• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.52-60
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• 2015

원자력발전소에는 탄소강과 스테인리스강 용접을 위해 alloy600 용접재를 적용한 이종금속용접부가 다수 존재하며, 전 세계적으로 이종금속용접부에서 결함 발생 보고가 지속되고 있다. 주기적인 건전성 평가를 위해 이종금속용접부 초음파검사 일반절차서 (KPD-UT-10)를 적용하여 검사를 수행하고 있으며, 검사절차서에서는 탐촉자와 검사체 표면 사이의 간격을 최대 1/32"(0.8mm) 이내로 제한하고 있다. 국내의 일부 이종금속용접부는 테이퍼진 형상과 불규칙한 표면 형상을 가지고 있어, 가변형 위상배열초음파기술을 적용하여 검사 신뢰성을 높이고자 본 연구를 수행하였다. 연구 결과, 검사체 표면이 불규칙한 시편 내부의 인공결함에 대한 검출이 양호하였고, 이를 통해, 가변형 위상배열초음파기술의 현장 적용 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.156-163
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• 2013

This paper describes a flexible visuo-haptic display module. We have developed a flexible electro-active polymer (EAP) actuator and a thin flexible visual display with $3{\times}3$ array configuration via polymer technology. The flexible actuator consists of nine EAP cells vertically moving in response to change in their thickness. The flexible display uses polymer based optical waveguide allowing light to scatter only at specific area. The display film is transparent and identically designed to the array pattern to fit for the arrangement of actuator cells. A pressure sensor is installed under the integrated module. The performance of the actuator is proved to be sufficient for satisfying perceivable range of human touch sense. The integrated system can provide interactive haptic feedback such as key pressing, contact vibration sensations, and etc. in accordance with user input.

• 센서학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.200-208
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• 2002

This paper represents the development of an array-type flexible tactile sensor using PVDF(polyvinylidene fluoride) film and flexible circuitry. The tactile sensor which has $8{\times}8$ taxels is made by using PVDF film and FPC(flexible printed circuit) technique. Experimental results on static and dynamic properties are obtained by applying arbitrary forces and frequencies generated by the shaker. In the static characteristics, the threshold and the linearity of the sensor are investigated. Also dynamic response of the sensor subjected to the variable frequencies is examined. The signals of a contact force to the tactile sensor are sensed and processed in the DSP system in which the signals are digitalized and filtered. Finally, the signals are integrated for taking the force profile. The processed signals of the outputs of the sensor are visualized on a personal computer, the shape and force distribution of the contacted object are obtained using two and three-dimensional image in real time. The reasonable performance for the detection of contact state is verified through the experiment.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.413-413
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• 2014

In this paper, we present a fabrication method of functionalized gold nanostructures on flexible substrate that can be implemented for plasmonic sensing application. For biomolecular sensing, many researchers exploit unconventional lithography method like nanoimprint lithography (NIP), contact transfer lithography, soft lithography, colloidal transfer printing due to its usability and easy to functionalization. In particular, nanoimprint and contact transfer lithography need to have anti-adhesion layer for distinctive metallic properties on the flexible substrates. However, when metallic thin film was deposited on the anti-adhesion layer coated substrates, we discover much aggravation of the mold by repetitive use. Thus it would be impossible to get a high quality of metal nanostructure on the transferred substrate for developing flexible electronics based transfer printing. Here we demonstrate a method for nano-pillar mold and transfer the controllable nanoparticle array on the flexible substrates without an anti-adhesion layer. Also functionalization of gold was investigated by the different length of thiol applied for effectively localized surface plasmonic resonance sensing. First, a focused ion beam (FIB) and ICP-RIE are used to fabricate the nanoscale pillar array. Then gold metal layer is deposited onto the patterned nanostructure. The metallic 130 nm and 250 nm nanodisk pattern are transferred onto flexible polymer substrate by bi-layer functionalized contact imprinting which can be tunable surface energy interfaces. Different thiol reagents such as Thioglycolic acid (98%), 3-Mercaptopropionic acid (99%), 11-Mercaptoundecanoic acid (95%) and 16-Mercaptohexadecanoic acid (90%) are used. Overcoming the repeatedly usage of the anti-adhesion layer mold which has less uniformity and not washable interface, contact printing method using bi-layer gold array are not only expedient access to fabrication but also have distinctive properties including anti-adhesion layer free, functionalized bottom of the gold nano disk, repeatedly replicate the pattern on the flexible substrate. As a result we demonstrate the feasibility of flexible plasmonic sensing interface and anticipate that the method can be extended to variable application including the portable bio sensor via mass production of stable nanostructure array and other nanophotonic application.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.1222-1228
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• 2002

This research is the development of a flexible tactile sensor array for service robots using PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) film for the detection of a contact state in real time. The prototype of the tactile sensor which has 8${\times}$8 array using PVDF film was fabricated. In the fabrication procedure, the electrode patterns and the common electrode of the thin conductive tape were attached to both sides of the 281$\mu\textrm{m}$ thickness PVDF film using conductive adhesive. The sensor was covered with polyester film for insulation and attached to the rubber base for a stable structure. The proposed fabrication method is simple and easy to make the sensor. The sensor has the advantages in the implementing for practical applications because its structure is flexible and the shape of the each tactile element can be designed arbitrarily. The signals of a contact force to the tactile sensor were sensed and processed in the DSP system in which the signals are digitized and filtered. Finally, the signals were integrated for taking the force profile. The processed signals of the output of the sensor were visualized in a personal computer, and the shape and force distribution of the contact object were obtained. The reasonable performance for the detection of the contact state was verified through the sensing examples.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.1.1-11
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• 1974

변경의 Parameter를 제어 함으로써 임의의 조합논리함수를 이차원가변논리회로로 실현하는 일반적이고 조직적인 방법을 개발하였다. n변수-n출력 조합논리회로의 진리치표를 상태할당에 의해서 상태가의 변환으로 포착하여 이를 다치일변수 영리수수의 실현문제로 취급하였다. 이 다위일변수 함수집합이 정규결합연산에 환하여 반군을 이룬다는 사실에 착안하여 3개의 기저함수를 정의하고 이 기저함수에 의하여 임의의 다치일변수함수를 생성하는 기저함수렬의 조직적 구성법을 구하였다. 기저함수를 실현하는 기본회로를 단위회로의 일차원 배열로 구성하고 오직 하나의 기본회로만으로 3개의 기저함수외에도 몇개의 기저함수의 계열과 또 기저함수의 역함수를 실현하도록 하였다. 이 기본회로를 이차원으르 배열하고 변경의 parameter만을 적절히 설정 함으로써 임의의 조합논리회로를 실현하는 알고리즘을 구성하였다.

• 천문학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.103-106
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• 2005

The Submillimeter Array (SMA), a collaborative project of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics (ASIAA), has begun operation on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. A total of eight 6-m radio telescopes comprise the array with currently working receiver bands at 230, 345, and 690 GHz. The array will have 8 receiver bands covering the frequency range of 180-900 GHz. The backend is flexible analog-digital correlator with a full bandwidth of 2GHz, which is very powerful to cover several line emissions simultaneously. The current status and future plans of the SMA are described with emphasis on Taiwanese efforts.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.595-596
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• 2006

The flexible organic thin film transistor (OTFT) array to use as a switching device for an organic light emitting diode (OLED) was designed and fabricated in the microcontact printing and low-temperature processes. The gate, source, and drain electrode patterns of OTFT were fabricated by microcontact printing which is high-resolution lithography technology using polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS) stamp. The OTFT array with dielectric layer and organic active semiconductor layers formed at room temperature or at a temperature tower than $40^{\circ}C$. The microcontact printing process using SAM(self-assembled monolayer) and PDMS stamp made it possible to fabricate OTFT arrays with channel lengths down to even nano size, and reduced the procedure by 10 steps compared with photolithography. Since the process was done in low temperature, there was no pattern transformation and bending problem appeared. It was possible to increase close packing of molecules by SAM, to improve electric field mobility, to decrease contact resistance, and to reduce threshold voltage by using a big dielecric.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.1732-1739
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• 2018

With the explosion of digital devices, interaction technologies between human and devices are required more than ever. Especially, hand gesture recognition is advantageous in that it can be easily used. It is divided into the two groups: the contact sensor and the non-contact sensor. Compared with non-contact gesture recognition, the advantage of contact gesture recognition is that it is able to classify gestures that disappear from the sensor's sight. Also, since there is direct contacted with the user, relatively accurate information can be acquired. Electromyography (EMG) and force-sensitive resistors (FSRs) are the typical methods used for contact gesture recognition based on muscle activities. The sensors, however, are generally too sensitive to environmental disturbances such as electrical noises, electromagnetic signals and so on. In this paper, we propose a novel contact gesture recognition method based on Flexible Epidermal Tactile Sensor Array (FETSA) that is used to measure electrical signals according to movements of the wrist. To recognize gestures using FETSA, we extracted feature sets, and the gestures were subsequently classified using the support vector machine. The performance of the proposed gesture recognition method is very promising in comparison with two previous non-contact and contact gesture recognition studies.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.1081-1088
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• 2021

현대 무선통신 시스템은 대규모의 안테나 요소가 장착된 메시브 배열 안테나를 사용하여 다수의 사용자에게 원활한 통신 서비스를 지원하기 위해 빔형성 기술을 활용한다. 신뢰도 높은 빔형성 기술은 안테나로 입사되는 신호에 대한 도래각(Angle-of-Arrival : AOA) 정보가 필수적으로 요구되는데, 일반적으로 도래각 정보는 고분해 성능을 가지는 MUSIC(: Multiple Signal Classification)과 같은 도래각 추정 알고리즘을 통해 추정된다. MUSIC 알고리즘은 우수한 추정성능을 갖지만, 메시브 배열 안테나 사용 시 알고리즘의 급격한 복잡도 증가로 인해 실시간 도래각 추정이 어렵다. 이와 같은 문제점을 개선하기 위해, 본 논문은 안테나 요소 ON/OFF 기능을 가지는 FMCCA(: Flexible Massive Concentric Circular Array) 안테나 기반의 캐스케이드 도래각 추정 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 캐스케이드 AOA 추정 알고리즘은 전체 안테나 요소 중 일부 안테나 요소를 사용하는 CAPON 알고리즘과 전체 안테나 요소를 사용하는 Beamspace MUSIC 알고리즘으로 구성되며, 다양한 시나리오를 가정한 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 알고리즘의 도래각 추정 성능을 검증한다.