• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.190-194
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• 2017

Present-day solar panels incorporate inverters as their core components. Switching devices driven by specialized power controllers are operated in a transformerless inverter topology. However, some challenges associated with this configuration include the absence of isolation, causing leakage currents to flow through various components toward ground. This inevitably causes power losses, often being also the primary reason for the power inverters' analog equipment failure. In this paper, various aspects of the leakage currents are studied using different circuit analysis methods. The primary objective is to convert the leakage current energy into a usable DC voltage source. The research is focused on harvesting the leakage currents for producing circa 1.1 V, derived from recently developed rectifier circuits, and driving a $200{\Omega}$ load with a power in the milliwatt range. Even though the output voltage level is low, the harvested power could be used for charging small batteries or capacitors, even driving light loads.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.442-450
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• 2001

Experiments were carried out on agglomeration of bipolarly charged particles in an alternating current electric field. Laboratory-scale setup was built and experiments were conducted at atmospheric condition. DOS(Di-octyl Sebacate) particles with 100% purity were generated by an atomizer. The particles were branched into two, each of which passed through a wire-to-plate type charging section where a positive or a negative DC high voltage was applied and was charged positively or negatively. These bipolarly charged particles together passed through an agglomeration section where an $\pm$20kV AC power was applied between two plates. The resident time in the agglomeration section was adjusted as l sec. Particle sampling was made by a cascade impactor (MOUDI). The effect of agglomeration system on the reduction ratio of particles below l ㎛ was 42∼45%. Effect of AC frequency on the particle size distribution was found insignificant.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제40권7호
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• pp.635-641
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• 2016

엔진과 전기추진장치를 혼합한 하이브리드 추진 장치를 구동하기 위해서는 셀 단위로 이루어진 수십 개의 리튬계열의 배터리가 들어 있는 팩들로 접속이 된 전원을 사용한다. 따라서 많은 량의 배터리 셀의 상태를 언제든지, 엄격하게 관리할 필요가 있다. 일반적으로 배터리 관리(Battery management system, BMS)는 셀 전압, 전류 및 온도 등의 데이터를 운전 중에 받아서 상태를 컴퓨터로 모니터링 한다. 배터리의 상태를 확인하기 위한 또 다른 중요한 데이터는 배터리의 잔존수명(State of charge, SOH)을 알 수 있는 내부저항과 충전상태(State of charge, SOC)를 알 수 있는 무 부하 단자전압(Open circuit voltage, OCV)이 있다. 그러나 연속운전 중에는 내부 손실저항과 캐패시턴스의 병렬 등가회로로 인하여 내부저항의 측정이 어렵다. 또한 대부분의 에너지저장시스템에는 전압, 전류, 온도 등의 데이터를 이용하여 BMS가 수행되고 있지만, 운전 중에 예기치 않게 배터리 셀의 고장이 발생하는 경우에는 구동 전원장치의 출력전압이 변동하고, 하이브리드 자동차 또는 선박의 추진이 어려울 수가 있다. 본 논문에서는 리튬인산철 배터리 팩을 이용한 하이브리드 선박용 직류전원장치를 대상으로 배터리 셀의 돌발고장 순간에도 직류전원장치의 일정전압을 유지하면서 내부저항의 추정이 가능하고, 정상운전 중에는 OCV의 추정이 가능한 고 안전 BMS를 구현하고자 한다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.92-97
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• 2016

This paper presents design and simulation of wide band RF microswitch that uses electrostatic actuation for its operation. RF MEMS devices exhibit superior high frequency performance in comparison to conventional devices. Similar techniques that are used in Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) can be employed to design and fabricate MEMS devices and traditional batch-processing methods can be used for its manufacturing. The proposed switch presents a novel design approach to handle reliability concerns in MEMS switches like dielectric charging effect, micro welding and stiction. The shape has been optimized at actuation voltage of 14-16 V. The switch has an improved restoring force of 20.8 μN. The design of the proposed switch is very elemental and primarily composed of electrostatic actuator, a bridge membrane and coplanar waveguide which are suspended over the substrate. The simple design of the switch makes it easy for fabrication. Typical insertion and isolation of the switch at 1 GHz is -0.03 dB and -71 dB and at 85 GHz it is -0.24 dB and -29.8 dB respectively. The isolation remains more than - 20 db even after 120 GHz. To our knowledge this is the first demonstration of a metal contact switch that shows such a high and sustained isolation and performance at W-band frequencies with an excellent figure-of merit (fc=1/2.pi.Ron.Cu =1,900 GHz). This figure of merit is significantly greater than electronic switching devices. The switch would find extensive application in wideband operations and areas where reliability is a major concern.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.1678-1683
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• 2003

DBD(Dielectric Barrier Discharge) plasma in air is well established for the production of large quantities of ozone and is more recently being applied to aftertreatment processes for HAPs(Hazardous Air Pollutants). Although DBD high electron density and energy, its potential use as nano and sub-micron sized particle charging are not well known. Aim of this work is to determine design and operating parameters of a two-stage ESP with DBD. DBD and ESP are used as particle charger and precipitator, respectively. We measured particle precipitation efficiency of two-stage ESP and estimated ozone decomposition of both pelletized $MnO_2$ catalyst and pelletized activated carbon. To examine the particle precipitation efficiency, nano and sub-micron sized particles were generated by a tube furnace and an atomizer. AC voltage of $7{\sim}10$ kV(rms) and 60 Hz is used as DBD plasma source. DC -8 kV is applied to the ESP for particle precipitation. The overall particle collection efficiency for the two-stage ESP with DBD is over 85 % under 0.64 m/s face velocity. Ozone decomposition efficiency with pelletized $MnO_2$ catalyst or pelletized activated carbon packed bed is over 90 % when the face velocity is under 0.4 m/s in dry air.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2000년도 제18회 학술발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.180-180
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• 2000

Plasma source ion implantation is a new doping technique for the formation of shallow junction with the merits of high dose rate, low-cost and minimal wafer charging damage. In plasma source ion implantation process, the wafer is placed directly in the plasma of the appropriate dopant ions. Negative pulse bias is applied to the wafer, causing the dopant ions to be accelerated toward the wafer and implanted below the surface. In this work, inductively couples plasma was generated by anodized Al antenna that was located inside the vacuum chamber. The outside wall of Al chamber was surrounded by Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets to confine the plasma and to enhance the uniformity. Before implantation, the wafer was pre-sputtered using DC bias of 300B in Ar plasma in order to eliminate the native oxide. After cleaning, B2H6 (5%)/H2 plasma and negative pulse bias of -1kV to 5 kV were used to form shallow p+/n junction at the boron dose of 1$\times$1015 to 5$\times$1016 #/cm2. The as-implanted samples were annealed at 90$0^{\circ}C$, 95$0^{\circ}C$ and 100$0^{\circ}C$during various annealing time with rapid thermal process. After annealing, the sheet resistance and the junction depth were measured with four point probe and secondary ion mass spectroscopy, respectively. The doping uniformity was also investigated. In addition, the electrical characteristics were measured for Schottky diode with a current-voltage meter.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.254-261
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• 2019

Distinct from conventional energy-harvesting (EH) technologies, such as the use of photovoltaic, piezoelectric, and thermoelectric effects, betavoltaic energy conversion can consistently generate uniform electric power, independent of environmental variations, and provide a constant output of high DC voltage, even under conditions of ultra-low-power EH. It can also dramatically reduce the energy loss incurred in the processes of voltage boosting and regulation. This study realized betavoltaic cells comprised of p-i-n junctions based on silicon carbide, fabricated through a customized semiconductor recipe, and a Ni foil plated with a Ni-63 radioisotope. The betavoltaic energy converter (BEC) includes an array of 16 parallel-connected betavoltaic cells. Experimental results demonstrate that the series and parallel connections of two BECs result in an open-circuit voltage $V_{oc}$ of 3.06 V with a short-circuit current $I_{sc}$ of 48.5 nA, and a $V_{oc}$ of 1.50 V with an $I_{sc}$ of 92.6 nA, respectively. The capacitor charging efficiency in terms of the current generated from the two series-connected BECs was measured to be approximately 90.7%.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 순환방식의 1000 CMH급 전기집진장치 성능평가 시스템 구축하여, 대용량 순산소 연소 장치 없이 순산소 연소가스 모사 조건(고농도 $CO_2$ 조건)에서 엣지-평판형 전기집진장치를 방전극 형상, 집진판 간격, 유입속도, 가스조성 및 분진 입경에 따라 성능을 평가하였다. $CO_2$ 70% 조건에서 3 종 방전극에 대해 성능 비교를 한 결과, 방전극 편 면적이 넓은 방전극이 상대적으로 높은 포집효율을 나타내었다. 또한 유입속도가 감소할수록, 분진 입경이 증가할수록, 집진판 간격이 좁을수록 분진 집진 효율이 증가하였으나, $CO_2$ 농도가 증가할수록 효율이 감소하였다. 그러므로 $CO_2$ 농도가 높을 것으로 예상되는 순산소 연소 등 배기가스 조건에 적용되는 전기집진장치를 설계할 경우, 기존과 동일한 단위 가스 체적 당 코로나 전력 조건에서 집진장치 내부 유속을 줄이거나 집진판 간격을 좁히는 설계변화가 요구되며, 방전극의 경우 방전편 면적이 넓으면서 코로나 전류가 높은 방전극이 적용되야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.116-122
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• 2010

DC magnetron 스퍼터링을 이용해 구리(Cu) 호일 위에 실리콘(Si)을 증착한 후 $800^{\circ}C$에서 열처리하여 $Cu_3Si$를 얻고, 이의 리튬 이차전지용 음극으로서 특성을 조사하였다. $Cu_3Si$는 Si 성분을 포함하고 있으나 상온에서 리튬과 반응하지 않았다. 선형 주사 열-전류(linear sweep thermammetry, LSTA) 실험과 고온 충방전 실험을 통하여, 상온에서 비활성인 $Cu_3Si$가 $85^{\circ}C$ 이상에서는 활성화되어 Si 성분이 전환(conversion)반응에 의해 리튬과 반응함을 확인하였다. $Cu_3Si$에서 분리된 Si는 $120^{\circ}C$에서 Li-Si 합금 중에서 리튬의 함량이 가장 많은 $Li_{21}Si_5$ 상까지 리튬과 반응함을 유사 평형 조건(quasi-equilibrium)의 실험으로부터 알 수 있었다. 그러나 정전류 조건($100\;mA\;{g_{Si}}^{-1}$)에서는 리튬 합금반응이 $Li_{21}Si_5$까지 진행되지 못하였다. 또한 $120^{\circ}C$에서 전환반응에 의해 생성된 Li-Si 합금과 금속 상태의 Cu는 충전과정에서 다시 $Cu_3Si$로 돌아감, 즉 $Cu_3Si$와 리튬은 가역적으로 반응함을 확인하였다. $120^{\circ}C$에서 $Cu_3Si$ 전극은 비정질 실리콘 전극보다 더 우수한 사이클 특성을 보여 주었다. 이는 비활성인 구리가 실리콘의 부피변화를 완충하여 집전체에서 탈리되는 현상을 완화하고 결과적으로 전극이 퇴화하는 것을 억제하기 때문인 것으로 설명할 수 있다. 실제로 비정질 실리콘 전극은 충방전 후에 실리콘 층의 균열과 탈리가 관찰되었으나, $Cu_3Si$ 전극에서는 이러한 현상이 관찰되지 않았다.