• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.611-617
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• 2004

Pixel classification is one of basic image processing issues. The general characteristics of the pixels belonging to various classes are discussed and the radical principles of pixel classification are given. At the same time. a pixel classification scheme based on image direction measure is proposed. As a typical application instance of pixel classification, an adaptive multi-level median filter is presented. An image can be classified into two types of areas by using the direction information measure, that is. smooth area and edge area. Single direction multi-level median filter is used in smooth area. and multi-direction multi-level median filter is taken in the other type of area. What's more. an adaptive mechanism is proposed to adjust the type of the filters and the size of filter window. As a result. we get a better trade-off between preserving details and noise filtering.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제24권10A호
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• pp.1494-1500
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• 1999

다양한 데이터 전송속도가 혼합된 고속의 멀티미디어 서비스를 제공하기 위해 Multi-Code CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) 전송 방식이 제안되고 있다. 이 전송방식은 고속의 데이터를 N개의 병렬 저속 데이터 흐름으로 바꾸고, 서로 구별 가능한 PN코드로 확산 후 합하여 발생하는 multi level 신호를 전송한다. 이 multi-level신호는 역방향 link상에서 이동국 송신 출력이 커짐에 따라 인접 서비스 구역에 미치는 간섭양이 증대되는 문제점이 발생한다. 따라서 이러한 문제점을 해결할 수 있는 M/B 변환부(multi level to binary level conversion)를 이용하여 multi level의 신호를 binary level 신호로 바꾸어 전송하는 Multi-Code CDMA 전송방식을 제안하고, M/B를 사용한 MC-CDMA 전송방식과 M/B를 사용하지 않은 MC/CDMA 전송방식의 성능을 비교하였다.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:데이타베이스
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.521-531
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• 2003

다중 레벨 지리정보 데이타는 화면 확대와 축소와 같은 윈도우 질의를 통해 다루어질 수 있다. 다중 레벨 지리정보 데이타를 효율적으로 다루기 위해서는 이러한 윈도우 질의를 지원하는 공간 인덱싱 기법이 필요하다. 그러나, 기존의 전통적인 공간 인덱싱 기법은 다중 레벨 지리정보 데이타를 액세스하는데 비효율적이다. 이를 위해 다중 레벨 지리정보 데이타를 위한 몇 가지 공간 인덱싱 기법이 알려진다. 그러나. 이 공간 인덱싱 기법은 모든 유형의 다중 레벨 지리정보 데이타를 지원하지 못한다는 문제점을 가진다. 본 논문에서는 다중 레벨 지리정보 데이타의 윈도우 질의를 위한 공간 인덱싱 기법, MLR 트리를 제안한다. MLR 트리는 우수한 검색 성능을 보이면서도 데이타 중복성이 발생하지 않으며, 이를 실험을 통해 보인다. 이 외에도 MLR 트리는 모든 유형의 다중 레벨 지리정보 데이타를 지원한다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.975-983
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• 2020

Since the Fukushima Daiichi accident in 2011, concerns for the safety of multi-unit Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) sites have risen. This is because more than 70% of NPP sites are multi-unit sites that have two or more NPP units and a multi-unit accident occurred for the first time. After this accident, Probability Safety Assessment (PSA) has been considered in many countries as one of the tools to quantitatively assess the safety for multi-unit NPP sites. One of the biggest concerns for a multi-unit accident such as Fukushima is that the consequences (health and economic) will be significantly higher than in the case of a single-unit accident. However, many studies on multi-unit PSA have focused on Level 1 & 2 PSA, and there are many challenges in terms of public acceptance due to various speculations without an engineering background. In this study, two kinds of multi-unit Level 3 PSA for multi-unit site have been carried out. The first case was the estimation of multi-unit risk with conservative assumptions to investigate the margin between multi-unit risk and QHO, and the other was to identify the effect of time delays in releases between NPP units on the same site. Through these two kinds of assessments, we aimed at investigating the level of multi-unit risk and understanding the characteristics of risk in a multiunit context.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and information Science
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.109-118
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• 1996

This paper deals with a new multi-level high voltage source inverter with GTO Thyristors. Recently, a multi-level approach seems to be the best suited for implementing high voltage conversion systems because it leads to harmonic reduction and deals with safe high power conversion systems independent of the dynamic switching characteristics of each power semiconductor device. A conventional multi-level inverter has some problems; voltage unbalance between DC-link capacitors and larger blocking voltage across the inner switching devices. To solve these problems, the novel multi-level inverter structure is proposed.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.337-343
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• 2015

The multi-level inverters are highly efficient for high-power and medium-voltage AC driving applications, such as high-speed railway systems and renewable energy resources, because such inverters generate lower total harmonic distortion (THD) and electromagnetic interface (EMI). Lower switching stress occurs on switching devices compared with conventional two-level inverters. Depending on the multi-level inverter topology, the required components and number of switching devices are different, influencing the overall efficiency. Comparative studies of multi-level inverters based on loss analysis and output characteristic are necessary to apply multi-level inverters in high-power AC conversion systems. This paper proposes a theoretical loss analysis method based on piecewise linearization of characteristic curves of power semiconductor devices as well as loss analysis and output performance comparison of five-level neutral-point clamped, flying capacitor inverters, and high-level cascaded H-bridge multi-level inverters.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제26권11A호
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• pp.1864-1871
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 Multi-level PAM신호 방식을 사용하는 디지털 통신 시스템에 적합한 새로운 심볼 타이밍 복원알고리즘을 제시한다. 새로이 제안한 심볼 타이밍 복원 방식은 매 심볼 주기마다 다양한 신호레벨로 변하는 표본화된 심볼들의 변화량을 중간 샘플과 결정된 심볼들로 구한 기울기로 보상하여 타이밍 에러 함수를 추출한다. 종래의 심볼 타이밍 복원 방법들은 Multi-level PAM 신호에서는 충분한 성능을 발휘하지 못하였으나, 새로 제안된 방식은 QPSK뿐만 아니라 Multi-level PAM 신호에서도 적용 가능한 방식이다. 제안된 방식의 성능분석을 위하여 유도한 타이밍 에러함수의 분산 및 5-curve에서의 타이밍 에러 특성은 기존의 방식인 Gardner 방식과 Gardner방식을 수정한 방식과 비교한 바 성능이 더 우수함을 분석하였다.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2000년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.405-410
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• 2000

Multi-level (macro-level, meso-level, and micro-level) mechanism of prefinitely strained concrete materials os studied The multi-level analysis explains the additional quasibrittle concrete material ductility that comes from lateral confinement and their multi-level interaction mechanisms. The so-called "upgraded tube-squash test" is used to achieve 50% axial strain and over 70 degree of deviatoric strain of quasibrittle concrete materials under extremely high pressure without producing visible cracks. In the micro-level analysis, the variations of hydration rte, micropores, and hydrate phased are analyzed. In the meso-level analysis, mesocracks (the initial invisible cracks) at the interfaces between aggregates and cement paste matrices are studied. The high confining effect in the specimen on the meso-level cracks is also studied. In the macro-level analysis, the physical behavior of prefinitely strained concrete materials is studied. The co-relationships of the results from the three distinct levels of analyses based in various prestraining (0%, 15%, 35%, and 50%) are studied. For the extremely deformed or strained concrete problems, multi-level analysis will be used to explain the unclear and unstudied mechanism of concrete materials, The multi-level analysis can provide us with valuable insights that can explain the additional ductility and confining effect in concrete. concrete.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.73-77
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 서로 다른 강유전성 물질을 활용하여 Multi-level FeRAM (Ferroelectrics random access memory) 소자에 대한 구조를 제시하였으며, 이를 검증하기 위해 Simulation을 통한 C-V 분석을 수행하였습니다. Multi-level 소자를 구현하기 위해 두 가지 서로 다른 물성을 가진 강유전체를 동일한 하부 전극 위에 나란히 증착하고, 이후 게이트 전극을 위에 올린 MFM (Multi-Ferroelectric Material) 구조를 제안하였습니다. 두 강유전체가 서로 다른 전압 조건에서 분극 현상 (Polarization)을 나타내는 것을 바탕으로, 두 개의 물질 중 한 개만 polarization 되었을 때와 두 개 모두 polarization 되었을 때의 상황을 C-V peak 분석을 통해 확인하여 Multi-level 동작을 구현할 수 있음을 확인하였습니다. 더불어, 제시한 구조를 반도체 제조 공정을 활용하여 구현하는 방법을 공정 simulation을 통해 검증하였습니다. 이러한 결과는 하나의 메모리 셀에서 여러 상태 값을 저장할 수 있음을 의미하며, 이는 메모리의 집적도를 크게 향상시킬 수 있는 새로운 구조체로서의 가능성을 의미합니다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권8호
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• pp.1234-1245
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• 2018

The risk of multi-unit nuclear power plants (NPPs) at a site has received considerable critical attention recently. However, current probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) procedures and computer code do not support multi-unit PSA because the traditional PSA structure is mostly used for the quantification of single-unit NPP risk. In this study, the main purpose is to develop a multi-unit Level 2 PSA method and apply it to full-power operating six-unit OPR1000. Multi-unit Level 2 PSA method consists of three steps: (1) development of single-unit Level 2 PSA; (2) extracting the mapping data from plant damage state to source term category; and (3) combining multi-unit Level 1 PSA results and mapping fractions. By applying developed multi-unit Level 2 PSA method into six-unit OPR1000, site containment failure probabilities in case of loss of ultimate heat sink, loss of off-site power, tsunami, and seismic event were quantified.