• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 전기기기 및 에너지변환시스템부문
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• pp.289-291
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• 2003

This paper deals with the design of a spiral micro inductor using LTCC(Low Temperature Cofired Ceramics) technology. The inductors using the LTCC technology have some prominent properties of high integration of circuits, high confidence and low cost comparing with previously fabricated thick-film inductors. In this paper, we designed a new spiral-type micro inductor comprising a magnetic material to improve the inductance and leakage flux. we, in addition, presented the simulation results for various shapes of the magnetic material in the micro inductor, Finally application of the micro inductor to the boost DC-DC converter is investigated.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제44권8호
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• pp.22-29
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• 2007

[ $0.18{\mu}m$ ] CMOS공정을 이용하여 supply voltage 1.8V에서 2.5Gb/s 이상의 데이터 처리속도를 가지는 2:1 Multiplexer(MUX) 설계를 하였다. High speed 동작을 위한 주파수의 한계를 극복하기 위해서 4.7 nH의 on-chip micro spiral micro inductor $(20\times20{\mu}m2)$가 설계 되었고, 10개 이상의 inductor를 사용하고도 칩 면적 증가가 거의 없으면서 inductive peaking 효과를 극대화할 수 있었다. 칩 측정은 on-wafer로 진행되었고, micro spiral inductor가 있는 2:1 MUX와 그것이 없는 2:1 MUX 각각 측정하여 그 결과를 비교하였다. 측정결과 micro spiral inductor를 가진 2:1MUX가 rise time과 fall time이 1.25Gb/s에서는 rise time이 23%, fall time은 3%의 peaking 개선 효과가 있는 것을 확인하였다. 2.5Gb/s에서는 fall time이 약 5.3%, rise time 3.5%의 개선 효과를 보았다. 전체 소비전력은 61.2mW, 2.5Gb/s에서 voltage output swing은 $180mV_{p-p}$로 측정되었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.58-64
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• 2008

CMOS $0.18{\mu}m$ 공정을 이용하여 1.8V supply voltage에서 6Gbps 이상의 처리속도를 가지는 1:2 demultiplexer(DEMUX)를 구현하였다. 높은 동작속도를 위하여 Current mode logic(CML)의 Flipflop을 사용하였으며 추가적인 동작속도 향상을 위하여 On-chip micro stacked spiral inductor($10{\times}10{\mu}m^2$)를 사용하였다. 총 12개의 인덕터를 사용하여 $1200{\mu}m^2$의 면적증가만으로 Inductive peaking의 효과를 나타낼 수 있었다. Chip의 측정은 wafer상태로 진행하였고 Micro stacked spiral inductor가 있는 1:2 demultiplexer와 그것이 없는 1:2 demultiplexer를 비교하여 측정하였다. 6Gbps에서 측정결과 Micro stacked spiral inductor를 1:2 demultiplexer가 inductor를 사용하지 않은 구조보다 Eye width가 약3%정도 증가하였고 또한 Jitter가 43%정도 감소하여 개선효과가 있음을 확인하였다. 소비전력은 76.8mW, 6Gbps에서의 Eye height는 180mV로 측정되었다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.102-110
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• 2002

In this paper, we present the fabrication of tunable capacitors and 3-dimensional inductors. This work was related to fabricated 3-dimensional device for need of micro device in developing new intelligence age. This device was fabricated by electroplating used electroplating PR and high-vacuum evaporation of metal. Fabricated micro-inductor is consisted of air-bridge on electroplating rod and electroplated core. Micro-capacitor is consisted of thin metal membrane and electroplated core. Electroplating material is used Cu metal solvent. Air-gap between metal-layers function as almost perfect isolation layer. The most advantage of our micro-inductor and micro-capacitor compared to present device is a possibility that can fabricate on RF MEMS(microelectro-mechanical systems) application with high performance and various function. In this paper, we present the fabrication of tunable capacitors and 3-dimensional inductors. This work was related to fabricated 3-dimensional device for need of micro-device in developing new intelligence age. This device was fabricated by electroplating used electroplating PR and high-vacuum evaporation of metal. Fabricated micro-inductor is consisted of air-bridge on electroplating rod and electroplated core. Micro-capacitor is consisted of thin metal membrane and electroplated core. Electroplating material is used Cu metal solvent. Air-gap between metal-layers function as almost perfect isolation layer. The most advantage of our micro-inductor and micro-capacitor compared to present device is a possibility that can fabricate on RF MEMS application with high performance and various functions.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2012

X-ray용 CMOS 영상 센서의 대조 해상도는 신호처리부 첫 단의 sample-and-hold 회로에서 단일 MOS 스위치를 사용하거나 이를 개선한 bootstrapped clock circuit을 스위치로 사용할 경우에도 높은 신호에서 제한되는 문제를 가지고 있다. Bootstrapped clock circuit을 이용하는 sample-and-hold 회로가 charge injection 현상으로 인해 sample 신호의 왜곡을 일으키기 때문이다. 본 논문에서는 계산을 통해 필요로 하는 범위의 L(Inductor)값 구현을 위해 표준 CMOS 공정에서 구현 가능한 micro-inductor를 3차원 구조로 설계하였고, 이를 이용하여 센서의 대조 해상도 혹은 ENOB(Effective number of bit)값이 향상된 sample-and-hold 회로를 제안하였다. 0.35 um CMOS 공정에서 BCC를 이용해 설계된 sample-and-hold 회로에 최적화된 L 값을 갖는 micro-inductor를 추가하여 ENOB가 17.64 bit에서 18.34 bit로 약 0.7 bit의 해상도 상승을 시뮬레이션으로 검증하였다. 제안된 micro-inductor 방법은 고해상도를 필요로 하는 mammography의 경우 환자가 받는 방사선량을 줄이는 효과가 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.369-374
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• 2016

This paper presents a design procedure of an integrated inductor with a magnetic core for power converters. This procedure considerably reduces design time and effort. The proposed design procedure is verified by the development of an inductor model dedicated to the monolithic integration of DC-DC converters for portable applications. The numerical simulation based on the FEM (finite elements method) shows that 3D modeling of the integrated inductor allows better estimation of the electrical parameters of the desired inductor. The optimization of the electrical parameter values is based on the numerical analysis of the influence of the geometric parameters on the electrical characteristics of the inductor. Using the VHDL-AMS language, implementation of the integrated inductor in a micro Buck converter demonstrate that simulation results present a very promising approach for the monolithic integration of DC-DC converters.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2005

Micro-Grid의 개념은 CERTS(Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions)에 의해 제안된 새로운 분산 전원 망으로서 부하에 열과 수 $[KW]{\sim}1[MW]$ 사이의 전력을 함께 제공하는 Micro-Source에 의해 구성되어 있다. Micro-Source는 친환경적인 연료전지나 마이크로터빈 등을 에너지원으로 사용하며, 전력품질 제어를 위해 전압형 인버터를 채용하고 독립적인 유무효전력 제어가 가능한 새로운 개념의 분산전원이다. Micro-Source가 효율적으로 유효전력 및 무효전력을 전력시스템에 공급하기 위해서는 계통연계용 인덕터가 필요한데, 본 논문에서는 인덕터의 제어 범위와 각 변수의 한계를 함께 고려하고 전달 및 제어하고자 히는 유효 및 무효 전력의 범위에 의해 인덕터 용량을 결정하는 절차를 제안하였다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.157-163
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• 2014

This paper proposes a two-stage step-down buck and a tapped-inductor boost cascaded converter for high efficiency photovoltaic micro-inverter applications. The proposed inverter is a new structure to inject a rectified sinusoidal current into a low-frequency switching inverter for single-phase grid with unity power factor. To build a rectified-waveform of the output current. the converter employs both of a high efficiency step-up and a step-down converter in cascade. In step-down mode, tapped inductor(TI) boost converter stops and the buck converter operates alone. In boost mode, the TI converter operates with the halt of buck operation. The converter provides a rectified current to low frequency inverter, then the inverter converts the current into a unity power-factor sinusoidal waveform. By applying a TI, the converter can decrease the turn-on ratios of the main switch in TI boost converter even with an extreme step-up operation. The performance validation of the proposed design is confirmed by an experimental results of a 120W hardware prototype.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제48권11호
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• pp.617-624
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• 1999

The spiral type thin-film inductor performed in high frequency at 2-5[MHz] range is analyzed by 2-dimensional Finite Element Method(2D FEM). The features of micro thin-film inductor have complicated electromagnetic phenomenon such as skin effect, proximity effect and magnetic saturation. To develope miniatured magnetic device considering these features, it is important to predict the property of the thin film inductor according to design parameter. In this paper, we present the 2D FEM analysis for the spiral type thin film inductor. The characteristics of inductor from point of view of inductance, resistance and quality factor are studied according to design parameter and various pattern construction.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1403-1412
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• 2019

A coupled inductor-dual boost-inverter (CIDBI) with a differential structure has been presented for application to a micro-inverter photovoltaic module system due to its turn ratio of a high-voltage level. However, it is difficult to design a CIDBI converter with a conventional PI regulator to be stable and achieve good dynamic performance, given the fact that it is a high order system. In view of this situation, a sliding mode control (SMC) strategy is introduced in this paper, and two different sliding mode controllers (SMCs) are proposed and adopted in the left and right side of two Boost sub-circuits to implement the corresponding regulation of the voltage and current. The schemes of the SMCs have been elaborated in this paper including the establishment of a system variable structure model, selection of the sliding surface, determination of the control law, and presentation of the reaching conditions and sliding domain. Finally, the mathematic analysis and the proposed SMC are verified by experimental results.