• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2007

Walking is not only an essential component of the human mobility, but also is a good exercise. Inability to walk freely can reduce an individual's quality of life and independence substantially. Being a relatively low impact activity, walking is particularly good for the elderly and research has shown that regular walking in the elderly reduces the chance of fall-related injuries and mental diseases as well. In spite of the documented benefits of regular walking, it is still difficult to walk without the aid of assistive devices for the frail elderly who have lower extremity problems. Assistive walking devices(AWD), such as crutches, canes, hiking-poles, T-Poles and walkers, are often prescribed to the elderly to make their walking be safe and efficient. Many researchers have demonstrated the effects of AWDs such as reducing lower extremity loading, improved dynamic/gait stability, yet, no study has been done for gait pattern when the elderly gait with AWDs. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine whether T-Poles, one of the AWDs, change the elderly gait pattern. Eight community-dwelling female elderly participated in this study. Laboratory kinematics during walking with T-Poles(PW) and with out T-Poles(NPW) was assessed. PW showed significant increase in step width, stride length, gait velocity and decrease in swing time. No significances were found in lower body joint angles but meaningful trend and pattern were found. Maybe the reason was due to the participants. Our participants were healthy enough so that the effect of T-Poles was minimum. PW also showed typical gait phases which are no single support phase during a gait cycle. It indicates that walking with T-Poles may guarantee safe and confident walking to the frail elderly.

• 정보처리학회논문지A
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• 제11A권4호
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• pp.235-242
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• 2004

수많은 부품들로 구성되는 정보통신 기기들은 제조 시, 부품의 이상 유무를 정확히 판단하고 불량부품을 배제하는 것이 품질 개선을 위해 매우 중요하다. 최근 그 수요가 급격히 증가하고 있는 LCD의 경우, 제조 공정에서 LCD 패널을 보호하기 위해 외부 프레임을 합착하는 너트의 이상 유무를 판단하기 위해 인력에 의한 목시(目視)검사를 수행하고 있다. 생산이 급격히 확대되고 있는 이와 같은 장비의 부품 검사를 위한 자동화 시스템에 대한 필요성이 절실히 요구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 LCD 프레임 제작 시에 삽입되는 너트의 불량 유무를 이미지 프로세싱을 이용하여 자동으로 검사하는 장비의 개발에 대하여 기술하였다. 개발된 시스템은 투입되는 너트의 나사선 개수, 피치 간 간격, 피치의 폭, 너트의 내경 측정을 자동으로 수행한다. 시스템의 고정밀도를 위해 고배율 렌즈와 교정 툴을 사용하고, 측정 결과 값을 일정하게 유지하기 위해 자동 광량 조절 조명을 제작하고, 자동 검사를 위한 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 개발 시스템을 실제 현장라인에 적용하여 에러율 측정을 통해 인력에 의한 검사보다 우수한 성능을 확인하였다.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.80-87
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• 2017

격벽으로 분리된 여폭약과 수폭약의 쌍으로 이루어진 파이로테크닉 장치의 성능은 격벽 내에서의 충격파 감쇠 및 폭약의 충격 감도에 의해 결정된다. 따라서 초소형 Kapton 비행편의 고속 충돌 실험을 통한 대상 HNS의 충격 점화 및 감도 분석을 목표로 EFI 기폭 장치를 고안하였다. 폭약에 전해지는 충격파의 강도 및 지속 시간의 측정을 위해 VISAR 속도 간섭계를 활용한 속도 측정 및 임피던스 정합 기법을 적용하였다. 본 연구는 비행편의 속도 및 충돌 시 발생되는 충격파의 강도와 지속 시간을 결정함으로써 소형 파이로테크닉 장치의 성능 및 기폭을 위한 비행편의 임계 속도의 예측 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.54-60
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• 2008

The atomization characteristics of the dual air supplying twin-fluid nozzle were investigated experimentally using PIV and PDA systems. The two-fluid nozzle is composed of three main parts: the feeding injector to supply fluid that is controlled by a PWM (pulse-width modulation) mode, the adaptor as a device with the ports for supplying the carrier and assist air and the main nozzle to produce the spray. The main nozzle has the swirl tip with four equally spaced tangential slots, which give the injecting fluid an angular momentum. The angle of the swirl tip varied with 0$^{\circ}$ 30$^{\circ}$, 60$^{\circ}$ and 90$^{\circ}$, and the ratios of carrier air to assist air and ALR(total air to liquid) were 0.55 and 1.23, respectively. The macroscopic behavior of the spray was investigated using PIV system, and the mean velocity, turbulent intensity and SMD distributions of the sprays were measured using PDA system. As the results, the mean axial velocity at the spray centerline decrease with the increase of the swirl angle. The turbulent intensities of the axial and radial velocity were increased with the increase of the swirl angle. The mean SMD (Sauter mean diameter) of the radial direction along the axial distance shows the lowest value at the swirl angle of 60$^{\circ}$.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.6-10
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• 2001

In this study, we investigated the optical properties of sub-wavelength a-Si thin film transmission gratings, especially the polarization effect, the phase difference and the birefringence by using linearly polarized He-Ne laser beam (632.8nm). The a-Si transmission grating of the thickness $of < 0.1 \mum$ with four-type period($\Lambda = 0.4 \mum and 0.6 \mum$ for sub-wavelength and $\Lambda = 1.0 \mum and 1.4 \mum$ for above-wavelength) on quartz substrates have been fabricated using 50 KeV Ga+ Focused-Ion-Beam(FIB) Milling and $CF_4$Reactive-Ion-Etching(RIE) method. Finally, we obtained the trating array of a-Si thin film with a period $0.4 \mum, 0.6 \mum, 1.0 \mum, 1.4 \mum$ which have nearly equal finger spacing and width, sucessfully. Especially, for gratings with $\Lambda = 0.6 \mum(linewidth=0.25 \mum, linespace=0.35\mum), the \etamax at \theta_в=17.0^{\circ}$ is estimated to be 96%. As the results, we believe that the sub-wavelength grating arrayed a-Si thin film has the applicability as the optical device and components.

• 센서학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.110-115
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• 2009

Polystyrene (PS) microspheres were used to good advantage as a template material to prepare macroporous $TiO_2$ thin films. This is enabled to run the thermal decomposition of the PS without the collapsing of the 3-D macroporous framework during the calcination step. $TiO_2$ thin films were deposited onto the colloidal templated substrates at room temperature by RF sputtering, and then samples were thermally treated at $450^{\circ}C$ for 40.min in air to remove the organic colloidal template and induce crystallization of the $TiO_2$ film. The macroporous $TiO_2$ thin film exhibited a quasi-ordered partially hexagonal close-packed structure. Burst holes, estimated to be formed during PS thermal decomposition, are seen as the hemisphere walls. the inner as well as the outer surfaces of the hollow hemispheres formed by the method of thermal decomposition can be easily accessed by the diffusing gas species. As a consequence, the active surface area interacting with the gas species is expected to be enlarged about by a factor of fourth as large as compared to that of a planar films. Also the thickness at neighboring hemisphere could be controlled a few nm thickness. If the acceptor density becomes as large that depletion width reaches those thickness, the device is in the pinch off-situation and a strong resistance change should be observed.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1999년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.617-620
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• 1999

In this study, the polarization e(fecal and the birefringence effect of amorphous germanium (a-Ge) thin films were investigated by using linearly polarized He-Ne laser beam. The a-7e thin films were deposited on the quarts substrate by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) and thermal vacuum evaporation In order to obtain the optimum grating arrays, inorganci resists such as Si$_3$N$_4$ and a-Se$_{75}$ Ge$_{25}$ , were prepared with the optimized thickness by Monte Carlo (MC) simulation. As the results of MC simulation, the thickness ofa-Se$_{75}$ Ge$_{25}$ resist was determined with Z$_{min}$ of 360$\AA$ . The resists were exposed to Ga$^{+}$-FIB with accelerating energies of 50 keV, developed by wet etching, and a-Ge thin film was etched by reactive ion-etching (RIE). Finally, we were obtained grating arrays which grating width and linewidth are 0.8${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$, respectively and we studied the polarization and birefringence effect in transmission grating array made of high refractive amorphous material, and the applicability as waveplates and polarizers in optical device.e.e.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.134-142
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• 2010

A comparative study on the trade-off between the drive current and the total gate capacitance in double-gate (DG) and triple-gate (TG) FinFETs is performed by using 3-D device simulation. As the first result, we found that the optimum ratio of the hardmask oxide thickness ($T_{mask}$) to the sidewall oxide thickness ($T_{ox}$) is $T_{mask}/T_{ox}$=10/2 nm for the minimum logic delay ($\tau$) while $T_{mask}/T_{ox}$=5/1~2 nm for the maximum intrinsic gate capacitance coupling ratio (ICR) with the fixed channel length ($L_G$) and the fin width ($W_{fin}$) under the short channel effect criterion. It means that the TG FinFET is not under the optimal condition in terms of the circuit performance. Second, under optimized $T_{mask}/T_{ox}$, the propagation delay ($\tau$) decreases with the increasing fin height $H_{fin}$. It means that the FinFET-based logic circuit operation goes into the drive current-dominant regime rather than the input gate load capacitance-dominant regime as $H_{fin}$ increases. In the end, the sensitivity of $\Delta\tau/{\Delta}H_{fin}$ or ${{\Delta}I_{ON}}'/{\Delta}H_{fin}$ decreases as $L_G/W_{fin}$ is scaled-down. However, $W_{fin}$ should be carefully designed especially in circuits that are strongly influenced by the self-capacitance or a physical layout because the scaling of $W_{fin}$ is followed by the increase of the self-capacitance portion in the total load capacitance.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.158-163
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• 2023

Recently, the global demands for high voltage power semiconductors are increasing across various industrial fields. The use of electric cars with high safety and convenience is becoming practical, and IGBT modules of 3.3 kV and 1.2 kA or higher are used for electric locomotives. Delicate design and advanced process technology are required, and research on the optimization of high-voltage IGBT parts is urgently needed in the industry. In this study, we attempted to design a simulation process through TCAD (technology computer-aid design) software to optimize the process conditions of the fielding process among the core unit processes for an especial high yield voltage. As well, the prior circuit technology design and a ring pattern with a large number of ring formation structures outside the wafer similar to the chip structure of other companies were constructed for 3.3 kV NPT-IGBT through a unit process demonstration experiment. The ring pattern was designed with 21 rings and the width of the ring was 6.6 ㎛. By changing the spacing between patterns from 17.4 ㎛ to 35.4 ㎛, it was possible to optimize the spacing from 19.2 ㎛ to 18.4 ㎛.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.43-53
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• 2010

면진기술은 건축물의 구조적 피해를 줄이고 진동에 민감한 구조물의 내진성능을 향상시키는 가장 효과적인 방법 중의 하나이다. 하지만 면진구조시스템에서 지진에너지를 흡수하는 댐퍼의 재료로서 자주 사용되었던 납의 환경오염문제가 대두되면서, 최근에는 친환경 재료인 강재를 사용하는 경우가 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 면진시스템용 에너지흡수장치인 U형 강재댐퍼를 대상으로 비선형 유한요소해석을 수행하고 SS400 강재와 고인성강재를 사용한 댐퍼의 해석결과를 비교하여 사용강재의 재료적 특성의 차이가 댐퍼의 변형능력에 미치는 영향을 분석하며, 고인성강재를 사용한 댐퍼의 형상비, 두께, 폭에 따른 변형능력을 파악한다. 또한 고인성강재를 사용한 U형 강재댐퍼의 응력분포를 분석하여 응력분포에서 나타내는 문제점을 개선하기 위한 대책으로 댐퍼의 일부 구간에 개구부를 둔 새로운 형상을 제시하고 형상에 따른 변형능력, 내력특성 및 응력분포를 고려하여 최적형상과 설계식을 제안하고자 한다.