• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2004년도 춘계종합학술대회
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• pp.136-139
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• 2004

본 논문은 MPEG-2 동영상의 축소전환 시 IDCT기법을 이용한 임베디드 시스템 구현에 대한 연구이다 일반적으로 압축된 MPEG-2 동영상의 축소전환은 입력 비트열을 완전 복호화한 후, 저대역 필터링과 서브 샘플링을 수행하는 것이다. 그러나 이 방법은 큰 메모리와 많은 계산량을 요구하는 단점이 있다. 최근 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 DCT 영역에 축소 전환하는 방법이 제안되었다. 이 방법은 고해상도 프레임 메모리의 1/4만을 요구한다. 이는 완전히 축소된 영상이 프레임 메모리에 저장되기 때문이다 그러나 이로 인한 필도 정보의 손실은 움직임 보상 단계에서 심각한 오차를 일으키며 영상 화질을 저하시킨다. 임베디드 시스템에서는 동영상의 화질을 유지하며 계산량이 적은 축소 변환 기법이 필요하다. 공간적인 영역에서 축소 변환 방법과 주파수 영역에서의 축소 변환 기법을 임베디드 시스템에 적용하였을 때 동영상의 프레임 속도에 대하여 비교하여 보았다. 주파수 영역에서 축소 변환을 수행하였을 때 평균 29 frame/sec로 주파수 영역에서의 변환 기법이 25% 우수하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.569-578
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• 2005

The purpose of this paper is to describe the implementation of monolithically matching circuits, interface circuits, and RF core circuits to the same substrate. We designed and fabricated on-chip 1 to 6 GHz up-conversion and 1 to 8 GHz down-conversion mixers using a 0.8 mm SiGe hetero-junction bipolar transistor (HBT) process technology. To fabricate a SiGe HBT, we used a reduced pressure chemical vapor deposition (RPCVD) system to grow a base epitaxial layer, and we adopted local oxidation of silicon (LOCOS) isolation to separate the device terminals. An up-conversion mixer was implemented on-chip using an intermediate frequency (IF) matching circuit, local oscillator (LO)/radio frequency (RF) wideband matching circuits, LO/IF input balun circuits, and an RF output balun circuit. The measured results of the fabricated up-conversion mixer show a positive power conversion gain from 1 to 6 GHz and a bandwidth of about 4.5 GHz. Also, the down-conversion mixer was implemented on-chip using LO/RF wideband matching circuits, LO/RF input balun circuits, and an IF output balun circuit. The measured results of the fabricated down-conversion mixer show a positive power conversion gain from 1 to 8 GHz and a bandwidth of about 4.5 GHz.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2000년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(5)
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• pp.61-64
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• 2000

This paper describes a RF Down-Conversion Mixer for mobile communication systems. This circuit achieves low voltage operation and low power consumption by reducing stacked devices of conventional gilbert cell mixer. In order to reduce stacked devices, we use source-follower structure. The proposed RF Down-Conversion mixer operates up to 1.85GHz at 1.5V power supply with 0.25um CMOS technology and consumes 2.2mA.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.114-118
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• 2006

In this paper, the effect of base and collector structures on DC, small signal characteristics of SiGe HBTs fabricated by RPCVD was investigated. The structure of SiGe HBTs was designed into four types as follows: SiGe HBT structures which are standard, apply extrinsic-base SEG selective epitaxial growth (SEG), apply selective collector implantation (SCI), and apply both extrinsic-base SEG and SCI. We verified the devices could be applied to the fabrication of RFIC chip through a fully integrated 2.4 GHz down-conversion mixer.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.694-694
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• 2013

With the growing need of more effective energy harvesting, solar energy has been sought as one of the prominent candidates among the eco-friendly methods. Although many types of solar cells have been developed, the electronic conversion efficiency is limited by the material's physical properties: solar cells can only harvest solar energy from limited range in solar energy spectrum. To overcome this physical limit, we approached by using the down conversion effect, transforming the high energy photons to low energy photons, to the range the designated solar cell can convert to electronic energy. In our study, we have fabricated GaAs single junction solar cells and applied CdSe quantum dots for down-conversion. We examine the effects of such application on the solar cell efficiancy, fill-factor, JSC, VOC, etc.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.135.2-135.2
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• 2014

Photon conversion technology for thin film solar cells is reviewed. The high-energy photons which are hardly absorbed in solar cells can be transformed the low energy photon by the photon conversion process such as down conversion or down shift, which can improve the solar cell efficiency over the material limit. CdSe-based quantum dot materials commonly used in LED can be used as the photon conversion layer for Si thin film solar cells. The photon conversion structure of CdSe-based quantum dot for Si thin film solar cells will be presented and the pros and cons for the Si thin film solar cells integrated with the photon conversion layers will be discussed.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2000년도 추계종합학술대회 논문집(1)
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• pp.365-368
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• 2000

This paper describes image-rejection down conversion mixer for bluetooth application using 0.35u CMOS process. the proposed architecture is composed of LO phase shifter, mixer core, IF buffer, and IF phase shifter. IF phase shifter is designed using polyphase fillet. Simulation results show conversion gain = l0㏈, input 1㏈ compression point = -15.7㏈m. input third-order intercept point(IIP3) = -4.4㏈m, and image-rejection ratio = 37.8㏈, respectively, at 3V supply voltage, and 15.7㎃ current.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.70-76
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• 2013

For high power high step-down dc-dc conversion applications, conventional three-level dc-dc converters are subject to extreme duty cycles or increased volume and cost due to the use of transformers. In this paper, a transformerless three-level dc-dc buck converter with a high step-down conversion ratio is proposed. The converter comprises two asymmetrical half bridges, which are of the neutral point clamped structures. Therefore, the output pulse voltage of the converter can be obtained in terms of the voltage difference between the two half bridges. In order to realize harmonious switching of the converter, a modulation strategy with capacitor voltages self balance is presented. According to the deduced output dc voltage function, transformerless operation without extreme duty cycles can be implemented. Experimental results from a 1kW prototype verify the validity of the proposed converter. It is suitable for ship electric power distribution systems.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.323-328
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• 2004

Down-conversion of Eu$^{3+}$ doped LiGdF$_4$ (LGF) for increasing the cell efficiency on dye-sensitized Ti $O_2$ solar cells has been studied. The dye sensitized solar cell (DSC) consisting of mesoporous Ti $O_2$ electrode deposited on transparent substrate, an electrolyte containing I$^{[-10]}$ /I$_3$$^{[-10]}$ redox couple, and Pt counter electrode is a promising alternative to the inorganic solar cell. The structure of DSC is basically a sandwich type, viz., FTO glass/Ru-red dye-absorbed Ti $O_2$/iodine electrolyte/sputtered Pt/FTO glass. The cell without down converter had open circuit potential of approximately 0.66 Volt, the short circuit photocurrent density of 1.632 mA/$\textrm{cm}^2$, and fill factor of about 50 ％ at the excitation wavelength of 550 nm. In addition, 5.6 mW/$\textrm{cm}^2$ incident light intensity beam was used as a light source. From this result, the calculated monochromatic efficiency at the wavelength of 550 nm of this cell was about 9.62 ％. The incident photon to current conversion efficiency (IPCE) of N3 used as a dye in this work is about 80 ％ at around 590 nm and 610 nm, which is the emission spectrum of Eu$^{3+}$ doped LGF, results in efficiency increasing of DSC.C.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제43권10호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 무선 수신기용 down-conversion mixer에서 발생하는 2차 비선형과 DC-offset 문제를 향상시키는 방법을 제시하였다. 제안 된 회로에서는 간단한 수식적인 분석으로부터 2차 혼변조 왜곡 성분과 DC-offset 성분은 duty cycle 조절을 통하여 제거 될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 제안 된 방법을 가지고 $0.13{\mu}m$ RF CMOS 공정을 사용하여 출력 저항에 5%의 오차를 어 모의실험을 수행하여 보았다. 실험 결과 출력 저항에 5%의 오차를 주었을 때, IIP2(second-order input intercept point)와 DC-offset은 각각 2.04dBm와 22mV의 값을 가졌으나, 여기에서 제안된 방법을 통하여 IIP2는 38.8dBm로, DC-offset은 $777{\mu}V$로 각각 향상됨을 확인 할 수 있었다.