• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.575-580
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• 2007

A 16 Mb 1T1C FeRAM device was integrated with BLT capacitors. But a lot of cells were failed randomly during the measuring the bit-line signal distribution of each cell. The reason was revealed that the grain size and orientation of the BLT thin film were severely non-uniform. And the grain size and orientation were severely affected by the process conditions of post heat treatment, especially nucleation step. The optimized annealing temperature at the nucleation step was $560^{\circ}C$. The microstructure of the BLT thin film was also varied by the annealing time at the step. The longer process time showed the finer grain size. Therefore, the uniformity of the grain size and orientation could be improved by changing the process conditions of the nucleation step. The FeRAM device without random bit-fail cell was successfully fabricated with the optimized BLT capacitor and the sensing margin in bit-line signal distribution of it was about 340 mV.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.19-26
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• 2024

In workplaces handling flammable gas such as hydrogen, hazardous area is determined through KS C IEC 60079-10-1 standard. Because this standard determines the hazardous distance based on the release characteristic regardless of the type of gas, indoor/outdoor conditions, and atmospheric conditions, concerns are being raised about the effectiveness. In this study, simulations (PHAST, HyRAM) were performed to calculate the hazardous distance for hydrogen under various release characteristics and atmospheric conditions, and compared these results to IEC standard log-log graph. Also, we performed regression analysis according to each result. we found that the simulation results were 0.6 to 3.8 times less than the IEC standard, presented convenient linear regression equations. In addition, We confirmed that the results of hazardous distance varied based on wind velocity and atmospheric stability at the same release characteristic. In addition, we derived linear regression equations for release characteristics and hazardous distance that can be conveniently utilized. So, when classifying hazardous area in workplaces where they handle the hydrogen, the integrated graph and linear regression equation are helpful for confirming the hazardous area. Moreover, it is expected that the economic burden will be minimized by being able to classify reasonable hazardous area and to greatly reduce the risk of hydrogen explosion.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.54 no.2
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• pp.121-127
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• 2017

Gadolinium tetraboride ($GdB_4$) was synthesized by reduction of $Gd_2O_3$ using boron carbide in presence of carbon. Effect of temperature on product quality was investigated. Pure $GdB_4$ powder was obtained in vacuum at $1500^{\circ}C$. Pressureless sintering experiments revealed that sintering takes place only above $1600^{\circ}C$. A maximum density of 77.1% of the theoretical value was obtained at $1800^{\circ}C$ by pressureless sintering. Hot pressing resulted in 95.5% of theoretical density at the lower temperature of $1700^{\circ}C$ under 35 MPa pressure. Hardness and fracture toughness of dense $GdB_4$ were measured and found to be 21.4 GPa and $2.3MPa{\cdot}m^{1/2}$, respectively. After exposure to air at $900^{\circ}C$, the formation of a porous and non-protective oxide layer was observed.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.25 no.8B
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• pp.1460-1468
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• 2000

The goal of this research is the real-time implementation of MPEG-1 Layer III audio decoder using the fixed-point digital signal processor of TMS320C6201 The main job for this work is twofold: one is to convert floating-point operation in the decoder into fixed-point operation while maintaining the high resolution, and the other is to optimize the program to make it run in real-time with memory size as small as possible. We, especially, devote much time to the descaling module in the decoder for conversion of floating-point operation into fixed-point operation with high accuracy. The inverse modified cosine transform(IMDCT) and synthesis polyphase filter bank modules are optimized in order to reduce the amount of computation and memory size. After the optimization process, in this paper, the implemented decoder uses about 26% of maximum computation capacity of TMS320C6201. The program memory, data ROM, data RAM used in the decoder are about 6.77kwords, 3.13 kwords and 9.94 kwords, respectively. Comparing the PCM output of fixed-point computation with that of floating-point computation, we achieve the signal-to-noise ratio of more than 60 dB. A real-time operation is demonstrated on the PC using the sound I/O and host communication functions in the EVM board.

• BMB Reports
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.814-824
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• 2007

Liver cirrhosis (LC) is defined as comprising diffuse fibrosis and regenerating nodules of the liver. The biochemical and anatomical dysfunction in LC results from both reduced liver cell number and portal vascular derangement. Although several studies have investigated dysregulated genes in cirrhotic nodules, little is known about the genes implicated in the pathophysiologic change of LC or about their relationship with the degree of decompensation. Here, we applied cDNA microarray analysis using 38 HBsAg-positive LC specimens to identify the genes dysregulated in HBV-associated LC and to evaluate their relation to disease severity. Among 1063 known cancer- and apoptosis-related genes, we identified 104 genes that were significantly up- (44) or down- (60) regulated in LC. Interestingly, this subset of 104 genes was characteristically correlated with the degree of decompensation, called the Pugh-Child classification (20 Pugh-Child A, 10 Pugh-Child B, and 8 Pugh-Child C). Patient samples from Pugh-Child C exhibited a distinct pattern of gene expression relative to those of Pugh-Child A and B. Especially in Pugh-Child C, genes encoding hepatic proteins and metabolizing enzymes were significantly down-regulated, while genes encoding various molecules related to cell replication were up-regulated. Our results suggest that subsets of genes in liver cells correspond to the pathophysiologic change of LC according to disease severity and possibly to hepatocarcinogenesis.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.20-23
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• 2001

Hypereutectic Al-25Si alloy, which is expected to be applied to the cylinder-liner-part of the engine-block of an automobile due to its excellent wear resistance, low density and low thermal expansion coefficient, has been fabricated through a spray forming process. The obtained microstructure of the hypereutectic Al-25Si alloy appeared to consist of Al matrix and equiaxed Si particles of average diameter of 5-7 mm. To characterize the deformation behavior of this alloy, a series of load relaxation and compression tests have been conducted at temperatures ranging from RT to $500^{\circ}C$. The strain rate sensitivity parameter (m) of this alloy has been found to be very low (0.1) below $400^{\circ}C$ and reached maximum value of about 0.2 at $500^{\circ}C$. During the deformation above $300^{\circ}C$ in compression, strain softening has been observed. The diagram of extrusion pressure vs. ram-speed has been constructed. The extrusion has been successfully conducted at the temperatures of $300^{\circ}C$ and above with the ratio of area reduction of 28 and 40 in this study.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.144-147
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• 2005

In hydrostatic extrusion the billet in the container is extruded through a die with a liquid acting as a pressure medium, instead of by the direct application of the load by a ram. And the extrusion pressure can be affected by the flow stress and they are affected by the temperature. So in this study the temperature is the main issue with a extrusion ratio and a half die angle. As extrusion temperature goes down from $300^{\circ}C$ to $200^{\circ}C$, tensile strength goes up to 310MPa. Because velocity of extrusion is higher than the conventional extrusion, there is another characteristic in the sense of microstrure. The temperature was sotted to $300^{\circ}C,\;250^{\circ}C,\;200^{\circ}C$, respectively. There is a increase of extrusion pressure abot $15\%$.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.169-172
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 EVRC 음성 부호화 시스템을 $OakDSPCore^{\circledR}$를 기반으로 설계된 C&S Technology사의 CSD17C00 칩을 이용하여 전 과정을 어셈블리어로 실시간 구현하였다. 구현된 EVRC 음성 부호화기는 최대의 계산량을 요구하는 8kbps일때 잡음제거 알고리즘을 제외한 인코더부분이 평균 22.5MIPS 이며, 디코더부분은 약 3.35MIPS의 복잡도를 나타낸다. 사용된 메모리양은 프로그램 ROM 10.8K words 데이터 ROM(table) 6.72K words 및 RAM 2.94K words이다. 구현된 EVRC 음성 부호화기는 북미 표준화 기구인 TIA(Telecommunications Industry Association)에서 제공하는 19 개의 test 백터들을 모두 통과하였다.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.09a
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• pp.751-754
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 EVRC 음성 부호화 시스템을 OakDSPCore(R) 를 기반으로 설계된 C&S Technology사의 CSD17C00칩을 이용하여 전 과정을 어셈블리어로 실시간 구현하였다. 구현된 EVRC음성 부호화기는 최대의 계산량이 요구되는8kbps 전송 모드일 때, 인코더부분이 최대24.45MIPS 이며 디코더부분은 3.35MIPS의 복잡도를 나타낸다. 사용된 메모리양은 프로그램 ROM 12.2Kworsd, 데이터 ROM(table) 6.72Kwords 및 RAM2.94Kwords 이다. 구현된 EVRC음성 부호화기는 북미 표준화 기구인Telecommunications Industry Association(TIA)에서 제공하는 19개의 test 벡터들을 모두 통과하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.11d
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• pp.921-923
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• 1999

비휘발성 메모리의 고집적화와 적응학습형 뉴럴 소자의 실현을 위하여 1-트랜지스터 구조 강유전체 비휘발성 메모리(MFS-FET)를 SOI 기판위에 제작하고 평가하였다. 먼저 SBT($Sr_{0.8}Bi_{2.2}Ta_{2}O_{9}$)를 직접 Si위에 증착하고 C-V를 측정하여 1V의 메모리 윈도우를 얻음으로써 비휘발성 메모리로써의 동작가능성을 확인하였다. 또한 다양하게 게이트의 W/L 비를 바꾸어서 MFS-FET를 제작하여 다양한 드레인 전압-드레인 전류 특성을 얻었고 실제로 쓰기와 읽기 동작을 수행하여 MFS-FET가 비휘발성 메모리로써 제대로 동작하고 있음을 확인하였다.