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A Readout IC Design for the FPN Reduction of the Bolometer in an IR Image Sensor

  • Shin, Ho-Hyun;Hwang, Sang-Joon;Jung, Eun-Sik;Yu, Seung-Woo;Sung, Man-Young
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.8 no.5
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    • pp.196-200
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, we propose and discuss the design using a simple method that reduces the fixed pattern noise(FPN) generated on the amorphous Si($\alpha-Si$) bolometer. This method is applicable to an IR image sensor. This method can also minimize the size of the reference resistor in the readout integrated circuit(ROIC) which processes the signal of an IR image sensor. By connecting four bolometer cells in parallel and averaging the resistances of the bolometer cells, the fixed pattern noise generated in the bolometer cell due to process variations is remarkably reduced. Moreover an $\alpha-Si$ bolometer cell, which is made by a MEMS process, has a large resistance value to guarantee an accurate resistance value. This makes the reference resistor be large. In the proposed cell structure, because the bolometer cells connected in parallel have a quarter of the original bolometer's resistance, a reference resistor, which is made by poly-Si in a CMOS process chip, is implemented to be the size of a quarter. We designed a ROIC with the proposed cell structure and implemented the circuit using a 0.35 um CMOS process.

A study on scalable battery architectures for hot-swap facilitation (핫 스왑 촉진을 위한 확장 가능한 배터리 아키텍처에 관한 연구)

  • Abbas, Mazhar;Cho, Inho;Kim, Jonghoon
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2019.11a
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    • pp.212-213
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    • 2019
  • High power and energy applications of battery require a large number of batteries to be connected in series, parallel or mixed configurations. The reliability or these batteries is improved by making them tolerant to faults i.e. by bypassing the fault cells and adding new cells to compensate the voltage and current requirement. The addition or removal or cells may cause the current stress on other healthy cells. The estimation and control or this current stress is one or the technique proposed by other researchers. This study intends to identify a suitable scalable configuration which can either avoid or reduce the efforts on the estimation and control of stress current. In addition, this paper will explore the issues associated with hot-swap.

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A Study on the Improved Load Sharing rate in Paralleled Operated Lead Acid Battery by Using Microprocessor (마이크로 프로세서를 이용한 축전지의 병렬 운전 부하분담률 개선에 관한 연구)

  • 이정민
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2000.07a
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    • pp.493-497
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    • 2000
  • A battery is the device that transforms the chemical energy into the direct-current electrical energy without a mechanical process. Unit cells are connected in series to obtain the required voltage while being connected in parallel to organize capacity for load current. Because the voltage drop down in one set of battery is faster than in two one it may result in the low efficiency of power converter with the voltage drop and cause the system shutdown. However when the system being shutdown. However when the system being driven in parallel a circular-current can be generated,. It is shown that as a result the new batteries are heated by over-charge and over-discharge and the over charge current increases rust of the positive grid and consequently shortens the lifetime of the new batteries. The difference between the new batteries and old ones is the amount of internal resistance. In this paper we can detect the unbalance current using the microprocessor and achieve the balance current by adjusting resistance of each set, The internal resistance of each set becomes constant and the current of charge and discharge comes to be balanced by inserting the external resistance into the system and calculating the change of internal resistance.

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Operation Results of the SOFC System Using 2 Sub-Module Stacks (2 모듈 스택을 이용한 SOFC 시스템 운전결과)

  • Lee, Tae-Hee
    • Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.405-411
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    • 2010
  • A 5kW class SOFC cogeneration system consisted of a hot box part, a cold BOP (balance of plant) part, and a hot water reservoir. The hot box part contained a stack, a fuel reformer, a catalytic combustor, and heat exchangers. A cold BOP part was composed of blowers, pumps, a water trap, and system control units. A 5kW stack was designed to integrate 2 sub-modules. In this paper, the 5kW class SOFC system was operated using 2 short stacks connected in parallel to test the sub-module and the system. A short stack had 15 cells with $15{\times}15 cm^2$ area. When a natural gas was used, the total power was about 1.38 kW at 120A. Because the sub-modules were connected in parallel and current was loaded using a DC load, voltages of sub-modules were same and the currents were distributed according to the resistance of sub-modules. The voltage of the first stack was 11.46 V at 61A and the voltage of the second stack was 11.49V at 59A.

Modeling of The Ni-MH Battery Source and Development of The Charger.Discharger System (Ni-MH 전지전원의 모델링과 충.방전 장치 개발)

  • 김광헌;허민호;박영수;안재영;양승학;이일기
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 1998.07a
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    • pp.433-437
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    • 1998
  • Equalize SOC of the cell which effect on the charge.discharge ability and the efficiency of the battery, through the charge.discharge characteristic test of the battery source, and develope the high efficiency charge.discharge system in the series HEV have a constant engine-generator output. For this, in this paper, establish the electrical model and the condition of high efficiency charge.discharge, and proposed the improvement method of charge.discharge characteristic in the battery source that consist of twenty Ni-MH cells connected serial/parallel

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Comparative properties for serial-parallel connection of DSC with CNT and pt counter electrodes (CNT와 Pt 상대전극을 가지는 염료감응형 태양전지의 직렬 ${\cdot}$ 병렬 연결에 따른 특성비교)

  • Choi, Jin-Young;Hong, Ji-Tae;Kim, Mi-Jeong;Lee, Yong-Chul;Kim, Hee-Je
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.335-338
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    • 2007
  • Cost effectiveness is an important parameter for producing DSSCs as compared to the widely used conventional silicon based solar cells. A fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate coated with a catalytic amount of platinum is used as counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cell. Carbonaceous materials are quite attractive to replace platinum due to their high electronic conductivity, corrosion resistance towards $I_{2}$, good catalytic effect and low cost. In this paper, the unit DSSCs with Pt and CNT as a counter electrode were connected in series-parallel externally, then the current-voltage curves were investigated to find out the connection characteristics of the DSSC with CNT counter electrode. The connection characteristics of the DSSC with CNT counter electrode is superior to that of the DSSC with Pt counter electrode. And a parallel connection of the DSSC with CNT counter electrode has higher efficiency than a series connection of that.

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Humidity Distribution and Performance Variation of a PEMFC Multi Stack System According to the Direction of Anodic Supply (고분자 전해질 연료전지 멀티 스택 시스템의 수소극 흐름방향에 따른 습도분포 및 성능변화)

  • Lee, Yongtaek
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.143-148
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    • 2018
  • In this study the performance and humidity variation for 2 unit cells connected in series were experimentally measured. The relative flow direction of hydrogen and air was changed from parallel flow to counter flow. Internal humidity distribution was then measured by 5 embedded sensors on each channel. In all experimental conditions, the former unit cell showed a better performance and the gap is noted to be higher when counter flow is applied. The performance was noted to be higher at high humidification case in the parallel flow. However, in the counter flow, the difference of performance according to the humidification is negligible. Hydrogen and air are discharged from the PEMFC unsaturated with water vapor at parallel flow/low humidification condition, which explains lower performance of the PEMFC than other conditions. The humidities in hydrogen and air streams of counter flow were noted to increase rapidly even at low humidification condition and the consequential even hydration of membrane is the reason of higher performance.

Multi-Phase Interleaved Boost Converter for Fuel Cell Generation System using LabVIEW (LabVIEW를 이용한 연료전지 발전시스템용 다상부스트 컨버터)

  • Park, So-Ri;Jang, Su-Jin;Won, Chung-Yuen;Kim, Soo-Seok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.319-322
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    • 2007
  • In the development of paralleling techniques, Multi-Phase Interleaved(MPI) converter constitutes one of the most promising alternatives reported in the last years. This technique consists of a phase shifting of the control signals of several cells in parallel operating at the same switching frequency. As a result, the aggregated input and output current waveform exhibit lower ripple amplitude and smaller harmonics content than in synchronous or stochastic operation modes. Based on the inherent advantages of the MPI converter, in this paper, a control scheme, which can reduce current and voltage rifle, is proposed for PEMFC generation systems. The MPI boost converter is composed of several identical boost converters connected in parallel.

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A Study on the I-V and I-P Characteristics for Optimized Operation of PEMFC (고분자 전해질형 연료전지의 최적운전을 위한 전압-전류, 전류-전력 특성 연구)

  • Jung, You-Ra;Choi, Young-Sung;Lee, Kyung-Sup
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.59 no.1
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    • pp.112-116
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    • 2010
  • Fuel cell as a renewable energy source is clean and has a lot of advantages. The source can solve energy crisis and environmental problems such as greenhouse effect, air pollution and the ozone layer destruction. This paper introduces hybrid system(hydro-Genius Professional, heliocentris) of solar cell and fuel cell. Also, this paper shows the I-P, V-I characteristics of fuel cells which are connected in parallel and series. From these results, we also found the maximum power was transferred at 0.5[${\Omega}$]. The terminal voltage was also decreased according to the current because of the internal resistance. The power transfer in series was two times than that in parallel.

Correlation between Reverse Voltage Characteristics and Bypass Diode Operation with Different Shading Conditions for c-Si Photovoltaic Module Package

  • Lim, Jong-Rok;Min, YongKi;Jung, Tae-Hee;Ahn, Jae-Hyun;Ahn, Hyung-Keun
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.577-584
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    • 2015
  • A photovoltaic (PV) system generates electricity by installing a solar energy array; therefore, the photovoltaic system can be easily exposed to external factors, which include environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, and radiation. These factors-as well as shading, in particular-lead to power degradation. When there is an output loss in the solar cell of a PV module package, the output loss is partly controlled by the bypass diode. As solar cells become highly efficient, the characteristics of series resistance and parallel resistance improve, and the characteristics of reverse voltage change. A bypass diode is connected in parallel to the string that is connected in series to the PV module. Ideally, the bypass diode operates when the voltage is -0.6[V] around. This study examines the bypass diode operating time for different types of crystalline solar cells. It compares the reverse voltage characteristics between the single solar cell and polycrystalline solar cell. Special modules were produced for the experiment. The shading rate of the solar cell in the specially made solar energy module was raised by 5% each time to confirm that the bypass diode was operating. The operation of the bypass diode is affected not only by the reverse voltage but also by the forward bias. This tendency was verified as the number of strings increased.