• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.24-28
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• 2010

A simulation study of a current-mode direct current (DC)-DC buck converter is presented in this paper. The converter, with a fully integrated power module, is implemented by using sense method metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) and bipolar complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (BiCMOS) technology. When the MOSFET is used in a current sensor, the sensed inductor current with an internal ramp signal can be used for feedback control. In addition, the BiCMOS technology is applied in the converter for an accurate current sensing and a low power consumption. The DC-DC converter is designed using the standard $0.35\;{\mu}m$ CMOS process. An off-chip LC filter is designed with an inductance of 1 mH and a capacitance of 12.5 nF. The simulation results show that the error between the sensing signal and the inductor current can be controlled to be within 3%. The characteristics of the error amplification and output ripple are much improved, as compared to converters using conventional CMOS circuits.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1672-1682
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• 2017

For grid-connected LCL-filtered inverters, the inverter-side current can be used as the control object with one current sensor for both LCL resonance damping and over-current protection, while the grid-voltage feedforward or harmonic resonant compensator is used for suppressing low-order grid current harmonics. However, it was found that the grid current harmonics were high and often beyond the standard limitations with this control. The limitations of the inverter-side current control in suppressing low-order grid current harmonics are analyzed through inverter output impedance modeling. No matter which compensator is used, the maximum magnitudes of the inverter output impedance at lower frequencies are closely related to the LCL parameters and are decreased by increasing the control delay. Then, to improve the grid current quality without complicating the control or design, this study proposes designing the filter capacitance considering the current harmonic constraint and using a PWM mode with a short control delay. Test results have confirmed the limitation and verified the performance of the improved approaches.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.121-128
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• 2019

Supercapacitors are attracting much attention in sensor, military and space applications due to their excellent thermal stability and non-explosion. The ionic liquid is more thermally stable than other electrolytes and can be used as a high temperature electrolyte, but it is not easy to realize a high temperature energy device because the separator shrinks at high temperature. Here, we report a study on electrochemical supercapacitors using a composite electrolyte film that does not require a separator. The composite electrolyte is composed of thermoplastic polyurethane, ionic liquid and fumed silica nanoparticles, and it acts as a separator as well as an electrolyte. The silica nanoparticles at the optimum mass concentration of 4wt% increase the ionic conductivity of the composite electrolyte and shows a low interfacial resistance. The 5 wt% polyurethane in the composite electrolyte exhibits excellent electrochemical properties. At $175^{\circ}C$, the capacitance of the supercapacitor using our free standing composite electrolyte is 220 F/g, which is 25 times higher than that at room temperature. This study has many potential applications in the electrolyte of next generation energy storage devices.

• 센서학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.366-370
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• 2022

A 12 ㎛ pixel-sized 360 × 240 microbolometer focal plane array (MBFPA) was fabricated using a complementary metaloxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible process. To release the MBFPA membrane, an amorphous carbon layer (ACL) processed at a low temperature (<400 ℃) was deposited as a sacrificial layer. The thermal time constant of the MBFPA was improved by using serpentine legs and controlling the thickness of the SiNx layers at 110, 130, and 150 nm on the membrane, with response times of 6.13, 6.28, and 7.48 msec, respectively. Boron-doped amorphous Si (a-Si), which exhibits a high-temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) and CMOS compatibility, was deposited on top of the membrane as an IR absorption layer to provide heat energy transformation. The structural stability of the thin SiNx membrane and serpentine legs was observed using field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). The fabrication yield was evaluated by measuring the resistance of a representative pixel in the array, which was in the range of 0.8-1.2 Mohm (as designed). The yields for SiNx thicknesses of SiNx at 110, 130, and 150 nm were 75, 86, and 86%, respectively.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.423-428
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• 2015

Impedancemetric $NO_x$ (NO and $NO_2$) gas sensors were designed with a stacked-layer structure and fabricated using $LaCr_xCo_{1-x}O_3$ (x = 0, 0.2, 0.5, 0.8 and 1) as the receptor material and $Li_{1.3}Al_{0.3}Ti_{1.7}(PO_4)_3$ plates as the solid-electrolyte transducer material. The $LaCr_xCo_{1-x}O_3$ layers were prepared with a polymeric precursor method that used ethylene glycol as the solvent, acetyl acetone as the chelating agent, and polyvinylpyrrolidone as the polymer additive. The effects of the Co concentration on the structural, morphological, and $NO_x$ sensing properties of the $LaCr_xCo_{1-x}O_3$ powders were investigated with powder X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, and its response to 20~250 ppm of $NO_x$ at $400^{\circ}C$ (for 1 kHz and 0.5 V), respectively. When the as-prepared precursors were calcined at $700^{\circ}C$, only a single phase was detected, which corresponded to a perovskite-type structure. The XRD results showed that as the Co concentration of the $LaCr_xCo_{1-x}O_3$powders increased, the crystal structure was transformed from an orthorhombic phase to a rhombohedral phase. Moreover, the $LaCr_xCo_{1-x}O_3$ powders with $0{\leq}x<0.8$ had a rhombohedral symmetry. The size of the particles in the $LaCr_xCo_{1-x}O_3$powders increased from 0.1 to $0.5{\mu}m$ as the Co concentration increased. The sensing performance of the stack-structured $LaCr_xCo_{1-x}O_3/Li_{1.3}Al_{0.3}Ti_{1.7}(PO_4)_3$ sensors was found to divide the impedance component between the resistance and capacitance. The response of these sensors to NO gas was more sensitive than that to $NO_2$ gas. Compared to other impedancemetric sensors, the $LaCr_{0.8}Co_{0.2}O_3/Li_{1.3}Al_{0.3}Ti_{1.7}(PO_4)_3$ sensor exhibited good reversibility and reliable sensingresponse properties for $NO_x$ gases.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 국내의 시설 내 작물재배에 적합한 자동관수 기술을 개발하기 위한 첫 단계로 전기저항의 변화원리를 이용하는 워터마크 센서를 장착한 소형 컨트롤러를 작물재배에 활용하여 자동관수기술의 효용성을 구명하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 비닐하우스 내에 다른 토성을 갖는 토양을 격리베드에 인공적으로 조성한 후 토마토를 정식하여 수분퍼텐셜을 -20kPa 수준으로 자동으로 조절하면서 재배하였다. 점적관수에 따른 토양 내 깊이별 수분변화는 Sentek 축전형 수분센서를 이용하여 측정하였다. 워터마크센서를 이용한 수분퍼텐셜 제어성능은 (-)20kPa 수준부근에서 유지되지 않고 반복적으로 0~(-)20kPa 대역에서 높은 변화 값을 나타내어 안정적이지 못한 것으로 나타났다. 특히, 물 공급은 관수시마다 약 50~60분 비교적 긴 시간동안 진행되어 수분공급이 과잉되는 문제가 나타났으며 건조시에도 수분퍼텐셜의 변화가 계단응답 반응의 형태로 변하는 불량한 측정해상도를 나타내었다. 이러한 문제는 워터마크센서의 토양과 전극 접촉형태가 다공컵식 수분장력계에 비해 수분값에 연속적으로 반응할 수 없는 구조이기 때문인 것으로 판단하였다. 자동관수에 따른 토양종류별 수분변화는 그 기울기가 토성별로 서로 달랐으며 양질사토의 경우 수분함량의 변화정도가 가장 높았다. 수분함량의 변화속도는 낮과 밤의 경우 시간에 따른 변화율이 달라서 변곡선의 형태를 나타내었다. 이러한 이유는 낮과 밤의 일교차와 태양광 유무에 의하여 수분증발량 차이가 발생하였기 때문인 것으로 판단하였다. 직물에서 20cm 떨어진 지점의 깊이별 수분함량은 작물에 인접한 위치와 비교하였을 때 세가지 토양 모두 관수에 의한 변화정도는 미미하여 직물에 인접한 곳만 수분공급이 효율적으로 이루어지는 것을 확인하였다. 추후 연구에서 양질사토 베드에서 관찰된 토마토 생육 불량 문제 개선과 관수멈춤 시간을 적용하여 물공급의 과잉 문제를 해결하는 보완실험이 요구되었다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제39권11호
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• pp.807-813
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• 2016

Escherichia coli are important indicator organisms, used routinely for the monitoring of water and food safety. For quick, sensitive and real-time detection of E. coli we developed a 2'F modified RNA aptamer Ec3, by Cell-SELEX. The 31 nucleotide truncated Ec3 demonstrated improved binding and low nano-molar affinity to E. coli. The aptamer developed by us out-performs the commercial antibody and aptamer used for E. coli detection. Ec3(31) aptamer based E. coli detection was done using three different detection formats and the assay sensitivities were determined. Conventional Ec3(31)-biotin-streptavidin magnetic separation could detect E. coli with a limit of detection of $1.3{\times}10^6CFU/ml$. Although, optical analytic technique, biolayer interferometry, did not improve the sensitivity of detection for whole cells, a very significant improvement in the detection was seen with the E. coli cell lysate ($5{\times}10^4CFU/ml$). Finally we developed Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) gap capacitance biosensor that has detection limits of $2{\times}10^4CFU/mL$ of E. coli cells, without any labeling and signal amplification techniques. We believe that our developed method can step towards more complex and real sample application.

• 센서학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.324-327
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• 2020

The impact of output conductance (g_o) on the short-circuit current-gain cut-off frequency (f_T) in In_0.8Ga_0.2As high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) on an InP substrate was investigated. An attempted was made to extract the values of f_T in a simplified small-signal model (SSM) of the HEMTs, derive an analytical formula for f_T in terms of the extrinsic model parameters of the simplified SSM, which are related to the intrinsic model parameters of a general SSM, and verify its validity for devices with L_g from 260 to 25 nm. In long-channel devices, the effect of the intrinsic output conductance (g_oi) on f_T was negligible. This was because, from the simplified SSM perspective, three model parameters, such as g_{m_ext}, C_{gs_ext} and C_{gd_ext}, were weakly dependent on g_oi. However, in short-channel devices, g_oi was found to play a significant role in degrading f_T as L_g was scaled down. The increase in g_oi in short-channel devices caused a considerable reduction in g_{m_ext} and an overall increase in the total extrinsic gate capacitance, yielding a decrease in f_T with g_oi. Finally, the results were used to infer how f_T is influenced by g_oi in HEMTs, emphasizing that improving electrostatic integrity is also critical importance to benefit fully from scaling down L_g.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.2224-2236
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• 2014

The performance of an isolated high voltage full bridge converter is improved using a voltage doubler. In a conventional high voltage full bridge converter, the diode of the transformer secondary voltage undergoes a voltage spike due to the leakage inductance of the transformer and the resonance occurring with the parasitic capacitance of the diode. In addition, in the phase shift control, conduction loss largely increases from the freewheeling mode because of the circulating current. The efficiency of the converter is thus reduced. However, in the proposed converter, the high voltage dual converter consists of a voltage doubler because the circulating current of the converter is reduced to increase efficiency. On the other hand, in the proposed converter, an input current is distributed when using parallel input / serial output and the output voltage can be doubled. However, the voltages in the 2 serial DC links might be unbalanced due to line impedance, passive and active components impedance, and sensor error. Considering these problems, DC injection is performed due to the complementary operations of half bridge inverters as well as the disadvantage of the unbalance in the DC link. Therefore, the serial output of the converter needs to control the balance of the algorithm. In this paper, the performance of the conventional converter is improved and a balance control algorithm is proposed for the proposed converter. Also, the system of the 1.5[kW] PCS is verified through an experiment examining the operation and stability.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.209-218
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• 2017

헬스케어 서비스는 생체신호 측정, 질병의 진단 및 예방을 위한 독자적인 다수의 서비스 플랫폼을 통해 제공할 수 있으며 인터넷, 모바일 등의 정보통신(ICT) 기술이 융합해 언제, 어디서나 이용자에게 건강 정보를 제공할 수 있어 사물 인터넷의 중심에 있다. 이에 따라 본 논문에서는 사물인터넷 기반의 배뇨관리 시스템을 설계하고 그 성능을 평가하였다. 배뇨관리 시스템 구성을 위해 저 전력의 지그비 네트워크를 구축하였으며 구현된 정전 용량형 기저귀 센서는 약 2,000시간의 동작을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 초소형 임베디드 디바이스인 라즈베리파이를 활용하여 데이터베이스 서버를 구축하고 수집된 데이터를 저장하여 안드로이드 기반의 모바일 어플리케이션을 통해 데이터를 확인하였다. 제안된 배뇨관리 시스템은 요양병원 등 고령의 환자들을 대상으로 활용이 가능하며, 영유아를 대상으로도 편리하게 이용이 가능할 것이다.