• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.67-72
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• 2012

Novel Front End Module(FEM) with improved pedestrian protection is very important to reduce the severity of pedestrian injury. The FEM needs to have enough space from hood to absorb the energy from any pedestrian collision. In this study, the cooling performance of the FEM to cool the engine was investigated under 25% height reduction. The results indicated that the cooling performance analysis was about 86% level compared to that of the conventional FEM. Also, good qualitative agreement between CFD predictions and experimental measurements was found. This FEM needs the cooling performance enhancement for changed air flow path at the frontal part of vehicle. Therefore, we showed an improved performance using air guide setup and shape modification under the high load condition.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.322-325
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• 2005

TTX(Tilting Train eXpress) is being designed for improving the speed of conventional railway. The purpose of this study is to evaluate energy absorbing capacity and driver's survivability for a design candidate of the front end structure of TTX. A FE model with honeycomb block, under frame, and body frame is generated for crash simulation. Based on a level-crossing accident scenario, numerical simulation is performed using LS-DYNA. The results of crash analysis show that strength improvement of the current front end structure design candidate is needed to ensure driver safety.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.206-209
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• 2016

This letter proposes a reconfigurable directional coupler that uses a variable impedance mismatch reflector to achieve high isolation characteristics in the antenna front end. The reconfigurable coupler consists of a directional coupler and a single-pole four-throw (SP4T) switch with different load impedances as a variable load mismatch reflector. Selection of the load impedance by the reflector allows cancellation of the reflected signal due to antenna load mismatch and the leakage from the input to isolation port of the directional coupler, resulting in high isolation characteristics. The performance of the proposed architecture in separating the received (Rx) signal from the transmitted (Tx) signal in the antenna front end was verified by implementing and testing the reconfigurable coupler at 917 MHz for UHF radio-frequency identification (RFID) applications. The proposed reconfigurable directional coupler showed an improvement in the isolation characteristics of more than 20 dB at the operation frequency band.

• MALSORI
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• no.56
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• pp.135-145
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• 2005

In this paper, a WiFi phone system with distributed speech recognition is implemented. The WiFi phone with voice-activated dialing and its functions are explained. Features of the input speech are extracted and are sent to the interactive voice response (IVR) server according to the real-time transport protocol (RTP). Feature extraction is based on the European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) standard front-end, but is modified to reduce the processing time. The time for front-end processing on a WiFi phone is compared with that in a PC.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.28 no.11
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• pp.16-23
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• 2011

휴대폰은 스마트화되면서 퍼스널 컴퓨터에 버금가는 성능으로 발전하고 있다. 또한 모바일 환경에서 높은 데이터 전송 속도 및 많은 사용자가 동시에 사용할 수 있는 시스템을 적용하고 있다. 차세대 이동통신서비스나 B4G(Beyond 4 Generation)에서는 다중밴드/다중 모드/다중경로 처리구조의 융합 단말기가 시장을 형성하게 되며, 갈수록 휴대폰의 RF Front-End는 복잡하게 된다. 또한 FEM(Front End Module)의 성능은 단말기 시스템의 품질(QoS, Quality of Services)을 좌우하는 핵심부품으로 High Data Rate를 위하여 고성능화가 요구되고 있다. 본고에서는 FEM의 발전 트랜드와 구성하는 블록도 및 주요 핵심부품의 특성과 모듈의 소형화 패키징 기술에 관하여 제시하였다. 또한 4G LTE와 Wimax듀얼밴드 Tx/Rx통합 FEM을 소개하였고, 향후에 구성되게 되는 Future FEM의 블록도를 제시하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.863-868
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• 2003

최근 자동차 제조업체들은 치열한 국제경쟁시대에 생존하기 위하여 원가 절감 및 개발기간 단축, 품질 향상을 위하여 모듈화라는 새로운 자동차 생산 방식을 적용하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 자동차 모듈화 부품의 한 종류인 Front End Module (FEM)을 대상으로 생산시스템 계획단계에서 대상 부품의 직서열 공급시스템 적용 가능성을 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션 기법을 적용하여 입증하고, 직서열 공급시스템 운영방안을 제시하여 물류비용을 절감하고자 한다. 연구 대상인 완성차업체의 의장라인과 모듈 업체의 조립라인 및 모듈 공급시스템을 모델링하여, FEM 공급시스템을 운영 방안별로 시뮬레이션을 통하여 직서열 공급시스템의 적용 가능성을 입증하고, 운반 차량의 적정 소요 대수 및 FEM 운반용 캐리어 대수를 제시한다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.61 no.3
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• pp.427-432
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• 2012

In this paper, we have designed and fabricated 7-bands (GSM 850/900, DCS/PCS, and UMTS 3 bands) LTCC front end module (FEM) embedded LPF (low pass filter) to efficiently eliminate harmonics generated in TX path. The proposed FEM is composed of flip-chip typed CMOS SP9T switch to select transceiver signals, dual type SAW filters to receive Rx signals, and 0603 size chip components for the antenna matching and ESD protection. The whole size of FEM is $4.5{\times}3.2{\times}1.2mm^3$. The insertion loss of Tx and Rx ports are measured at 1.7 dB and 4.8 dB, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.254-256
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• 2000

전자 상거래 등에서 웹 클라이언트들은 시간이 갈수록 빠른 서비스를 요구하고 있다. 디스크 기반의 관계형 데이터베이스를 그대로 유지하면서도 빠른 응답을 가능하게 하는 방안으로, 메인 메모리 기반 데이터베이스 시스템(Main Memory-Based DBMS)을 Front- End로 사용하는 방법이 제안되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 관계형 데이터베이스 시스템에 객체-관계형 메인 메모리 기반 데이터베이스 시스템인 Tachyon[1]을 Front-End로 운용하여 성능을 개선하는 문제를 다룬다. 특히, 이 경우에 데이터 모델 상의 차이점으로 발생할 수 있는 문제를 정의하고, 그 해결책을 제시한다. 주요 내용으로는 관계 데이터베이스를 Tachyon에 적합한 객체 데이터베이스로 변환하는 기법과, 관계 질의를 객체 질의로의 변환 기법이다. 이러한 변환 기법은 관계 데이터베이스의 Front-End로 객체-관계 데이터베이스를 사용할 수 있도록 하는 연구의 출발점이 될 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.110-114
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• 1997

The major object in this report is the curvature prediction of front end downward bending in plate rolling. Because of relations front end shape and curvature in plate, many simulations were carried out to obtain empirical model. Simulation conditions, for example the position and the size of bottom stripper or roller table etc., were limited to the POSCO conditions. Though the result in this report can be applied to the special case, the tendency of this result is similar to the many cases. So the empirical model equation can be improved or expanded to many simulation conditions.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.717-724
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• 2007

A measurement-based time-domain noise simulation of radiation detector-preamplifier (front-end) noise in nuclear spectroscopy is described. The time-domain noise simulation was performed by generating "noise random numbers" using Monte Carlo's inverse method. The probability of unpredictable noise was derived from the empirical cumulative distribution function via the sampled noise, which was measured from a preamplifier output. Results of the simulated noise were investigated as functions of time, frequency, and statistical domains. Noise behavior was evaluated using the signal wave-shaping function, and was compared with the actual noise. Similarities between the response characteristics of the simulated and the actual preamplifier output noises were found. The simulated noise and the computed nuclear pulse signal were also combined to generate a simulated preamplifier output signal. Such simulated output signals could be used in nuclear spectroscopy to determine energy resolution degradation from front-end noise effect.