• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.188-193
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• 2015

This paper presents a new byte-wise BCH (4122, 4096, 2) decoder, which treats byte-wise parallel operations so as to enhance its throughput. In particular, we evaluate the parallel processing technique for the most time-consuming components such as syndrome generator and Chien search owing to the iterative operations. Even though a syndrome generator is based on the conventional LFSR architecture, it allows eight consecutive bit inputs in parallel and it treats them in a cycle. Thus, it can reduce the number of cycles that are needed. In addition, a Chien search eliminates the redundant operations to reduce the hardware complexity. The proposed BCH decoder is implemented with VHDL and it is verified using a Xilinx FPGA. From the simulation results, the proposed BCH decoder can enhance the throughput as 43% and it can reduce the hardware complexity as 67% compared to its counterpart employing parallel processing architecture.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.91-101
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• 2016

This paper presents the design of new parallel BCH decoder for MLC NAND flash memory. The proposed decoder supports the multi-byte parallel operations to enhance its throughput. In addition, it employs a LFSR-based parallel syndrome generator for compact hardware design. The proposed BCH decoder is synthesized with hardware description language, VHDL and it is verified using Xilinx FPGA board. From the simulation results, the proposed BCH decoder enhances the throughput by 2.4 times than its predecessor employing byte-wise parallel operation. Compared to the other counterpart employing a GFM-based parallel syndrome generator, the proposed BCH decoder requires the same number of cycles to complete the given works but the circuit size is reduced to less than one-third.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.71-74
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• 2010

Purpose: Nowadays spinal cord stimulator is frequently used for the patients diagnosed as complex regional pain syndrome. The lead is placed above the spinal cord and connected to the stimulation generator, which is mostly placed in the subcutaneous layer of the abdomen. When the complication occurs in the generator inserted site, such as infection or generator exposure, replacement of the new generator to another site or pocket of the abdomen would be the classical choice. The objective of our study is to present our experience of the effective replacement of the existing stimulation generator from subcutaneous layer to another layer in same site after the wound infection at inexpensive cost and avoidance of new scar formation. Methods: A 50-year-old man who was diagnosed as complex regional pain syndrome after traffic accident received spinal cord stimulator, Synergy$^{(R)}$ (Medtronic, Minneapolis, USA) insertion 1 month ago by anesthetist. The patient was referred to our department for wound infection management. The patient was presented with erythema, swelling, thick discharge and wound disruption in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen. After surgical debridement of the capsule, the existing generator replacement beneath the anterior layer of rectus sheath was performed after sterilization by alcohol. Results: Patient's postoperative course was uneventful without any complication and had no evidence of infection for 3 months follow-up period. Conclusion: Replacement of existing spinal cord stimulation generator after sterilization between the anterior layer of rectus sheath and rectus abdominis muscle in the abdomen will be an alternative treatment in wound infection of stimulator generator.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.6C
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• pp.619-625
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• 2009

This paper proposes a parallel architecture of a Parity Checksum Generator adopted for packet synchronization and error detection in the ITU-T Recommendation J.83 Annex B. The proposed parallel processing architecture removes a performance bottleneck occurred in a conventional serial processing architecture, leading to significant decrease in processing time for generating a Parity Checksum. The implementation results show that the proposed parallel processing architecture reduces the processing time by 83.1% at the expense of 16% area increase.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.333-340
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• 2018

This paper introduces a BCH code decoder using parallel CRC(: Cyclic Redundancy Check) generation. Using a conventional parallel syndrome generator with a LFSR(: Linear Feedback Shift Register), it takes up a lot of space for a short code. The proposed decoder uses the parallel CRC method that is widely used to compute the checksum. This scheme optimizes the a syndrome generator in the decoder by eliminating redundant xor operation compared with the parallel LFSR and thus minimizes chip area and propagation delay. In simulation results, the proposed decoder has accomplished propagation delay reduction of 2.01 ns as compared to the conventional scheme. The proposed decoder has been designed and synthesized in $0.35-{\mu}m$ CMOS process.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.226-231
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• 2010

This paper proposes a new coding technique for constructing error correcting high rate DC-free multimode code using a generator matrix generated from a sparse parity-check matrix. The scheme exploits high rate generator matrixes for producing distinct candidate codewords. The decoding complexity depends on whether the syndrome of the received codeword is zero or not. If the syndrome is zero, the decoding is simply performed by expurgating the redundant bits of the received codeword. Otherwise, the decoding is performed by a sum-product algorithm. The performance of the proposed scheme can achieve a reasonable DC-suppression and a low bit error rate.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.83-91
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• 1993

In the digital transmission system, cyclic redundancy check(CRC) code is widely used because it is easy to be implemented and has good performance in error detection. CRC code generator consists of several shift registers and modulo 2 adders. After manipulation of input data stream in the encoder, the remaining value of shift registers becomes CRC code. At the receiving side, error can be detected and corrected by CRC codes immediately transmitted after data stream. But, in the high speed system such as an A TM switch, it is difficult to implement the serial CRC encoder because of speed limitation of available semiconductor devices. In this paper, we propose the efficient parallel CRC encoder and syndrome calculator to solve the speed problem in implementing these functions using the existing semiconductor technology.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.356-361
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• 1984

During the period from January 1982 to June 1984 we implanted permanent pacemakers in 18 patients who received open heart surgery at Yonsei University Hospital. 1.In 11 patients, open heart surgery was performed at Yonsei University Hospital and new surgical induced heart blocks were developed and implantations of permanent pacemaker were done. 2.Total 1035 open heart surgeries were done and implantations of pacemaker were performed in 11 cases. [1.06%]. After total correction of TOF [215 cases] implantations of pacemaker were done in 3 cases. [1.4%] Implantations of pacemaker were 0.37% after VSD repair, 0.78% after ASD repair, 5.9% after ECD repair, 0.48% after MVR and 2.0% after AVR. 3.Causes were complete A-V block, sick sinus syndrome and A-V dissociation. 4.Heart blocks were developed immediately after bypass stop in 8 patients. 5.Implantations of pacemaker were done at more than 2 weeks after open heart surgery. 6.Local anesthesia was done in adult and general anesthesia in infants. Locations of pulse generator were subxiphoid, subcostal & subclavian. Position of pulse generator was between subcutaneous fat layer and muscle layer. 7.Types of pulse generator were VVI, VDD and AAI. 8.The postoperative complications included infection, pacing failure, sensing failure and lead dislodgment.

• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.98-100
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• 2008

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensorimotor neurological disorder in which the primary symptom is a compelling urge to move the legs, accompanied by unpleasant and disturbing sensations in the legs. Although pathophysiologic mechanism of RLS is still unclear, several evidences suggest that RLS is related to dysfunction in central nervous system involving brain and spinal cord. L-DOPA, as the precursor of dopamine, as well as dopamine agonists, plays an essential role in the treatment of RLS leading to the assumption of a key role of dopamine function in the pathophysiology of RLS. Patients with RLS have lower levels of dopamine in the substantia nigra and respond to iron administration. Iron, as a cofactor in dopamine production, plays a central role in the etiology of RLS. Functional neuroimaging studies using PET and SPECT support a central striatal D2 receptor abnormality in the pathophysiology of RLS. Functional MRI suggested a central generator of periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMs) in RLS. However, to date, we have no direct evidence of pathogenic mechanisms of RLS.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.273-276
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• 2009

A 54-year-old man experienced injury to the second finger of his left hand due to damage from a paintball gun shot 8 years prior, and the metacarpo-phalangeal joint was amputated. He gradually developed mechanical allodynia and burning pain, and there were trophic changes of the thenar muscle and he reported coldness on his left hand and forearm. A neuroma was found on the left second common digital nerve and was removed, but his symptoms continued despite various conservative treatments including a morphine infusion pump on his left arm. We therefore attempted median nerve stimulation to treat the chronic pain. The procedure was performed in two stages. The first procedure involved exposure of the median nerve on the mid-humerus level and placing of the electrode. The trial stimulation lasted for 7 days and the patient's symptoms improved. The second procedure involved implantation of a pulse generator on the left subclavian area. The mechanical allodynia and pain relief score, based on the visual analogue scale, decreased from 9 before surgery to 4 after surgery. The patient's activity improved markedly, but trophic changes and vasomotor symptom recovered only moderately. In conclusion, median nerve stimulation can improve chronic pain from complex regional pain syndrome type II.