• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.146-153
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• 1996

This paper presents the development of a collocated capacitance sensor and its application to the controller design for magnetic bearing supported rotor systems. The main feature of the sensor is that it is made of a compact printed circuit board(PCB) so that it can be built into the actuator coil of the magnetic bearing unit. The singnal processing unit hax been also developed. The experi- mental results of the sensor performance evaluation on sensitivity, bandwidth and resolution are presented. Then, simulation study shows the advantages of the collocated sensor for magnetic bearings over the nonco- llocated sensor. Finally, the experimental result on the performance of the collocated sensor based contrl- ler for a magnetic bearing rotor system is presented.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.257-261
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• 2014

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) has the excellent physical characteristics in the sensor, medicine, manufacturing and energy fields, and it has been studied in those fields for the several years. We fabricated the NOx gas sensors of MOS-FET type using the MWCNT. The fabricated sensor was used to detect the NOx gas for the variation of $V_{gs}$ (gate-source voltage) with the ambient temperature. The gas sensor absorbed the NOx gas molecules showed the decrease of resistance, and the sensitivity of sensor was reduced by the NOx gas molecules accumulated on the MWCNT surface. Furthermore, when the voltage ($V_{gs}$) was applied to the gas sensor, the term of the decrease in resistance was increased. On the other hand, the sensor sensitivity for the injection of NOx gas was the highest value at the ambient temperature of $40^{\circ}C$. We also obtained the adsorption energy ($40^{\circ}C$) using the Arrhenius plots by the reduction of resistance due to the $V_{gs}$ voltage variations. As a result, we obtained that the adsorption energy also was increased with the increasement of the applied $V_{gs}$ voltages.

• 센서학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.131-136
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• 2015

This paper presents a wide dynamic range complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor with column capacitor and feedback structure. The designed circuit has been fabricated by using $0.18{\mu}m$ 1-poly 6-metal standard CMOS technology. This sensor has dual mode operation using combination of active pixel sensor (APS) and passive pixel sensor (PPS) structure. The proposed pixel operates in the APS mode for high-sensitivity in normal light intensity, while it operates in the PPS mode for low-sensitivity in high light intensity. The proposed PPS structure is consisted of a conventional PPS with column capacitor and feedback structure. The capacitance of column capacitor is changed by controlling the reference voltage using feedback structure. By using the proposed structure, it is possible to store more electric charge, which results in a wider dynamic range. The simulation and measurement results demonstrate wide dynamic range feature of the proposed PPS.

• 센서학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.106-112
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• 2019

Flexible impact force sensors composed of piezoelectric PZT/PDMS composite sandwiched between Al/PET films were fabricated and their voltage signal characteristics were evaluated under varying impact forces for electronic mitt applications. The piezoelectric impact force sensor on an ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) substrate exhibited an output voltage difference of no greater than 40 mV a periodical impact test in with the impact load was increased by as much as 240 N by a restoration time of 5 s in a five-time experiment, implying good sensing ability. Moreover, the impact force sensor embedded four electronic mitts showed a reliable sensitivity of less than 1 mV/N and good repeatability under 100 N-impact force during a cycle test executed 10,000 times. This indicated that the fabricated flexible piezoelectric impact sensor could be used in electronic mitt applications. However, the relatively low elastic limit of substrate material such as EVA or poly-urethane slightly deteriorated the sensitivity of the impact sensor embedded electronic mitt at over 200 N-impact forces.

• 센서학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.148-155
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• 2001

생체 내 압력을 in-situ로 측정하기 위해 삽입하는 카테터의 내부에 탑재될 압력센서를 설계, 제조하여 그 특성을 측정하였다. 카테터의 내경 1mm에 맞도록 $150\;{\mu}m$(두께) ${\times}$ (600, 700, 800, 900, 1000) ${\mu}m$(폭) ${\times}2\;mm$(길이)로 제조하였고, SDB 웨이퍼의 두꺼운 쪽을 KOH수용액을 이용하여 $134\;{\mu}m$로 식각하여 폭이 1 mm이하인 소자의 제조가 가능하도록 하였다. 기존의 휘트스톤 브리지와는 다르게 단일 압저항과 기준 저항을 형성시켜 보다 소형으로 제조하였다. 단일 압저항을 사용하기 때문에 감도가 휘트스톤 브리지형 센서 보다 감소하므로 ANSYS 55.1로 시뮬레이션하여 압력 센서의 감도가 최대가 되도록 압저항체의 형태와 위치를 최적화 시켰다. 또한 다이아프램 변에 수직인 저항과 수평인 저항을 넣은 쌍 압저항 센서도 동시에 제조하여 특성을 비교한 결과 다이아프램이 소형일수록 단일 압저항 센서의 감도가 우수함을 알 수 있었다. 센서의 압력에 대한 변화를 측정하기 위해 압저항에 정전류원을 인가하여 증폭회로로 측정한 단일 압저항 센서의 최대 감도는 $1.6\;{\mu}V/V/mmHg$였다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2003

$Si_3N_4/SiO_2/Si_3N_4$ 열차단막을 이용한 크로멜-알루멜(chromel-alumel) 열전(thermoelectric) 유량센서를 제작하였다. 백금 박막 히터의 저항온도계수는 약 $0.00397/^{\circ}C$이었고, 크로멜-알루멜 열전쌍(thermocouple)의 Seebeck 계수는 약 $36\;{\mu}V/K$이었다. 기체의 열전도도가 증가할수록 유량센서가 나타내는 열기전력은 감소하였으며, 히터의 온도가 증가하거나 히터와 열전쌍 사이의 간격이 감소할수록 유량센서의 $N_2$ 유량에 대한 감도는 증가하였다. 히터 전압을 약 2.5 V로 하였을 때 유량센서의 $N_2$ 유량에 대한 감도는 약 $1.5\;mV/sccm^{1/2}$이었고, 열 응답시간은 약 0.18초이었다. 크로멜-알루멜 열전 유량센서의 유량감도에 있어서 선형 범위가 Bi-Sb 유랑센서의 것보다 더 넓게 나타났다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.1430-1438
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• 2017

Recently, interest that intra-abdominal pressure has been increased as change of pathophysiology to critical patients. The intra-abdominal pressure is measured by cystometry what can be available for non-inclusively. However, conventional methods have some problems such as low SNR, weakness of environment temperature, and unsuitable size of sensor. In this paper, a new subminiature pressure sensor module and sensing system are proposed using a sensor of semiconductor type and FPCB. The module is more stable, flexible, and smaller than the conventional catheter. The performance of the developed module is evaluated by various quantitative analysis indexes. The proposed sensor has the high sensitivity and suitable size for measurement of cystometry more than the conventional method. In order to prove efficiency between conventional and proposed method, proposed method compared for sensitivity, fixable, and size. The proposed method will be help measurement of intra-abdominal pressure of patients due to high accuracy and comfortableness.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제59권4호
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• pp.728-732
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• 2010

GIS(Gas insulated switching gear) is power equipment with excellent dielectric strength and is economy merit in high confidence and stability. Recently, because equipment of GIS was occurring problem of confidence used for a long time, partial discharge on-line diagnosis systems have been importantly recognized. Partial discharge (PD) detection is an effective means for monitoring and evaluation of dielectric condition of gas insulated system (GIS). The ultra-high-frequency (UHF) PD detection technique can detect and locate the PD sources inside GIS by detecting electromagnetic wave emitted from PD source. Therefore, real-time diagnostic system using UHF detection method has been developed for this application is being expanded gradually. However, the signal of partial discharge occurring in SF6 gas is very weak and susceptible to external noises which mainly consist of PD in air. Thus, it is important to distinguish the PD in SF6 gas more sensitively from the external noises. Unfortunately, these external noise signals and the partial discharge signals have very similar characteristics. Therefore, to solve this problem, we need the signal processing method for distinguish partial discharge signals with external noise signals for improvement of SNR(signal to noise ratio) and sensitivity. In this paper, we proposed internal signal processing method for removing external noise signals with built-in pre.amplifier and frequency conversion circuit.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.1089-1094
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• 2009

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have excellent electrical, chemical stability, mechanical and thermal properties. In this paper, networks of Multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) materials were investigated as resistive gas sensors for ethanol ($C_2H_5OH$) detection. Sensor films were fabricated by air spray method for the multi-walled CNTs solution on glass substrates. Sensors were characterized by resistance measurements in the sensing system, in order to find the optimum detection properties for the ethanol gas molecular. The film that was sprayed with the MWCNT dispersion for 60 see, was 300 nm thick. And the electric resistivity is $2{\times}10^{-2}\;{\Omega\cdot}cm$. Also, the sensitivity and the linearity of MWVNT sensor for ethanol gas are 0.389 %/sec and 17.541 %/FS, respectively. The MWCNT film was excellent in the response for the ethanol gas molecules and its reaction speed was very fast, which could be using as ethanol gas sensor. The conductance of the fabricated sensors decreases when the sensors are exposed to ethanol gas.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2014

Among semi-quantitative or fully quantitative lateral flow assay readers, an image sensor-based instrument has been widely used because of its simple setup, cheap sensor price, and compact equipment size. For all previous approaches, monochrome CCD or CMOS cameras were used for lateral flow assay imaging in which the overall intensities of all colors were taken into consideration to estimate the analyte content, although the analyte related color information is only limited to a narrow wavelength range. In the present work, we introduced a color CCD camera as a sensor and a color decomposition method to improve the sensitivity of the quantitative biosensor system which utilizes the lateral flow assay successfully. The proposed setup and image processing method were applied to achieve the quantification of imitatively dispensed particles on the surface of a porous membrane first, and the measurement result was then compared with that using a monochrome CCD. The compensation method was proposed in different illumination conditions. Eventually, the color decomposition method was introduced to the commercially available lateral flow immunochromatographic assay for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction. The measurement sensitivity utilizing the color image sensor is significantly improved since the slopes of the linear curve fit are enhanced from 0.0026 to 0.0040 and from 0.0802 to 0.1141 for myoglobin and creatine kinase (CK)-MB detection, respectively.