• 한국재료학회지
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.748-757
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• 2018

Inorganic semiconductor compounds, e.g., CIGS and CZTS, are promising materials for thin film solar cells because of their high light absorption coefficient and stability. Research on thin film solar cells using this compound has made remarkable progress in the last two decades. Vacuum-based processes, e.g., co-evaporation and sputtering, are well established to obtain high-efficiency CIGS and/or CZTS thin film solar cells with over 20 % of power conversion. However, because the vacuum-based processes need high cost equipment, they pose technological barriers to producing low-cost and large area photovoltaic cells. Recently, non-vacuum based processes, for example the solution/nanoparticle precursor process, the electrodeposition method, or the polymer-capped precursors process, have been intensively studied to reduce capital expenditure. Lately, over 17 % of energy conversion efficiency has been reported by solution precursors methods in CIGS solar cells. This article reviews the status of non-vacuum techniques that are used to fabricate CIGS and CZTS thin films solar cells.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.1202-1205
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 4H-SiC물질 기반으로 제작된 ggNMOS를 제안하고 전기적 특성을 분석하였다. 4H-SiC는 Wide Band-gap 물질로 Si 물질 보다 면적대비 특성과 고전압 특성이 뛰어나 전력반도체 분야에 주목받고 있다. 제안된 소자는 높은 감내 특성과 Strong snapback 특성을 가진다. 공정은 SiC 공정으로 이루어 졌으며 TLP 측정 장비를 통해 전기적 특성을 분석하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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• 제73권9호
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• pp.1346-1350
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• 2018

An electrode-evaporation technology on both the top and bottom sides of the bare vertical-type single chip separated from the traditional substrate by cooling, was developed for III-nitride vertical-type single chip LEDs with thick GaN epilayer. The post-process of the cooling step was followed by sorting the bare vertical-type single chip LEDs into the holes in a pocket-type shadow mask for deposition of the electrodes at the top and bottom sides of bare vertical-type single chip LEDs without the traditional substrate for electrode evaporation technology for vertical-type single chip LEDs. The variation in size of the hole between the designed shadow mask and the deposited electrodes owing to the use of the designed pocket-type shadow mask is investigated. Furthermore, the electrical and the optical properties of bare vertical-type single chip LEDs deposited with two different shapes of n-type electrodes using the pocket-type shadow mask are investigated to explore the possibility of the e-beam evaporation method.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.55-60
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• 2022

This study conducted the measurements of air flow rate for blower systems with experiment and numerical. A new airflow rate test method is suggested, with which it is possible to accurate measurements and calculate the air flow rate for blower systems. The blower(axial fan) is an industrial fluid machine device that supplies a large amount of air by driving an impeller with an electric motor, and it is widely used throughout the industry such as steel, power plant, chemical, semiconductor, LC D, food, and cement. The airflow from the blower is for exchanging the heat in the cooling unit or heat exchanger. The temperature of coolants and hydraulic oil primarily depends on the amount of airflow rate through the cooling package so its accurate estimation is very important. Moreover, it required a larger investment in time and cost since it could not be executed until the system is actually made. Therefore, this research is intended to examine the phenomenon of air flow pattern when testing air flow rate, suggested new test method, and show the result of the validation test.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.333-340
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• 2022

Recently, the use of large-capacity secondary batteries for electric vehicles is rapidly increasing, and accordingly, the demand for technologies and equipment for battery reliability evaluation is increasing significantly. The existing short circuit test equipment for evaluating the stability of the existing secondary battery consists of relays, MCs, and switches, so when a large current is energized during a short circuit, contact fusion failures occur frequently, resulting in high equipment maintenance and repair costs. There was a disadvantage that repeated testing was impossible. In this paper, we developed an electronic short circuit test device that realizes stable switching operation when a large-capacity power semiconductor switch is energized with a large current, and applied smart ICT technology to this electronic short circuit stability test system to achieve high speed and high precision through communication with the master. It is expected that the inspection history management system based on data measurement, database format and user interface will be utilized as essential inspection process equipment.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.859-874
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• 2022

This paper presents a low-power and lightweight human body communication (HBC) receiver with an embedded dummy electrode for improved signal acquisition. The clock data recovery (CDR) circuit in the receiver operates with a low supply voltage and utilizes a clock phase inversion scheme. The receiver is equipped with a main electrode and dummy electrode that strengthen the capacitive-coupled signal at the receiver frontend. The receiver CDR circuit exploits a clock inversion scheme to allow 0.9-V operation while achieving a shorter lock time than at 3.3-V operation. In experiments, a receiver chip fabricated using 130-nm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology was demonstrated to successfully receive the transmitted signal when the transmitter and receiver are placed separately on each hand of the user while consuming only 4.98 mW at a 0.9-V supply voltage.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2022

Preparing various types of thin films of oxide semiconductors is a promising approach to fabricate efficient photoanodes and photocathodes for hydrogen production via photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. In this work, we investigate the feasibility of an efficient photocathode for PEC water reduction of a p-type oxide semiconductor cupric oxide (CuO) thin film prepared via a facile method combined with sputtering Cu metallic film on fluorine-doped thin oxide (FTO) coated glass substrate and subsequent thermal oxidation of the sputtered Cu metallic film in dry air. Characterization of the structural, optical, and PEC properties of the CuO thin film prepared at various Cu sputtering powers reveals that we can obtain an optimum CuO thin film as an efficient PEC photocathode at a Cu sputtering power of 60 W. The photocurrent density and the optimal photocurrent conversion efficiency for the optimum CuO thin film photocathode are found to be -0.3 mA/cm² and 0.09% at 0.35 V vs. RHE, respectively. These results provide a promising route to fabricating earth-abundant copper-oxide-based photoelectrode for sunlight-driven hydrogen generation using a facile method.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.2209-2221
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• 2023

As the supply of electric vehicles increases, research on wireless charging methods for convenience has been increasing. Because the electric vehicle wireless transmission device is installed on the ground and the electric vehicle battery is installed on the floor of the vehicle, the transmission and reception antennas are approximately 15-30 cm away, and thus strong magnetic fields are exposed during wireless charging. When a metallic foreign object is placed in the magnetic field area, an eddy current is induced to the metallic foreign object, and heat is generated, creating danger of fire and burns. Therefore, this study proposes a method to detect metallic foreign objects in the magnetic field area of a wireless electric vehicle charging system. An active detection-only coil array was used, and an LC resonance circuit was constructed for the frequency of the supply power signal. When a metallic foreign object is inserted into the charging zone, the characteristics of the resonance circuit are broken, and the magnitude and phase of the voltage signal at both ends of the capacitor are changed. It was confirmed that the proposed method has about 1.5 times more change than the method of comparing the voltage magnitude at one node.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.614-619
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• 2023

The fault current limiting characteristics of three-phase transformer type superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL), which consisted of three-phase primary and secondary windings wound on E-I iron core, one high-TC superconducting (HTSC) element connected with the secondary winding of one phase and another HTSC element connected in parallel with other two secondary windings of two phases, were analyzed. Unlike other three-phase transformer type SFCLs with three HTSC elements, three-phase transformer type SFCL using double quench has the merit to perform fault current limiting operation for three-phase ground faults with two HTSC elements. To verify its proper three-phase ground fault current limiting operation, three-phase ground faults such as single-line ground, double-line ground and triple-line ground faults were generated in three-phase simulated power system installed with three-phase transformer type SFCL using double quench. From analysis of its fault current limiting characteristics based on tested results, three-phase transformer type SFCL using double quench was shown to be effectively operated for all three-phase ground faults.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.40-48
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• 2000

저전압 저전력 신호 처리를 위한 새로운 바이폴라 선형 트랜스컨덕터와 이것을 이용한 연산 트랜스컨덕턴스 증폭기를 제안한다. 이 트랜스컨덕터는 이미터 디제네레이션 저항을 갖는 npn 차동쌍과 이 차동쌍에 직렬로 연결된 pnp 차동쌍으로 구성된다. 이 구성에서 넓은 선형성과 온도 안정성을 위해 pnp 차동쌍의 바이어스 전류는 npn 차동쌍의 출력 전류를 사용하고 있다. 제안한 OTA는 선형 트랜스컨덕터와 세 개의 전류 미러를 갖는 트랜스리니어 전류 셀로 구성된다. 제안된 트랜스컨덕터는 종래의 그것과 비교하였을 때 우수한 선형성과 저전압 저전력 특성을 갖는다. 실험 결과, 50 ${\mu}S$의 트랜스컨덕턴스를 갖는 트랜스컨덕턴스가 공급 전압 ${\pm}$3V에서 입력 전압 범위가 -2V에서 +2V 사이에 ${\pm}$0.06% 보다 작은 선형 오차를 갖는다. 전력 소비는 2.44 mW이다. 25 ${\mu}S$의 트랜스컨덕턴스를 갖는 OTA 시작품을 바이폴라 트렌지스터 어레이를 가지고 만들었다. OTA의 선형성은 제안한 트랜스컨덕터와 같다. OTA 회로는 또한 0.5 S/A의 감도로 바이어스 전류 변화에따라 4-디케이드(decade)에 걸쳐서 선형적인 트랜스컨덕턴스를 갖는다.