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Formation of Indium Bumps on Micro-pillar Structures through BCB Planarization (BCB 평탄화를 활용한 마이크로 기둥 구조물 위의 인듐 범프 형성 공정)

  • Park, Min-Su
    • Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.57-61
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    • 2021
  • A formation process of indium bump arrays on micro-pillar structures is proposed. The space to form indium bump on the narrow structures can be secured applying the benzocyclobutene (BCB) planarization and its etch-back process. We exhibit a detailed overview of the process steps involved in the fabrication of 320×256 hybrid camera sensor for short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) detection. The shear strength of the BCB, which has undergone the different processes, is extracted by quartz crystal microbalance measurement. The shear strength of the BCB is three orders of magnitude higher than that of the indium bump itself. The measured dark current distribution of the fabricated SWIR camera sensor indicates the suggested process of indium bumps can be useful for embodying highly sensitive infared camera sensors.

1-Dimensional efficiency modeling of rear floationg junction solar cell (후면부유접합 태양전지에 있어서의 1차원 효율 모델링)

  • Ebong, A.U.;Kim, D.S.;Lee, S.H.
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.81-92
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    • 1997
  • Rear floating junction cell (RFJC), using the buried contact technology, is capable of eliminating the efficiency limitations on the single sided cells by providing betterear surface passivation. The implementation of this structure, is simpler and lower in cost and therefore viable for commercial production. However, the contributions, due to damages in the two sets of grooves, to the total dark saturation current density has limited the achievable efficiency of the RFJC to only 21.5 %. This Paper reports on the efficiency estimates of RFJC using PC-1D.

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Dark Sides of Engaging in Fan Community of Human Brand

  • Han, Jeongsoo;Kim, Chung K.;Kim, Miyea;Jun, Mina;Kim, Joshua Y.
    • Asia Marketing Journal
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.133-148
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    • 2014
  • People enthusiastic about human brands eagerly engage in fan communities to share their common interests with others. Although sharing one's enthusiasm towards the same celebrities can give thempositive senses of we-ness (in-group identity, togetherness, camaraderie) and belongingness, negative sides also exist such as schadenfreude and trash talk. Even though the studies addressing the negative sides of fan community are gaining significance, no prior studies formally examined the negative consequences of engaging in a fan community and their effect on one's well-being. Therefore, this current study aims to investigate how engaging in fan community negatively affects members' psychological well-being through schadenfreude and trash talk. Structural equation modeling analysis revealed that engaging highly in a fan community leads members to feel malicious pleasure at rivals' misfortunes and share negative opinions of rival human brands and fan communities. These negative consequences of fan community engagement ultimately lead to a lower level of psychological wellbeing, especially in the area of personal growth whereas fan community engagement has a direct positive effect on personal growth. By showing the negative influences of engaging in fan communities on members' well-being through schadenfreude and trash talk, the results of this study are expected to add depth to the existing literature.

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A Study on the Thickness Dependence of p-type Organic Layer on the Current of Small Molecule-based Organic Photodiode (저분자 유기 광다이오드 소자의 p형 유기물 두께에 따른 전류 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Young Woo Kim;Dong Woon Lee;Yongmin Jeon;Eou-sik Cho;Sang Jik Kwon
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.101-105
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    • 2023
  • Organic photo Diodes (OPDi) give multiple advantages in the growing interest of the flexible optoelectronic devices. Organic semiconductors are freeform as they can deposit on any substrate, so it could be flexible. But the inorganic material photodiodes (PDs) are usually fabricated on silicon wafers which are solid. So, normally PDs are inflexible. By those reasons, we decided to make the vacuum deposited small molecule OPDi. We have investigated the OPDi's J-V characteristic by changing the thickness of p-type layer of OPDi. This device consists of indium-tin-oxide (ITO) / 2,3:6,7-dibenzanthracene (pentacene) / buckminsterfullerene (C60) / aluminum (Al). Its J-V characteristics were measured in the probe station(4156C) that can give dark condition while measuring. And for the luminance characteristics, the photocurrent was measured with the bright halogen lamp and a probe station.

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The Image Sensor Operating by Thin Film Transistor (박막트랜지스터에 의해 구동되는 이미지센서)

  • Hur Chang-wu
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.111-116
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, the image sensor using the a-Si:H TFT is proposed. The optimum amorphous silicon thin film is deposited using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). TFT and photodiode both with the thin film are fabricated and form image sensor. The photodiode shows that Idark is $10^{-12}A$, Iphoto is $10^{-9}A$ and Iphoto/Idark is $10^3$, respectively. In the case of a-Si:H TFT, it indicates that Ion/Ioff is $10^6$, the drain current is a few ${\mu}A$ and Vth is $2\~4$ volts. For the analysis on the fabricated image sensor, the reverse bias of -5 voltage in ITO of photodiode and $70{\mu}sec$ pulse in the gate of TFT are applied. The image sensor with good property was conformed through the measured photo/dark current.

Photoelectrochemical Properties of a Cu2O Film/ZnO Nanorods Oxide p-n Heterojunction Photoelectrode for Solar-Driven Water Splitting (물분해용 Cu2O 박막/ZnO 나노막대 산화물 p-n 이종접합 광전극의 광전기화학적 특성)

  • Park, Junghwan;Kim, Hyojin;Kim, Dojin
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.214-220
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    • 2018
  • We report on the fabrication and photoelectrochemical(PEC) properties of a $Cu_2O$ thin film/ZnO nanorod array oxide p-n heterojunction structure with ZnO nanorods embedded in $Cu_2O$ thin film as an efficient photoelectrode for solar-driven water splitting. A vertically oriented n-type ZnO nanorod array was first prepared on an indium-tin-oxide-coated glass substrate via a seed-mediated hydrothermal synthesis method and then a p-type $Cu_2O$ thin film was directly electrodeposited onto the vertically oriented ZnO nanorods array to form an oxide semiconductor heterostructure. The crystalline phases and morphologies of the heterojunction materials were characterized using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy as well as Raman scattering. The PEC properties of the fabricated $Cu_2O/ZnO$ p-n heterojunction photoelectrode were evaluated by photocurrent conversion efficiency measurements under white light illumination. From the observed PEC current density versus voltage (J-V) behavior, the $Cu_2O/ZnO$ photoelectrode was found to exhibit a negligible dark current and high photocurrent density, e.g., $0.77mA/cm^2$ at 0.5 V vs $Hg/HgCl_2$ in a $1mM\;Na_2SO_4$ electrolyte, revealing an effective operation of the oxide heterostructure. In particular, a significant PEC performance was observed even at an applied bias of 0 V vs $Hg/HgCl_2$, which made the device self-powered. The observed PEC performance was attributed to some synergistic effect of the p-n bilayer heterostructure on the formation of a built-in potential, including the light absorption and separation processes of photoinduced charge carriers.

A Study on the Night Lighting Environment by Outdoor Space Types of an Apartment Complex (공동주택단지 외부공간 유형별 야간 빛 환경에 대한 연구)

  • Han, Jeong-Won;Ahn, Jil-Hye
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.164-172
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to identify current condition of night lighting plan for the outdoor space in an apartment complex and to examine how residents perceive that environment. For this purpose, considerations and standards for safe and agreeable night lighting environment were examined through literature study. And a field study to determine the current state of the night lighting environment was conducted, and finally a survey was executed to find out residents' satisfaction, requirements and consciousness on that lighting environment of apartment complex. Findings of this study can be summarized as follows. Firstly, most standards for night lighting environment focus on the urban environment as a whole, so they have very few clear standards exclusive for the outdoor space of the apartment complex. Secondly, most of outdoor spaces surveyed in this study have met the basic illumination standard, but some spaces had parts where lights were off or out of order forming dark zones, and in some parts lights were screened by trees causing shades, poor safety and a narrowed sight. Thirdly, residents had interest in the night lighting environment of the outdoor space, but they were not fully satisfied with that environment. Fourthly, residents were negative about such factors of the environment as safety, convenience, recognition and aesthetics. These factors should be reflected in planning and improving the night lighting. It is expected that this study provides basic information necessary to plan safer and more agreeable night lighting, and to satisfy the residents' need for liveable apartment complex.

Design and Fabrication of a Si pin Photodetector with Peak Spectral Response in the Red Light for Optical Link (적색 중심 Optical Link용 Si pin Photodetector의 설계 및 제작)

  • 장지근;김윤희;이지현;강현구;이상열
    • Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.1-4
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    • 2001
  • We have fabricated and evaluated a new Si pin photodetector for APF optical link. The fabricated device has the $p^{+}$-guard ring around the metal-semiconductor contact and the web patterned $p^{+}$-shallow diffused region in the light absorbing area. From the measurements of electo-optical characteristics under the bias of -5 V, the junction capacitance of 4 pF and the dark current of 180 pA were obtained. The optical signal current of 1.22 $\mu$A and the responsivity of 0.55 A/W were obtained when the 2.2 $\mu$W optical power with peak wavelength of 670 nm was incident on the device. The fabricated device showed the maximum spectral response in a spectrum of 650-700 nm. It is expected that the fabricated device can be very useful for detecting the optical signal in the application of red light optics.

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SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 4K×4K CAMERA (SNUCAM) FOR MAIDANAK OBSERVATORY

  • Im, Myung-Shin;Ko, Jong-Wan;Cho, Yun-Seok;Choi, Chang-Su;Jeon, Yi-Seul;Lee, In-Duk;Ibrahimov, Mansur
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.43 no.3
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    • pp.75-93
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    • 2010
  • We present the characteristics of the Seoul National University 4k Camera (SNUCAM) and report its performance on the 1.5m telescope at the Maidanak observatory in Uzbekistan. SNUCAM is a CCD camera with a pixel scale of 0.266" in $4096{\times}4096$ format, covering $18.1'{\times}18.1'$ field of view on the 1.5m. The camera is currently equipped with Bessell UBVRI, $H{\alpha}$, SDSS ugriz, and Y-band filters, allowing us to carry out a variety of scientific programs ranging from exoplanet studies to survey of quasars at high redshift. We examine properties of SNUCAM such as the bias level and its temporal variation, the dark current, the readout noise, the gain, the linearity, the fringe patterns, the amplifier bias, and the bad pixels. From our observations, we also constructed the master fringe frames in I-, z-, and Y-band. We outline some of the current scientific programs being carried out with SNUCAM, and demonstrate that SNUCAM on the 1.5m can deliver excellent images that reach to the $5-{\sigma}$ detection limits of R~25.5 mag and z~22.7 mag in 1 hour total integration.

Crystal Growth Sensor Development of II-VI Compound Semiconductor : CdS (II-VI족 화합물 반도체의 결정성장 및 센서 개발에 관한 연구)

  • D.I. Yang;Y.J. Shin;S.Y. Lim;Y.D. Choi
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.126-133
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    • 1992
  • This study deals with the crystal growth and the optical characteristics of CdS thin films activatedby silver. CdS:Ag thin films were deposited by using an electron beam evaporation(EBE) technique in vacuumof 1.5X 10-'torr, voltage of 4 kV, current of 2.5 mA and substrate temperature of 250$^{\circ}$C CdS:Ag photoconductivefilms prepared by EBE method show high photoconductivity after annealing at about 550"c for 0.5 h in air andAr gas.The grain size of CdS:Ag thin films annealed in Ar atmosphere (1 atm) was grown over 1 ym and the thicknessof the films is 4-5 pm. The analysis of X-ray diffraction patterns shows that the crystal structures are hexagonal.The diffraction line by (00.2) plane can only be observed, indicating that c-axis of hexagonal grows preferentiallyperpendicular to the substrate. The profiles of photoluminescence spectra of CdS:Ag films show Gaussian typecurves at room temperature, the maximum peak spectral sensitivity of CdS:Ag is located at the wavelength of520 nm.We annealed CdS:Ag thin films in air and Ar vapor in order to make the CdS photoconductors having theintensive photocurrent, the broad distribution of the photocurrent spectrum and the large value of the ratioof the photocurrent (pc) to the dark current(dc). We found that CdS:Ag thin films annealed in air atmospherewas the best one.air atmosphere was the best one.

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