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Accurate electronic structures for Ce doped SiAlON using a semilocal exchange-correlation potential

  • Yu, Dong-Su;Jeong, Yong-Jae
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.438-438
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    • 2011
  • White light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the so-called next-generation solid-state lighting, offer benefits in terms of reliability, energy-saving, maintenance, safety, lead-free, and eco-friendly. Recently, rare-earth-doped oxynitride or nitride compounds have attracted a great deal of interest as a photoluminescent material because of their unique luminescent property, especially for white LEDs applications. Ce doped ${\beta}$-SiAlON has been studied as a wavelength conversion phosphor in white LEDs thanks to its high absorption rates, high quantum efficiency, and excellent thermal stability. Previously researches were not enough to understand the detail mechanism and characteristics of ${\beta}$-SiALON. The bandgap structures and electronic structures were not exact due to limitation of calculation methods. In this study, to elucidate the Ce doping effect on the SiAlON system, accurate band structures and electronic structure of the Ce doped ${\beta}$-SiAlON was intensively investigated using density functional theory calculations. In order to get a better description of the band gaps, MBJLDA method were used. We have found a single Ce atom site in ${\beta}$-SiAlON super cell. Furthermore, the density of state, band structure and lattice constant were intensively investigated.

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A Vision-Based Collision Warning System by Surrounding Vehicles Detection

  • Wu, Bing-Fei;Chen, Ying-Han;Kao, Chih-Chun;Li, Yen-Feng;Chen, Chao-Jung
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.1203-1222
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    • 2012
  • To provide active notification and enhance drivers'awareness of their surroundings, a vision-based collision warning system that detects and monitors surrounding vehicles is proposed in this paper. The main objective is to prevent possible vehicle collisions by monitoring the status of surrounding vehicles, including the distance to the other vehicles in front, behind, to the left and to the right sides. In addition, the proposed system collects and integrates this information to provide advisory warnings to drivers. To offer the correct notification, an algorithm based on features of edge and morphology to detect vehicles is also presented. The proposed system has been implemented in embedded systems and evaluated on real roads in various lighting and weather conditions. The experimental results indicate that the vehicle detection ratios were higher than 97% in the daytime, and appropriate for real road applications.

Structural and Optical Properties of Yellow-Emitting CaGd2ZrSc(AlO4)3:Ce3+ Phosphor for Solid-State Lighting

  • Kim, Yoon Hwa;Kim, Bo Young;Viswanath, Noolu S.M.;Arunkumar, Paulraj;Im, Won Bin
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.54 no.5
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    • pp.422-428
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    • 2017
  • Single-phase yellow phosphor, $CaGd_{2-x}ZrSc(AlO_4)_3:xCe^{3+}$ ($CGZSA:Ce^{3+}$), possessing cubic symmetry with varied $Ce^{3+}$ concentrations, was synthesized using the solid-state reaction method. The samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), excitation spectra, emission spectra, thermal quenching, and decay curves. The cubic phase of $CGZSA:Ce^{3+}$ phosphor was confirmed via XRD analysis. The photoluminescence spectra of $CGZSA:Ce^{3+}$ phosphor demonstrated that the phosphor could be excited at the wavelength of 440 nm; a broad yellow emission band was centered at 541 nm. These results indicate that the phosphors are adequately excited by blue light and have the potential to function as yellow-emitting phosphors for applications in white light-emitting diodes.

A study on Electromagnetic Propertie of the Ring-shaped electrodeless fluorescent lamp (동근형 무전극 형광램프의 전자계 특성)

  • Lee, Seong-Jin;Kim, Nam-Kun;Park, No-Jun;Lee, Jong-Chan;Jung, Young-II;Park, Dae-Hee
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.220-221
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    • 2006
  • In recent, there have been several developments in lamp technology that promise savings in electrical power consumption and improved Quality of the lighting space. Above all, the advantages of ring-shaped electrodeless fluorescent lamp are the removal of internal electrodes and heating filaments that are a light-limiting factor of conventional fluorescent lamps. Therefore, the life time of ring-shaped electrodeless fluorescent lamps is substantially higher than that of conventional fluorescent lamps last up to 60,000 hours, There are intended as a highly efficient replacement for the incandescent reflector lamp in many applications. In this paper, maxwell 3D finite element analysis program (Ansoft) was used to obtain electromagnetic properties associated with the coil and nearby structures. The electromagnetic emitting properties were presented by 3D simulation software operated at 250 kHz and some specific conditions. In addition, the optical characteristics of ring-shaped electrodeless fluorescent lamp were measured including light flux, efficiency and color temperature for each case.

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Safe Adaptive Headlight Controller with Symmetric Angle Sensor Compensator for Functional Safety Requirement (기능 안전성을 위한 대칭형 각도센서 보상기에 기반한 안전한 적응형 전조등 제어기의 설계)

  • Youn, Jiae;Yin, Meng Di;An, Junghyun;Cho, Jeonghun;Park, Daejin
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.297-305
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    • 2015
  • AFLS (Adaptive front lighting System) is being applied to improve safety in driving automotive at night. Safe embedded system for controlling head-lamp has to be tightly designed by considering safety requirement of hardware-dependent software, which is embedded in automotive ECU(Electronic Control Unit) hardware under severe environmental noise. In this paper, we propose an adaptive headlight controller with newly-designed symmetric angle sensor compensator, which is integrated with ECU-based adaptive front light system. The proposed system, on which additional backup hardware and emergency control algorithm are integrated, effectively detects abnormal situation and restore safe status of controlling the light-angle in AFLS operations by comparing result in symmetric angle sensor. The controlled angle value is traced into internal memory in runtime and will be continuously compared with the pre-defined lookup table (LUT) with symmetric angle value, which is used in normal operation. The watch-dog concept, which is based on using angle sensor and control-value tracer, enables quick response to restore safe light-controlling state by performing the backup sequence in emergency situation.

How to reduce short column effects in buildings with reinforced concrete infill walls on basement floors

  • Bikce, Murat
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.249-259
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    • 2011
  • Band windows are commonly used in reinforced concrete structures for the purpose of ventilation and lighting. These applications shorten the lengths of the columns and, consequently, they are subject to higher shear forces as compared with those of hollow frames. Such short columns may cause some damages during earthquakes. Hence, these effects of short columns should be minimized by choosing the dimensions of the band windows properly in order to prevent serious damages in the structure. This can be achieved by taking into account the parameters that are crucial in causing short column effect. Hence, in this study, the effects of those parameters such as the widths and heights of the band windows, the number of bays and storeys within the frame, and the heights of storeys are examined. The effects of the parameters are analyzed using time history analysis. One of the important results of these analyses, is that, the widths of the band windows should be less than 60% of the clear span between the columns, whereas, their heights should be greater than 35% of the clear storey height in order to decrease the short column effects substantially during the design of the reinforced concrete structures.

Face Recognition: A Survey (얼굴인식 기술동향)

  • Mun, Hyeon-Jun
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.02c
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    • pp.172-177
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    • 2008
  • Biometrics is essential for person identification because of its uniqueness from each individuals. Face recognition technology has advantage over other biometrics because of its convenience and non-intrusive characteristics. In this paper, we will present a overview of face recognition technology including face detection, feature extraction, and face recognition system. For face detection, we will describe template based method and face component based approach. PCA and LDA approach will be discussed for feature extraction, and nearest neighbor classifiers -will be covered for matching. Large database and the standardized performance evaluation methodology is essential in order to support state-of-the-art face recognition system. Also, 3D based face recognition technology is the key solution for the pose, lighting and expression variations in many applications.

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A study on Electrical and Electromagnetic Properties for Driving the Ring-shaped electrodeless fluorescent lamp (환형 무전극 형광램프 구동을 위한 전기적, 자기적 특성 분석)

  • Jo, Ju-Ung;Lee, Young-Hwan;Nam, Joong-Hee;Choi, Yong-Sung;Kim, Yong-Kab;Park, Dae-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.05b
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    • pp.69-72
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    • 2004
  • In recent, there have been several developments in lamp technology that promise savings in electrical power consumption and improved quality of the lighting space. Above all, the advantage of ring-shaped electrodeless fluorescent lamp is the removal of internal electrodes and heating filaments that are a light-limiting factor of conventional fluorescent lamps. The ring-shaped electrodeless lamp is intended as a high efficacy replacement for the incandescent reflector lamp in many applications. Therefore, the life time of ring-shaped electrodeless fluorescent lamps is substantially higher than that of conventional fluorescent lamps and last up to 60,000 hours. In this paper, we present measurement results of electrical characteristics of a ring-shaped electrodeless fluorescent lamp as a function of frequency and number of coil turns using a highly permeable Mn-Zn ferrite. It is found that the impedance are increased while the quality factor decreases as frequency increases.

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Optimization of Al 6063 Heat Sink using CFD Simulation and Comparative Analysis of Thermal Dissipation Properties with Thermal Conductive Polycarbonate (CFD전산모사를 이용한 Al 6063 Heat Sink 최적화 설계와 열전도성 Polycarbonate와의 방열성능 비교 분석)

  • Her, In-Sung;Lee, Se-Il;Lee, A-Ram;Yu, Young Moon
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.28 no.7
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2014
  • In the LED lighting applications, because LED packages are the origin of heat generation, there are thermal design problem on heat sinks. In the thermal design, it is important to consider the total volume and the total weight of heat sink simultaneously. In this study, an Al 6063 heat sink was optimized using Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) simulation tool for the cooling of 30W LED module, and then the cooling performance and the total weight of heat sinks with Al 6063 and Thermal Conductive Polycarbonate(TCP) were compared under the same conditions. As the result of simulation, an Al 6063 heat sink was optimized with 22 ea. of fins and 1.6 mm of fin thickness. LED Junction Temperature of the TCP Heat Sink was $5.6^{\circ}C$ higher, but total weight of it was 47 % less than the Al 6063.

A Study on Characteristics Analysis of Winding Method for Common-Mode Choke (권선 방식에 의한 공통 모드 초크의 특성해석에 관한 연구)

  • Won, Jae-Sun;Kim, Hee-Seung;Kim, Jong-Hae
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.8-14
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    • 2014
  • This paper presents the intra capacitance modeling according to the winding method and section bobbin for CM choke capable of the EMI attenuation of broad bands from lower frequency bands to higher frequency bands and high frequency type common-mode choke capable of the EMI attenuation of high frequency band used in the EMI Block of LED-TV SMPS. In case of high frequency type CM choke, it can be explained the parasitic capacitance of A type and section bobbin type winding methods among them is much smaller than the other. The first resonant frequency of the proposed CM choke tends to increase as the parasitic capacitance becomes small and its impedance characteristics also show improved performance as the first resonant frequency increases. In the future, the CM chokes of high frequency type show it can be practically used in not only LED/LCD-TV SMPS but also several applications such as LED Lighting, Adapter and so on.