• ETRI Journal
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.718-721
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• 2013

This letter proposes a novel calibration method for a multiport amplifier (MPA) to achieve optimum port-to-port isolation by correcting both the amplitude and phase of the calibration signals. The proposed architecture allows for the detection of the phase error and amplitude error in each RF signal path simultaneously and can enhance the calibrated resolution by controlling the analog phase shifters and attenuators. The designed $2{\times}2$ and $4{\times}4$ MPAs show isolation characteristics of 30 dB and 27 dB over a frequency range of 19.5 GHz to 22.5 GHz, respectively.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.326-333
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• 2015

This paper reports an adaptive positive feedback bias control technique for operational transconductance amplifiers to adjust the bias current based on the output current monitored by a current replica circuit. This technique enables operational transconductance amplifiers to quickly adapt their power consumption to various analog workloads when they are configured with negative feedback. To prove the concept, a test voltage follower is fabricated in $0.5-{\mu}m$ CMOS technology. Measurement result shows that the power consumption of the test voltage follower is approximately linearly proportional to the load capacitance, the signal frequency, and the signal amplitude for sinusoidal inputs as well as square pulses.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제54권9호
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• pp.450-453
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• 2005

A high speed address recovery technique for AC plasma display panel(PDP) is proposed. Replacing GND switch by clamping diode. the recovery speed can be increased by saving GND hold-time and switching loss due to GND switch also becomes also be reduced. The proposed method is able to perform load-adaptive operation by controlling the voltage level of energy recovery capacitor, which prevents increasing inefficient power consumption caused by circuit loss during recovery operation. Test results with 50' HD single-scan PDP(resolution = 1366$\times$768) show that less than 3sons of recovery time is successfully accomplished and about$54\%$ of the maximum power consumption can be reduced, tracing minimum power consumption curves.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제44권7호
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• pp.529-537
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• 2021

Most animals face frequent periods of starvation throughout their entire life and thus need to appropriately adjust their behavior and metabolism during starvation for their survival. Such adaptive responses are regulated by a complex set of systemic signals, including hormones and neuropeptides. While much progress has been made in identifying pathways that regulate nutrient-excessive states, it is still incompletely understood how animals systemically signal their nutrient-deficient states. Here, we showed that the FMRFamide neuropeptide FLP-20 modulates a systemic starvation response in Caenorhabditis elegans. We found that mutation of flp-20 rescued the starvation hypersensitivity of the G protein β-subunit gpb-2 mutants by suppressing excessive autophagy. FLP-20 acted in AIB neurons, where the metabotropic glutamate receptor MGL-2 also functions to modulate a systemic starvation response. Furthermore, FLP-20 modulated starvation-induced fat degradation in a manner dependent on the receptor-type guanylate cyclase GCY-28. Collectively, our results reveal a circuit that senses and signals nutrient-deficient states to modulate a systemic starvation response in multicellular organisms.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1996년도 Proceedings of the Korea Automatic Control Conference, 11th (KACC); Pohang, Korea; 24-26 Oct. 1996
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• pp.129-132
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• 1996

There is a tendency nowadays to produce increasingly miniaturized electronic equipment which incorporate parts that have to be precisely positioned, like lenses, heads and CCD's in scanners, printers, copiers, VCR's, optical fiber modules, etc. In contrast to the production process of precision parts, which is currently being carried out automatically, the assemblage process is still being performed by specially skilled technicians. The assemblage process comprises normally the following steps: firstly, the parts are roughly positioned and partially fixed, secondly, the parts are manually nudged towards the target position and finally glued, screwed or welded. This paper presents a system that uses six piezo Impact Drive Mechanisms for accurate micro positioning within three degrees of freedom (lateral and longitudinal translation and rotation). The system is designed to positioning a printed circuit board with an accuracy better than 3 .mu.m (for translations), 5 mrad (for rotation).

• 한국통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국통신학회 1986년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.119-124
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• 1986

This paper describes the development of the KORNET that may be regarded as the latest public packet-swiched computer communication network. The KORNET project included the development of the network management center (NMC), a network concentrator. For the KORNET we use the virtual circuit(VC) method, a distributed adaptive routing algorithm, and a dynamic buffer management algorithm. The NMC acts as a nerve center of the network, performing such function as network monitoring, subscriber and network management and routing management, etc. As for the NNP and NC hardware, we have implemented them with the 16-bit multitask/multiprocessor technology using MC68000 microprocessors. Softwares have been developed using C language is required for real time processing. All the network protocols we have developed comply completely with the latest CCITT recommendations including X.25, X,3 , X.28 and X.29.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 시분산 채널에서 발생되는 진폭과 위상 찌그러짐을 동시에 보상할 수 있는 적응 등화 알고리즘인 MMA (Multiple Modulus Algorithm)와 S-MMA (Sliced-MMA)의 성능을 비교하였다. 기존 CMA 알고리즘은 진폭만을 복원하며 위상의 복원이 불가능하므로 이를 위해 별도의 부가 회로가 필요케 되는 단점을 극복하기 위해 MMA 알고리즘에서는 개선된 비용 함수를 적용하였다. MMA 알고리즘에서는 탭 계수의 갱신을 위해 dispersion constant를 이용한 오차를 표현하고, S-MMA에서는 결정 장치의 출력 (Sliced-Symbol)을 고려한 dispersion constant를 이용한 오차를 표현하게 되어, 이와 같은 오차 신호의 차이로 인하여 적응 등화 알고리즘은 서로 상이한 성능을 갖게 된다. 논문에서 QAM 신호의 차수를 16과 64로 한 후 동일 채널을 통과하여 신호를 수신할 때 이들 적응 등화 알고리즘의 성능을 나타내는 지수로 복원 성상도, 잔류 isi, MD 및 SER을 적용하여 비교한다. 시뮬레이션 결과 S-MMA가 QAM의 차수가 높을수록 MMA보다 SER 성능이 개선으로 Roburstness가 개선됨을 확인하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제32권1A호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 ISO/IEC 18000-6C 표준안을 만족하는 UHF대역 RFID 수신단(리더)의 지터(Jitter)처리와 글리치제거 알고리듬 및 설계방안을 제안하고 이를 이용한 리더를 구현하여 실제 TI(Texas instrument) Gen2 태그의 응답을 분석하였다. ISO/IEC 18000-6C표준안은 Reader에서 Tag로 데이터 전송 시 +/-1%의 오차와 Tag에서 Reader로 데이터 전송 시 최대 +/-22%의 오차를 허용하도록 정의하고 있다. 이러한 허용오차범위 내의 데이터에 대해 본 논문에서 제시한 회로는 기존의 PLL(DPLL, ADPLL)을 이용한 방식이 아닌 최대허용치(tolerance)와 허용치누적을 이용하여 일정치의 오차범위를 허용하며 디코딩 하도록 설계하였다. 또한 글리치와 지터제거 알고리듬의 기본원리를 동일하게 구성하여 글리치제거와 지터제거를 따로 구분하지 않고 하나의 기능으로 동작하게 한다. 주 클럭은 19.2MHz로 설정하였으며 LF는 국내 전파법에 맞도록 40kHz로 설정하였다 시뮬레이션결과 15%이하의 위상지터를 가진 입력데이터에 대해 판독에러율은 0이었으며 $15%{\sim}22%$ 위상지터를 가진 입력데이터에 대해서 는 0.000589였다. 그러나 동적LF생성회로를 사용한 결과 $15%{\sim}22%$ 위상변화를 가진 입력데이터에 대해 판독에러율은 0이었으며 표준안에 정의된 최대 +/-22%오차 범위내의 지터 발생에 대해서 판독에러율은 0이었다.

• Journal of Information Display
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2012

In this paper, a light-emitting diode (LED) backlight driver integrated circuit (IC) for medium-sized liquid crystal displays (LCDs) is proposed. In the proposed IC, a linear current regulator with matched internal resistors and an adaptive phase-shifted pulse-width modulation (PWM) dimming controller are also proposed to improve LED current uniformity and reliability. The double feedback loop control boost converter is used to achieve high power efficiency, fast transient characteristic, and high dimming frequency and resolution. The proposed IC was fabricated using the 0.35 ${\mu}m$ bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) process. The LED current uniformity and LED fault immunity of the proposed IC were verified through experiments. The measured power efficiency was 90%; the measured LED current uniformity, 97%; and the measured rising and falling times of the LED current, 86 and 7 ns, respectively. Due to the fast rising and falling characteristics, the proposed IC operates up to 39 kHz PWM dimming frequency, with an 8-bit dimming resolution. It was verified that the phase difference between the PWM dimming signals is changed adaptively when LED fault occurs. The experiment results showed that the proposed IC meets the requirements for the LED backlight driver IC for medium-sized LCDs.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제49권9호
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• pp.128-137
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• 2012

CCD 카메라를 이용해 영상을 취득하는 과정에서 조도가 낮을 경우, 자동이득제어(AGC)를 사용하여 자동적으로 부족한 출력 신호를 증폭하게 된다. 이 과정에서 신호와 함께 잡음도 함께 증폭하게 된다. 따라서 저조도 상황에서 취득한 영상은 잡음이 매우 강하여 기존의 방법으로는 잡음을 효과적으로 제거하기 어렵다. 본 논문에서는 잡음의 정도가 심한 저조도 영상의 잡음제거를 위하여 중심화소와 주변영역을 주파수 영역으로 변환하여, 신호 및 잡음의 주파수 특성에 따라 적응적으로 잡음제거를 수행하는 잡음제거 기술을 제안한다. 이러한 주파수 대역 별 특성의 차이를 비교하여 영상의 특징에 따른 적응적인 잡음제거를 수행하여 저조도 환경 영상의 화질을 개선하였다.