• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.50 no.12
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• pp.49-55
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• 2013

A high-voltage highly-integrated analog front-end (AFE) IC for medical ultrasound imaging applications is implemented using standard 0.18-${\mu}m$ CMOS process. The proposed AFE IC is composed of a high-voltage (HV) pulser utilizing stacked transistors generating up to 15 Vp-p pulses at 2.6 MHz, a low-voltage low-noise transimpedance preamplifier, and a HV switch for isolation between the transmit and receive parts. The designed IC consumes less than $0.15mm^2$ of core area, making it feasible to be applied for multi-array medical ultrasound imaging systems, including portable handheld applications.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1997 no.05
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• pp.303-308
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• 1997

In this paper, we analyzed the spectroscopic properties of strip to analyzer urine qualitatively & quantitatively and make urine analyzer system stable by spectroscopy, and research the property of preamplifier unit. The analysis of spectroscopic properties of 10 pads in the strip is used for determine the wave length of light source of optic detector unit and used for basic materials which are necessary that we develop the algorithm analyzing the density grade of pad accurately. We make preamplifier unit by using the current to frequency method to measure the distribution of pad color. We implemented urine analyzer system. This system's hardware is composed of measuring unit for detect of distribution density of strip pad, main processing unit, communication unit, interface device, thermal printer, and indicator. The software consists of the program which manage the argument of test, proportion initial value of urine analyzer and calibrate analyzed result.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.579-585
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• 2006

In this study, we analysis an optical receivers using the optical preamplifier in a spectrum-sliced WDM systems. The average numbers of photons/bit, for an $10^{-9}$ error probability, counts using the OOK and FSK transmission. As a result, the theoretical sensitivity for PIN receiver and optical preamplifier receiver are approximately $9.2\times10^4\;and\;7.2\times10^2$ in the m=20, respectively. Also, the average numbers of photons/bit, for and given error probability, theoretical receiver sensitivity for Gaussian method and k-square method are approximately $9\times10^2\;and\;2.16\times10^2$ in the m=40, respectively. And the average numbers of photons/bit, for an given error probability, theoretical receiver sensitivity, OOK and FSK transmission are approximately $1.9\times10^2\;and\;3.1\times10^2$ in the m=20, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.1641-1644
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• 2005

현재의 인터넷과 같은 전자 통신망과 멀티미디어 시스템의 발달은 고속의 대용량 데이터 전송을 필요로 한다. 초고속 통신 시스템에서의 고속 데이터 전송은 주로 광섬유를 사용하는 광통신으로 이루어지고 있다. FTTH(Fiber To The Home)와 같은 광통신 시스템은 멀티미디어 커뮤니케이션을 위해 필요한 큰 데이터 전송률을 제공할 수 있기 때문에 더욱 더 중요성이 높아지고 있으며 이러한 광통신 시스템에서는 통신환경의 영향을 적게 받고 외부 조절이나 부품이 필요하지 않는 수신기 IC 의 개발이 요구되고 있다. 일반적으로 광통신 수신기에는 고속 동작에 적합한 특성을 가진 GaAs-MESFET 가 사용되고 있으나, 본 논문에서는 0.35um CMOS 2-poly 4-metal 공정을 이용하여 5Gbps 광수신기를 설계하였다. 설계된 수신기는 Preamplifier, Main amplifier, ABC 회로로 구성되어 있다. Transimpedance amplifier 형태의 Preamplifier 는 광검출기에 의해 생성된 전류 신호를 전압 신호로 변환한다. ABC 회로는 Peak_Hold 회로와 Bottom_Hold 회로로 구성되어 있다. 기존의 Peak_Hold 회로에서는 다이오드와 hold capacitor 를 이용하여 peak 값을 검출하도록 되어 있는데, 다이오드를 이용하는 경우 작은 입력 신호전압의 Peak 값을 검출하는 데 한계가 있다. 이러한 단점을 보완하고자 전류 거울형태의 Peak_Hold 회로를 설계하였다. 전류거울(current mirror)형태의 출력 신호의 duty error 를 줄이고 비트 에러율(Bit Error Rate)을 개선하는데 효과적이었다. 설계된 광수신기는 30dB 의 입력 dynamic range 와 입력 capacitance 3pF 에서 80MHz 의 대역폭을 가진다. 전력 소비량은 3.3V 전원 전압이 인가된 경우 약 150mW 정도이다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07d
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• pp.3124-3126
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• 2000

The application of IR(Infrared) communication is very wide and IR receiver has become a standard of home entertainment. A preamplifier with single 5V supply was designed for IR receiver IC. To operate at long distance, receiver IC should have high gain and low noise characteristic. To provide constant output signal magnitude, independent of transciever distance, gain limiting stage is needed. And to cut-off DC noise component effectively, large resistance and capacitance are required. Transimpedance type preamplifier, and diode limiting amplifier, and current limiting amplifier were designed. It is another function of current limiting amplifier that transforms single input signal to differential output signal. Using AMS BiCMOS model, both BJT version and MOS version was designed. Total power consumption is O.lmW, and IC size is $0.3mm^2$

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.361-364
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• 1989

A PC-based motor nerve conduction velocity measuring system was designed and constructed. The system was composed with an EMG preamplifier, a stimulator, an Apple II plus microcomputer and an 8 bit AD converter. The system was primariliy intended to screen motor nerve difficulties of industrial workers. This system can acquire, store and display the waveforms of evoked potentials. The PC-based system is expected to increase the versatility and applicability as well as to reduce the system cost.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.1019-1022
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• 2003

This paper has proposed a 4- bit 20MHz Flash A/D converter design available analog signal processing and realized its intergrated circuit. The parallel comparison method A/D converter quantized analog signals swiftly using various converters. Also this theme has designed economic power dissipation circuit using a preamplifier of low volt & power CMOS comparator. Also the system was fabricated by Hynix 0.35um CMOS process.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.57-64
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• 1990

This study describes the design of the portable intelligent QT analyzer which can record and analyze the ambulatory ECG data. System hardware is consisted of the one chip microcomputer(80C31) , A/D, ROM, RAM, LCD display and preamplifier. ECG data were processed by the differentiator and the digital filter. The de- tection of the parameters-QT, QTP and RR interval-was accomplished by the software algorithm using the slope and the amplitude of the processed data. Using this system, the trends of the parameters obtained during the long term could be observed.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.505-511
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• 2003

In this paper, a driving amplifier stage with 1 Watt output has been designed and fabricated, which is operating at UHF band( 470 ∼ 806 MHz) for digital TV repeater. In the driving amplifier stage, preamplifier and 1 Watt unit amplifier are integrated by one electric substrate which is 2.53 in dielectric constant and 0.8 mm thickness. When the driving amplifier stage is flown by bias voltage of 28 V DC and current of 900 mA. it has the gain of more than 53.5 dB. the gain flatness of $\pm$0.5 dB and return loss of less than -15 dB in 470 ∼ 806 MHz. Also, when two signals at 2 MHz frequency interval are input port into the driving amplifier stage with 1 Watt output, it resulted in excellent characteristics to designed specification with showing intermodulation distortion characteristics of more than 48 dBc.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.51-57
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• 2002

An electronic personal dosimeter(EPD) with hybrid type preamplifier adopting a semiconductor detector as a radiation detector has been developed, manufactured and test-evaluated. The radiation detection characteristics of this EPD has been performance-tested by using a reference photon radiation field. After several test-irradiations to a $^{137}Cs$ gamma radiation source the radiation detection sensitivity of this EPD appeared to be $3.8\;cps/Gy{\cdot}h^{-1}$. The linearity of radiation response was kept within 8% of the dose equivalent ranges of $10{\mu}Sv{\sim}4Sv$ and the angular dependence was under less than 4% in angles of ${\pm}60^{\circ}$. It was confirmed that the energy response range was in $60{\sim}1,250keV$ given in the ISO standard. This EPD satisfied the international criteria for the EPD in the mechanical and the environmental performance test for 9 test categories according to IEC 61526.