• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.85-90
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• 2009

This paper presents a single supply PLC SoC ASIC with a built-in analog Front-end circuit. To achieve the low power consumption along with low cost, this PLC SoC employs fully CMOS Analog Front End (AFE) and several LDO regulators (LDOs) to provide the internal power for Logic Core, DAC and Input/output Pad driver. The receiver part of the AFE consists of Pre-amplifier, Gain Amplifier and 1 bit Comparator. The transmitter part of the AFE consists of 10 bit Digital Analog Converter and Line Driver. This SoC is implemented with 0.18 ${\mu}m$ 1 Poly 5 Metal CMOS Process. The single supply voltage is 3.3 V and the internal powers are provided using LDOs. The total power consumption is below 30 mA at stand-by mode to meet the Eco-Design requirement. The die size is 3.2 $\times$ 2.8 $mm^{2}$.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.20-27
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• 2006

Power line for digital home appliances has own property that transmitting power connected to loads. Especially, power line communication(PLC) for the home network which has characteristics of load fluctuation makes variable noise characteristics. It becomes serious problems to maintain efficient communication performance. Thus, in this paper, we present an optimal modulation and demodulation method through mathematical analysis of each measured load fluctuation based on PLC for home appliances. To analyze and compare various modem methods presented in this paper, we analyzed them normally via computer simulation under various noise channel environments according to various load fluctuations. In addition, we certified its availability through hardware implementation.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.52 no.12
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• pp.696-701
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• 2003

This paper presents a systematic method of probing channel characteristics and communication reliabilities of home power line communication network applied to the Internet accessed control of home appliances. The effects of the three performance deterioating factors, i.e., additive noise, channel attenuation, and intersymbol interference, can be systematically measured by applying the channel probing waveform in the frequency range from 100KHz to 450KHz. Probability of bit error is derived with the probed channel parameters of the signal attenuation, noise and signal-to-interference ratio read in the frequency domain. The agreement between the derived probability of bit error and the measured probability of bit error supports the validity of the proposed approach of probing home power line channel characteristics. The experimental results performed with the constructed test-bed applying the proposed channel probing method also support the feasibility of commercially deploying the PLC modem installed home appliances and their services for the Internet accessed home automation.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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• v.28A no.5
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• pp.339-346
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• 1991

In this paper the performance of communication system in the electrical power line using error correcting codes is analysed. The BCH codes and interleaved code are to be used for correcting burst and random errors in the power line channels. The data rate of 2400 bps and the carrier frequency of 12KHz are assumed. Actual power line noise is recorded and simulated in the BPSK PLC system model.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.202-207
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• 2016

An auxiliary real-time train communications system among drivers, train-traffic controllers and field workers is necessary to share hazard information (i.e. rockfall detection, track maintenance) in low visibility zones (long tunnels and steep curved track). To develop the appropriate communication system, this paper proposes a new way of power line communication using the rail track (Rail - PLC), which has little noise and distortion of attenuation. Therefore, it is important to measure the impedance of the rail and to apply an impedance matching technique to increase the transmission characteristic of the Rail - PLC. This study would evaluate the reflection and the transmission characteristics of the rail using a network analyzer and an impedance matching transformer. The suitable impedance matching ratio was 1:3.28 from the result of back-to-back testing. The results confirmed that the transformer can improve the performance of the transmission signal in Rail - PLC using an impedance matching technique.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07d
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• pp.2640-2642
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• 2002

In this paper, we show the channel characteristics measurement system the frequency range up to 30MHz for medium voltage Power Line Grid. Power line channel characteristics are investigated by means of various measurement instruments. Measurement system consists of medium voltage coupler, impedance measurement part, noise measurement part, voltage sensing part and communication part. Measured data will be used for PLC channel modeling and PLC network system design.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.11 no.10
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• pp.1821-1827
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• 2007

In this paper, an analytic transfer channel modeling function by impulse signal propagation effects in indoor power-line network are analysed. The modeled channel parameters of power line channel including background noise is applied to the OFDM system and we analysis BER for QPSK and 16-QAM modulation signals with simulation. By the representation of gain for OFDM modulation, we can estimate the characteristic parameters of OFDM in Broadband power line communication.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.54 no.1
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• pp.56-60
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• 2005

In the power-line communication(PLC) systems, the power line is a wired medium. However, the power line channel has the multi-path fading characteristics like the wireless channel in the wireless communication systems because it has the signal reflection and divergence by the impedance mismatching between many branch lines and loads. So the analysis of the multi-path characteristics is very important, and it has been doing by the several measurement methods for the impulse response between the transmitter and the receiver. PN sequence method has originally been used as a wideband impulse response measurement mettled for wireless channel, but it is recently being applied to not only the wireless channel but also the wired channel like the power line channel. This method is more useful and effective for the long distance communication channel like the medium voltage power distribution line with the multi-paths[1]. In this thesis, we have measured impulse response for the medium voltage power distribution line channel by the wideband measurement method using PN sequence, analytically studied the measured data and presented the results.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.566-576
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• 2013

In Home Area Network (HAN) of the smart grid, Power Line Communication (PLC) technology and ZigBee communication technology can be used in the communication among the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) devices. However, according to performance evaluation results of the PLC technology, we find that using the PLC technology is unsuitable for the remote meter reading service. It is worth noting that some parts of the PLC are converted to the ZigBee communication technology in Jeju, Korea. Compared with PLC, ZigBee has no restriction of the place, where the equipments can be freely set up, due to the advantage of radio communication. However, number of usable devices will impact the network performance which is depended on the address assignment. In addition, due to the restriction of transmission range among devices, it is difficult to apply the ZigBee address assignment method to the practical circumstance. In this paper, we examine the previous ZigBee address assignment schemes and the corresponding routing algorithms, and propose a novel address assignment scheme compared with the existing methods, the performance of the proposed one is improved. In particular, evaluation results show that the proposed scheme reduces the average number of hop count, the transfer time and the processing time.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07d
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• pp.2021-2022
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• 2006

Power-Line Communication (PLC)는 전력선을 채널로 이용한 통신 방법으로 별도의 전용선 설치 없이 통신이 가능한 기술을 말한다. 그러기에 오래전부터 연구가 진행되어 왔으며 최근에도 여전히 고속 전력선 통신에 관한 연구가 진행 중에 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 이런 고속 전송을 위해 최근 연구가 활발한 고속 Ultra Wide Band (UWB) 전송기술을 전력선 통신에 적용하여 시뮬레이션한 후 결과를 통해 적용가능성을 확인한다.