• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.321-327
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• 2017

In this study, to investigate the shape of the back bead as a weld quality parameter and to select the optimal condition of the root-pass TIG welding of a horizontal butt-joint, an experimental design and the response surface method (RSM) have been employed. Three parameters are used as input variables, which include the base current, peak current, and welding speed. The back bead width is selected as an output variable representing the weld quality, the target value of the width is 5.4 mm. Conducting the experiments according to the Box-Behnken experimental design, a $2^{nd}$ regression model for the back bead width was made, and the validation of the model was confirmed by using the F-test. The desirability function was designed through the nominal-the-best formula for the appropriate back bead width. Finally, the following optimal condition for welding was selected using the RSM: base current of 0.9204, peak current of 0.8676, and welding speed of 0.3776 in coded values. For verification, a test welding process under the optimal condition was executed and the result showed the back bead width of 5.38 mm that matched the target value well.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.79-79
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• 2000

탄화규소는 그 전기적, 열적 기계적 안정성 때문에 새로운 반도체 재료로서 주목받고 있는 물질이다. 탄화규소를 이용하여 전자소자를 제조하기 위해서는 ohmic 접촉과 Schottky 접촉을 형성하는 전극물질의 개발이 선행되어야 하며, 고온, 고주파, 고출력용 반도체 소자를 제조하기 위해서는 전극의 고온 안정성 확보가 필수적이다. 따라서 탄화규소 소자의 응용범위는 전극에 의해서 제한된다고 할 수 있다. 일반적으로 전극을 증착한 후 원하는 접촉 특성을 얻기 위해서는 열처리 과정을 거쳐야 하며 접촉의 특성이 열처리에 의해 영향을 받는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 열처리가 금속/탄화규소 접촉의 특성에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 우수한 Schottky 다이오드의 제작 가능성을 타진해보고자 하였다. 유기실리콘 화합물 원료인 TEMSM(bis-trimethysilylmethane)을 사용하여 실리콘 기판위에 단결정 $eta$-Sic 박막을 증착하였다. 기판의 영향을 줄이기 위하여 $\beta$-Sic 박막의 두께가 $1.5mu extrm{m}$ 이상인 시편을 사용하였다. 전극으로는 Pt를 사용하였으며, 전극 증착은 DC magnetron sputter를 이용하였다. 전기적인 특성을 분석하기 위하여 전류-전압, 커패시턴스-전압 특성을 분석하였고, XRD와 AES를 이용하여 계면에서의 반응을 알아보았다. Hall 측정 결과 모든 $\beta$-Sic 박막은 약 2$\times$1018cm-3 정도의 도핑 농도를 갖는 n형 탄화규소임을 확인하였다. Pt/$\beta$-Sic 접촉은 열처리 전에는 ohmic 접촉 특성을 보였으나 열처리 후에는 Schottky 접촉의 특성을 나타냈다. 전기적 특성 분석을 통하여 열처리 온도가 증가할수록 에너지 장벽의 높이가 증가하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이상적인 Pt/$\beta$-Sic 접촉의 특성을 보이는 것은 전극 증착시 sputtering에 의하여 계면에 발생한 결함이 도너의 역할을 하여 에너지 장벽의 두께를 감소시켜 tunneling을 촉진하기 때문인 것으로 판단된다. 열처리 후 접촉 특성이 변화하는 것은 이러한 결함들의 소멸 때문으로 생각된다. AES 분석을 통하여 열처리시 Pt가 $\beta$-Sic 내부로 확산하는 것을 알 수 있었으며, 이 때 Pt가 $\beta$-Sic 와 반응하여 계면에 실리사이드가 형성됨으로써 Pt/$\beta$-Sic 계면이 보다 안정한 탄화규소 박막 내부로 이동하게 되고 계면의 결함 농도가 줄어드는 것이 접촉 특성 변화의 원인이라 할 수 있다. 열처리 온도가 증가함에 따라 계면이 점점 $\beta$-Sic 내부로 이동하여 결함농도가 낮아지기 때문에 tunneling 효과가 감소하여 에너지 장벽이 높아지게 된다. Pt를 ohmic 접촉과 Schottky 접촉 전극물질로 이용하여 제작한 Schottky 다이오드는 ohmic 접촉 형성시 Schottky 접촉에 발생하는 wputtering 손상에 의하여 좋은 정류특성을 얻지 못하였다. 따라서 chmic 접촉 전에 Schottky 접촉의 passivation이 필요한 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.75-75
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• 2000

플라즈마 화학증착법(Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition, PECVD)을 이용하여 양질의 Si3N4 금속-유전막-금속(Metal-Insulator-Metal, MIM) 커페시터를 구현하였다. Fig.1에 나타낸 바와 같이 p형 실리콘 웨이퍼의 열 산화막 위에 1%의 실리콘을 함유하는 알루미늄을 스퍼터링으로 증착하여 전극을 형성하고 두 전극사이에 Si3N4 박막을 증착하여 MIM구조의 박막 커패시터를 제조하였다. Si3N4 유전막은 150Watt의 RF 출력하에서 반응 가스 N2/SiH4/NH3를 각각 300/10/80 sccm로 흘려주어 전체 압력을 1Torr로 유지하면서 40$0^{\circ}C$에서 플라즈마 화학증착법을 이용하여 증착하였으며, Al과 Si3N4 층의 계면에는 Ti과 TiN을 스퍼터링으로 증착하여 확산 장벽으로 이용하였다. 각 시편의 커패시턴스 및 바이어스 전압에 따른 누설 전류의 변화는 LCR 미터를 이용하여 측정하였고 각 시편의 커패시턴스 및 바이어스 전압에 따른 누설 전류의 변화는 LCR 미터를 이용하여 측정하였고 각 시편의 유전 특성의 차이점을 미세구조 측면에서 이해하기 이해 극판과 유전막의 단면 미세구조를 투과전자현미경(Transmission Electron Microscope, TEM)을 이용하여 분석하였다. 유전체인 Si3N4 와 전극인 Al의 계면반응을 억제시키기 위해 TiN을 확산 장벽으로 사용한 결과 MIM커패시터의 전극과 유전체 사이의 계면에서는 어떠한 hillock이나 석출물도 관찰되지 않았다. Fig.2와 같은 커패시턴스의 전류-전압 특성분석으로부터 양질의 MIM커패시터 특성을 f보이는 Si3N4 의 최소 두께는 500 이며, 그 두께 미만에서는 대부분의 커패시터가 전기적으로 단락되어 웨이퍼 수율이 낮아진다는 사실을 알 수 있었다. TEM을 이용한 단면 미세구조 관찰을 통해 Si3N4 층의 두께가 500 미만인 커패시터의 경우에 TiN과 Si3N4 의 계면에서 형성되는 슬릿형 공동(slit-like void)에 의해 커패시터의 유전특성이 파괴된다는 사실을 알게 되었으며, 이러한 슬릿형 공동은 제조 공정 중 재료에 따른 열팽창 계수와 탄성 계수 등의 차이에 의해 형성된 잔류응력 상태가 유전막을 기준으로 압축응력에서 인장 응력으로 바뀌는 분포에 기인하였다는 사실을 확인하였다.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.88-94
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• 2018

Fingerprints deposited on paper found at a fire scene are important evidence for determining a suspect's identity. On the other hand, because the temperature at the fire scene is very high, there are many difficulties in developing fingerprints. This study compared the effectiveness of ninhydrin, DFO, and silver nitrate to develop fingerprints deposited on paper exposed to high temperatures. Using a dry heat press, heat was applied to the paper at $200^{\circ}C$ for various times. Silver nitrate was found to be superior to the others under all conditions. Ninhydrin developed fingerprints weakly compared to DFO and silver nitrate. In addition, the sensitivity of DFO decreased with increasing exposure time. Therefore, it is recommended silver nitrate be used to develop fingerprints deposited on paper found at a fire scene.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2022

It has been found through physiological experiments that the visual neurons constituting the human visual cortex do not respond to all visual stimuli, but to a visual stimuli with specific conditions. In order to interpret such physiological experiments, a model that can simulate the firing characteristics of neurons including a linear filter with random gain was proposed. It has been proven through experiments that subspaces are formed. To verify the validity of the implemented model, the distribution of values for two pixels randomly extracted from four different visual stimulus data was observed. The difference between the two distributions was confirmed by extracting the central coordinate value, that is, the coordinate value with the most values, from the distribution of the total stimulus data and the spike ignition stimulus data. In the case of the entire set, it was verified through experiments that the stimulus data generating spikes is a subset or subspace of the entire stimulus data. This study can be used as a basic study related to the mechanism of spikes in response to visual stimuli.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.23-34
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• 2023

The purpose of this paper is to review global stochastic optimization algorithms(GSOA) in case binary response experimentation is used and to compare the performances of them. GSOAs utilise estimator of probability of success $\^p$ instead of population probability of success p, since p is unknown and only known by its estimator which has stochastic characteristics. Hill climbing algorithm algorithm, simple random search, random search with random restart, random optimization, simulated annealing and particle swarm algorithm as a population based algorithm are considered as global stochastic optimization algorithms. For the purpose of comparing the algorithms, two types of test functions(one is simple uni-modal the other is complex multi-modal) are proposed and Monte Carlo simulation study is done to measure the performances of the algorithms. All algorithms show similar performances for simple test function. Less greedy algorithms such as Random optimization with Random Restart and Simulated Annealing, Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO) based on population show much better performances for complex multi-modal function.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.136-140
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• 2009

To improve the carbon recovery yield of chemical pretreatment in soil and sediment for $^{14}C$ age dating using AMS (Accelerator Mass Spectrometry), we have developed ultrasonic method in chemical pretreatment to replace with stirring method which has been generally used in each step of humic acid extraction for soil and sediment samples. Extraction conditions such as ultrasonic power, temperature and reaction time have been optimized. Six times higher carbon recovery yield could be obtained from low carbon content samples using ultrasonic method. We also compared the dating results by AMS obtained using ultrasonic method with the ages of samples treated by the stirring method. It was found that this new method could be applied to the pretreatment process of low carbon content samples for AMS age dating without effects on the dated ages, and with highly improved carbon recovery yields.

• Journal of Practical Engineering Education
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.509-517
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• 2023

The reactive web service provides a related word recommendation system using the TextRank algorithm and a word-based idea generation service selected by the user. In the related word recommendation system, the method of weighting each word using the TextRank algorithm and the probability output method using SoftMax are discussed. The idea generation service discusses the idea generation method and the artificial intelligence reinforce-learning method using mini-GPT. The reactive web discusses the linkage process between React, Spring Boot, and Flask, and describes the overall operation method. When the user enters the desired topic, it provides the associated word. The user constructs a mind map by selecting a related word or adding a desired word. When a user selects a word to combine from a constructed mind-map, it provides newly generated ideas and related patents. This web service can share generated ideas with other users, and improves artificial intelligence by receiving user feedback as a horoscope.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.36 no.6
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• pp.324-331
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• 2023

Latent fingerprints on wet paper cannot be developed using amino acid reaction reagents. Therefore, physical developer (PD) or lipid staining reagents like oil red O (ORO) should be utilized. However, ORO is not very effective in developing fingerprints that are older than approximately 4 weeks. On the other hand, PD performs well in developing older fingerprints, but it cannot do so for relatively fresh fingerprints. Additionally, PD has the disadvantage of taking a long time to develop fingerprints. In this study, in order to overcome the limitations of PD, we attempted to increase its reactivity by applying Ag-PD, which involves depositing silver onto paper using vacuum metal deposition (VMD), and compared this with fingerprints developed using ORO and PD. As a result, Ag-PD showed superior fingerprint development compared to ORO and PD on wet paper stored for 2~8 weeks, and the fingerprint development time for PD was significantly reduced to 90~150 seconds.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.7-13
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• 2006

Fisheries policy change from catching to farming requires more intensive consideration for aquaculture industry. The oceanic farm is a desirable cost effective aquaculture method. However. in odor to gather fish in the oceanic farm, eating sound or any attracting sound should be radiated through underwater loudspeaker. In this Paper, it has been found in literature that the frequency range responding to fish is about 16Hz to 13kHz but sensitive frequency range is about 150Hz to 2kHz and sound pressure level is about 100dB to 150dB reference $1{\mu}Pa$. Therefore, frequency range and output sound level of designed underwater loudspeaker has been specified as 150Hz to 3kHz and 100dB to 145dB reference $1{\mu}bar$. respectively To verify the stability and the endurance to the pressure of 40m water depth, manufactured underwater loudspeaker was examined before sea trial in manufactured water pressure tank which gives a maximum of 10 atmospheric Pressure. We experimented on acoustic characteristic with manufactured underwater loudspeaker under water depth of 10m.