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The development of MCFC is going to the second stage of development and recent studies have been focusing on long-term durability of cell component. Systematic investigation on corrosion behavior of Fe-based alloys has been done in (62+38) mol % (Li+K)
$CO_3$ melt at 923K by using steady-state polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy method. It was found that the corrosion current t of these Fe-based alloys decreased with increasing Cr, Al content. -
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell(DMFC) using Pt-Ru electrocatlayst and Nafion menbrane can provide high performance if operating conditions are well designed. In this study, operating temperature, pressure, and fuel flow rate were changed to obtain optimum operating conditions of DHFC single cell. Performance of DMFC were increased by the increase of operating temperature. The concentration of fuel methanol was 2.0M
$CH_{3}OH$ and pressure difference of cathode and anode was 2 atm were showed maximum performance of DMFC single cell with showing the current density of 160$mA/cm^2$ at 0.2V cell voltage. -
Li ion battery have many advantages such as high energy density, high voltage and low self discharge, so it will replace conventional Ni/Cd battery. But, charge-discharge characterization of Li battery is controlled by weight ratio of electrodes (Cathode/Anode). So, we performed a study on relation between charge/discharge characterization and weight ratio (cathode/anode).
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The purpose of this study Is to research and develop
$V_{6}O_{13}$ composite cathode for lithium thin film battery.$V_{6}O_{13}$ represents a class of cathode active material used in Li rechargeable batteries. In this study, we investigated cyclic voltammetry and charge/discharge characteristics of$V_6O_{13}$ /SPE/Li cells. Cyclic voltammogram of$V_{6}O_{13}$ /SPE/Li cell at scan rate 1mV/sec showed reduction peaks of 2.25V and 2.4V and oxidation peaks of 2.4V and 2.2V. The discharge curve of$V_{6}O_{13}$ /SPE/Li cell showed 4 potential plateaus. The discharge capacity was decreased in the beginning of charge/discharge cycling. After 8th cycling, the discharge capacity was stable. The discharge capacity of 1st cycle and 15th cycle was 290mAh/g and 147mAh/g at$25^{\circ}C$ , respectively. -
In this paper, structural properties of CdTe thin films and photovoltaic properties of thin film CdS/CdTe solar ceIl prepared by thermal vacuum evaporation were studied. Structural variation with
$CdCl_2/heat$ treatment are assessed using x-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The crystal structure of CdTe films was zincblend type with preferential orientation of the (111) plane parallel to the substrate. The$CdCl_2$ treatment appears to increase the grain size of polycrystalline CdTe thin film. It was found that CdS/CdTe solar cell characteristics were improved by the heat treatment with$CdCl_2$ . The conversion efficiency, however, decreased when heat treatment temperature was too high. -
In this study, the effect of solar cell cover glass on the solar cell performance is evaluated. Silicon solar cell (active area:4*6cm, efficiency:12.6% at AMO condition) is used for this study. ITO(Indium tin Oxide) film thickness of the ITO/AR/substrate glass/solar cell structure samples are
$40{\AA}$ ,$60{\AA}$ ,$160{\AA}$ ,$240{\AA}$ respectively. The solar cell maximum output power on the stacking structure variations showed 465mW in the AR/ITO/substrate glass/solar cell, and minimum output power showed 403mW in the AR/substrate glass/solar cell. The maximum output power of the solar cell on the ITO thickness variations of the ITO/AR/substrate glass/solar cell showed 460mW at$40{\AA}$ then decrease output power as ITO thickness increase. For environment tests, all samples are exposed UV light in the vacuum chanber. The output power degradation of AR(UVR)/substrate glass/solar cell stacking structure is small compared with ITO/AR(UVR)/substrate glass/solar cell stacking structure. -
The pressure-area isotherm(
${\pi}$ -A isotherm) of 8A5H(4-octyl-4'-(5-Carboxyl-pentamethyleneoxy)-azobenzene) at the air/water interface were obtained. Using the Xe/Hg Xe 500w(93' model 68811), an activities of molecule at the air/water interface were certified. In addition, using a current-measuring technique, we investigated the abrupt changes of a current observed at the liquid-to-solid phase transition in a current-area (I-A) isotherm of a fatty acid monolayer at the air/water interface -
Thin Silicon oxynitride(SiON) films have been chemically deposited using 193nm ArF Excimer Laser CVD, with
$Si_{2}H_{8}$ ,$N_{2}O$ , and$NH_3$ as the reactive gases and$N_2$ as the carrier gas. Experimental results show that deposition rate and refractive index have a strong dependence on substrate temperature, chamber pressure, gas ratio, laser power and laser beam height. Electrical characterization of oxynitride films demonstrates that for$NH_{3}/N_{2}O$ flow ratios ranging from 0.25 to 1, the leakage currents, the interface trap density and the capacitances (dielect ric constant) increase and the dielectric breakdown fields decrease -
Effective ionization coefficients for (100), (110) and (111) oriented gallium arsenide are extracted from the ionization coefficients far electrons and holes. Analytical formulas for the breakdown voltage of the GaAs Schottky rectifiers are derived by employing the ionization coefficients. The breakdown voltages obtained from our analytical model agree fairly well with the numerical results as well as the experimental ones reported in the range of
$10^{14}\;cm^{-3}$ -$5{\times}10^{17}\;cm^{-3}$ doping concentrations. -
In this study, ferroelectric
$PbTiO_3$ thin films were deposited on the Pt/$SiO_2$ /Si substrate by Sol-Gel method.$PbTiO_3$ stock solution was made and spin-cooled at 4000[rpm] for 30[sec.]. Coated specimens were dried at$400[^{\circ}C]$ for 10[min.] and then annealed at$500{\sim}800[^{\circ}C]$ for 1 hour. Annealing temperature were examined to optimize micro structural and dielectric properties of the films. The ferroelectric perovskite phase was observed in the file annealed at$700[^{\circ}C]$ for 1 hour. In the case of$PbTiO_3$ thin films annealed at$700[^{\circ}C]$ for hour, dielectric constant and dielectric loss showed the good value of 324, 2.0[%], respectively. -
In this paper, investigations on a three stage processing technique involving the co-evaporation of In-Se, Cu-Se and In-Se in this order at different deposition condition was undertaken. At first stage, we obtained good
$In_{2}Se_{3}$ films by In-Se coevaporation.$In_{2}Se_{3}$ films show smooth and dense structure. And ration of In:Se was 2:3$CulnSe_2$ thin films deposited by three stage process have shown strong adhesion on Mo coated glass substrates and good morphological properties suitable device fabrication. XWD spectra show single phase chalcopyrite$CulnSe_2$ films with strong orientation in the 112 plane. Resistivity of$CulnSe_2$ thin films was about$5{\times}10^{5}\;{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ . Surface morphology of CdS/$CulnSe_2$ /Mo films was very good because of no pin holes. -
The laser annealing effects on the TEOS (Tetra-Ethyl-Ortho-Silicate) oxide of MOS (Al/TEOS/n+ Silicon) structures was investigated with different initial oxide conditions, such as breakdown field. The breakdown field increased up to the 170
$mJ/cm^2$ with increasing laser energy density and decreased at 220$mJ/cm^2$ . It is considered that the increase of breakdown field is originated from the restore of strains which exist mainly at the metal/oxide interface. -
Hydrogen passivation enhances the electrical characteristics of poly-Si TFT(Thin Film Transistor). However, the weak Si-H bonds, generated during hydrogenation, degrade the stability of the device. So, we carried out the passivation treatment with
$NH_3$ or$N_2$ . We compared the effect of$NH_3$ or$N_2$ passivation treatments with that of hydrogenation in terms of stability. Through the$NH_3$ passivation treatment, we obtained the most improved subthreshold swing of 1.2V/decade from the initial subthreshold swing of 1.56V/decade. When electrical stress was given, the$NH_3$ passivated devices showed best electrical stability. -
Thin films of diamond-like carbon(DLC) have been deposited using a magnetron plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition(PECVD) method with an rf(13.56 MHz) plasma of
$C_{3}H_{8}$ . From the Langmuir probe I-V characteristics, it can be observed that increasing the magnetic field yields an increase of the temperature($T_e$ ) and density($N_e$ ) of electron. At a magnetic field of 82 Gauss, the estimated values of$T_e$ and$N_e$ are approximately$1.5\;{\times}\;10^5$ K(13.5 eV) and$1.3\;{\times}\;10^{11}\;cm^{-3}$ , respectively. Such a highly dense plasma can be attributed to the enhanced ionization caused by the cyclotron motion of electrons in the presence of a magnetic field. On the other hand, the negative dc self-bias voltage($-V_{sb}$ ) decreases with an increasing magnetic field, which is irrespective of gas pressure in the range of$1{\sim}7$ mTorr. This result is well explained by a theoretical model considering the variation of$T_e$ . Deposition rates of DLC films increases with a magnetic field. This may be due to the increased mean free path of electrons in the magnetron plasma. Structures of DLC films are examined by using various techniques such as FTIR and Raman spectroscopy. Most of hydrocarbon bonds in DLC films prepared consist of$sp^3$ tetrahedral bonds. Increasing the rf power leads to an enhancement of cross-linking of carbon atoms in DLC films. At approximately 140 W, the maximum film density obtained is about 2.4$g/cm^3$ . -
Jung, Yu-Ho;Jung, Jae-Hoon;Park, Heung-Woo;Song, Man-Ho;Lee, Yun-Hi;Ju, Byeong-Kwon;Oh, Myung-Hwan;Kim, Chul-Ju 1450
In order to optimize the characteristics of gate insulator for FED(field emission device), we investigated the effect of wet-etching process on the gate insulator for fabrication of FED. We used the general three types of etchants for fabrication of the metal tip FEA(field emitter array), they are MO and oxide etchants to form the gate hole, and Al etchant to remove the release layer. In the result of the breakdown field of the insulator by the measure of the current-voltage characteristics, the breakdown field of insulator for immersing in oxide etchant was rapidly lowering with increasing etching time, but that for immersing in Al etchant was slow lowering. Also, in comparing cleaning with non-cleaning samples, the breakdown field of the cleaning samples was higher than that of non-cleaning samples. -
The odd-even effect of the alkyl chain length of rubbed polyimide Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) surfaces on the extrapolation length of 5CB has been successfully evaluated for the first time by measuring polar anchoring strength. The extrapolation length of 5CB for rubbed PI-LB surfaces with even-numbers is small compared with odd-numbers for alkyl chain lengths of greater than 7 carbons. The extrapolation length of 5CB on rubbed PI-LB surfaces with odd-numbers increases gradually as the temperature increases but tends to diverge near the clearing temperature (Tc=
$35.3^{\circ}C$ ). The extrapolation length diverges because of rapidly decreasing surface order near$T_c$ . We suggest that the polar anchoring strength on rubbed PI-LB surfaces with even-number is strong because of relatively high surface ordering caused by more crystalline surfaces. Finally, we conclude that the odd-even effects of the polar anchoring strength in NLCs are strongly related to the character of the polymer and observed clearly for long alkyl chain lengths. -
In resonant tunneling diodes with the quantum well structure showing the negative differential resistance (NDR), it is essential to increase both the peak-to-valley current ratio (PVCR) and the peak current density (
$J_p$ ) for the accurate switching operation and the high output of the device. In this work, a resonant interband tunneling diode (RITD) with single quantum well structure, which is composed of$In_{0.53}Ga_{0.47}As/ln_{0.52}Al_{0.48}As$ heterojunction on the InP substrate, is suggested to improve the PVCR and$J_p$ through the narrowed tunnel barriers. As the result, the measured I-V curves showed the PVCR over 60. -
Lee, Eun-Cheol;Ra, Yong-Choon;Eom, Moon-Jong;Lee, Cheol-Jin;Sung, Man-Young;Sung, Yung-Kwon 1459
The optical and electrical properties of High Power AlGaAs/AlGaAs Infrared LED with DDH( Double power Double Hetero Junction) structure are investigated. The high power LED is recently studied in order to apply to high speed communication devices. The power out of AlGaAs/AlGaAs with DDH structure is 13.0[mW], the forward voltage is 1.45[V], and the average decrease rate of power out is about 5[%] after aging test. The optical and electrical properties of DDH structure LED are superior than that of SH structured LED. The DDH structured LED is suitable to the high speed communication devices. -
This paper evaluated dielectic characteristics on EPR, Polyester and insulation of these different interface. Dielectric characteristics of insulation rubber, Polyester increace greatly according as temperature increases have no effect on applied voltage and pressure. On the condition that interface exists, we confirmed that dielectric characteristics had been influence on semiconductor which had high
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The standards of the capacitance arc measured and analyzed by the dry nitrogen or mica film as a dielectric. In this paper, respectively the standard capacitors of 10 pF and 100 pF for the establishment of the dielectric loss tangent are made by
$Al_{2}O_{3}$ crystal disc with the low dielectric loss tangent, and then measured the dielectric loss tangent with precision. To regard for the existence of capacitances just in the dielectric, 3-terminal configuration electrode is used. With using the 2D electric field simulator, precise design values are derived in addition to stray capacitance. As stated above method, respectively the standards of the capacitances with 10 pF and 100 pF arc made with the low dielectric loss tangent less than$10^{-4}$ . -
Jo, J.H.;Han, S.K.;Lee, C.J.;Kim, S.K.;Choi, Y.S.;Park, K.S.;Suh, K.S.;Park, D.H.;Han, S.O. 1469
In this paper, We intended to evaluate the characteristics of XLPE/EPDM interface which exists in the cable joint. The fault of practical cable was mainly occurred in this interface. Thus we looked into the electrical characteristics through the conduction current and the breakdown test. Through the experiment, we obtained the result that the conduction current in this interface flowed less than other dielectric materials, that the breakdown strength was higher and that the pressure dependance of the breakdown strength was higher. -
D-E hysteresis loops have been measured for the 65/35 mole % copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and trifIuoroethyIene over wide temperature range. The results were analyzed and discussed. The remanent polarization and the coercive field at room termperature were estimated to be 75
$mC/m^3$ and 55 MV/m respectively. D-E hysteresis loops were observed even below the glass transiation temperature$-20^{\circ}C$ ) and the remanent polarization and the coercive field were larger than larger, as the temperature lower. It seems that the remanent polarization and the coercive field depend on the amorphous region as well as crystalline region in this copolymer. And the ferroelectric-to-paraelectric phase transition was observed at$90^{\circ}C$ on heating and$80^{\circ}C$ on cooling. Double hysteresis loops were observed at the temperature($85^{\circ}C$ ) of paraelectric phase. -
This paper describes the recent development of a thin-film pressure transducer with Cu-Ni films as strain gages. The construction details and the output characteristics are presented. In order to improve the sensitivity and the temperature compensation, two circumferential gages are placed in the central region of the diaphragm, and two radial gages are placed near the edge. The output sensitivity obtained is 2.1mV/V and the maximum non-linearity and hysteresis is less than 2%FS.
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The Purpose of this paper is to produce air core inductor and measure its electrical properties for high frequency. Especially we focused attention on the effect of geometrical parameters such as coil width, distance between coils, turn number. In addition, the influence of film morphology at inductor was investigated. Increase of coil width and decrease of turn number resulted in promotion of electric properties.
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To apply Magnetic wedges to the motor, comparing with not applying, showes its performance change of efficiency increse, reduction of temperature rise, harmonics, and magnetic noise. The motor specification and test condition are 37kW-4P-380V-60Hz,squirrel-cage, three phase induction motor with semiclosed type slots. The result of load test to compare with nonmagnetic wedges showed 1.5% increment of efficiency at 100% load and
$8.0^{\circ}C$ decrement of temperature rise at stator coil. And for developing the magnetic wedge matrial, its manufacturing process was setting and TG-DTA, optical microscope, SEM, bending strength and permeability were investigated into the material made of through the process. -
This paper presents a method for analyzing electromagnetic field of planar microwave structures, which is based on Finite Element Method and optimizes structure of microstripline on Printed Circuit Board.
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The effect of Ag alloy sheath have been investigated in terns of critical current density and mechanical property. Nevertheless the continuous improvement of critical current density(
$J_c$ ) of Ag sheathed Bi2223 oxide superconducting wire processed with powder in tube(PIT) method, poor mechanical strength is still considered to be demerits for power application. In this study, we prepared two kinds of Ag- x wt% Cu alloy and pure Ag sheathed Bi2223 superconducting tapes. The hardness and tensile strength of prepared tapes has been measured. Their mechanical propertes were improved by Ag alloying. -
We have studied the generation, growth and behavior of chemical species and particles in silane PCVD. We included the plasma chemistry of silane, particle nucleation by homogeneous formation, acrosol dynamics and transport phenomena of chemical species and particles. The concentration profile of chemical species and particles were shown as a function of reactor length. The effects of process variables such as reactor pressure, total gas flow rate and electrical field strength on the behavior of chemical species and particles were analyzed.
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In this study, Object restoration of ultrasonic transducer fabricated with porous piezoelectric ceramics using Modified SCL(Simple Competitive Learning) neural networks are presented. Using the acquired object data
$16{\times}16$ pixels, Modified SCL neural networks using the$16{\times}16$ low resolution image was used for object restoration of$32{\times}32$ high resolution image. The experimental results show that the ultrasonic transducer fabricated with porous piezoelectric ceramics could be applied for sonar system. -
To evaluate insulating properties of polyimide thin film on high temperature over
$100\;^{\circ}C$ , polyimide film were prepared by electrophoretic deposition onto metal surface from nonaqueous emulsion. The emulsion is made by adding a solution of the resin to a precipitant, which is an organic liquid compeltely miscible with the solvent of the organic resin solution, but which does not dissolve the resin. The polyimide film obtained by annealing shows good insulation properties of 5.8 MV/cm at elevated temperature and breakdown strength of the film reveals thickness dependence. -
The effects of electrical stress in hydrogen passivated and as-fabricated poly-Si TFT's are investigated. It is observed that the charge trapping in the gate dielectric is the dominant degradation mechanism in poly-Si TFT's which has been stressed by the gate bias alone while the creation of defects in the poly-Si film is prevalent in gate and drain bias stressed devices. The degradation due to the gate bias stress is dramatically reduced with hydrogenation time while the degradation due to the gate and drain bias stress is increased a little. From the experimental results, it is considered that hydrogenation suppress the charge trapping at gate dielectrics as well as improve the characteristics of poly-Si TFT's.
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In this study,
$(Pb_{0.88}La_{0.12})(Zr_{0.40}Ti_{0.60})O_{2.97}$ (La/Zr/Ti=12/40/60) ceramic thin films were fabricated from an alkoxide-based by Sol-Gel method. PLZT stock solutions were made and spin-coated on the ITO-glass rubstrate at 4000[rpm] for 30[sec]. Coated specimens were baked to remove the organic materials at$400[^{\circ}C]$ for 10[min]. This procedure was repeated 5 times. The coated films were finally annealed at$450{\sim}700[^{\circ}C]$ for 1[hr]. The ferroelectric perovskite phases precipitated under the sintering of$550{\sim}700[^{\circ}C]$ for 1[hr]. Relative dielectric constant of the PLZT thin were increased with increasing the sintering temperature, the thin file sintered at$650[^{\circ}C]$ showed the highest value of 196. But in the PLZT thin film sintered at$700[^{\circ}C]$ , relative dielectric constant was greatly decreased due to reacts between ITO electrode and glass substrate. In all thin films, the transmittance was more than 70[%] (at 632.8[nm]). -
In the fields of the optics, precise machine, semiconducting processing, the micro-positioning actuators are required for the control of position in submicron range. In this study, dielectric properties of 0.5PNN-(0.5-x)PZN-xPZT system ceramics with different PZT mole ratio were investigated. As the amount of PZT incerases, curie temperature was increased. The maximum of dielectric and piezoelectric constant was shown at 0.3 mole ratio of PZT amount. As a results, we have found that the structrue of ceramics with PZT 0.3 mole was morphotropic phase boundary.
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Dense
$SiC-ZrB_2$ electro-conductive ceramic composites were obtained by hot pressing for high temperature structural application. The influences of the$ZrB_2$ additions an the mechanical and electrical properties of$SiC-ZrB_2$ composites were investigated. Samples were prepared by adding 15, 30, 45 vol.%$ZrB_2$ particles as a second phase to a SiC matrix. Sintering of monolithic SiC and$SiC-ZrB_2$ composites were achieved by hot pressing under a$10^{-4}$ torr vacuum atmosphere from 1000 to$2000^{\circ}C$ with a pressure of 30 MPa and held for 60 minutes at$2000^{\circ}C$ . SiC and$SiC-ZrB_2$ samples obtained by hot pressing were fully dense with the relative densities over 99%. Flexural strength and fracture toughness of the samples were improved with the$ZrB_2$ contents. In the case of SiC sample containing 30vol.%$ZrB_2$ , the flexural strength and fracture toughness showed 45% and 60% increase, respectively compared to those of monolithic SiC sample. The electrical resistivities of$SiC-ZrB_2$ composites were measured utilizing the four-point probe method and they decreased significantly with Increasing$ZrB_2$ contents. The resistivity of SiC-30vol.%$ZrB_2$ showed$6.50{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ . -
In this paper, a study on the electrical properties of ternary compound ceramics
$[(1-y-x)BaTiO_{3}-ySrTiO_{3}-xMgTiO_3]$ fabricated 7 samples with each mol[%] by using the mixed oxide method. In this case, the sintering temperature were at$1,250[^{\circ}C]$ for 2[hr]. Also made ceramic capacitors from 7 samples, temperature coefficient of the capacitance and the variation of relative dielectric constants and loss with fixed frequency (1KHZ) were studied. In some ceramic capacitors, has shown very good properties of the dielectric constants and loss. In case of BSM-11 ceramic capacitor, is sure to the commercial capacitor which shows steady properties. -
전기 이중층 콘덴서는 일반적인 콘덴서와 백업용 이차 전지의 중간적 성격을 갖는 디바이스로서 직류 전압 인가시 전하는 진해액과 활성탄의 계면에 전기이중층을 이루며 축적된다. 본 논문에서는 탄화 및 활성화 조건을 달리하여 활성탄 전극을 제조하고 세공 면적, 비표면적, 겉보기 밀도차 기공율을 측정,검토하였으며 여러가지 유기 용매에 tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborate를 각각 첨가하여 제조한 전해액의 전기전도도를 정하고 이들 전해액과 활성탄 전극을 이용하여 전기 이중층 콘텐서를 제작한 후 정전용량, 활성탄 전극의 안정 전위, 체적용량 밀도, 중량용량 밀도 등을 검토하였다.
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Partial discharges(PD) in air insulated electric power systems cause power loss, produce interfering electromagnetic radiation, and can indicate incipient failure. An understanding of PD in air gap is clearly important. The Wavelet transformation is an extended method of fourier transformation. The fourier method is a powerful tool for signal analysis, but it can't include informations for time. However tile wavelet transformation analysis can include on the informations of time and frequency at the same time. In this paper we apply the wavelet transformation to the PD signals in needle-plane air gap for tile purpose of analysis of developing aspects of PD. We can analyze the developing aspects of PD, namely, PD current, repetition rates, width of pulse distribution region, pulseless region and frequencies distribution of PD pulses.
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The dielectric reliability of a polycrystalline and a multilayered
$BaTiO_3$ thin films was evaluated using a time-zero dielectric breakdown (TZDB) and a time-dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) techniques. The$BaTiO_3$ thin films were prepared by rf-magnetron sputtering technique on ITO-coated glass substrates. In case of the multilayered$BaTiO_3$ thin film, the dielectric breakdown histogram, which was obtained from the TZDB measurements, showed a typical Weibull distribution. While in case of polycrystalIine$BaTiO_3$ thin film, a randomly distributed dielectric breakdown histogram was observed. The TDDB results of the multilayered$BaTiO_3$ thin film guaranteed about$10^5$ hours-operation under the stress field of 1 MV/cm. -
Porcelain suspension insulators have teen used for a long time in distribution line. However, Puncture breakdowns in porcelain insulators caused by weaking cement between metal fitting nad porcelain material. There is little puncture breakdown in Epoxy casting insulator. This paper presents electrical test results for the development of suspension insulator used Cycloaliphatic Epoxy resin. Items of test results are as follow - Power Arc test - Aging test - Impulse flashover voltage tests - Puncture tests et.al.
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Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films have been prepared by a widely-used plasma CVD with an rf (13.56MHz) plasma of
$CH_4$ gas. The hydrogen incorporated in DLC films plays an important role of determining the film properties, but its exact role has not been clear. In this study, the effect of hydrogen on the film properties of DLC has been examined by adding the hydrogen gas to the$CH_4$ gas during deposition and by exposing the prepared film to the hydrogen plasma. As the content of additive hydrogen gas increases, the density and hardness of the film increase, but the growth rate decreases. The FT-IR spectroscopy results show that the number of C-H bonds decreases with increasing the hydrogen gas. Also, the variation in the position of "G" and "D" peaks due to additive hydrogen, which has been measured by the Raman spectroscopy, indicates of$sp^3$ fraction. -
The Design of are quenching parts of molded case circuit breakers depends on the utilization of strength and distribution of the magnetic field by which the arc is forced. The magnetic field causes the are to move into a set of V-slotted iron grids, where the are is extinguished rapidly. This paper present the effective method 10 design V-slotted iron plates of the are breaking chamber of molded case circuit breakers. This magnetic force was calculated by using the flux densities in the arc which are obtained by three dimensional finite element method, as a result of that this paper verified by testing that a grid model which has biggest magnetic force is excellent in the are quenching ability.
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This paper describes the results of characteristics on the tracking resistance, hydrophobicity and dielectric properties of silicone rubbers used for outdoor insulation with ozone ageing. The tracking and ozone ageing tests for this purpose ware made in according to IEC 587 and ASTM D 1149, respectively. Additionally, we investigated the surface structure of the silicone rubbers with FT-IR and SEM. From the test results, it is proven that the higher the degree of ozon ageing, the worse tracking characteristics.
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Thin films of Cu-Ni alloys of various compositions were prepared by RF sputtering onto glass and stainless steel substrates. The effect of composition, substrate temperature, Ar partial pressure, aging time on the electrical properties of Cu-Ni film strain gages in the thickness range
$500{\sim}2000{\AA}$ was studied. The maximum resistivity is obtained from 53wt%Cu-47wt%Ni films, while their TCR becomes minimum. This tendency is very desirable for thin film strain gages. -
The electrical and optical switching characteristics of gold-doped silicon p-i-n diodes have been investigated. The device shows a dark switching voltage of about 500 V. The switching voltage decreases rapidly when the illumination level is increased. The differential sensitivity of optical gating over linear region is
$d(V_{Th}/V_{Tho})/dP_{Ph}$ =0.25/uW. The turn-on delay time and the turn-on rise time decrease with increasing optical pulse power. The turn-off delay and the fall time are negligible. -
Poly-Si films were deposited by Laser CVD using 193nm ArF Excimer Laser from disilane(
$Si_{2}H_{6}$ ) and then the films were etched by Laser Etching using the same Laser with SF6 etching gas. Dependence on various film deposition conditions and etching conditions was investigated respectively. -
This paper deals with latchup effect in CMOS retrograde well, focusing on their dependence on I/I energy conditions, so we derived some latchup characteristics from simulation for different I/I conditions on implantation energies which were used in process simulation. From these results, we could understand the dependency of CMOS retrograde well latchup on I/I energy condition.
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In order to investigate the electrical properties for transformer oils which contains a pure sodium chloride, the dielectric properties is made researches. This experiments for measuring the dielectric loss is performed at
$20{\sim}120[^{\circ}C]$ in the temperature range,$30{\sim}1.5{\times}10^5[Hz}$ in the frequency range and$300{\sim}1500[mV]$ in the voltage range. The result of experiment for the movement of carrier and the physical constants to contribute dielectric properties of specimen with a pure sodium chloride. -
In this experiment, it is decided to irradiated with a low dose of electron beam. Such that being things, the specimen is produced by the different dose, for example, 0.5[Mrad], 1[Mrad], 2[Mrad] except for original specimen. From the result of the analysis for the physical properties using FT-IR spectrum, it is confirmed that carbonyl groups of irradiated specimen is increased more than that of non-irradiated specimen. And all of nitric compound are disappeared by irradiating with electron beam. From the result of the dielectric characteristics, the specimen irradiated with 2[Mrad] is excellent.
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Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) method have been used by many rescarcher because of its facility to control the thickness of film as molecular order and orientation of molecular. We fabricated MIM device using copolymer LB films of
$2C_{18}MA-VE_2$ and elecctrical conduction mechanism in ultra-thin LB film were investigated. In our experimental results, the maleate copolymer LB film have the properity of insulator like organic ultra-thin fiim. Its diclcctric constant was about 3.5 and its voltage generation about 0.1 Volt. And Schottky current was apeared as electrical conduction current and Schottky barrier was about 0.9(eV). -
The adsorption and desorption behavior of orgnaic gases were investigated using the resonant frequency and admittance method. Sensitive material were depositied on the quartz crystal microbalence by using Langmuir-Blodgett method. To investigate the response characteristics of organic gases, Resonant frequency-Resonant admittance (F-A) diagram was used. The quantity and quality information about organic gases can be obtained by that diagram. As a results, when the organic gases were adsorpted into sensitive material, the physical property changees of sensitive material were occured.
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The role of ESR spectroscopy in the characterization of functional LB films is discussed. Optical absorption were performed on LB films of binary mixtures of three kinds of merocyanine dyes where DS and 6Me-DS form J-like aggregates but not DO in single component films. The observed optical absorption spectra of mixed films were markedly dependant on the combination of dyes. We found the formation of J-aggregates in a mixed merocyanine dyes containing a non J-aggregate forming dye DO, in a single component case. In structural studios, ESR is of particular important in the analysis of molecular orientation of LB films. Development of new functional LB films may provide more cases where ESR spectroscopy will clarify the nature of such films.
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A new type
$Cu_{x}N/Cu/Cu_{x}N$ thin film electrode material with high adhesion to glass was developed by the dc reactive planar magnetron sputtering system for the PDP(Plasma Display Panel). The adhesive force of the$Cu_{x}N$ thin film was in the range of$20{\sim}40(N)$ under the conditions of the$N_2$ partial pressure of 15%, discharge current of 70mA, discharge voltage of 450V and substrate bias voltage of -100V. The adhesive force was depended on the$N_2$ partial pressure, discharge current and substrate bias voltage. -
MgO protection layer in ac PDP prevents the dielectric layer from sputtering of ion in discharge plasma in addition to the contribution to the memory function and also have the additional important roll in lowering the firing Voltage due to a large secondary electron emission yield(
${\gamma}$ ). The methode of Sputtering are easy to apply on mass production and to enlarge the size of the panel and are known to have the superior Adhesion and Uniformity of thin film. MgO protection layer of$1000{\AA}$ on dielectric layer by Reactive R.F magnetron sputtering is formed. Discharge characteristics have done with the formation of protection layer. -
The high temperature characteristics of SOI BMFET are analyzed by the numerical simulation and compared with MOS-gated SOI power devices at high temperatures. The proposed SOI BMFET combines bipolar operation in the on-state with unipolar FET operation in the off-state, so that it may be suitable for high temperature operation without any significant degradation of performance such as the leakage current and blocking capability. The simulation results show that SOI BMFET with a higher doped n-resurf layer is the most promising device far high temperature application as compared with MOS-gated SOI power devices, exhibiting the low on-state voltage drop as well as the excellent forward blocking capability at high temperature.
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The polycrystalline silicon thin film transistors (poly-Si TFT) are the most promising candidate for active matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCD) for their high mobilities and current driving capabilities. The leakage current of the poly-Si TFT is much higher than that of the amorphous-Si TFT, thus larger storage capacitance is required which reduces the aperture ratio fur the pixel. The offset gated poly-Si TFTs have been widely investigated in order to reduce the leakage current. The conventional method for fabricating an offset device may require additional mask and photolithography process step, which is inapplicable for self-aligned source/drain ion implantation and rather cost inefficient. Due to mis-alignment, offset devices show asymmetric transfer characteristics as the source and drain are switched. We have proposed and fabricated a new offset poly-Si TFT by applying photoresist reflow process. The new method does not require an additional mask step and self-aligned ion implantation is applied, thus precise offset length can be defined and source/drain symmetric transfer characteristics are achieved.
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The dielectric properties of DGEBA/MDA/GN system under inhomoneous electric field were investigated. As GN contents increased, impact strength increased, but dielectric breakdown strength decreased. At
$150^{\circ}C$ , the dielectric breakdown strength decreased and uniformly maintained with the increment of distance between two electrodes. The life-time of epoxy resin increased with the decrement of applied voltage, but dielectric breakdown didn't occur below specific applied voltage. -
The fractal characteristics of AC electrical tree grown in DGEBA/MDA/ SN/HQ system was investigated. As the applied voltage decreased, tree initiated after retardation. All the trees were fractals in spite of tile applied voltage. Fractal dimension increased with tree length. When the tree grew slowly, the fractal dimension or tile degree of treeing deterioration increased.
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The experimental study was carried out to investigate the effects of metallic particulate filler on the mechanical properties and the thermal properties of epoxy resin system filled with Cu powder. As Cu contents increased, the tensile strength, surface hardness and
$T_d$ decreased.$T_g$ increased and decreased at 300 phr.$E_d$ decreased and increased at 200 phr, because the thermal conducting path of filler was formed and dissipated thermal stress. -
The NDT(nondestructive test) using pulse echo method with piezoelectric transducers and the system for NDT including image processing were studoed. The system consisted of pulse generator and receiver, two step motors for X-Y scanner, PC-Scope for data aquisition and PC-Lab for trigger and motor driving. We tested and estimated at one point under the following conditions : 1) just water, 2) Aluminum without any crack and 3) Aluminum with hole. The estimated NDT result of whole area (point :
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In this study, we investigated the electrical characteristics such as tracking resistance, dielectric constant, insulating resistance, and arc resistance, of silicone rubber for outdoor use, and, focused on the tracking resistance. In the Inclined Plane Test, two kind of the contamination solutions were used, and their phenomena were observed. The average leakage current and the tracking breakdown time decreased, and erosion rate increased, using anionic surfactant added contaminant solution. The dielectric constant and dissipation factor were increased with increasing temperature.
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We have investigated the anisotropic dispersion force effects for surfaces alignment of liquid crystals (LCs) on rubbed polystyrene (PS) surfaces by unidirection. In microphotographs an of the textures, we obtained the nematic (N) LCs are shown to align in both direction parallel and perpendicular to the rubbing for region up to medium rubbing, however to align in the direction perpendicular to the rubbing for strong rubbing region. We suggest that the anisotropic dispersion force is very important rather than macro-surface groove effect to uniform alignment of LCs. We also measured the temperature dependence of extrapolation length of 5CB on rubbed PS surfaces for strong rubbing. It is shown that the polar anchoring strength of 5CB is very weak on rubbed PS surface compared to the rubbed polyimide (PI) surface.
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We have studied the static electricity and optical retardation generated by rubbing the surfaces of polyimide (PI) and polyamide (PA) films. The static electricity increases with the rubbing strength (RS) and varies with the different PI films. We also investigated how the differences in the rubbing fabric affects the magnitude of the induced static electricity; the order of this effect is nylon > rayon > cotton. The induced static electricity is not only directly related to the values of the specific resistivity of the rubbed PI films, but also the RS and the ability of the rubbing fabric to generate and add a static electric charge. The order of the optical retardation produced by the rubbing fabraic on rubbed PI films is nylon > rayon > cotton, coinciding with the order of the generated static electricity.
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An the SOI RESURF LDMOS with a taper oxide on the drain is proposed and verified by the device simulator, MEDICI. Simulation results on the proposed LDMOS exhibits the increase in the breakdown voltage by 12 % and reduction in the drift region length by 25 %.
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The on-resistance characteristics of the RESURF LDMOS and VDMOS are compared. The on-resistance vs. breakdown characteristics of the RESURF LDMOS is analytically investigated. The on-resistance of RESVRF LDMOS is as almost same as that of VDMOS.
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Analytical expression for the breakdown voltage of the Schottky diode with double epitaxial layer has been obtained. Analytical results agree reasonably with the numerical simulations using MEDICI. It is expected that our results can be used for the optimum design of power MOSFET as well as the Schottky diodes with double epitaxial layer.
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In this study, epoxidized bisphenolic resins laminated with glass fiber mat(GFRP) are ivestigated on surface, bulk aspect and dielectric constant(
${\varepsilon}'$ and${\varepsilon}''$ ) vs. frequency characteristics with temperature. The investigation shows the different characteristics accordig to the attachments of fiber surface, filler content, matrix properties, and the others. Especially, dielectric properties of this sample are highly increased above$100^{\circ}C$ and decreased with the rise of frequency. There is a resonance at the high frequency region ($1MHz{\sim}10MHz$ ). So, dielectric properties show the shift with frequency and temperature. Dielectric properties of EGL 10 are higher than those of EGL 40 with the frequency. Generally, dielectric properties of EGL 10 are more unstable than those of EGL 40 on the shift of frequency and temperature. -
A variety of processing techniques have been reported for preparing high quality functional thin films, and one of the most successful techniques has been known to be the rf FTMS(facing targets magnetron sputtering) method. The rf FTMS has preferable advantages to reduce the resputtering effect when depositing thin films and efficiently to oxidize the grown films by oxygen radicals. The resulting optimum conditions were found to be the rf power 50 W and the substrate position of 20 mm.
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The dielectric and polarizable properties of 0.85Pb
$Mg_{1/3}Nb_{2/3}$ )$O_3$ -$0.125PbTiO_3$ -$0.25BaTiO_3$ Ceramics have been investigated as a addition of the amount of$La_{2}O_{3}$ ($0{\leq}x{\geq}0.05$ ). The Temperature-dependant electrostictive characteristics of 0.85PMN-0.125PT-0.25BT relaxor ferroelectic system were improved by enhencing the extent of the diffuse phase transition(DPT). This was achieved using PMN-PT-BTceramics by the partial substitution of La at the Pb site. The curie temperature and the maximum dielectic permittivity decreased by substituting$La_{2}O_{3}$ and the electic field-related hysteresis phenomena decreased with increasing$La_{2}O_{3}$ substitution amount. It is showed decreasing in induced strain for electric field with increasing$La_{2}O_{3}$ substitution. -
PoIyimide thin films fabricated at substrate temperature
$20^{\circ}C$ ,$40^{\circ}C$ and$70^{\circ}C$ by vapor deposition polymerization method were confirmed by FT-IR spectra. It is found that deposition rate decreas according as increasing substrate temperature. Defusion depth of evaporation Al at which thin films be used for an insulating films between layers of semiconductor were about$300{\AA}$ . -
Polyvinylidene fluoride( : PVDF) has piezoelectric and pyroelectric. The
${\beta}-PVDF$ manufactured by induced-electric field. In accordance to increasing induced-electric field, the 530$cm^{-1}$ peak decrease, whereas$510cm^{-1}$ peak increase. The dielectric constant of PVDF thin film is 6.8 and 10 MV/m induced-PVDF thin film is 9.4. The dielectric relaxation characteristic of PVDF thin films correspond to Debye's theory. -
The static charges are generated by streaming electrification phenomena when insulating oil flowing by force for the purpose of cooling at the internal of Ultra-high power transformer. In this thesis, their elimination method was studied. In this paper the effect of Additive on the electric conductivity of Insulating oil is studied. The variation of electric conductivity disappear when Additive is molten in insulating oil, the variation of Additive is not enough to decrease streaming electrification of insulating oil(
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This phenomena of streaming-electrification is generated between solid and liquid boundary called electric double-layer which is generated by potential difference. A charge separation at interfaces between a moving fluid and a solid boundary can give rise to the generation of substantial electric field and at last these can give rise ta insulating failure. Therefore injection of the adverse-charge in streaming-electrified insulating oil to eliminate the accumulation charge and its related phenomena was investigated.
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MMA-Styrene-Tetramethyltin(MST) thin films were fabricated by plasma polymerization method, and their electrical properties were confirmed by IR and GPC. The electrical conductivity increased with increasing temperature, and the adsorption current hardly appeared. The high-field electrical conduction mechanism is the electronic one such as schottky, and the activation energy is about 1.1 eV.
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Polyirnide thin films were fabricated an using vapor deposition polymerization apparatus, and their FT-IR and TGA characteristics were investigated. The peaks of
$720cm^{-1}$ and$1380cm^{-1}$ show C=O stretch mode and C-N stretch mode, and that of the cured polyimide at$300^{\circ}C$ were saturated. TGI(Thormogravi metric index) was showed at$459^{\circ}C$ from reaserch of thermal resistivity characteristics by TGA. -
Passivation must prevent ionic charge movement on the surface of the junction, thereby minimizing the junction leakage and maximizing the breakdown voltage of the devices. Borosilicate glasses are widely used as surface passivants for such silicon power devices as thyristors, transistor, and diodes. Since these 91asses are electrically stable at high temperatures and in high electric fields, they can readily be applied as a thick film, and they are resistant to humidity and have low ionic mobility. A deposition technique of glass film on the silicon surface by electrophoresis in which acetone is used as a suspension medium has been investigated. The purpose of this paper is to describe electrophoretic deposition method for glass passivation and characteristics of glass films which were compared using DTA, SEM, XRD, as a function of firing temperature.
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Polycrystalline CdTe thin films -have been studied for photovoltaic application because of their high absorption coefficient and optimal band gap energy (1.54 eV) for solar energy conversion. In this study, we prepared CdTe films using RF-magnetron sputtering method and investigated structural, optical and electrical properties with spectrophotometer, XRD, EDX, and resistivity meter. CdTe films at
$200\;^{\circ}C$ showed a mixture of zinc blend (Cubic) and wurtzite (hexagonal) phase. On the other hand, the films at$400\;^{\circ}C$ showed highly oriented structure having hexagonal structure. The resistivity of CdTe films deposited on$SiO_2$ substrates was about$10_7\;{\Omega}cm$ . The value of resistivity decreased with the increase of the substrate temperature. CdTe were sputtered on CdS thin films prepared by chemical bath deposition for the formation of the heterojunction. I-V characteristics of these cells were measured at a light density of$100mw/cm^2$ , AM. 1.0. The present thin film solar cells showed a conversion efficiency of about 5%. -
In present paper, Cu films
$4{\mu}m$ , thick were fabricated by dual deposition methods using RF magnetron sputtering on Si wafer. The dependence of the electrical resistivity, adherence, and reflection in Cu films [$Cu_{4-x}$ (low resistivity) /$Cu_x$ (high adherence) / Si- wafer] on the x thickness have been investigated. Cu films of$4{\mu}m$ thickness formed with dual deposition methods had the low electrical resistivity of about$2.6{\mu}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ and high adherence of about 700g/cm. In conclusion, it is possible for these films to be used for micro-devices. -
As electrode materials like as Cu-Pb, Cu-Bi, WC-Ag, W-Ag for vacuum circuit breaker have high chopping current or bad insulation-recovery characteristics, it can affect induction machinery like as transformer and motor. To produce low surge electrode material, it have been suggested Co-Ag-Se electrode which were infiltrated with Ag-Se intermetallic compound into sintered Co matrix. In this study, we would like to represent that production method and microstructure of Co-Ag-Se electrode material. The microstructure and characteristics of Ag-Se intermetallic compound and Co-(Ag-Se) electrode were investigated by using SEM, XRD, EPMA.
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Generallly speaking, busbar made with Cu or Cu alloys and producted by plastic manufacturing process. In this study, we reacarch the trend and manufacturing of Cu clad Al busbar for low cost and light weight which used for a electric power suply of distributing board. The objectives of this study is the trend of busbar on electric power supply, the process and application for Cu clad Al busbar and the relation between electric properites and manufacturing operating process on contact parties
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The objective of this study is to provide a life prediction of isothermal fatigue using strain partitioning of high temp. steel for power plants. The experimental system was composed of Instron 8501, induction heating system, extensometer and pyrometer with hydraulic power system
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Superconducting current lead is one of the promising applications of the oxide high-Tc superconductors, because they have the advantage of decreasing heat conduction to low temperature region, comparing with a conventional cooper alloy lead. High critical current density is a key factor for the applications such as current lead.
$(Bi,Pb)_{2}Sr_{2}Ca_{2}Cu_{3}O_{x}$ high Tc superconductor hase been investigated in terms of critical current density. Bi-2223 superconducting current lead made by CIP and solid state sintering process. Bi-2223 current lead that heat treated at$836\;^{\circ}C$ for 240 h in 1/13$PO_2$ had over$500\;A/cm^2$ of critical current density at 77K. We knew that the superconducting properties of tube type current leads were better than rods type of them. And we investigated the relation of Bi-2223 formation and heat treatment condition by XRD and SEM analysis. -
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To produce low loss amorphous molding cores which are used as choke cores in high efficiency electronic ballast for Metal Halide Lamp, the magnetic properties of amorphous molding cores were investigated with the various fabrication methods. The results are as follows : (1) The total weight of molding core gradually increased as molding time increases. (2) The magnetic properties(
$B_{10}$ ,$B_r$ ,$B_t/B_s$ ,$H_c$ ,$W_c$ ) of molding core drastically deteriorated. This is presumably due to the compressive stress imposed on amorphous core occurred during epoxy curing treatment. (3) Two step annealing process(curing+field annealing) was more or less effective to recover the damaged properties. -
Silicone rubber composite is very suitable for insulation materials because of it's hydrophobicity, mass productivity, and design flexibility. A study of the diffusion of silicone fluid from the bulk to the surface of the silicone rubber composite using dynamic contact angle meter and scanning electron microscopy(SEM) is reported. A study of the mechanical strength of the silicone rubber composite having various silicone fluids and fluid contents is also reported. It has been found that the kind of silicone fluid affects the diffusion rate of the silicone fluid from the bulk to the surface of the silicone rubber composite after artificial pollution.
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We have studied the effect of surface tension and flow rate of contaminants, wettability, frequency of applied voltage dependence of tracking breakdown. As the flow rate of contaminant is increasd, the surface resistivity is decreased, and the leakage current is increased, the time to tracking breakdown is decreased. It is found that time to tracking breakdown depends on the frequency of contaminant, that is difference of wettability. And as the frequency of applied voltage is increased, time to tracking breakdown decreased.
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This paper introduced and study : new material electrode structures(cap type sealing structure, knuckle type electrode, stress relief housing electrode), and insulating housing which supporting shed and containg MOV(ZnO) and sub parts, of polymer arrester.
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ZnO varistor with composition of 89wt%-ZnO, 3.0wt%-
$Bi_{2}O_{3}$ , 3.6wt%-$Sb_{2}O_{3}$ , 1.16wt%-CoO, 0.88wt%-NiO, 0.71wt%-$MnO_2$ , 0.93wt%-$Cr_{2}O_{3}$ , 0.013wt%-$Al_{2}O_{3}$ was fabricated by sintering methods. The effects of annealing on the J-E characteristics of ZnO varistors were investigated. These changes of electric properties were found to be caused by the variation of grains and grain boundary related to annealing. And the conductive mechanism and micostructure of ZnO varistor were researched using I-V meter, SEM and XRD. -
Yu, Y.H.;Kim, Y.J.;Park, J.K.;Seo, B.W.;Jeong, I.S.;Kim, J.S.;Park, B.K.;Gu, H.B.;Moon, S.I. 1682
Recently, because diffusion of cordless machine and smart card and so on, and concern of unpolluted materials, one are concerned with Li secondary batteries. Li secondary batteries have high voltage, high energy density and high power density, and heavy metal pollution problems are little. Mn is low price and is distributed much quantity. Therefore, we investigated$MnO_2$ . In this study, we worked the electrochemical properties and charge/discharge characteristics of$MnO_2/Li$ cells. In results, the more heating temperature is high, the more${\gamma}-phase$ varied${\beta}-phase$ , and when$MnO_2$ is heated at$320^{\circ}C$ and super-s-black 20wt% is mixed, characteristics are the best. -
Recently, conducting polymer has been much attracted as novel materials because of its electronic behavior and functional application by doping process. In this paper, we electrochemically synthesized polyaniline films under potential sweep conditions, which exhibit high electric conductivity about 200 S/cm. Specific energy of 600 Wh/kg and Ah efficiency 98% were achieved during the charge/discharge cycling using liquid electrolyte system. On the other hand, consequences of the cycling were 260 Wh/kg and 95% Ah efficiency using polyethylene oxide(PEO) based solid-state electrolyte system.
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Park, D.K.;Lee, S.H.;Kim, Y.R.;Choi, T.S.;Lee, J.C.;Park, K.B.;Koo, K.W.;Kim, J.S.;Han, S.O. 1688
In this paper, by using the Finite Element Method, we analysed the melting and clearing characteristic of fuse elments shapes. The melting characteristics and the effects of temperature conduction by fuse element shames was studied. We compared the actul testing results by the clearing device with the simulation result. -
The construction or enlargement of the power facilities requires the compactness of them, and the development of power system amenities because of some reasons; the shortness of a site for power facilities, social request of the harmony of them with surroundings, and so on. For the insulator in this area, the research and development of polymer or composite insulator or its applications have been increased rapidly in some advanced countries, but the activities of our country are being in a weak step although our concern has been gradually enlarged about it in recent years. Thus, in this paper, we intend to introduce the trend of research and development of it in the inside and outside of the country.
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Charge formation in filled ethylene propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM) compound has been investi gated. Homocharge was found in pure crosslinked EPDM. The homocharge decreased with the increased of ATH content in EPOM while increased with the increase of clay in EPDM.
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EPDM compound can be cured with either the sulfur and peroxide based systems. In this study, heat resistance and weatherability of EPDM compounds depending on curing systems were investigated. The test results showed that the peroxide-cured EPDM was more resistant to heat ageing and UV photo-degradation than the sulfur-cured EPDM and it is due to C-C bond is more stable than C-S, S-S bond.
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Solid oxide fuel cell(SOFC) is an electrochemical energy device which converts the free energy of fuel gas directly to electric energy. SOFC has several diratinct advantages over other types of fuel cells: no use of noble metals, no requirement of a reformer, no problem of liquid electrolyte management, and no problem of corrosion by liquid electrolyte. In this study, we have investigated the cell components and the single cell of the planar SOFC fabricated by composite plate process, in which green films of electrolyte, anode and cathode were co-fired. The planar SOFCs were tested and the cell performance characteristics wag evaluated by using electrochemical methods.
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The purpose of this study is to research and develop polypyrrole(PPy) positive for thin film rechargeable lithium battery. We investigated cyclic voltammetry, AC impedance response and charge/discharge cycling of PPy/SPE/Li cells as a function of temperature. The redox capacity of
$PPy/CF_{3}SO_{3}$ film was the most large. The discharge capacity of PPy/SPE/Li cell with$PPy/CF_{3}SO_{3}$ film was higher than those of$PPy/ClO_{4}$ and$PPy/AsF_6$ films at all cycles. The energy density of PPy/SPE/Li cells during 1st cycle was 73, 90 and 101Wh/kg at$25^{\circ}C$ ,$45^{\circ}C$ and$60^{\circ}C$ , respectively. The improvement of energy density is due to reduction of charge-transfer resistance associated doping-undoping process in PPy film with Increasing temperature.$PPy/CF_{3}SO_{3}$ film shows a good property on charge/discharge cycling in PEO-$LiClO_4$ -PC-EC electrolyte. -
Kim, Chang-Soo;Chun, Young-Gab;Song, Rak-Hyun;Choi, Byung-Woo;Shin, Dong-Ryul;Choi, Soo-Hyun 1707
For the improvement of the performance and life time of phosphoric acid fuel cell, the management of electrolyte in the electrocatalyst layer and electrolyte matrix in the cell structure is very important. Porous bipolar pinto structure, that is known as an advanced type, is generally used for the storage of electrolyte in the cell. In this paper, the single cell was made of the electrode by coating directly electrocatalyst layer on porous bipolar plate. The single cell showed$186\;mA/cm^2$ at 0.6V. This performance is similar to the performance of the conventional nonporous plate single cell. The technology of porous plate single cell could be directly used to the fabrication of stack in order to improve the performance and life time of phosphoric acid fuel cell. -
This paper was practiced insulation failure test forcing to accelerate on frequency of 420 HZ. There was manufactured generator stator windings for 500MVA thermal plants and selected accelerating deterioration voltage of 5.5kV/mm for electrical aging. Moreover, so as to verification of this experiments, we carried out modeling analysis due to finite element method using to ANSYS5.0 program for common package and imitated multi-stress aging for analyzing electrical and mechanical stress distribution.
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The
$NO_2$ GAS Sensitivity characteristic of CuTBP(Copper-tetra-tert-butylphthalocyanine) LB films were investigated through a study of current-voltage (I-V) characteristics with a variation of number of electrode finger pairs N ($1{\sim}25$ ). A concentration of 200ppm$NO_2$ gas was used. It was found that a conductance G increases monotonically as the number of interdigital electrode increases, and a Sensitivity, Reproducibility is stable. As far as a current is concerned, the current when N=25 is greater than that when N=1 by 70 or so. It indicates that the number of interdigital electrodes affects the current, sensitivity and stability. We knew that the$NO_2$ gas detector application possibility using a current of N=25. -
It is well known that the metallophthalocyanine (MPcs) are sensitive to toxic gaseous molecules such as
$NO_2$ and also chemically and thermally stable. Therefore, lots of MPcs are studied for the potential chemical sensor for$NO_2$ gas using quartz crystal microbalance(QCM) or electrical conductivity. In this study, thin films of octa(2-ethylhexyloxy) copper-phthalocyanine were prepared by Langmuir-Blodgett method and characterized by using UV-VIS spectrascopy and ellipsometry. Transfer condition, film characterization, and preliminary results of current-voltage(I-V) characteristics of these films exposed to$NO_2$ gas as a function of film thickness will be discussed. -
This paper describes the thermally stimulated current(TSC) of PAAS spin coated film and the electrical properties of pre TSC measurement and after TSC test specimens. The TSC measurement were performed from room temperature to about
$280^{\circ}C$ and the temperature was increased by$5^{\circ}C/min$ automatically. It shows that two peaks of TSC are observed at about$50^{\circ}C$ and about$160^{\circ}C$ . Result of this measurement indicate that one peak;$50^{\circ}C$ is from alkyl group; other peak at$160^{\circ}C$ is due to alkyl and C-O group of PAAS. Addition to larger peak at about$160^{\circ}C$ is due to dipolemoment of PAAS film. This result is proved by DSC measurement of PAAS film. The electrical properties of pre and after TSC were measured by currant-voltage(l-V) characteristics. The current-voltage characteristics after TSC specimens are increased the conductivity. The electrical properties of pre-after TSC measurement specimen is in the middle of imidization of PAAS. Because of this result a thermal imidization was performed at$300^{\circ}C$ for 1 hour. -
Enhancing the electrical conductivity of the ultrathin organic films is one of the important factors for the development of molecular electronic devices. The Langmuir-Blodgett(LB) technique has recently been attracted as out of the ways of deposition ultrathin films. We have studied manufacturing conditions and physical properties of Hexadecyl Dipyridinium-
$(TCNQ^-)_2$ LB films made by Kuhn type apparatus. A${\pi}-A$ isotherm shows that a limiting area is around$180{\AA}^2/molecule$ and a proper surface pressure for a deposition is around 22mN/m. A transfer ratio shows that Hexadecyl Dipyridinium-$(TCNQ^-)_2$ is able to be deposited as an Y-type. UV /visible absorption spectra shows that TCNQ dimer peak is apeared at about 600nm in LB films. In solution,$TCNQ^-$ peak is observed at about 400nm and charge transfer band at$830{\sim}900nm$ . A horizontal conductivity of the Hexadecyl Dipyridinium-$(TCNQ^-)_2$ LB film is about$10^{-7}(S/cm)$ . -
Brewster angle microscopy(BAM) makes it possible to measure domains of Langmuir films. Especially, formation and phase transition of the PAAS Langmuir monolayers from a gas phase to a solid phase at the air-water interface were observed by the use of BAM. And also we observed the comparative images of films deposited at each phase. The UV/visible absorption spectra of this films showed molecular intensity and aggregation at each state. The electrical properties of this material were measured by current-voltage(I-V) characteristics.
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To develop more sensitive humidity sensor on high temperature region, in this paper, we prepared polyimide humidity sensor by electrophoretic method. Sensing properties of be sensor in high temprature region were studied and compared with that prepared by solution casting method. From the result, the thiner film thickness, the more sensitive. however, It is difficult to make he thickness optimal because of short between electrodes, and the thickness of upper electrode is one of most important parameters affecting pefomance of the sensor.
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Using a modified Michelson interferometer configuration, the flatness of micro mirror cell surface was probed. Interferograms were captured at CCD camera plane by defocusing object beam onto the micro mirror with microscope objective lens. And these were compared with the interferograms made with the flat metallic mirror. Also, the theoretical analysis is presented.
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Laser Doppler Vibrometer using heterodyne method with a 632.8 nm He-Ne laser, has been developed for the measurement of small displacement and velocity. The measurement uses heterodyne method can be made insensitive to undesired vibration effect acting the system and can yield the sign of Doppler shift at the expense of increased complexity. A Bragg cell gives a frequency shift of 40MHz for heterodyne method. Frequency Modulated output is detected by spectrum analyzer.
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Lee, Pyeong-Hwa;Cheon, Chang-Yul;Lee, Seung-Woo;Hahn, Song-Yop;Cho, Kyu-Wan;Kim, Eung-Su;Jeong, Bong-Sik;Kim, Hyun-Jung 1741
This paper presents simulations of the pancake in the simplified 3D microwave oven. The results were compared with experimental data. For the comparison we used infrared photography of the heated pancake and electric field distribution obtained by simulation. Finite Element Method (FEM) using edge element is employed for the simulation. For solving the large sparse system parallelled QMR method was used. -
Surface impedance boundary condition(SIBC) concepts are introduced into the finite-difference time-domain(FDTD) method. Lossy conductors are replaced by surface impedance boundary computations reducing the soluton space and producing significant computational savings. Specifically, a surface impedance boundary condition is developed to reduce a lossy dielectric half-space. Since Maxwell's eqations are solved directly, the reflected and transmitted pulse amplitude demonstrate how the reflection and transmision coefficient determine reflected wave amplitude. In this paper, two implementations of reflection coefficient are presented. One implementation is a standard FDTD technique and the other is a FDTD using surface impedence boundary condition(FDTD-SIBC) that are applicabIe over a very large frequency bandwidth. Particulary, an efficient way to transform the time domain results to frequency domain is presented. Thus, frequency domain results are presented in one dimension and are compared with exact results.
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A method for calculating the electromagnetic scattering from arid internal field distribution of arbitrally, shaped, inhomogeneous dielectric bodies is presented. Tetrahedral volume elements are used to model a scattering body in which the electrical parameters are defined constant in each tetrahedron. Special basis functions are defined within the tetrahedral volume elements to satisfy the boundary condition at interfaces between different dielectric media. In order to test the accuracy of the solution by using the present method, it is applied to obtain the scattered field by the dielectric sphere. The accuracy of the fields calculated by using the tetrahedral cell method is found to be comparable to that of others.
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모멘트법을 적용한 임의 형태 구조의 전자파 수치해석시 Rao에 의해 제시된 삼각형 표면 벡터 전개함수가 많이 사용된다. 이 경우 스칼라 적분식과 벡터 적분식이 나타나는데, 면적 좌표계가 도입되기 때문에 적분과정이 복잡해진다. 또한 구현시는 삼각형의 절점 정보 뿐만 아니라 쌍을 이루는 삼각형 번호의 데이터를 미리 입력하여야 하는 번거로움이 뒤따른다. 이를 극복하고자 본 논문에서는 삼각형 영역 자체에서 적분을 수행함으로써 적분식의 수를 2/3로 줄였으며, 삼각형의 쌍을 이루는 절점 정보로부터 적을 수행할 수 있도록 하였다.
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This paper presents an analysis of the 3D microwave oven considering its forming. The results were compared with experimental data. Finite Element Method(FEM) using edge clement is employed for the analysis. For solving the large sparse system matrix equation was solved using the parallelized QMR method. Analysis of the 3d cavity has troublesome difficulties such as spurious solutions, too many memory and long computation time. We overcome this difficulties by using edge clement for spurious solutions and the parallelized QMR method by the aid of Paralle Virtual Machine(PVM) for the memory and computation time.
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In order to optimize the operational characteristics of single elliptical pulsed Nd:YAG laser designed and fabricator compactly, it is very important to design the resonator shape and the PFN(Pulse Forming Network) suitably. We have been shown that the EMTP(Electro-Magnetic Transient Program) simulation. was used effectively in designing PFN. And Next, we have been compared current pulse width, laser beam profile and damping parameter with laser output energy. In this paper, we have suggested the optimalization of PFN design and the best operational condition.
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Md:YAG laser has been used in many applications such as micromachining, nonlinear optical experiments, holography, and rangefinding. These applications quite often require operation of the laser at the
$TEM_{00}$ mode since this mode produces the smallest beam divergence, the highest power density, and, hence, the highest brightness. In this study, a pinhole is put between a rod and a half mirror to make the$TEM_{00}$ mode, and then we measured the intensity distribution of the output beam as reducing the diameter of the pinhole from 6mm to 1.5mm. As a result, the optimum size of the pinhole fixed in a resonator to make the$TEM_{00}$ mode was obtained, and we found out that the output beam of the pulsed Nd:YAG laser with a single elliptical cavity has a Gaussian distribution. -
It is well known that the degradation transformer oil is mainly effected to the failure of transformer. In this paper it is discussed the characteristics of the degradation sensor checking transformer oil condition in live line. The degadation sensor composed with base ring, electrodes and porous ceramic passed through the transformer oil and checked the transformer oil condition with sensor's leakage current. It is important to minimize the leakage current of base ring and connection parts. To investigate the leakage current of base ring and connection parts it is examined the characteristics of V-T-I and DC 2 KV and other examinations. It is verified that ionized transformer caused by the expansion of oil temperature increase in the leakage current of porous ceramic sensor. It is certificated that the leakage current of other parts of porous ceramic is very small (about 2 %) than the porous ceramic and it is confirmed that the leakage current in porous ceramic is changed sensitively according to the new oil(NO) and and the degradation oil(DO).
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The remaining life of generator stator winding has been the controversial issue amomg many experts in this area. The report from Japan claims that they can predict the remaining life of generator winding, while the North American has the negative opinion about it. This study aimed at verifying the validity of both Japanese criteria and North American argument on evaluation of generator winding insulation. Non destructive and destructive tests were performed on two hydro-generators. The test results showed that the trend analysis of stator winding insulation was the better option.
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In this paper, applicability of SI-PD(switching impulse - partial discharge) testing method was put on an attempt as a newly proposed diagnostic method for the underground distribution power cable system in Korea. For this purpose, SI-PD testing equipment was designed, and tests were performed using artificial needle-type defects integrated into the 22.9 kV CN/CV cables in drder to prove its reliability. As a result, arc noises, generated from spark gap, were considerably decreased by use of a pneumatic switch immersed into oil, and artificial needle-type defects were well detected with impulse voltage level under
$2U_0$ . These results imply that it is likely possible to apply SI-PD measurement method as a the nondistructive test for the 22.9 kV CN/CV cable system in Korea. -
In this paper, we describe the partial discharge measurement with measuring impedance to have two wide frequency band transformers(filters) in the oil-paper and air insulation. The measuring impedance consists of high and low limiting frequency transformers. This measuring impedance could be measured the partial discharge current wave. We have the results that the amplitude partial discharge pulse ratio of low limiting frequency tranformer to high limiting frequency one is varied in the condition(in oil-paper insulation and air) to generate partial discharge.
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Recently, the necessity of establishing the way to diagnose the aging of insulation materials and to predict of insulation breakdown become important. The purpose of our work are to investigate the treeing phenomena with a artificial needle shape void by the charge of partial discharge and acoustic emission pulse in each phase angle area at the same time. We have analyzed the
${\Phi}-Q-n$ pattern and the insulation diagnosis of the samples using statistic operators such as charge magnitude and A.E pulse factor, skweness, kurtosis, G,C. Therefore, the relation between the charge of partial discharge and A.E pulse will be helpful and efficient to predict the breakdown just before the breakdown occure. -
It is necessary to eliminate the broad band noise which frequency is in a few kHz to MHz in the AC line to supply the power to electrical and electronic control equipments. Because this kind of noise could damage the device or could be a source of malfunction, many devices like a filter and surge suppressor are developed to cut off the noise. But those device could not disconnected from the power line, so it remain some problem and on be used in limited area, In this paper, we present performance test results NCT(noise Cut Transformer) with excellent performance for reducing the high frequency noise and surge existing in the power line.
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This paper describes Thermal-Mechanical performance and Ultimate Mechanical-Strength test for the purpose of aging analysis of suspension insulator. The temperature difference of insulator surface according to the aging of suspension insulator brought out about
$2^{\circ}C$ to$7-8^{\circ}C$ difference comparing with the atmospheric temperature. Quality standard and Mechanical-Strength of used suspension insulator deteriorate more remarkably than that of new suspension insulator. It is required that Thermal-Mechanical performance test standard be revised in the future. And it is described about the development prospect of polymer insulators -
In order to evaluate the soundness of 10 year service-aged XLPE-insulated 22.9 kV underground distribution cables, semiconductive shields have been characterized. The edge of insulation near the insulation shield shows a drastic decrease of OIT. Impurities such as Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu were detected in both conductor and insulation shields. Their concentrations at the insulation shield are much higher than those at the strand shield. All these facts suggest that the edge of insulation near the insulation shield is degraded considerably, which might be attributed to the oxidation reaction of insulation by a large amount of impurities in the insulation shield.
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In this study, the insulation selected in degra-dated-power cable has been observed and aging process about the insulation has been investigated. Most Insulation aging process initiates in the interface of semiconducting layer and the type of the process is the fractal form that was observed between the the semiconducting layer and insulation layer. It is possible to estimate degree of the degration of cable with breakdown test and obtained data have been used to get parameters in order to use Weibull distribution. With this method it is considered to be possible to estimate situation of degration and life prediction.
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This paper describes a diagnosis of cable splices by analysis of ultrasonic signals which is generated by partial discharge. Peak-peak amplitude of ultrasonic signals was used to diagnose cable splices. It is proposed that aging discrimination is possible by analysis of ultrasonic signals in cable splices.
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Myung, Sung-Ho;Lee, Byeong-Yoon;Han, Inn-Su;Park, Jong-Keun;Min, Suk-Won;Kim, Eung-Sik;Lee, Ki-Chul 1804
For the rather complicated and time-consuming three-dimensional electric field calculation in the vicinity of substations, this paper proposes a numerical calculation method based on charge simulation method(CSM). In order to represent non-uniform charge distribution on an electrode better, it is subdivided into small segments with linear charge density. Non-uniform arrangement of subdivided segments makes it possible to obtain high accuracy with a small number of variables. As for the arrangement of subdivided segments, effective formulars were derived from multiple regression analysis of many simulations. These formulars make the arrangement of segments fast and effective. The proposed method is applied to the electric field calculation around the 345kV Sinmasan Substation busbars and the distribution of calculated electric fields is compared with that of the measured electric fields. -
The axial discharge at switching operations of EHV
$SF_6$ disconnector can lead to the breakdown to the enclosure. Precursor in periphery zone leads to formation of leader over some time delay. Injected charge value depends on electric field and gap geometry. The calculation method for parameters of$SF_6$ insulation for DS in EHV-GIS is suggested by using the new criterion of leader inception in connection with periphery field nearby the boundary of streamer zone. -
This paper deals with the surge protective devices to minimize damages of communication equipments in signal data lines. The basic circuit consists of zener diodes, spark gap and series impedances. Therefore the hybrid circuit using bipolar zener diodes as clamps and a three-electrode spark gap as crowbars was proposed. The surge suppression performances and the characteristics of frequency response were investigated experimentally. Consequently, it was found that the frequency bandwidth and surge suppression performances are excellent.
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With the three dimensional magnetic field measuring system dealt with in this paper, accurate measurements and analyses of ELF magnetic fields in the vicinity of UHV overhead transmission lines and substations have been conducted. For the field measurements multiturn loop-type sensors have been developed with special consideration of taking lower frequency and spatial components without any distortion. So the measuring system has the frequency bandwidth of 8[Hz] to about 53[kHz] and the response sensitivity of
$9.88[mV/{\mu}T]$ in average. A brief description of design rules of the measuring system and measurement procedures is given. The actual surrey near 154 and 345[kV] overhead transmission lines and power subststions was carried out and analyzed. It may be inferred from these results that the maximum magnetic field intensities under typical UHV overhead transmission lines do not exceed$20[{\mu}T]$ so that the field measurements satisfy sufficiently all limits or guidelines that various authorized international institutes recommend. -
A micro-size nonthermal plasma generator, using a
$SiO_2$ film as a dielectric barrier, has been studied experimentally for a high frequency ac voltage in 2LPM oxygen gas fed. The$SiO_2$ film as a micro-size dielectric barrier was made by the wet oxidation of n-type Si wafer($220[{\mu}mt]$ ). It can be generated ozone, as a nonthermal plasma intensity parameter, at very low level of applied voltage about 1[kV] by using the micro-size dielectric barrier. As a result, in case that have no air gap spacing i.e. surface discharge case shows relatively higher ozone concentration rather than that case of the micro-airgap spacing. -
A compact size high voltage pulse generator with nanosecond rise time has been fabricated and investigated experimentally. It can be reduced the inductance of the generator by fixing the Marx generator components and pulse forming network components into a single cylindrical unit. As a result, it can be obtained nanosecond rise time about
$8{\sim}10[ns]$ and pulse width of several hundred nanoseconds from the modified Marx pulse generator. And parametric studies showed that the rise time of the output pulse was depended little on the change of the load resister and the charging capacitor while the pulse width of the output pulse was depended greatly upon the change of the load resistor and the charging capacitor. -
Damage and upset of control and communication equipment due to transient overvoltages which occur due primarily to internal switching surge and external lightning surge are an important problems in electromagnetic compatibility(EMC). In this paper, we analyzed operation characteristic of metal oxide varistor widely used low voltage AC line using the electromagnetic transients program(EMTP) and compare it with experimental results and also, we modeled combination generator producing
$1.2/50{\mu}s$ open circuit voltage and$8/20{\mu}s$ short circuit current as a source which is critical in calculating operation characteristic. Simulation results showed that most of Transient energy consumes at MOV located in service entrance side than load side, and it showed similar to experimental results. Therefore, entrance side MOV should be selected more energy capacity than that of load side MOV. -
In this study, the Joint of 345kV OF
$1C{\times}2000mm^2$ cable was developed to keep up with the trends that need higher-voltage & capacity underground transmission line. The type of joint developed was based on the two kinds of models that have had a good reliability internationally. The mechnic and electric characteristics of the sample specimen was managed in detail when it was manufactured and estimated. Especially, in order to prove the reliability of usage for 30 years, the method of long term aging test was studied. As a result of test, we knew that the joint developed had a good performance. From this study, it can be thought that future ultra-high voltage underground transmission line could be constructed by domestic technology. -
In this study, We developed the optical fiber incorporated high-voltage underground power cable which is combined optical fibers with conventional high-voltage underground power cable. Optical-Unit that optical fiber is inserted in stainless tube is tested, and we got good results enough to safe optical fibers. Also we put the optical fiber incorporated high-voltage underground power cable to the test of electrical characteristics and optical characteristics, we knew that the electrical characteristics were the same characteristics as conventional high-voltage underground power cable and the transmission loss change was almost zero.
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Diagnosis of cable insulation degradation has important meaning from a viewpoint of reliability enhancement of CV cable systems. So, we diagnosed 3.3kV & 6.6kV CV distribution cable on live-line which is judged to a most poor installation condition because they have been used in water condition after installation at the Yeochon chemical complex. The paper describes the analysis of the measured data, the problems at diagnosis, and the items which are considered at the development of diagnosis technology and equipment hearafter.
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Characteristics of Discharge and nonthermal plasma generation in a micro-air gap spacing between a micro-dielectric barrier and a electrode have been investigated experimentally to chert the potential to be used as a micro-scale nonthermal plasma generator. It is found that the output ozone concentration, as a nonthermal plasma intensity parameter, of the micro-air gnp nonthermal plasma generator depended greatly upon the air gap spacing and thickness of the dielectric barrier. As a result, there is a optimal air gap sparing in the same micro dielectric barrier to generate ozone effectively. And the higher ozone concentration was generated from the thinner micro-barrier.
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In order to study the relationship between the physical properties of glow discharge plasma and the physical behavior of TiN thin film, electrical characteristics of RF discharge plasma driven at 13.56MHz in a parallel-plate electrode system were measured. Plasma parameters, such as electron density and temperature, are also studied since they may be considered as one of the very important factors deciding the physical properties of TiN thin film under given conditions of applied biasd voltage and pressure. The TiN thin film were fabricated over a wide range of discharge conditions, and some of the general relationships between the measured plasma parameters and the properties of TiN thin film were discussed.
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To meet recent increasing demand for electric power in large cities in Korea, and to improve reliability of the power supply. Especially, demand for electric power apparatus places great emphasis on not only function but also environmental factors. In this paper, environpolitics describes according to large capacity demand for extra high voltage underground transmission lines and high reliability of the power supply.
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In the paper, we have obtained electron energy distribution function (EEDF) in plasma by using two differentiators. In addition, we have investigated the comparision of the EEDFs by sawtooth and triangle waveform voltages. It is found that as pressure is decreased, electron density is decreased, and plasma potential is increased. And as the position of probe moves the outer of plasma, plasma potential is decreased, and electron temperature is decreased.
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A Couette Charger was used to simulate streaming electrification process in transformer. This paper describes the electrification characteristics of the energized and unenergized Couette Charger. By applying low frequency and high voltage across the cylinder of the Couette Charger, the measured short circuit current
$i_{sc}$ ) is compared with the measured values of unenergized Couette Charger. As a result, short circuit current was increased with voltage. -
In this paper the criteria for insulating oil condition of pole transformer were suggested by applying the UV-Visible spectrophotometric method. Ageing of insulating oil caused the change in absorbances of oil os well os the deterioration of electrical properties of oil. By comparing the electrical properties such as
$tan{\delta}$ and breakdown voltage with the UV-Visible absorbances of oil, criteria for absorbance values determining oil condition were established. This UV-Visible spectrophotometric method might be applied in ageing analysis of oil and be expected to replace the current method. -
This study describes the minimum ignition limit for LPG-Ai-r mixtures by switching sparks in radio-frequency limits using RF power supply and IEC type ignition spark apparatus. As a result, the minimum ignition limit voltage is increased in proportional to the rate of increasing of frequency in LPG-Air mixed gas. Especially, increment between 10[kHz] and 30[kHz] is typical. It is considered that ignition is caused by one discharge until 10 [kHz] and, beyond 10[kHz] ignition is caused by more than two discharges. The reason is analysed that energy loss is caused by existing pause interval between discharges.
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In this paper, ozonizer of neon discharge tube type( Neolamp ) by using silent discharge has been designed and manufactured. The discharge and ozone generation characteristics of Neolamp have been studied with variation of turn-on number( N ) of Neolamp, quality( Q ) and shape of external electrode. The discharge voltage is proportional to gap spacing of spiral external electrode( G ) for constant applied volatge. The discharge current is inversely proportional to G for constant applied volatge. The ozone concentration is inversely proportional to Q and G. Also, ozone concentration and generation are proportional to N. The sterilization characteristics of Escherichia coil have been obtained more than 97[%] at
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In this paper, measurements and analyses of ELF electric fields in the vicinity of UHV overhead transmission lines and substations have been conducted. Planar-type sensors have been developed with special consideration of picking up lower frequency and spatial components without any distortion. So finally the electric field measuring system has the frequency bandwidth of 7[Hz] to 2.7[MHz] and the response sensitivity of 0.094[mV/V/m]. A brief description of design rules of the measuring system and measurement procedures is introduced. The actual survey near 154 and 345[kV] overhead transmission lines and power subststions was carried out and analyzed. It may be inferred from these results that the electric field intensity exeeds 7[kV/m] only in very few cases particularly at the substations so that the field measurements meet almost limits or guidelines that various authorized international institutes recommend.
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Grounding is the art of making an electrical connection to the earth. In order to protect man, electrical and/or electric equipments from the lightning strokes, all the energy of lightning strokes must be diverted via a safe path to earth. It is essential to the transient grounding resistance against lightning strokes. In this paper, measurements and analyses of grounding surge impedance have been investigated. For measurements of grounding surge impedance the pulse generator was designed and fabricated. The pulse generator has rise time of 22.4 ns and pulse duration of
$8\;{\mu}s$ . The transient grounding resistance has been measuring by injecting low power and step current between the earthing system under test and a remote reference earth and measuring the potential rise caused by this current. As a result, the transient grounding resistance against lightning surge in the short time domain is much higher than steady state grounding resistance. -
In this paper, in order to obtain the statistic information for parameters of electric and magnetic field waveforms associated with lightning discharges, the electric and magnetic fields produced by lightning discharges in the summer of 1995 were measured by a hemisphere-type electric field sensor and a loop-type magnetic field sensor, which were installed at the campus of Inha University in Inchon. The signals of the electric and magnetic fields were continuously recorded by a transient digitizer having a resolution of 12 bit and a memory capacity of 5000 point. Negative lightning discharges are produced very more than positive lightning discharges in the summer of Korea. The 10 to 90 % rise time of electric and magnetic fields was 2
$2\;{\sim}\;10\;{\mu}s$ . And the zero-crossing time of electric field was$15\;{\sim}\;25\;{\mu}s$ , whereas that of magnetic field was$20\;{\sim}\;30\;{\mu}s$ . -
This paper presents dielectric characteristics of
$SF_6$ gas stressed by the non-oscillating and oscillating impulse voltages in inhomogeneous fields disturbed by metallic protrusion. The propose of this investigation is to present the predischarge development and dielectric characteristics of$SF_6$ gas under VFTOs. The experiments were carried out using a needle-to-plane and two needles-to-plane gap geometries in the gas pressure ranges from 0.1 to 0.5 MPa. The gap separation was 22 mm and the needle-shaped protrusions were made of stainless steel 10 mm in length and 1.0 mm in diameter. As a result, it was found that the breakdown mechanism and predischarge current are principally dependent on applied voltage waveform and polarity. -
This paper deals with the lightning surge protective devices with combination of varistor and LC filter. UP to now, the varistor alone were used as overvoltage protection devices fer the AC power mains. In this work, in order to improve the cutoff performance of surge protective device, the hybrid circuit surge protective device for an AC single phase mains was designed and investigated. The first stage of hybrid circuit is to remove most of any large surge energy and protect the second stage components. The purpose of the second is to protect the load and increase the cutoff capacity of surge protective devices. Also LC filter attenuates the remnant that travels downstream from the first stage component and the high frequency noises. As a consequence, it was found that the proposed hybrid surge protective device for AC power mains has a variety of advantages such as low and tight clamping voltage, high frequency noise reduction and large cutoff capacity.
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This paper describes the combination surge generator for applying performance tests of surge protective devices. The
$8/20{\mu}s$ waveform applies to low impedance circuits and components and is commonly used to determine the characteristics of surge protective devices. And the$1.2/50{\mu}s$ waveform applies to high impedance circuits and components and is used for testing dielectric behavior. Therefore, the combination surge generator, which generates$1.2/50{\mu}s$ voltage waveform under open-circuit conditions and$8/20{\mu}s$ current waveform under short-circuit condition, was proposed. Also this generator can produce$10/1000{\mu}s$ as well as$0.5{\mu}s/100kHz$ ring waveform. -
This paper describes the fine structure of electric field waveforms produced by lightning return strokes. The electric field measuring system consists of hemisphere antenna 30 cm in diameter, integrator and data acquisition device. Its frequency bandwidth is from 200 Hz to 1.56 MHz, and the sensitivity is 0.96 mV/V/m. Electric field signals are digitized every 200 ns with the resolution of 12-bit and the length of 5 kilowords, and those are registered by a personal computer. Also data are analyzed by means of the fast Fourier transform (FFT) method.
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This paper deals with the lightning surge counter. In order to install the effective surge protective devices, it is important to find the parameters of incident surges. For the purpose of observing the occurrence frequency as a parameter of the amplitude of surge, two type surge counters were designed and fabricated. One is operated by surge currents, and the other is operated by surge voltages. The former consists of current sensor, metal oxide varister (MOV), rectifier, capacitor and electromagnetic counter. The latter consists of rectifier, voltage divider, comparator, photo coupler and counter circuit, and is useful for detecting the surge voltages.
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Power transformers are the most important facilities in the substation of electrical power, yet they do not have the efficient operating life characteristics which are the important elements of repairing and maintenance in regional conditions. This paper describes the statistical analysis of operating conditions and troubles on transformers for the operating life assessment using Statistical Analysis System programs, Hazard method and Weibull distributions. We analyze transformers in several methods, and compares correlation relationship of operating life and troubles. Therefore, this study will be the useful basic operating life prediction technique of power transformers in the future.
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Recently, FLIC(Fluid In Cell) method has been widely used for the compressible. flow computation. A program which adopts the FLIC method and can analyze the flow conditions with arc in the interrupter was developed in our team. It was applied to the 800kV class gab circuit breaker for flow conditions with arc, and the results are presented and discussed in this paper.
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Myung, Sung-Ho;Lee, Byeong-Yoon;Park, Jong-Keun;Kim, Suk-Won;Kim, Eung-Sik;Lee, Jae-Bok;Ha, Tae-Hyun 1892
This paper presents optimal charge arrangement through potential error analysis. In order to decide the number of charges per conductor for a large system, adaptive simulation charge arrangement technique has been proposed. "Grouping" technique which means to divide analysis domain into two groups has been described through field error analysis. By this method, the size of matrix to calculate E field at a calculation point is reduced remarkably. The proposed method is applied to the electric field calculation around the Substation busbars. -
Lightning impulse voltage is essential to evaluate the insulation performance of electric power apparatus. Recently international standard (IEC-60) on high voltage measurement techniques are being revised. In the draft of this standard, a new calibration method is introduced and the accuracy of most industrial measuring systems is maintained by means of comparison test against the reference measuring systems. Comparison tests of dividers for chopped lightning impulse measurement were rallied out by KERI. The 700kV shielded resisitive divider with and without compensation element were done comparison test with 300kV PTB divider which have the similar charateristics as that were circulated among the laboratories. This paper reports on the calculation results of response charateristics obtained by EMTP and the comparison test results with chopped lightning impulse voltages from 150kV to 250kV. It is demonstrated that KERI are capable of realizing the idea in the revision of the IEC standand, that is, to establish traceability.
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The Laser aided diagnostic method makes it possible to diagnose plasma characteristics which have never been done by other one. The aim of this study is to measure the electron density profile of an arc plasma by Mach-Zenhder interferometer. The two laser beams (He-Ne and Argon Lasers), which are different in wavelength, pass across an arc plasma and meet a change of refractivity which makes fringe shifts. From this effects we could find densities of electron and neutral particle.
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In This paper, to understand statistical properties of breakdown voltage, the experiment is performed on four gaps of different electrode area, ranging from
$17.44[cm^2]$ to$1809.5[cm^2]$ , in$SF_6$ gas. Statictcial property of breakdown is confirmed Weibull distribution and as area of electrode is increased, breakdown voltage is decreased and converged constant value$E_0$ . -
Transient voltage distribution tests are carried out to evaluate effects of a high frequency oscillating voltage generated in a superconducting magnet as a result of the arc discharge extinction. Especially, the effects of temperature and conduction state of the magnet conductor on surge behavior are carefully investigated. Based on the results of simulation tests, it is shown that internal voltage waveforms are influenced by its transmission along the superconducting wire and reflection at the terminal and that attenuation process of the waveforms depends considerably on the conductor resistance which decreases with lowering the temperature.
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In this paper, ultrsonic detection properties at a premolde joint utilized in a 23kV cables are studied. In a experiment a artificial defect within a joint and a measuring system are builded for generating discharges, gathering data about a detection properties, respectively. The experiment results show that one point detection is not allowed for monitoring a global status of a joint discharges and a detection sensitivity is less than 100pC. And also the attenuation and wave speed at the material of joint insulator are obtained.
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This paper presents the results of laboratory experimentals to remove
$SO_2$ and$NO_x$ by a pulsed corona discharge in the wire-plate reactor. A rotating spark gap switch was used to generate the pulse by chewing the dc high voltage. Repetition frequency of the pulse was 60Hz and rising time of 50ns. The photo pictures of positive streamer corona taken by ICCD camera, pulse voltage and current were measured using a digital oscilloscope. Simultaneous effects of$C_{2}H_{4}$ injection and heterogeneous chemical reactions on nonthermal plasma process to remove$SO_2$ and$NO_x$ from flue gas were investigated in the present study -
With a progress of electrical and electronic technology, radio-frequency circuits including high frequency components are widely applied to various industrial installations. Some of them are used in hazardous locations where explosive or flammable gases exist. As a result, ignition of such gases may be induced by a spark discharge when the radio frequency circuits are switched on or off. The purpose of this study is to investigate the ignition hazards of acetylene-air and ethylen-air mixtures experimentally based on the IEC 79-3 publication. In this experiment, we used a high frequency resistive circuit which consists of a co-axial cable, a
$10{\Omega}$ ,$20{\Omega}$ ,$30{\Omega}$ ,$40{\Omega}$ or$50{\Omega}$ resistor and a power amplifier with frequency range up to almost 1 MHz. Experimental results show that the ignition of the acetylene-air and ethylen-air mixtures due to spark discharge depends primarily on the frequency of the power source in the resistive circuit: the minimum ignition voltage increases gradually with the increase of the frequency. -
This paper aims to extract the air clearance in 22.9KV the metal enclosed switchgear. First, we investigated the actual conditions on the clearance in the metal enclosed switchgear which has been used in domestic. The test model and 9 test electrodes for the air insulation strength tests have been designed and manufactured based on the investigation results. To find optimal clearance in the metal enclosed switchgear, we performed 50% flash-over test by the up and down method and lightning impulse withstand voltage test. And we obtained results that the clearance or phase-to-phase is 230 [mm] and clearance or phase-to-earth is 210[mm].
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After determining the type and string condition of conductor of 765kV transmission lines, we studied the mechanical strength system of insulator strings to support conductors and insulate conductors from towers. In this paper, for the insulator strings which will be used in 765kV transmission lines, we're going to optimally determine the mechanical strength system and supporting method in the consideration of the reliability, economics and the survey data of T/L routes, and also suggest the calculation method to stipulate for the application limits of suspension and strain insulator strings according to the loadspan and height difference of tower.
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Some part of the route in KEPCO 765kV transmission line being constructed passes through a high mountain area which is 800m above the sea level (Taebaek, Sabuk area in Gangwon province). This area is the top part of Taebaek mountains corresponding to the backbone of korean peninsula and has lots of snow during the winter season because the winter seasonal wind gone up along the mountainside of Taebaek Mts. meets open air of the East sea. KEPCO has experienced 63 faults of T/L between 1968 and 1993 in this area, which is a very serious problem. Especially 154kV Hwang-Ji T/L fault in 1990, 2 was a unprecedented case which needs to be analyzed carefully to take proper measures. After reviewing ice and snow loading conditions and analyzing the fault of Hwang-Ji T/L, we're going to determine the revisement of ice and snow loading condition in this area to increase reliability of 765kV transmission line.
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In this work, the behavior of conducting wire type particles existing inside the cylinder type coaxial electrode has been systematically investigated by charge simulation method and electrostatic force analysis from the view point of the acquired charging before being lifted off into the gap under the high ac voltage. Spheroidal charge are adopted as a image charge for the CSM analysis in order to calculate the acquired charges of the particles which are erected on the surface of the outer electrode. For this purpose, different material of the particle and their lengths and diameters have been considered in view to calculate their lift-off field, acquired charge and to understand their effect on the lift-off voltage. The results imply that the particle lengths and diameter have an different influence on the particle behavior in GIS system.
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In this work, it is proposed new PD(partial discharge) detection technique using electro-optic effect, for which partial discharges generated from needle-plane electrode in air were detected through optical measuring system by use of
$LiNbO3_3$ electro-optic crystal. As a result, it is noticed that PD measurable phase intervals are limited by the asymmetrical D-E hysteresis loop of the crystal with defects and half-wave voltage. However, both number of measured PD pulses and their amplitude were increased with applied voltage, which likely implies that it is possible to detect PD through newly proposed electro-optic method. -
Electron transport coefficients are calculated in nitrogen over the E/p range
$50{\sim}700\;V\;cm^{-1}$ $Torr^{-1}$ by a Monte Carlo method, using a set of electron collision cross sections measured by authors. -
This paper deals with ACSR(Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced) inner corrosion detection using a detector which automatically runs on an ACSR transmission line and inspects the inner corrosion of the conductor by utilization of the nondestructive eddy current test. And the relationship between the corrosion grades and the tensile strength can be estimated by means of this test. According to corrosion appearance and development of ACSR, the impedance change of the eddy current coils is theoretically verified. And then specifications And performances of the detector are described. Experimental procedures and desirable test results are reported. In conclusion, this detector can realize the nondestructive detecting of an ACSR inner corrosion. Upgrading the maintenance effciency and improving the reliability of transmission line would be expected by this nondestructive test method.
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As transmission systems has been complicated and various, cases of transmission systems which is made up with underground cable line only or overhead transmission line with underground cable line have been increased. When transmission lines with different types of cable, it is more likely to be vulnerable to the surges. This paper analyzed these surge in 154kV transmission line by means of EMTP (Electro Magnetic Transient program).
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Ko, Chang-Gi;Ju, Byeong-Kwon;Lee, Yun-Hi;Jeong, Seong-Jae;Lee, Nam-Yang;Koh, Ken-Ha;Park, Jung-Ho;Oh, Myung-Hwan 1943
In this paper, we developed a modified direct bonding method for the application of vacuum devices. By the proposed method, we successfully bonded the following materials: Si-Si, Si-$SiO_2$ -Si, glass-Si, and glass-$SiO_2$ -Si. In our experiments, we used corning #7070 wafer type glass and (100) or (110) single crystalline silicon wafers. In order to enhance the initial bonding strength we contacted the materials to be bonded as D. I. water wetted on the surfaces and evaporated the water under the room temperature and atmosphere environment. Finally we realized the glass bonding by simple direct bonding method which has been performed by electrostatic bonding method until now. -
Choi, Woo-Beom;Ju, Byeong-Kwon;Lee, Yun-Hi;Jeong, Seong-Jae;Lee, Nam-Yang;Koh, Ken-Ha;Haskard, M.R.;Sung, Man-Young;Oh, Myung-Hwan 1946
We have performed silicon-to-silicon anodic bonding using glass layer deposited by electron beam evaporation. Wafers can be bonded at$135^{\circ}C$ with an applied voltage of$35V_{DC}$ , which enables application of this technique to the vacuum packaging of microelectronic devices, because its bonding temperature and voltage are low. From the experimental results, we have found that the evaporated glass layer more than$1\;{\mu}$ m thick was suitable for anodic bonding. The role of sodium ions for anodic bonding was also investigated by theoretical bonding mechanism and experimental inspection. -
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$1\;{\times}\;4$ micro mirror array is designed and fabricated. In contrast to other micro mirrors which utilize torsional flexure hinges or cantilevers for restoring torque and supporting purpose, we have placed a substrate hinge structure under each mirror. Each micro mirror consists of address electrode, substrate hinge consisting of pin and staple, supporter post, and mirror plate. Electrical connection between mirror plate and ground electrode is established by substrate hinge. Mirror undergoes a rotational motion due to electrostatic force when voltage difference is applied between address electrode and mirror plate. Micro mirrors with two different types of staple shape and two different pin sizes are designed and fabricated. Each mirror is designed to have${\pm}\;10^{\circ}$ of deflection angle and have$100\;{\times}\;110\;{\mu}m^2$ of size. -
In this paper, we measured the reflectance of the
$100{\mu}m{\times}100{\mu}m$ micromirror. In order to reduce the size of the HeNe laser beam, an eyepiece and an objective lens were used. CCD camera was used to the monitor the position and focusing. It was found that the diameter of the focused laser beam was about$3{\mu}m$ . The reflectance of the reflectance of the micromirror was over the surface and 87% of the commercial mirror. -
In this paper, a piezoelectric micropump is fabricated and tested. The micropump consists of an actuator and two micronozzles have been made of silicon. It contains a piezoelectric polymer which allows opening and closing of the valves electrically. The actuator and the two micronozzles are fabricated by the anisotropic etch using EPW. Then, the fabricated actuator and the valves are anodically bonded with the pyrex glass which consists of the inlet and the outlet channels. The measured deflection of the piezoelectric polymer is
$54\;{\mu}m$ at 1.6 kHz. The maximum pumping flow rate and the backward pressure of the micropump are$22\;{\mu}{{\ell}/min$ , 8.7 Pa at 10 Hz, respectively. -
A thermopneumatic micropump with two micronozzles has been fabricated and tested. The actuator consists of a p+ diaphragm and a pyrex glass on which a microheater is deposited. Two micronozzles are fabricated on either side of a single silicon wafer and behave as a dynamic passive valves. The actuator and the micronozzle are assembled to make a micropump. The center deflection of the actuator diaphragm to step voltage input has been measured. The dynamic test hag been performed by measuring the center deflection of the diaphragm under various input voltages and duty ratios. Also dynamic pumping test is performed. The measured built-up pressure between inlet and outlet of the micropump is 80 Pa for the actuation at 20V, 10 Hz.
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A Silicon Micromachined Fluidic Amplifier and Performance Analysis with Computational Fluid DynamicsThis paper describes the analysis, design, and silicon-fabrication of a fluidic proportional amplifier, which is the most important element of fluidic logic circuits. First, FEM(finite element method) analyses were performed, using the Fluent computational fluid dynamics program, and design geometries were optimized. Then, a
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We investigate a surface-micromachined polysilicon microgyroscope, whose resonant frequencies are electrostatically-tunable after fabrication. The microgyroscope with two oscillation nudes has been designed so that the resonant frequency in the sensing mode is higher than that in the actuating mode. The microgyroscope has been fabricated by a 4-mask surface-micrormachining process, including the deep RIE of a
$6{\mu}m$ -thick LPCVD polycrystalline silicon layer. The resonant frequency in the sensing mode has been lowered to that in actuating mode through the adjustment of an inter-plate bias voltage; thereby achieving a frequency matching at 5.8kHz under the bias voltage of 2V in a reduced pressure of 0.1torr. For an input angular rate of$50^{\circ}/sec$ , an output signal of 20mV has been measured from the tuned microgyroscope under an AC drive voltage of 2V with a DC bias voltage of 3V. -
In this paper various types of gyroscope fabricated by micromachining technologies were reviewed. Four common types of gyroscope reported in the past few years are beam, tuning fork, gimbal, and vibrating shell structure made by surface micromachining using sacrificial layer, bulk micromachining using RIE, or electroplating method. In the study of these new gyroscopes, the fabrication methods, advantages and disadvantages of each structure were examined as well as the direction of development in the future.
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An electrostatically driven comb actuator with
$525{\mu}m$ height was fabricated using (110) Si anisotropic etching in the Potassium Hydroxide(KOH) solution. The etch-rate and etch-rate ratio are strongly dependent on the weight % and temperature of KOH solution. We developed the optimal condition for the anisotropic etching on (110) wafer with varying these conditions. The force that the comb-drive actuator generates is inversely proportional to the distance of gap and proportional to the height of the comb electrodes. The electrodes must have the high aspect ratio. The (110) Si anisotropic etching is very useful to get a high aspect ratio structure. -
Single-crystaIline silicon diaphgrams and features are fabricated without using an etch stop process. The process involves vertical dry etching, double-sided alignment, followed by wet-chemical etching from the back side. The abvantages of this process are that
$5{\sim}50{\mu}m$ diaphgrams and features can be fabricated accurately and inexpensively. In addition, since no impurity-based process is introduced, highly uniform and homogenous properties can be achieved -
Laser direct dry etching is a new technique in semiconductor processing which has a lot of advantage, including decrease of etching-induced damage, maskless, photoresistiess, and high selectivity. This study presents characteristics of a laser direct dry etching for
$Al_{0.3}Ga_{0.7}As/GaAs$ multi-layer structures for the first time. In this study, we were able to obtain the unusual aching profiles. The cross sectional analysis of etched groove was peformed for reaction characteristics and their applications. -
In this paper, we have evaluated the physical characteristicsof the Pt/Cr bilayer, fabricated the micro hot plate by using the Pt/Cr bilayer and E-beam evaporated oxide as a passivation layer, and simulated the thermal distribution by using the commercial software FIDAP. From the researches the sheet resistance of Pt/Cr bilayer didn't be affected by the Cr layer thickness. This results was considered due to the Cr-oxide resided at the interface between Pt and Cr layer. After manufacturing the hot plate, we measured its temperature by type k thermo-couple and I.R. thermo-vision system. In those experiments, the emission coefficient(
${\varepsilon}$ ) of the E-beam evaporated oxide was 0.5 and the temperature of centural region was reached about$305\;^{\circ}C$ at 1.3 watts. The temperature simulation obtained by FIDAP commercial package stewed that the temperature of centural region was about$311\;^{\circ}C$ after 5 sec. -
Shape memory alloy springs have been fabricated and annealed at
$400^{\circ}C$ ,$450^{\circ}C$ and$500^{\circ}C$ in atmosphere and in nitrogen gas. The optimal heat treatment condition in view of maximum generated force has been decided by the iso-thermal test with variation of annealing condition. Experimental results show that the heat treatment with high temperature in nitrogen gas is desirable for high generated force and can be used for the design of shape memory alloy springs. -
Park, Heung-Woo;Ju, Byeong-Kwon;Lee, Yun-Hi;Jeong, Seong-Jae;Lee, Nam-Yang;Koh, Ken-Ha;Haskard, M.R.;Park, Jung-Ho;Oh, Myung-Hwan 1988
In this work, we have grown or evaporated thermal oxide and E-beam oxide on the (100) oriented n-type silicon wafers, respectively and they were directly bonded with another silicon wafer after hydrophilization using solutions of three types of$HNO_3$ ,$H_{2}SO_{4}$ and$NH_{4}OH$ . Changes of average surface roughness after hydrophilizations of the single crystalline silicon wafer, thermal oxide and E-beam evaporated silicon oxide were studied using atomic force microscope. Bonding interfaces of the bonded pairs were inspected using scanning electron microscope. Void and non-contact area of the bonded pairs were also inspected using infrared transmission microscope. -
This paper describes a standardized micromachinung project (SMP) performed at Seoul National University (SNU). The SNU SMP uses a 3-mask, 2-polysilicon surface micromaching process. The entire process is performed at SNU Inter-University Semiconductor Research Institute(ISRC). In this first SNU SMP attemp, 16
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This paper presents the fabrication and testing of a polysilicon piezoresistive accelerometer with p+ silicon diaphragm by simple process such as two step photolithography for the RIE process to form the cantilevers and a deep anisotropic etch process for the complete fabrication of the accelerometer. The fabricated accelerometer consists of a seismic mass and four cantilevers on which polysilicon piezoresistors are formed. The measurement of the output signal from the bridge circuit of the fabricated accelerometer is carried out with the HP 3582A spectrum analyzer. The analysis of the experimental result is showed in terms of the sensitivity and the resonant frequency. At atmospheric condition, the measurement values of the sensitivity and the resonant frequency are
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A strip-type bending actuator using perfluoro sulfonic acid film (
$Nafion^{(R)}$ 117, Du Pont), which is a kind of conducting polymer, fabricated and characterized. Conducting polymer is a useful material as an actuator due to the simple structure, fabrication method and low driving voltage. Experimental results show that the fabricated bending actuator has about${\pm}10^{\circ}$ of bending angle at 4 V and fast response, which means that the conducting polymer can be used practically as actuator material. -
In this study, Allied Signal 211 SOG was used as a sacrificial material. After researching its etching properties, we adapted it to bottom-drive micrometers. SOG was superior etch rate and roughness to them of PSG or CVD-oxide and possible to low-temperature processing. Etching properties of SOG depended on the temperature and duration of its bake and cure. SOG used in the fabrication of bottom-drive micrometers showed us usefulness as a sacrificial layer and haying a least influence on machines on it in comparison with conventional sacrificial materials.
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A thermally driven polysilicon micro actuator has been fabricated using surface micromachining techniques. It consists of P-doped polysilicon as a structural layer and TEOS (tetracthylorthosilicate) as a sacrificial layer. The polysilicon was annealed for the relaxation of residual stress which is the main cause to its deformation such as bending and buckling. And the newly developed HF VPE (vapor phase etching) process was also used as an effective release method for the elimination of sacrificial TEOS layer. The thickneas of polysilicon is
$2{\mu}m$ and the lengths of active and passive polysilicon cantilevers are$500{\mu}m$ and$260{\mu}m$ , respectively. The actuation is incurred by die thermal expansion due to the current flow in the active polysilicon cantilever, which motion is amplified by lever mechanism. The moving distance of polysilicon micro actuator was experimentally conformed as large as$21{\mu}m$ at the input voltage level of 10V and 50Hz square wave. The actuating characteristics are investigated by simulating the phenomena of heat transfer and thermal expansion in the polysilicon layer. The displacement of actuator is analyzed to be proportional to the square of input voltage. These micro actuator technology can be utilized for the fabrication of MEMS (microelectromechanical system) such as micro relay, which requires large displacement or contact force but relatively slow response.