• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.34-39
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• 2015

The study is aimed to develop fuzzy logic system that has overcurrent and saturation time as input variable and possibility of electrical fire as output variable by making bad conductor area with physical damage to indoor wiring. Most previous studies focused on thermal characteristics depending on the current size and no study considered the current size and saturation time at the same time. Therefore, the paper made into account current value and saturation time together. To this end, it created bad conductor area half the size of IV conductor (1.6 mm) on purpose and transmit electrical current from 10A to 60A by unit of 2A to find out the thermal characteristics and saturation time for current. Based on the data that came out, the study applied fuzzy logic and established the current and saturation time as input variable and chance of fire as output variable. As a result, the center of area of the system that depended only on the existing current value was 75 while the system that applied both current and saturation time presented the chance of fire at 92. It is found that the chance of bad conductor area and deteriorated insulation of electrical wire had current and saturation time as important variables. The data can be used as basic data like deteriorated wire insulation or operation features of circuit breaker in investigating the cause of electrical fire.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.36-41
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• 2003

This paper presents the results of power spectra using the fundamental and low frequency harmonic components of leakage current waveform to study aging on contaminated EPDM insulator(was serviced during 1997-2001, region Pohang, korea) under salt fog conditions. Experiments have been conducted in the chamber salt fog and at the 16KVrms. The salt contents adjusted as 0g,25g,50g and 75g per liter of deionized water. The onset of dry-band arcing on polymer insulators could be determined by signal processing the low frequency harmonics components. A correlation has been found between the fundamental and low harmonic components of power spectra on leakage current. Where aging could be associated with an increase in the level of both the fundamental and low frequency harmonics components of leakage current. Surface aging for contaminated EPDM insulators occurred when the fundamental component of leakage current was greater then some level On the other hand, when the polymer insulator approached failure, the fundamental component of leakage current reached relatively high values and low frequency harmonics components of the leakage current trended to decrease. The results suggest that both the fundamental and low frequency harmonics of leakage current can be used as a tool to determine both the beginning of aging and before flashover, end of life EPBM insulator in salt fog.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.29-34
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• 2019

We investigated on-off voltage ${\Delta}V_{on-off}$ of sub-10 nm JLCSG (Junctionless Cylindrical Surrounding Gate) MOSFET. The gate voltage was defined as ON voltage for the subthreshold current of $10^{-7}A$ and OFF voltage for the subthreshold current of $10^{-12}A$, and the difference between ON and OFF voltage was obtained. Since the tunneling current was not negligible at 10 nm or less, we observe the change of ${\Delta}V_{on-off}$ depending on the presence or absence of the tunneling current. For this purpose, the potential distribution in the channel was calculated using the Poisson equation and the tunneling current was calculated using the WKB approximation. As a result, it was found that ${\Delta}V_{on-off}$ was increased due to the tunneling current in JLCSG MOSFETs below 10 nm. Especially, it increased rapidly with channel lengths less than 8 nm and increased with increasing channel radius and oxide thickness.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.151-162
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• 1993

In order to investigate the effect of intracellular cyclic GMP on calcium current the whole-cell patch clamp technique with internal perfusion method was used in isolated ventricular myocytes of the rabbit. Cyclic GMP, 8-bromo-cyclic GMP, cyclic AMP, isoprenaline and forskolin were perfused into cells and their effects on calcium current were analysed by applying depolarizing step pulses of + 10 mV in amplitude far 300 msec from holding potential of - 40 mV. Not only cyclic AMP $(100\;{\mu}M)$ but also cyclic GMF $(100\;{\mu}M)$ increased the basal calcium current. 8-Bromo-cyclic GMP $(100\;{\mu}M)$, a good stimulator of the cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase, also increased the basal calcium current and its peak amplitude of calcium current was larger than that in the presence of cyclic AMP or cyclic GMP alone. In the presence of $100\;{\mu}M$ cyclic GMP or $100\;{\mu}M$ 8-bromo-cyclic GMP, already augmented calcium current was potentiated by intracellular application of $100\;{\mu}M$ cyclic AMP or $1\;{\mu}M$ isoprenaline or $1\;{\mu}M$ forskolin. In the presence of cyclic GMP, acetylcholine reduced the calcium current only when the calcium current was increased by isoprenaline. From the above results it could be concluded that intracellular perfusion with cyclic GMP increases the basal calcium current via a mechanism involving a cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.45 no.8
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• pp.37-43
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• 2008

This paper introduces a high-speed low-power self-timed current-mode logic (STCML) that reduces both dynamic and leakage power dissipation. STCML significantly reduces the leakage portion of the power consumption using a pulse-mode control for shorting the virtual ground node. The proposed logic style also minimizes the dynamic portion of the power consumption due to short-circuit current by employing an enhanced self-timing buffer. Comparison results using a 80-nm CMOS technology show that STCML achieves 26 times reduction on leakage power consumption and 27% reduction on dynamic power consumption as compared to the conventional current-mode logic. They also indicate that up to 59% reduction on leakage power consumption compared to differential cascode voltage switch logic (DCVS).

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.65 no.9
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• pp.1605-1609
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• 2016

The measurement of current collection performance between pantograph and contact wire of overhead catenary system is intended to prove the safety of operation and the quality of the current collection system. The results of interaction performance of current collection system are required for approving with commercial operation on railway lines. The methods of interaction performance of current collection system are defined on interactional standards such as IEC 62486 and EN 50317. In this paper, the interaction performance is evaluated by the percentage of arcing on Honam high-speed line and the results are used for adjustment of the overhead catenary line structure. The experimental results in Honam high-speed line confirm that the duration of an arc lasting longer 25 ms between pantograph and contact wire was depended on the conditions of overhead contact line after installation.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.76-85
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• 2016

This paper presents a method of decision on where bus splitting is needed to reduce fault current level of power systems and to satisfy the fault current constraints. The method employs a modified fault current constrained optimal power flow (FCC-OPF) with X variables for the candidate locations of splitting and for decision making on whether to split or not, it adopts soft-discretization by augmenting inversed U-shaped penalty terms. Also, this paper discusses the procedure on the adequate selection of bus splitting locations based on the results of the modified FCC-OPF, to reduce the total number of the actions taken.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.210-212
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• 2018

A new switching mode has been proposed to obtain high power factor and low THD in single stage AC-DC converter. The conventional voltage mode control in critical conduction mode distorts input current shape with poor THD in flyback topology. Once TRIAC dimmer is connected, visible flicker in the LED lamp is easily detected due to a lack of TRAIC holding current near the input voltage zero cross. The newly proposed method can shape the input current by providing a desired reference voltage so that low THD is obtained by ideal sinusoidal input current in case of no dimmer connection and flat input current performs good TRIAC dimmer compatibility in phase-cut dimming condition. To confirm the validity of the proposed method, theoretical analysis and experimental result from 8W dimmable LED lighting system are presented.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.256-262
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• 2018

This study introduces a novel Soft Switching (SS) Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) AC-DC boost converter. In the proposed converter, the main switch is turned on with Zero Voltage Transition (ZVT) and turned off with Zero Current Transition (ZCT). The main diode is turned on with Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) and turned off with Zero Current Switching (ZCS). The auxiliary switch is turned on and off with ZCS. All auxiliary semiconductor devices are turned on and off with SS. There is no extra current or voltage stress on the main semiconductor devices. The majority of switching energies are transferred to the output by auxiliary transformer. Thus, the current stress of auxiliary switch is significantly reduced. Besides, the proposed converter has simple structure and ease of control due to common ground. The theoretical analysis of the proposed converter is verified by a prototype with 100 kHz switching frequency and 500 W output power. Furthermore, the efficiency of the proposed converter is 98.9% at nominal output power.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.475-482
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• 2010

Rogowski coil which detects magnetic flux on current changes. It is used for digital integration with watt-hour meter's current sensor, because, Rogowski coil has non-cored or non-magnetic core structure, so that, it cannot be saturated magnetically. This is a study for inventing accurate electric current sensors that have been applied on multi-layer ceramic substrate. We have confirmed its properties from each different layer's materials and pattern sizes by MWS 3D Electromagnetic field analysis program. And, after sensor manufacturing on multi-layer ceramic substrate, we confirmed its sensing quality is reliable as accurate electric current sensor for watt-hour meter.