• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.1182-1187
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• 2013

Transient radiation is emitted during a nuclear explosion and causes fatal errors as upset and latch-up in CMOS circuits. This paper proposes the transient radiation SPICE models of NMOS, PMOS, and INVERTER based on the transient radiation analysis using TCAD (Technology Computer Aided Design). To make the SPICE model of a CMOS circuit, the photocurrent in the PN junction of NMOS and PMOS was replaced as current source, and a latch-up phenomenon in the inverter was applied using a parasitic thyristor. As an example, the proposed transient radiation SPICE model was applied to a CMOS NAND circuit. The CMOS NAND circuit was simulated by SPICE and TCAD using the 0.18um CMOS process model parameter. The simulated results show that the SPICE results were similar to the TCAD simulation and the test results of commercial CMOS NAND IC. The simulation time was reduced by 120 times compared to the TCAD simulation.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.127-133
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• 2011

위상잠금 적외선 열화상장치를 제어하기 위한 랩뷰(LabVlEW) 프로그램을 기본적인 적외선 열화상 하드웨어와 함께 개발하였다. 개발된 열화상 제어 프로그램은 열화상 카메라와 할로겐램프를 임의의 주기함수로 동기화 시키면서 사이리스터 회로를 기반으로 랩뷰 소프트웨어에 의해 제어가 가능하도록 설계하였다. 개발된 프로그램은 스크린 메뉴 방식으로 구성되어 컴퓨터 화면에서 열원의 주기와 에너지, 적외선 카메라의 동작과 이미지 취득을 사용자가 자유롭게 변경하고 그 결과를 화변에서 확인할 수 있도록 제작되었다. 개발된 열화상 제어 프로그램과 장치를 이용하여 판재 내부의 원형인공결함의 이미지를 검사하여 광학 이미지와 비교하였다.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.12-15
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• 2012

This paper presents simulation and small-scale experimental tests of a fault current controller. Smart fault controller as proposed and proven conceptually in our previous work is promising technology for the smart power grid where distributed and even stochastic generation sources are prevalent and grid operations are more dynamic. Existing protection schemes simply limiting the fault current to the pre-determined set values may not show best performance and even lead to coordination failures, potentially leading to catastrophic failure. Thus, this paper designs fault current controller with a full bridge thyristor rectifier, embedding a superconducting coil for which the controller is electrically invisible during normal operation because the loss due to the coil is near-zero. When a fault occurs and the resulting current through the superconducting coil exceeds a certain value set intelligently based on the current operating condition of the grid, the magnitude of the fault current is controlled to this desired value by adjusting the firing angles of thyristors such that the overall system integrity is successfully maintained. Detailed time-domain simulations are performed and lab-scale testing circuits are built to demonstrate the desired functionality and efficacy of the proposed fault current controller.