• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.1856-1863
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• 2004

In the last 50 years, lead-contained solder materials have been the most popular interconnect materials used in the electronics industry. Recently, lead-free solders are about to replace lead-contained solders for preventing environmental pollutions. However, the reliability of lead-free solders is not yet satisfactory. Several researchers reported that lead-contained solders have a good fatigue property. The others published that the lead-free solders have a longer thermal fatigue life. In this paper, the reason for the contradictory results published on the estimation of fatigue life of lead-free solder is investigated. In the present study, fatigue behavior of 63Sn37Pb, and two types of lead-free solder joints were compared using pseudo-power cycling testing method, which provides more realistic load cycling than chamber cycling method does. Pseudo-power cycling test was performed in various temperature ranges to evaluating the shear strain effect. A nonlinear finite element model was used to simulate the thermally induced visco-plastic deformation of solder ball joint in BGA packages. It was found that lead-free solder joints have a good fatigue property in the small temperature range condition. That condition induce small strain amplitude. However in the large temperature range condition, lead-contained solder joints have a longer fatigue life.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.105-122
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• 2011

The fundamental design goal of wireless sensor MAC protocols is to minimize unnecessary power consumption of the sensor nodes, because of its stringent resource constraints and ultra-power limitation. In existing MAC protocols in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), duty cycling, in which each node periodically cycles between the active and sleep states, has been introduced to reduce unnecessary energy consumption. Existing MAC schemes, however, use a fixed duty cycling regardless of multi-hop communication and traffic fluctuations. On the other hand, there is a tradeoff between energy efficiency and delay caused by duty cycling mechanism in multi-hop communication and existing MAC approaches only tend to improve energy efficiency with sacrificing data delivery delay. In this paper, we propose two different MAC schemes (ADS-MAC and ELA-MAC) using closed-loop control in order to achieve both energy savings and minimal delay in wireless sensor networks. The two proposed MAC schemes, which are synchronous and asynchronous approaches, respectively, utilize an adaptive timer and a successive preload frame with closed-loop control for adaptive duty cycling. As a result, the analysis and the simulation results show that our schemes outperform existing schemes in terms of energy efficiency and delivery delay.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.253-260
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• 2024

Proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) is an efficient method for utilizing renewable energy sources such as wind and solar powers to produce green hydrogen. For PEMWE powered by renewable energy sources, its durability is a crucial factor in its performance since irregular and fluctuating characteristics of renewable energy sources, especially for wind power, can deteriorate the stability of PEMWE. Triangular voltage cycle is well able to simulate fluctuating wind power, but its effect on the durability has not been investigated extensively. In this study, the performance degradation of the PEMWE cell operated with the triangular voltage cycling was investigated at different ramping rates. The measured current responses during the cycling gradually decreased for both ramping rates, and I-V curve measurements before and after the cycling confirmed the degradation of the performances of PEMWE. For both measurements, the degradation rate was larger for 300 mV s^-1 than 30 mV s^-1, and they were determined as 0.36 and 1.26 mV h^-1 (at the current density of 2 A cm^-2) at the ramping rates of 30 and 300 mV s^-1, respectively. The comparison with other studies on triangular voltage cycling also indicate that an increase in the ramping rate accelerates the deterioration of the PEMWE performance. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy results showed that the Ir catalyst was oxidized and did not dissolve during the voltage cycling. This study suggests that the ramping rate of the triangular voltage cycling is an important factor for the evaluation of the durability of PEMWE cells.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.197-200
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• 2019

We report on electrochemical signal amplification using gap electrodes based on the redox cycling between gap electrodes. The distance between electrodes was controlled from $2{\mu}m$ to a few hundreds of nanometer by chemical deposition of reduced Au ion on the pre-defined electrodes. Enhanced redox current of ferri/ferrocyanide was obtained by redox cycling between the two working electrodes. The faradaic current is amplified about a thousand times in this redox system. Since the signal amplification is due to the shortened diffusion length between the two electrodes, the narrower the nanogap was, the better detection limit, calibration sensitivity, and dynamic range. The experimental results were discussed on the basis of the cyclic voltammetry (CV), atomic force microscope (AFM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) measurements.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국태양에너지학회 2011년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.25-30
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• 2011

In this paper, we analyzed the electrical characteristics with Micro-cracks in Photovoltaic module. Micro cracks are increasing the breakage risk over the whole value chine from the wafer to the finished module, because the wafer or cell is exposed to mechanical stress. And The solar cells have to with stand the stress under out door operation in the finished module. Here the mechanical stress is induced by temperature changes and mechanical loads from wind and snow. So, we experimentally analyze the direct impact of micro-cracks on the module power and the consequences after artificial aging. The first step, we made micro-cracks in PV module by mechanical load test according to IEC 61215. Next, PV modules applied the thermal cycling test, because micro-cracks accelerated aging by thermal cycling test, according to IEC61215. Before every test, we checked output and EL image of PV module. As the result of first step, we detected little power loss(0.9%). But after thermal cycling test increased power loss about 3.2%.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회A
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• pp.1740-1743
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• 2007

In this study, two types of fatigue tests were conducted. First, cyclic bending tests were performed using the micro-bending tester. A four-point bending test method was adopted, because it induces uniform stress fields within a loading span. Second, thermal fatigue tests were conducted using a pseudo power cycling machine which was newly developed for a realistic testing condition. The pseudo-power cycling method makes up for the weak points in a power cycling and a chamber cycling method. Two compositions of solder are tested in all test condition, one is lead-free solder (95.5Sn4.0Ag0.5Cu) and the other is eutectic lead-contained solder (63Sn37Pb). In the cyclic bending test, the solder that exhibits a good reliability can be reversed depending on the load conditions. The lead-contained solders have a longer fatigue life in the region where the applied load is high. On the contrary, the lead-free solder sustained more cyclic loads in the small load region. A similar trend was detected at the thermal cycling test. A three-dimensional finite element analysis model was constructed. A finite element analysis using ABAQUS was performed to extract the applied stress and strain in the solder joints. A constitutive model which includes both creep and plasticity was employed. Thermal fatigue was occurred due to the creep. And plastic deformation is main damage for bending failure. From the inelastic energy dissipation per cycle versus fatigue life curve, it can be found that the bending fatigue life is longer than the thermal fatigue life.

• 한국ITS학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국ITS학회 2007년도 제6회 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.225-229
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• 2007

최근에 무선 센서 네트워크는 여러 분야에서 다양하게 활용되고 있으며 간단한 환경 모니터링 시스템에서부터 기계, 구조물, 교량, 비행기와 같은 모션 모니터링과 군사, 텔레매틱스와 같은 정보량이 많고 복잡한 시스템에 적용이 시도되고 있다. 따라서 간단한 역할만 수행하면서 저 전력으로 오랜 시간 동안 운용을 목표로 해온 무선 센서 네트워크는 어려운 작업을 수행하도록 요구되고 있다. 일반적으로 무선 센서 네트워크의 MAC 프로토콜들은 주기적으로 sleep / wake를 반복하여 필요한 에너지 소비를 줄이며 이를 Duty Cycling이라고 한다. 하지만 이러한 Duty Cycling은 sleep 구간 동안에 전송할 수 없어서 홉(Hop)이 늘어날수록 전송지연이 증가하는 단점이 있다. 이러한 전송지연은 비행기 날개, 군사, 텔레매틱스 등의 복잡한 시스템이나 교통사고위험 감지 경고 시스템과 같이 빠른 데이터 처리가 필요한 시스템에서 큰 문제점이 될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 수신 구간을 분산 배치 알고리즘(Distributed Duty Cycling, DDC)을 통하여 무선 센서 네트워크 MAC(Media Access Control) 프로토콜에서 발생하는 전송지연을 크게 줄이는 기법을 제안한다. 제안한 알고리즘은 CC2420DBK를 이용한 필드 테스트를 통해서 검증되었으며 실험 결과를 통해서 DDC 알고리즘을 통해서 전송지연을 크게 줄이고 에너지 소비 또한 감소한다는 것을 확인 할 수 있다.

• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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• 제67권
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• pp.266-275
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• 2018

Herein, a novel operating life (OL) test method was evaluated with 200 mAh pouch-type lithium-ion batteries. By combining the calendar life (CL) test with intermediate pulse power cycling, more realistic life prediction was possible, which encompassed real operation of batteries accompanying with thermal acceleration. Larger capacity decrease and resistance increase of pouch cell were observed in the OL test, which was well explained using the SEI film growth model. After dissemble of pouch cell, capacity loss and resistance increase mostly occurred within anode, reflecting that SEI film growth on anode surface was highly attributable to cell degradation.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.685-694
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• 2016

This paper presents a reliability assessment model for the power semiconductors used in wind turbine power converters. In this study, the thermal loadings at different timescales of wind speed are considered. First, in order to address the influence of long-term thermal cycling caused by variations in wind speed, the power converter operation state is partitioned into different phases in terms of average wind speed and wind turbulence. Therefore, the contributions can be considered separately. Then, in regards to the reliability assessment caused by short-term thermal cycling, the wind profile is converted to a wind speed distribution, and the contribution of different wind speeds to the final failure rate is accumulated. Finally, the reliability of an actual power converter semiconductor for a 2.5 MW wind turbine is assessed, and the failure rates induced by different timescale thermal behavior patterns are compared. The effects of various parameters such as cut-in, rated, cut-out wind speed on the failure rate of power devices are also analyzed based on the proposed model.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2016

전력가격의 상승으로 데이터센터의 운영비 부담이 늘어나는 가운데, 슈퍼컴퓨터에 저전력 프로세서를 사용하여 데이터센터의 전력소모를 감소시키는 연구가 활발하다. 일반적으로 모바일 기기 등의 운용환경을 기준으로 신뢰성 평가가 이루어지는 저전력 프로세서를 슈퍼컴퓨터에 사용하는 경우 상대적으로 가혹한 운용환경으로 인해 물리적, 기계적 신뢰성 문제가 발생할 수 있다. 이 논문은 슈퍼컴퓨터 운용 환경을 바탕으로 저전력 프로세서 패키지의 수명을 평가하였다. 먼저 문헌조사, 고장모드 및 치명도 분석을 통해 저전력 프로세서 패키지의 주요 고장원인으로 온도 사이클을 선정하였다. 부하-온도 관계를 확인하기 위해 단계적인 부하를 가하며 프로세서의 온도를 측정하였다. 가장 보수적인 운용조건을 가정하고 온도 사이클에 관련된 고장물리 모델을 이용한 결과 저전력 프로세서 패키지의 기대수명은 약 3년 이하로 예측되었다. 실험 결과를 바탕으로 저전력 프로세서 패키지의 기대수명을 향상하는 방법을 제시하였다.