• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.44-53
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 휴대용 오디고 제품의 헤드폰 구동을 위한 델타-시그마 변조기법 기반의 D급 증폭기를 제안한다. 제안된 D급 증폭기는 고성능 단일 비트 4차 델타-시그마 변조기를 이용하여 펄스폭 변조 신호를 발생시킨다. 높은 신호 대 잡음비를 얻는 것과 동시에 시스템의 안정성 확보를 위하여 시뮬레이션을 통해 변조기 루프필터의 폴과 제로를 최적화하였다. 테스트 칩은 $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS 공정으로 제작되었다. 칩 면적은 $1.6mm^2$ 이며, 20Hz 부터 20kHz까지의 신호대역을 대상으로 동작한다. 3V 전원전압과 32옴의 로드를 사용하여 측정된 출력은 0.03% 이하의 전고조파 왜율을 갖는다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제27권10C호
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• pp.963-972
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• 2002

DMT 기반의 VDSL 모뎀, OFDM 방식의 DVB 모뎀 등 다중 반송파 변조 시스템에서 핵심 블록으로 사용되는 8192점 FFT/IFFT 프로세서를 설계하였다. 새로운 2단계 수렴 블록 부동점 (two-step convergent block floating-point; TS_CBFP) 스케일링 방법을 제안하여 설계에 적용하였으며, 이를 통해 FFT/IFFT 출력의 신호 대 양자화 잡음 비 (signal-to-quantization-noise ratio; SQNR)가 크게 향상되도록 하였다. 제안된 TS_CBFP 스케일링 방법은 별도의 버퍼 메모리를 사용하지 않아 기존의 방법에 비해 메모리를 약 80% 정도 감소시키며, 따라서 칩 면적과 전력소모를 크게 줄일 수 있다. 입력 10-비트, 내부 데이터와 회전인자 14-비트, 그리고 출력 16-비트로 설계된 8192점 FFT/IFFT 코어는 약 60-㏈의 SQNR 성능을 갖는다. 0.25-$\mu\textrm{m}$ CMOS 셀 라이브러리로 합성한 결과. 약 76,300 게이트와 390K 비트의 RAM, 그리고 39K 비트의 ROM으로 구현되었다. 시뮬레이션 결과, 50-MHzⓐ2.5-V로 안전하게 동작할 것으로 평가되었으며, 8192점 FFT/IFFT 연산에 약 164-$\mu\textrm{s}$가 소요될 것으로 예상된다. 설계된 코어는 Xilinx FPGA에 구현하여 정상 동작함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.188-199
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• 2013

This paper presents a novel algorithm for nighttime detection of the lane markers painted on a road at night. First of all, the proposed algorithm uses neighborhood average filtering, 8-directional Sobel operator and thresholding segmentation based on OTSU's to handle raw lane images taken from a digital CCD camera. Secondly, combining intensity map and gradient map, we analyze the distribution features of pixels on boundaries of lanes in the nighttime and construct 4 feature sets for these points, which are helpful to supply with sufficient data related to lane boundaries to detect lane markers much more robustly. Then, the searching method in multiple directions- horizontal, vertical and diagonal directions, is conducted to eliminate the noise points on lane boundaries. Adapted Hough transformation is utilized to obtain the feature parameters related to the lane edge. The proposed algorithm can not only significantly improve detection performance for the lane marker, but it requires less computational power. Finally, the algorithm is proved to be reliable and robust in lane detection in a nighttime scenario.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2004년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(1)
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• pp.213-216
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• 2004

This paper describes design and implementation of the 5.5 GHz VCO with parallel-branch inductors using 0.8${\mu}m$ SiGe HBT process technology. The proposed parallel-branch inductor shows $12 \%$ improvement in quality factor in comparison with the conventional inductor. A phase noise of -93 dBc/Hz is measured at 100 kHz offset frequency, and the harmonics in the VCO are suppressed less than -23 dBc. The single-sided output power of the VCO is -6.5$\pm$1.5 dBm. The manufactured VCO consumes 15.0 mA with 2.5 V supply voltage. Its chip areas are 1.8mm ${\times}$ 1.2mm.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.161-168
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• 2016

CNG engine has been used as a transportation because of higher thermal efficiency and lower CO2 and particulate matter. However its out put power is decreased due to cylinder-to-cylinder variation during the supply of air-fuel mixture to the each cylinder. It also causes noise and vibration. So in this study, 1D engine simulation model was validated by comparison with experiment data and 3D CFD simulation was conducted to steady-state flow analysis about each manifold geometry. Then, the effects of various intake manifold geometries on variation were evaluated by using 1D-3D coupling analysis at engine speed of 2100 rpm range in 12 L CNG engine. As a result, variation was improved about 4 % though 3D CFD analysis and there was a variation within 3 % using 1D-3D coupling analysis.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국태양에너지학회 2008년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.275-280
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• 2008

Photovoltaic(PV) permit the on-site production of electricity without concern for fuel supply or environmental adverse effects. The electrical power is produced without noise and little depletion of resources. So BIPV(Building-Integrated Photovoltaic) system have been increased around the world. Hereby the relative installation costs of the system will be relatively low compared to traditional installations of PV in high-rise buildings. This paper examined possibility of BIPV system of cold facade type and analyzed of performance of BIPV system of cold facade type. The system is influenced by conditions such as irradiation, module temperature, shade and architectural component etc. If this BIPV system of 1.1kW is possible the natural ventilation in the summer case, the temperature of PV module decrease and then the efficiency of PV system increase generally. By the results, the annual averaged PR of BIPV system of cold facade type is about 73.1%.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.675-681
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• 2016

A 41dB gain control range $6^{th}$-order band-pass receiver front-end (RFE) using CMOS switched frequency translated impedance (FTI) is presented in a 40 nm CMOS technology. The RFE consists of a frequency tunable RF band-pass filter (BPF), IQ gm cells, and IQ TIAs. The RF BPF has wide gain control range preserving constant filter Q and pass band flatness due to proposed pre-distortion scheme. Also, the RF filter using CMOS switches in FTI blocks shows low clock leakage to signal nodes, and results in low common mode noise and stable operation. The baseband IQ signals are generated by combining baseband Gm cells which receives 8-phase signal outputs down-converted at last stage of FTIs in the RF BPF. The measured results of the RFE show 36.4 dB gain and 6.3 dB NF at maximum gain mode. The pass-band IIP3 and out-band IIP3@20 MHz offset are -10 dBm and +12.6 dBm at maximum gain mode, and +14 dBm and +20.5 dBm at minimum gain mode, respectively. With a 1.2 V power supply, the current consumption of the overall RFE is 40 mA at 500 MHz carrier frequency.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.499-504
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• 2017

A UHF CMOS variable gain low-noise amplifier (LNA) is designed for mobile digital TV tuners. The proposed LNA adopts a feedback topology to cover a wide frequency range from 474 to 868 MHz, and it supports the notch filter function for the interoperability with the GSM terminal. In order to handle harmonic distortion by strong interferers, the gain of the proposed LNA is step-controlled while keeping almost the same input impedance. The proposed LNA is implemented in a $0.11{\mu}m$ CMOS process and consumes 6 mA at a 1.5 V supply voltage. In the measurement, it shows the power gain of greater than 16 dB, NF of less than 1.7 dB, and IIP3 of greater than -1.7 dBm for the UHF band.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.60-68
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 표준 메모리 공정에 구현이 가능한 CMOS 전류원의 설계 기법에 대해 논한다. 제안하는 설계기법은 자기바이어스 기법을 활용하여 공급전압의 변화에 대해 매우 좋은 특성을 갖고, 새로운 온도보상 기법을 통해 온도변화에 대한 출력전류 변이의 일차성분을 제거할 수 있으며, 칩 내의 전압잡음에 강한 새로운 전류감지 스타트업 회로를 포함한다. 이러한 CMOS 전류원의 회로설계 기법과 함께 제안된 CMOS 전류원을 초고속 DRAM의 클록 발생회로에 적용할 수 있는 방법에 대해서도 논의한다. 본 논문에서 제안된 CMOS 전류원의 설계기법은 해석적인 방법과 함께 회로 시뮬레이션을 통해 그 유용성을 입증한다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.198-206
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• 2013

This paper presents a wide band, fine-resolution digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) with an on-chip 3-D solenoid inductor using the 0.13 ${\mu}m$ digital CMOS process. The on-chip solenoid inductor is vertically constructed by using Metal and Via layers with a horizontal scalability. Compared to a spiral inductor, it has the advantage of occupying a small area and this is due to its 3-D structure. To control the frequency of the DCO, active capacitor and active inductor are tuned digitally. To cover the wide tuning range, a three-step coarse tuning scheme is used. In addition, the DCO gain needs to be calibrated digitally to compensate for gain variations. The DCO with solenoid inductor is fabricated in 0.13 ${\mu}m$ process and the die area of the solenoid inductor is 0.013 $mm^2$. The DCO tuning range is about 54 % at 4.1 GHz, and the power consumption is 6.6 mW from a 1.2 V supply voltage. An effective frequency resolution is 0.14 kHz. The measured phase noise of the DCO output at 5.195 GHz is -110.61 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset.