Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring air currents on the surface of a substrate, which can accurately measure the magnitude and direction of air currents on the surface of a wafer with wafer-type air current measurement sensors, are provided. The apparatus includes: a first air current measurement module measuring a magnitude of air currents on a surface of a first substrate, which is processed in accordance with a semiconductor manufacturing process; a second air current measurement module measuring a movement direction of the air currents; and a power module supplying power to the first and second air current measurement modules, wherein the first air current measurement module, the second air current measurement module, and the power module are mounted on a second substrate, which has the same shape as the first substrate.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of entering boost mode with paddles, which is capable of ensuring stability of driving by switching driving modes while minimizing movement of a driver’s gaze and hand, includes determining whether to instruct to enter a boost mode based on a sensing value of an accelerator pedal position sensor and an input of a paddle, determining whether a current state of a vehicle is able to enter the boost mode when it is determined to instruct to enter the boost mode, switching, by the controller, a current mode of the vehicle to the boost mode when the controller concludes that the current state of the vehicle is able to enter the boost mode, and determining whether to instruct to release the boost mode based on the sensing value of the accelerator pedal position sensor and the input of the paddle.

Abstract: A vehicle is equipped with a dual clutch transmission controlled by a shifting control method to achieve quick shifting and direct engaging through quick synchronous control of the rotational speed of an engine and cooperative control of engine torque when a driver intends to rapidly accelerate the vehicle while shifting. The method includes: a rapid acceleration determining step in which a controller determines whether the vehicle is rapidly accelerated based on an output value according to a driving state of the vehicle until a torque handover period is entered, when shifting is started; and an interlocking step of controlling the engagement clutch torque over a predetermined desired engagement clutch torque to cause interlocking based on a torque value determined in accordance with a rapid acceleration level determined in the torque handover period, when the controller determines that the vehicle is rapidly accelerated.

Abstract: A creep control method for a vehicle is disclosed. The creep control method includes a limit-setting step and a limit release step. In the limit-setting step, a controller compares a speed of an input shaft of a transmission with a predetermined creep reference speed, and, if it is determined that the speed of the input shaft is lower than the creep reference speed, a creep minimum torque of a clutch for controlling creep driving of the vehicle is set to be a predetermined lower limit torque, which is larger than 0. In the limit release step, if the controller determines that the speed of the input shaft is increased above the creep reference speed while the creep minimum torque is limited to the lower limit torque, the creep minimum torque is set to 0.

Abstract: A shifting control method for a vehicle with a dual clutch transmission is provided to achieve quick shifting and direct engaging through quick synchronous control of the rotational speed of an engine and cooperative control of engine torque when a driver intends to rapidly accelerate the vehicle while shifting. The method includes: a rapid acceleration determining step in which a controller determines whether the vehicle is rapidly accelerated based on an output value according to a driving state of the vehicle until a torque handover period is entered, when shifting is started; and an interlocking step of controlling the engagement clutch torque over a predetermined desired engagement clutch torque to cause interlocking based on a torque value determined in accordance with a rapid acceleration level determined in the torque handover period, when the controller determines that the vehicle is rapidly accelerated.

Abstract: A creep control method for a vehicle is disclosed. The creep control method includes a limit-setting step and a limit release step. In the limit-setting step, a controller compares a speed of an input shaft of a transmission with a predetermined creep reference speed, and, if it is determined that the speed of the input shaft is lower than the creep reference speed, a creep minimum torque of a clutch for controlling creep driving of the vehicle is set to be a predetermined lower limit torque, which is larger than 0. In the limit release step, if the controller determines that the speed of the input shaft is increased above the creep reference speed while the creep minimum torque is limited to the lower limit torque, the creep minimum torque is set to 0.

Abstract: A shift control method for a vehicle with a Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) may include determining whether power-on up-shifting has been initiated, performing torque handover control by controlling release-side and engage-side clutches by repeatedly calculating control torques of the release-side clutch and the engage-side clutch over time, when the power-on up-shifting is started and a torque handover period is entered, determining whether tip-out is generated during the performing of torque handover control, obtaining a remaining updating time by recalculating a remaining time until the end of the torque handover period in accordance with a decrease in engine torque, when it is determined that tip-out has been generated, and controlling the release-side and the engage-side clutches on the basis of the control torques for the release-side and the engage-side clutches that are made different in accordance with the calculated remaining updating time during a remaining torque handover period.

Abstract: A shift control method for a vehicle with a Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) may include determining whether power-on up-shifting has been initiated, performing torque handover control by controlling release-side and engage-side clutches by repeatedly calculating control torques of the release-side clutch and the engage-side clutch over time, when the power-on up-shifting is started and a torque handover period is entered, determining whether tip-out is generated during the performing of torque handover control, obtaining a remaining updating time by recalculating a remaining time until the end of the torque handover period in accordance with a decrease in engine torque, when it is determined that tip-out has been generated, and controlling the release-side and the engage-side clutches on the basis of the control torques for the release-side and the engage-side clutches that are made different in accordance with the calculated remaining updating time during a remaining torque handover period.

Abstract: A shift control method for a dual clutch transmission (DCT) vehicle may include, performed by a controller of the DCT, an actual shift determining step, a cooperation control termination determining step, a flare determining step, an engine torque reducing step, a torque adding step, an engine torque raising step, and a shift finishing step of reducing an amount of reduction of the engine torque until synchronization is completed in proportion to a synchronization prediction time in which it takes an engine speed to reach a synchronization speed when the synchronization prediction time is smaller than a reference time during which the torque adding step and the engine torque raising step are performed, and having slip control over an engagement-side clutch.

Abstract: A shift control method for a dual clutch transmission (DCT) vehicle may include, performed by a controller of the DCT, an actual shift determining step, a cooperation control termination determining step, a flare determining step, an engine torque reducing step, a torque adding step, an engine torque raising step, and a shift finishing step of reducing an amount of reduction of the engine torque until synchronization is completed in proportion to a synchronization prediction time in which it takes an engine speed to reach a synchronization speed when the synchronization prediction time is smaller than a reference time during which the torque adding step and the engine torque raising step are performed, and having slip control over an engagement-side clutch.