• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.69-79
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• 1993

ZnO 바리스터는 전기전자 장치에 비이상적인 써어지 혹은 잡음신호가 침입하는 것을 막기위해서 폭넓게 사용되고 잇다. 많은 연구자들은 저전압 바리스터를 제조하기 위해서 요러가지 방법을 제시하였다. 그렇지만 그러한 방법들은 6V이하의 동작 전압을 갖는 바리스터를 제조하기는 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 새로운 3-성분 종입자법으로 제조한 바리스터의 전도특성을 보고하고자 한다. 온도범위 20-150.deg.C 및 전류 범위 $10^{-8}$~$10^{-1}$A/$cm^{2}$에서 관찰된 바리스터의 전도특성은 측정전류가 증가함에 따라서 다른 기구를 갖는 3개의 영역으로 구분되었다. 측정전류가 $10^{-3}$ A/$cm^{2}$이하인 경우에 오옴전도 혹은 누설전류 영역으로 해석 할 수 있었다. 측정 전류가 $10^{-3}$ A/$cm^{2}$ 부근에서는 이중 쇼트키 장벽에 의한 전도로 해석할 수 있었으며 또한 $10^{-3}$ A/$cm^{2}$ 이상의 전류 영역에서는 턴넬 전도 전류로 해석 할 수 있었다. 이상의 결과로 부터 3-성분 종입자법으로 저전압 바리스터를 제조하는 방법은 지금까지 보고된 어느 다른 방법보다도 우수하며 그 전도기구를 제시하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2001.11b
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• pp.467-471
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• 2001

DC accelerated aging characteristics of $Pr_{6}O_{11}$-based ZnO varistors, which are composed of $ZnO+Pr_{6}O_{11}+CoO+Cr_{2}O_{3}+Dy_{2}O_{3}$ ceramics were investigated with CoO content in the range of 0.5 - 5.0 mol%. The varistors doped with 1.0 mol% revealing maximum value(66.61) in the nonlinear exponent exhibited excellent stability, in which the variation rates of the varistor voltage, the nonlinear exponent and leakage current are -1.93%, -10.48%, and +288.79%, respectively, under DC accelerated aging stress, such as $(0.85V_{lmA}/115^{\circ}C/24h)+(0.90V_{lmA}120^{\circ}C/24h)+(0.95V_{lmA}/125^{\circ}C/24h)+(0.95V_{lmA}/150^{\circ}C/24h)$. Next the varistors doped with 2.0 mol% exhibiting the nonlinear exponent of 47.39 showed high stability.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.13-19
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to examine the cause of damage to electrolytic capacitors and to present the heat generation mechanism in order to prevent the occurrence of similar problems. From the analysis results of electrolytic capacitors collected from accident sites, the fire causing area can be limited to the primary power supply for the initial accident. From the tests performed by applying overvoltage, surge, etc., it is thought that the fuse, varistor, etc., are not directly related to the accidents that occurred. The analysis of the characteristics using a switching regulator showed that the charge and discharge characteristics fell short of standard values. In addition, it is thought that heated electrolytic capacitors caused thermal stress to nearby resistances, elements, etc. It can be seen that the heat generation is governed by the over-ripple current, application of AC overvoltage, surge input, internal temperature increase, defective airtightness, etc. Therefore, when designing an electrolytic capacitor, it is necessary to comprehensively consider the correct polarity arrangement, appropriate voltage application, correct connection of equivalent series resistance(ESR) and equivalent series inductance(SEL), rapid charge and discharge control, sufficient margin of dielectric tangent, etc.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.51 no.10
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• pp.479-484
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• 2002

Recently it is reported that many a malfunction of ELB which is represented by non-operated type ELB for an impulse wave, is caused by lightning impulse and transient ground potential rise due to nearby lightning strokes. In order to examine the cause of malfunction, 5 samples were investigated experimentally in this study. As each ELB has a different leakage current detecting circuit and wiring method, various characteristics were measured. As a result, all of them brought about malfunctions under the lightning impulse voltage less than 7 kV and the surge current less than 3 kA. Also the different aspects were measured with a polarity of injected surge and a position of MOV to protect the inner circuit of ELB. The Position and effects of protecting devices were suggested as a remedy.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.467-471
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• 2001

DC accelerated aging characteristics of Pr$_{6}$O$_{11}$-based ZnO varistors, which are composed of ZnO+Pr$_{6}$O$_{11}$+CoO+Cr$_2$O$_3$+Dy$_2$O$_3$ ceramics were investigated with CoO content in the range of 0.5~5.0 mol%. The varistors doped with 1.0 mol% revealing maximum value(66.61) in the nonlinear exponent exhibited excellent stability, in which the variation rates of the varistor voltage, the nonlinear exponent and leakage current are -1.93%, -10.48%, and 288.79%, respectively, under DC accelerated aging stress, such as (0.85 V$_{1mA}$/115$^{\circ}C$/24h)+(0.90 V$_{1mA}$/12$0^{\circ}C$/24h)+(0.95 V$_{1mA}$/1$25^{\circ}C$/24h)+(0.95 V$_{1mA}$/15$0^{\circ}C$/24h). Next the varistors doped with 2.0 mol% exhibiting the nonlinear exponent of 47.39 showed high stability,ity,ability,ity,

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.383-386
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• 2004

DC accelerated aging characteristics of Zn-Pr-Co-Cr-La oxides-based varistors were investigated with various sintering temperatures. The varistors sintered at $1240^{\circ}C$ exhibited the highest nonlinearity, with a nonlinear exponent of 79.3 and a leakage current of $0.3\;{\mu}A$, whereas completely degraded because of thermal runaway owing to low sintered density. The varistors sintered at $1250^{\circ}C$ exhibited not only a high nonlinearity with the nonlinear exponent 61.4 and the leakage current 0.7 ${\mu}A$, but also a high stability with the variation rates of varistor voltage and nonlinear exponent are -1.01% and -10.67%, respectively, under DC stress condition such as $(0.85\;V_{1mA}/115^{\circ}C/24\;h)+(0.90\;V_{1mA}/120^{\circ}C/24\;h)+(0.95\;V_{1mA}/125^{\circ}C/24\;h)+(0.95\;V_{1mA}/150^{\circ}C/24\;h)$.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.433-438
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• 1987

The current-voltage characteristics of the ZnO varisor with and without Sb2O3 which were fabricated with the various calcination and sintering temperature were discussed by comparing the results of SEM-microstructures and X-ray diffraction analysis. The samples were calcined at the temperature up to 800\ulcorner for 2 hours and they were sintered at 1200-1300\ulcorner for 1 hour. Then, we applied the power up to dc 200 volt to the samples and measured the output current up to 100mA. The samples without Sb2O3 had lower nonlinear resistances at the all calcination and sintering temperatures due to the large grains because of not forming Spinel phase. The other samples contained Sb2O3 could form Pyrochlore and Spinel phases at the all calcination temperatures by X-ray diffraction phase analysis. We found that the Spinel phases which were formed at the calcination process inhibit growth of ZnO grain and give rise to the change of nonlinear resistances by SEM-microstructures. And we found that the base of ZnO grain growth control is strongly dependent on the behavior of Sb2O3 in calcination process.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.93-102
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• 2018

This paper reports a Surge Protective Device (SPD) that is used to protect an automatic metering interface (AMI) power supplies of communication equipment on a low-voltage distribution system from a lightning current. The surge protective device (SPD) can be classified as one-port SPDs and two-port SPDs with decoupling elements depending on the connection type. The protection of internal systems against the lightning current may require a systematic approach consisting of coordinated SPDs. To deal with this, the definition of a lightning protection zone (LPZ) was studied and interpreted through a theoretical review. Because the lightning current resulting from a lightning surge is considerably high, there is limited protection from one SPD; therefore, coordinated cascaded MOV-based SPDs are installed to solve this problem. Regarding the power grid mentioned in this paper, a class II SPD for the low-voltage distribution system installed on the border of LPZ1 and LPZ2, which establish a protection coordination with the Arrester (LA, SA) that corresponds to the LPZO installed on the MOF stage connected to one system were designed to protect various communication (control) equipment, including the automatic meter reading system inside the branch-type electric supply panel of a building, not the incoming side of one system. In addition, performance-related tests were done by a comparison with the existing method through testing, and the optimal design was achieved for the 1-port SPD that uses a series connection and can bleed load current without any decoupling element.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.97-103
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• 2018

This paper addresses an improved naval combat UPS(Uninterruptable Power Supply) system under abnormal transients. Previously, thermistor and varistor elements were used to cope with transient overvoltage and overcurrent, however the UPS was frequently unavailable because it was vulnerable to abnormal transient voltage generated during system operation. In order to overcome this problem and protect UPS system, this paper proposes an input power cut-off circuit that detects the initial input power and abnormal transient voltage generated during operation, improvement of power control sequence, and a method to prevent malfunction of an inverter and CPU. The UPS system implementing the proposed method was simulated by input power variable test using programmable AC/DC generator, and finally validated its reliability and stability through field tests by mounting on multifunctional console of naval combat system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.271-274
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• 2000

Gas sensor materials capable of detecting hydrogen gases (H$_2$) or nitrogen oxides (NO$\_$x/, primarily NO and NO$_2$) with high sensitivity have attracted much interest in conjunction with the growing concern to the protection of global environments. Beside conventional sensor materials, such as semiconductors., conducting polymers and solid electrolytes, the potential of sensor materials with a new method for detecting hydrogen gases or nitrogen oxides gas has also been tested. The breakdown voltage of porous varistors shifted to a low electric field upon exposure to H$_2$ gas, whereas it shifted to a reverse direction in an atmosphere containing oxidizing gases such as O$_3$ and NO$_2$ in the temperature range of 300 to 600$^{\circ}C$. Furthermore, it was found that the magnitude of the breakdown voltage shift, i. e. the magnitude of sensitivity, was well correlated with gas concentration, and that the H$_2$ sensitivity was improved by controlling the composition of the Bi$_2$O$_3$ rich grain boundary phase. However, NO$\_$x/ sensing properties of porous varistors have not been studies in detail. The objective of the present study is to investigate the effect of the composition of the Bi$_2$O$_3$ rich grain boundary phase and other additive such as A1$_2$O$_3$ on the hydrogen gases (H$_2$) sensing properties of porous ZnO based varistors.