• 센서학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.338-345
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• 2013

Premature ventricular contractions are the most common of all arrhythmias and may cause more serious situation like ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia in some patients. Therefore, the detection of this arrhythmia becomes crucial in the early diagnosis and the prevention of possible life threatening cardiac diseases. Most methods for detecting arrhythmia require pp interval, or the diversity of P wave morphology, but they are difficult to detect the p wave signal because of various noise types. Thus, it is necessary to use noise-free R wave. So, the new approach for the detection of PVC is presented based on the rhythm analysis and the beat matching in this paper. For this purpose, we removed baseline wandering of low frequency band and made summed signals that are composed of two high frequency bands including the frequency component of QRS complex using the wavelet filter. And then we designed R wave detection algorithm using the adaptive threshold and window through RR interval. Also, we developed algorithm to classify PVC using RR interval. The performance of R wave and PVC detection is evaluated by using MIT-BIH arrhythmia database. The achieved scores indicate average detection rate of 99.76%, sensitivity of 99.30% and specificity of 98.66%; accuracy respectively for R wave and PVC detection.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1996년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.179-183
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• 1996

Most of the conventional electrocardiogaphies fail to detect signals other than P-QRS-T due to the limited SNR and bandwidth. High-resolution electrocardiography (HRECG) provides better SNR and wider bandwidth for the detection of micro-potentials with higher frequency components such as ventricual late potentials(LP). In this paper, we developed a HRECG using uncorrected XYZ lead. The overall gain of the amplifier is 4000 and the bandwidth is $0.5{\sim}300Hz$ without using 60Hz notch filter. Three 16-bit AH converters sample X, Y, and Z signals simultaneously with a sampling frequency of 2000Hz. Sampled data are transmitted to PC via a DMA-controlled serial communication channel using RS-485 and HDLC protocol. The noise level of the developed HRECG is less than $5{\mu}V_{rms,\;RTI}$. In order to further reduce the noise level, signal averaging technique is implemented utilizing template matching method. The SNR of the developed HRECG is high enough for the detection of LP.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.615-626
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• 2019

Lightweight concrete (LWC) provides an attractive alternative to conventional piles by improving the durability of deep foundations. In this paper, the drivability of cylindrical and tapered piles made of lightweight and common concrete (CC) under hammer impacts was investigated by performing field tests and numerical analysis. The different concrete mixtures were considered to compare the mechanical properties of light aggregate which replaced instead of the natural aggregate. Driving tests were also conducted on different piles to determine how the pile material and geometric configurations affect driving performance. The results indicated that the tapering shape has an appropriate effect on the drivability of piles and although lower driving stresses are induced in the LWC tapered pile, their final penetration rate was more than that of CC cylindrical pile under hammer impact. Also by analyzing wave propagation in the different rods, it was concluded that the LWC piles with greater velocity than others had better performance in pile driving phenomena. Furthermore, LWC piles can be driven more easily into the ground than cylindrical concrete piles sometimes up to 50% lower hammer impacts and results in important energy saving.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.27-38
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• 2019

Sensors collect information for Internet of Things (IoT)-based services. However, indoor construction sites have a poor communication environment and many interfering elements that make it difficult to collect sensor information. In this study, a network was constructed between a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)-based IoT device based on a serverless IoT framework and a router. This experimental environment was applied to large- and small-scale indoor construction sites. Experiments were performed to test the communication performance of BLE-based IoT devices and routers at indoor construction sites. An analysis of the received signal strength indication (RSSI) graph patterns collected from the communication between the BLE-based IoT devices and routers for different testbed site situation revealed areas with good communication performance and poor communication performance due to interfering factors. The results confirmed that structural components of the building as well as the materials, equipment, and temporary facilities used in indoor construction interfere with the communication performance. Construction project managers will require improved technical knowledge of IoT, such as optimizing the router placement and matching communication between the router and workers, to improve the communication performance for large-scale indoor construction.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.111-115
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• 2017

Terahertz waves are superior to conventional X-ray or Magnetic Resonance Tomography(MRI), and the amount of information that can be transmitted is as large as thousands of times that conventional X-ray or MRI. In addition, Terahertz waves have great performance in analyzing an object which have some layered structure. By using this advantage, we can extract the letters of a page by analyzing information such as absorption amount and reflection amount by irradiating a closed book with pulses of various frequencies within gap of a terahertz wave. However, in the image of each page using the Terahertz wave might be obtained various kinds of noise and the different character occlusion region. So, to extract letters from the terahertz image, we must take the noise and occlusion region away. We have been working to enhancement the image quality in various ways, and keep on studying de-noising processing for enhancement about the image quality and high resolution. Finally, we also keep on studying about OCR(Optical Character Recognition) technology, which based on pattern matching technique, to read letters.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.536-548
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• 2019

In this study, an electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna via analog radio frequency (RF) switches for a single RF chain MIMO system is presented. The proposed antenna elements are spaced at ${\lambda}/64$, and the antenna size is miniaturized via a dielectric radome. The optimum reactance load value is calculated via the beamforming load search algorithm. A switch simplifies the design and implementation of the reactance loads and does not require additional complex antenna matching circuits. The measured impedance bandwidth of the proposed ESPAR antenna is 1,500 MHz (1.75 GHz-3.25 GHz). The proposed antenna exhibits a beam pattern that is reconfigurable at 2.48 GHz due to changes in the reactance value, and the measured peak antenna gain is 4.8 dBi. The reception performance is measured by using a $4{\times}4$ BPSK signal. The measured average SNR is 17 dB when using the proposed ESPAR antenna as a transmitter, and the average SNR is 16.7 dB when using a four-conventional monopole antenna.

• 천문학회보
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.46.2-46.2
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• 2019

We propose a deep learning model that can generate a waveform of coalescing binary black holes in merging and ring-down phases in less than one second with a graphics processing unit (GPU) as an approximant of gravitational waveforms. Up to date, numerical relativity has been accepted as the most adequate tool for the accurate prediction of merger phase of waveform, but it is known that it typically requires huge amount of computational costs. We present our method can generate the waveform with ~98% matching to that of the status-of-the-art waveform approximant, effective-one-body model calibrated to numerical relativity simulation and the time for the generation of ~1500 waveforms takes O(1) seconds. The validity of our model is also tested through the recovery of signal-to-noise ratio and the recovery of waveform parameters by injecting the generated waveforms into a public open noise data produced by LIGO. Our model is readily extendable to incorporate additional physics such as higher harmonics modes of the ring-down phase and eccentric encounters, since it only requires sufficient number of training data from numerical relativity simulations.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.231-237
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• 2021

Enhancing the performance of maritime wireless communication has been highlighted by the issue of cell planning in the sea area because of lack of an appropriate Propagation Loss Model (PLM). To resolve the cell planning issue in vast sea areas, it was essential to develop the (PLM) matching the intended sea area. However, there were considerable gaps between the prediction of legacy PLMs and field measurement in propagation loss and there was a need to develop the adjusted PLM (A-PLM). Therefore, cell planning was performed on this adjusted model, including modification of the base station's location, altitude, and antenna azimuth to meet the quality objectives. Furthermore, in order to verify the availability of the cell planning, Communication Service Quality Monitoring System (CS-QMS) was developed in the LTE-Maritime project to collect LTE signal quality information from the onboard equipment at regular intervals and to ensure that the service quality was high enough to satisfy the goals in each designated grid. As a result of verification, the success rate of RSRP was 95.7% for the intensive management zone (IMZ) and 96.4% for the interested zone (IZ), respectively.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제36D권3호
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• pp.1-11
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• 1999

자기공명영상 시스템의 신호 대 잡음 비(SNR, Signal-to-Noise Ratio)를 향상시키기 위해서 quadrature RF 코일을 사용하는 것은 최근의 일반적인 방법이다. 그렇지만 이 때 SNR의 향상을 가져오기 위해서는 완벽한 3dB 커플링과 90°위상차를 가지는 잘 설계된 quadrature coupler가 필수적이다. 또한 RF 여기 주기와 검파 주기 동안 각 포트의 임피던스 정합 조건이 잘 만족되어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 분석과 시뮬레이션 및 제작을 통해 임피던스 부정합 조건(특히,환자)의 영향을 살펴보았고 이의 영향을 최소화하고 시스템의 신뢰성을 향상시키기 위한 회로 기술로 동적 로딩(dynamic loading)을 처음으로 quadrature coupler 와 송수신 스위치 모듈에 적용하는 것을 제안했다. 또한 quadrature coupler와 송수신 스위치 모듈을 마이크로 스트립을 이용해 설계하고 제작 하였다. 결과적으로 자기공명영상 시스템의 SNR은 수신 동적 부하가 없고 불연속 소자로 된 종전 모듈을 사용했을 때보다 시스템의 SNR이 3dB 높아졌다. 또한 이 모듈은 자기공명영상 시스템이의 최대 5kw의 고출력 RF 신호의 처리가 가능하다. 전력 손실과 크기를 고려할 때, 고유전율을 가진 R/Tduroid 6010 기판을 사용하였으며, 시뮬레이션은 Compact Software을 사용 했다.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.366-372
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• 2017

본 논문에서 제시하는 내용은 수신단의 관문 역할을 담당하는 차동 저 잡음 증폭기를 구현 시, 필연적으로 설계가 필요한 발룬에 대한 분석 내용이다. 발룬은 안테나로부터 입력된 단일 신호를 차동 신호로 변환시켜줌으로써 차동 증폭기의 입력으로 사용될 수 있도록 하는 역할을 담당한다. 이 뿐만 아니라, 안테나를 통해서 들어오는 ESD(Electrostatic Discharge)로부터 회로를 보호하고, 입력 정합에 도움을 준다. 하지만, 일반적으로 사용되는 수동형 발룬의 경우, 두 금속선 사이에 형성되는 전자기적 결합을 통해 교류 신호를 전달하는 방식이므로 이득없이 손실을 가지게 될 뿐 아니라 결론적으로 수신단 전체 잡음 지수 저하에 가장 큰 영향을 미치게 된다. 그러므로, 저 잡음 증폭기에서 발룬의 설계는 매우 중요하며, 선로의 폭, 선로 간격, 권선수, 반경, 그리고 레이아웃의 대칭 구조 등을 고려하여 높은 양호도(quality factor)와 차동 신호의 역위상을 만들어내야만 한다. 본문에서 발룬의 양호도를 높이기 위해 고려해야할 요소들을 정리하고, 설계 요소변경에 따른 발룬의 저항, 인덕턴스, 그리고 캐패시턴스의 변화 경향성을 분석하였다. 분석 결과를 바탕으로 입력 발룬을 설계함으로써 이득 24 dB, 잡음 지수 2.51 dB의 저잡음, 고 이득 차동 증폭기 설계가 가능함을 증명하였다.