• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1406-1421
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• 2019

The Internet-of-Things (IoT) has been deployed in almost every facet of our day to day activities. This is made possible because sensing and data collection devices have been given computing and communication capabilities. The devices implement System-on-Chips (SoCs) that incorporate a lot of functionalities, yet they are severely constrained in terms of memory capacitance, hardware area, and power consumption. With the increase in the functionalities of sensing devices, there is a need for low-cost synthesizable processors to handle control, interfacing, and error processing. The first step in selecting a synthesizable processor core for low-cost devices is to examine the hardware resource utilization to make sure that it fulfills the requirements of the device. This paper gives an analysis of the hardware resource usage of ten synthesizable processors that implement the Reduced Instruction Set Computer Five (RISC-V) Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). All the ten processors are synthesized using Vivado v2018.02. The maximum frequency, area, and power reports are extracted and a comparison is made to determine which processor is ideal for low-cost hardware devices.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.780-787
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• 2018

This article presents a security module based on a field programmable gate array (FPGA) to mitigate man-in-the-middle cyber attacks. Nowadays, the FPGA is considered to be the state of the art in nuclear power plants I&C systems due to its flexibility, reconfigurability, and maintainability of the FPGA technology; it also provides acceptable solutions for embedded computing applications that require cybersecurity. The proposed FPGA-based security module is developed to mitigate information-gathering attacks, which can be made by gaining physical access to the network, e.g., a man-in-the-middle attack, using a cryptographic process to ensure data confidentiality and integrity and prevent injecting malware or malicious data into the critical digital assets of a nuclear power plant data communication system. A model-based system engineering approach is applied. System requirements analysis and enhanced function flow block diagrams are created and simulated using CORE9 to compare the performance of the current and developed systems. Hardware description language code for encryption and serial communication is developed using Vivado Design Suite 2017.2 as a programming tool to run the system synthesis and implementation for performance simulation and design verification. Simple windows are developed using Java for physical testing and communication between a personal computer and the FPGA.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.1167-1175
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• 2021

The process of automation and monitoring in industrial control system involves the use of many types of sensors. A programmable logic controller plays an important role in the automation of the different processes in the power plant system. The major control units are boiler for temperature and pressure, turbine for speed of motor, generator for voltage, conveyer belt for fuel. The power plant units are controlled using microcontrollers and PLCs, but FPGA can be the feasible solution. The paper focused on the design and simulation of hardware chip to monitor boiler, turbine, generator and conveyer belt. The hardware chip of the plant is designed in Xilinx Vivado Simulator 17.4 software using VHDL programming. The methodology includes VHDL code design, simulation, verification and testing on Virtex-5 FPGA hardware. The system has four independent buzzers used to indicate the status of the boiler, generator, turbine motor and conveyer belt in on/off conditions respectively. The GSM is used to display corresponding message on the mobile to know the status of the device in on/off condition. The system is very much helpful for the industries working on plant automation with FPGA hardware integration.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.156-167
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 5세대 이동통신 네트워크 서비스의 커버리지를 확장하고, 빌딩내에서의 안정적인 무선 네트워크 연결해 주는 5G 광중계기의 인빌딩용 디지털 송수신 유닛 설계를 제안한다. 제안된 5G 광중계기 구동을 위한 디지털 송수신 유닛은 신호처리부, RF 송수신부, 광입출력부, 클록발생부 등의 4개 블록으로 구성된다. 신호처리부는 CPRI 인터페이스의 기본 동작과 4채널 안테나 신호의 조합 및 외부에서의 제어 명령에 대한 응답 등 중요한 역할을 수행한다. 또, JESD204B 인터페이스로 고품질의 IQ 데이터를 송수신 한다. 파워 앰프를 보호하기 위해 CFR, DPD 블록이 동작한다. RF 송수신부는 안테나로부터 수신된 RF 신호를 AD 변환하여 JESD204B 인터페이스로 신호처리부에 전달되고, 신호처리부에서 JESD204B 인터페이스로 전달된 디지털 신호를 DA 변환하여 안테나로 RF 신호를 송신한다. 광입출력부는 전기신호를 광신호로 변환하여 송신하고, 광신호를 전기신호로 변환하여 수신한다. 클록발생부는 광입출력부의 CPRI 인터페이스에서 공급되는 동기 클록의 지터(Jitter)를 억제하고, 신호처리부와 RF 송수신부에 안정적인 동기 클록을 공급한다. CPRI 연결전에는 로컬 클록을 공급하여 CPRI 연결 준비 상태로 동작한다. 본 논문에서 제안된 5G 광중계기 구동을 위한 디지털 송수신 유닛의 정확성을 평가하기 위해서 Xilinx 사의 MPSoC 계열의 XCZU9CG-2FFVC900I를 사용하였고 설계 툴은 Vivado 2018.3을 사용하였다. 본 논문에서 제안된 5G 광중계기 디지털 송수신 유닛이 ADC로 입력되는 5G RF 신호를 디지털로 변환하여 CPRI를 통해 JIG로 전달하는 Uplink 동작과 JIG로부터 CPRI를 통해 전달받은 Downlink 데이터 신호를 DAC로 출력하는 기능과 성능을 평가하였다. 실험결과는 평탄도, Return Loss, Channel Power, ACLR, EVM, Frequency Error 등이 목표로 한 설정 값 이상의 성능이 나타남을 확인 할 수 있었다.