar activity including no racemate mixture.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2008년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.231-232
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• 2008

The proposed cavity-backed slot antenna is comprised of baffles, reflectors and thick ground plane. The baffles and reflectors are used to increase an antenna gain, thus reducing the coupling among slots on a thick ground plane. The height of the baffle and reflector were altered and the characteristics of corresponding $2{\times}2$ cavity-backed slot array antennas were measured separately. Themeasured antenna gains were above 15dBi, at f=42GHz and a wide impedance bandwidth over 27% at a center frequency of 42GHz.

• 한국약용작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국약용작물학회 2010년도 심포지엄 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.465-466
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• 2010

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2006년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.191-192
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• 2006

An orthogonal antenna is presented for reader applications of radio frequency identification (RFID) at 433 MHz. The antenna is composed of two $1{\times}2$ sub-arrays orthogonally placed on a ground plane. Two different feeding networks are introduced to control horizontal and vertical radiation current flows for each sub-array, respectively. An inverted-F structure is used as a radiation element with vertical and horizontal currents flowing on the radiator, thereby obtaining two linear polarizations. Antenna gains are 3.71 and 3.43 dBi and isolation between the two input ports is less than 25dB.

• 한국약용작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국약용작물학회 2009년도 심포지엄 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.303-304
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• 2009

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.46-52
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 이중 LTE 대역의 MIMO 안테나를 제안하였다. 제안된 안테나는 FR-4 기판 (${\epsilon}_r=4.4$, 두께 = 0.8 mm)의 윗 면에 설계되어졌다. 제안된 구조는 안테나의 소형화를 위하여 미엔더 구조와 폴디드 구조가 적용된 PIFA 형태로 설계되었으며, 두개의 안테나를 공통 접지면 상단에 대칭으로 위치시키고 접지면에 두개의 슬릿을 부설하여 이중 LTE 대역에서 격리도를 향상시켰다. 제작된 안테나의 측정결과 LTE 13 (0.748 GHz ~ 0.787 GHz)과 LTE 7 (2.5 GHz ~ 2.69 GHz)대역을 동시에 만족시키며 두 안테나 사이의 격리도는 LTE 13과 LTE 7 대역에서 각각 -18 dB, -13 dB를 나타내었다. LTE 13대역에서 평균 이득과 효율은 각각 - 4.1 dBi, 41%이고, LTE 7대역에서는 -1 dBi, 81% 값을 나타내었다. 따라서 제안된 안테나는 LTE 시스템에 적용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.378-384
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• 2003

Etching species in CF$_4$/Ar plasma and the behavior of etching rate of Bi$_4$-$_{x}$L$_{x}$rTi$_3$O$_2$ (BLT) films were investigated in inductively coupled plasma (ICP) reactor in terms of etch parameters. The etching rate as functions of CF$_4$ contents showed the maximum 803 $\AA$/min at 20% CF$_4$ addition in CF$_4$/Ar plasma. The increase of RF power and DC bias voltage caused to an increase of etch rate. The variation of relative volume densities for F and he atoms were measured with the optical emission spectroscopy (OES). The chemical states of BLT were investigated with using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). XPS narrow scan analysis shows that La-fluorides remained on the etched surface. The presence of maximum etch rate at CF$_4$(20%)/Ar(80%) may be explained by the concurrence of two etching mechanisms such as physical sputtering and chemical reaction. The roles of he ion bombardment include destruction of metal (Bi, La, Ti)-O bonds as well as assistant for chemical reaction of metals with fluorine atoms.oms.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.477-483
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 미엔더 라인 피파 구조와 기생 패치를 이용하여 휴대 단말기용 다중 대역 칩 안테나를 제안하였다. 제안된 안테나는 FR-4 기판을 사용하였으며, 상층은 GSM900 대역을 구현하기 위해 미엔더 라인 PIFA 구조로 구성하였고, 최대한 공간 효율을 높이기 위해 비아홀로 각 패드에 미엔더 라인을 연결하였다. 중간층은 DCS, PCS 대역을 구현하기 위해 급전선과 간격을 주어 설계했으며, 하층은 그라운드 접지면에 기생 패치를 추가하여 중간층의 방사체와 커플링 결합으로 주파수와 임피던스 특성을 조절할 수 있음을 보였다. 안테나 크기는 $28{\times}6{\times}4\;mm^3$, 그라운드 조건은 $45{\times}90\;mm$로 제작하였으며, 설계를 위한 모의 실험은 CST 시뮬레이터로 해석하였다. 측정된 대역폭(VSWR<3)은 GSM900 대역에서 90($875{\sim}965$) MHz, DCS, PCS 대역에서는 380($1,670{\sim}2,050$) MHz을 얻었다. 각 공진 주파수의 최대 이득은 0.25 dBi, 3.65 dBi, 3.3 dBi이며, 무지향성 방사 패턴 특성을 보였다.