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Measurement Accuracy of Oscillation-Based Test of Analog-to-Digital Converters

  • Mrak, Peter;Biasizzo, Anton;Novak, Franc
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.154-156
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    • 2010
  • Oscillation-based testing of analog-to-digital converters represents a viable option for low-cost built-in self-testing in mixed-signal design. While numerous papers have addressed implementation issues, little attention has been paid to the measurement accuracy. In this letter, we highlight an inherent measurement uncertainty which has to be considered when deriving the parameters from the oscillation frequency.

A Study on Radial Velocity Transformation and Uncertainty Propagation (시선속도 변환과 불확도 전파에 관한 연구)

  • Ryu, Chung-Ho;Hwang, Gyu-Hwan;Jang, Yong-Sik;Kim, Moon-Ki;Choi, Ik-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.199-206
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    • 2013
  • In general, radial velocity of a target can be obtained by acquiring doppler frequency shift in case of a doppler radar, or can be obtained by acquiring range rate in case of a pulse radar. Then radial velocity can be converted to tangential velocity using aspect angle or position variation per unit time. These two ways have the same meaning in physically, but result in different uncertainty finally. In this paper, it is described not only the two transformation procedures to calculate tangential velocity from radar measurement data, but also the result of combined uncertainty comparison between these two procedures.

The Effect of Uncertainty in Sea Trial Measurement System on Speed-Power Performance

  • Seo, Dae-Won;Noh, Jackyou
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.269-276
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    • 2020
  • Sea trial tests are necessary to verify speed-power performance, and are an import contract between ship owners and shipyards. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published ISO 15016:2015, which specifies the correlation method between model and full-scale ships. The results of sea trials have been questioned because of the uncertainty of speed and power measurements, especially when sea conditions differ from ideal calm water conditions. In this paper, such uncertainties were investigated by utilizing the standard speed-power trial analysis procedure defined in ISO 15016:2015 through Monte Carlo simulations. It was found that the expanded uncertainty of the delivered power (PDid) at 95 % confidence interval (k = 2) was ±1.5 % under 75 % MCR conditions.

Uncertainty Characteristics of Diverter for Flowmeter Calibration System (액체용 유량계 교정시스템의 Diverter 불확도 특성 연구)

  • Lee, Dong-Keun;Park, Jong-Ho
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.50-55
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    • 2008
  • The diverter system is a key component in achieving a high accuracy liquid flow rate standard using a static gravimetric system with a flying start and stop method. The diverter is a moving device used to direct flow alternately along its normal course(by pass) or towards the weighing tank. The time needed for collection into the weighing tank is measured using a timer. So it is important to the diversion period is sufficiently fast and triggering point of timer which is determined the filling time. On this studies show that uncertainty of diverter system for changing diversion speed and triggering point was estimated in accordance with Guide to The Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement(ISO).

Absolute Distance Measurements Using the Optical Comb of a Femtosecond Pulse Laser

  • Jin, Jong-Han;Kim, Young-Jin;Kim, Yun-Seok;Kim, Seung-Woo
    • International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.22-26
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    • 2007
  • We describe a new way of implementing absolute displacement measurements by exploiting the optical comb of a femtosecond pulse laser as a wavelength ruler, The optical comb is stabilized by locking both the repetition rate and the carrier offset frequency to an Rb clock of frequency standard. Multiwavelength interferometry is then performed using the quasi-monochromatic beams of well-defined generated wavelengths by tuning an external cavity laser diode consecutively to preselected light modes of the optical comb. This scheme of wavelength synthesizing allows the measurement of absolute distances with a high precision that is traceable to the definition of time. The achievable wavelength uncertainty is $1.9{\times}10^{-10}$, which allows the absolute heights of gauge blocks to be determined with an overall calibration uncertainty of 15 nm (k = 1). These results demonstrate a successful industrial application of an optical frequency synthesis employing a femtosecond laser, a technique that offers many possibilities for performing precision length metrology that is traceable to the well-defined international definition of time.

Flow Range Extension of Light Oil Flowmeter Standard System with Build-Up Technique (Build-Up 기법을 이용한 경질유 표준장치의 측정범위 확장)

  • Lim, Ki-Won;Choi, Jong-Oh
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.30 no.12 s.255
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    • pp.1139-1146
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    • 2006
  • Light Oil Flow Standard System(LOFSS) in Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science(KRISS) was designed for oil flowmeter calibration. In order to extend the flow range from 120 $m^3/h$ to 200 $m^3/h$, the build-up technique was applied with two positive displacement flowmeters as master flowmeter. The master flowmeters were calibrated against with LOFSS, which has 0.04 % uncertainty of flow quantity determination, then the test flowmeter is calibrated against two master flowmeters. For uncertainty analysis, the repeatability of master flowmeters, the variation of the fluid density and the pipe volume due to temperature change were scrutinized. The contribution of each uncertainty factors to the calibrator and the correlation of each factors were discussed. For investigating the feasibility of uncertainty analysis, a turbine flowmeter as a transfer package was tested with LOFSS and two reference flowmeter. The hypothesis test for both results was coincide with a 95 % significant level. This means that the uncertainty analysis procedure of the calibrator is reasonable and the extension of flow range with master meters was carry out successfully.

Reclaimer Control: Modeling , Parameter Estimation, and a Robust Smith Predictor Design (원료채집기의 제어: 모델링, 계수추정, 견실한 스미스 예측기의 설계)

  • Kim, Sung-Hoon;Hong, Keum-Shik;Kang, Dong-Hunn
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.5 no.8
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    • pp.923-931
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    • 1999
  • In this paper, a modeling and a robust time-delay control for the reclaimer are investigated. Supplying the same amount of a raw material throughout the reclamation process from the raw yard to a sinter plant is important to keep the quality of the molten steel uniform in blast furnaces. As the actual parameter values of the reclaimer are not available, the boom rotational dynamics are modeled as a second order differential equation with unknown coefficients. The unknown parameters in the nominal model are estimated using a recursive estimation method. Another important factor in the control design of the reclaimer is the large time-delay in output measurement. Assuming a multiplicative uncertainty, that accounts for both the unstructured uncertainty neglected in the modeling and the structured uncertainty contained in the parameter estimation, a robust Smith predictor is designed. A robust stability criterion for the multiplicative uncertainty is also derived. Following the work of Goodwin et al. [4], a quantifying procedure of the multiplicative uncertainty bound, through experiments , is described. Experimental and simulation results are provided.

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Optimal design of a flexure hinge-based XY AFM scanner for minimizing Abbe errors and the evaluation of pitch measuring uncertainty of a nano-accuracy AFM system (XY 스캐너의 아베 오차 최소화를 위한 최적 설계 및 나노 정밀도의 원자 현미경 피치 측정 불확도 평가)

  • Kim Dong-Min;Lee Dong-Yeon;Gweon Dae-Gab
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.23 no.6 s.183
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    • pp.96-103
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    • 2006
  • To establish of standard technique of nano-length measurement in 2D plane, new AFM system has been designed. In the long range (about several tens of ${\mu}m$), measurement uncertainty is dominantly affected by the Abbe error of XY scanning stage. No linear stage is perfectly straight; in other words, every scanning stage is subject to tilting, pitch and yaw motion. In this paper, an AFM system with minimum offset of XY sensing is designed. And XY scanning stage is designed to minimize rotation angle because Abbe errors occur through the multiply of offset and rotation angle. To minimize the rotation angle optimal design has performed by maximizing the stiffness ratio of motion direction to the parasitic motion direction of each stage. This paper describes the design scheme of full AFM system, especially about XY stage. Full range of fabricated XY scanner is $100{\mu}m\times100{\mu}m$. And tilting, pitch and yaw motion are measured by autocollimator to evaluate the performance of XY stage. As a result, XY scanner can have good performance. Using this AFM system, 3um pitch specimen was measured. The uncertainty of total system has been evaluated. X and Y direction performance is different. X-direction measuring performance is better. So to evaluate only ID pitch length, X-direction scanning is preferable. Its expanded uncertainty(k=2) is $\sqrt{(3.96)^2+(4.10\times10^{-5}{\times}p)^2}$ measured length in nm.

Uranium Enrichment Analysis with Gamma-ray Spectroscopy (FRAM을 이용한 우라늄 농축도 분석의 신뢰성 평가 연구)

  • Eom, Sung-Ho;Jeong, Hye-Kyun;Park, Jun-Sic;Park, Se-Hwan;Shin, Hee-Sung
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.16-23
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    • 2011
  • Accurate measurement of uranium enrichment is very important in nuclear material accountability. The analysis uncertainty of the uranium enrichment measurement with gamma-ray analysis was studied in the present work. FRAM (Fixed energy Response function Analysis with Multiple efficiencies) code was used to determine the uranium enrichment. If the shield materials were placed between the detector and the sample, the error was measured and analyzed. Measurement time was varied and the dependency of the analysis uncertainty on the measurement time was studied. Transmitted gamma-ray intensities and FWHMs of the peaks in the energy spectrum were measured as the shield thickness was varied. The transmitted gamma-ray intensity follows shape of the exponential function, and the FWHM was almost independent of the shield thickness. The uncertainty of FRAM analysis was studied when the thick shield material was placed between the detector and the sample. Our work could be helpful in analysis of the fissile material in uranium sample.