• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.35-41
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• 2006

In this paper, we focus on improving the performance of the piezoelectric diaphragms of valveless micropumps. A circular lightweight piezoelectric composite actuator (LIPCA) with a high level of displacement and output force has been developed for piezoelectrically actuated micropumps. We used numerical and experimental methods to analyze the characteristics of the actuator to select optimal design. With the developed circular LIPCA, we fabricated a valveless micropump by photo-lithography and PDMS molding techniques. The displacement of the diaphragm, the flow rate and the back pressure of the micropump were evaluated and discussed. With a semi-empirical method, the flow rate with respect to driving frequency was predicted and compared with experimental one. The test results confirm that the circular LIPCA is a promising candidate for micropump application and can be used as a substitute for a conventional piezoelectric actuator diaphragm.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2002.02a
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• pp.253-259
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• 2002

Micro cell structures with high aspect ratio were fabricated by injection molding method. The mold inserts had dimension $1.9cm\times8.3cm$ composed of a lot of micro posts and were fabricated by LIGA process. The size of the micro posts was $157{\mu}m\times157{\mu}m\times500{\mu}m$ and the gaps between two adjacent posts were $50{\mu}m$. Using Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) injection molding was performed. The key experimental variables were temperature, pressure, and time. By controlling these, good shaped mim cell structures with $50{\mu}m$ in wall thickness and $500{\mu}m$ in depth were obtained. In order to understand micro molding mechanism, shape changes of molded PMMA were studied with experimental variables. And the durability of mold insert was investigated, too. The results show that the most important factor in molding processes was the mold temperature that is closely related to the filling of the melt into the micro cavity. And the holding time before cooling showed a great effect on the quality of molded PMMA.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.210-216
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• 2009

Springback, an elastic material recovery after the unloading of stamping tools, causes variations and inconsistencies of final part dimensions. Recently, narrow and long surround molding parts around door frame are applied to high grade automobiles, but there are great difficulties in their die development, construction and tryout because of several springback modes including vertical movement and twist during flange forming process of them. So it is very important to predict springback's quantities of a surround molding part and, moreover, to compensate the die for them adequately, when they can't be corrected by the restrike operation. This paper presents a case study based on the die design for a surround molding part made of stainless steel. The forming and springback predictions, carried out using PAMSTAMP 2G, are reported and compared with the measurement data of the prototype. The predicted springback results were acceptable, so the processes of compensating die using Automatic Die Compensation Module of PAMSTAMP 2G were performed iteratively until the tolerances between the designed shape and the simulation data were satisfied.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.102-107
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• 1999

In this paper, to develop the fiber optic hydrophone for the use of low frequency applications, two channels TDM(Time Division Multiplexing) fiber-optic hydrophone array was fabricated and their acoustic charateristics were investigated in the acoustic water tank. A fiber length of the order of 150m is wounded at the hollow cylinder type aluminum mandrel and the fundamental natural frequency of the mandrel maintained above 10kHz. An unbalanced interferometer (discrete Mach-Zehnder type) was used. Sound detection performance is tested in the underwater tank with 3kHz continuous sound source. Finally, it is shown that two channels TDM fiber-optic hydrophone array can detect 3kHz sound stably. This results can also applicable for the development of multi-channel fiber optic hydrophone array.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.122.1-122.1
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• 2016

관상동맥 경화나 말초 혈관 동맥 경화 등이 발생한 경우 스텐트를 이용한 치료나 혈관 접합술(bypass grafting surgery)에 의한 치료를 하게 된다. 그러나 많은 경우 치료 부위에 발생한 혈관 조직에의 손상으로 인해 재협착(restenosis)이나 폐색(occlusion)이 일어나 환자의 생명을 위협하는 치명적인 결과를 유발하는 경우가 종종 발생한다. 이러한 재협착이나 폐색은 혈관민무니근세포(smooth muscle cells)의 이상성장(abnormal growth) 때문인데, 이를 억제하기 위한 다양한 약물이 개발되어 왔으나 치료 대상 부위에 높은 효율로 2~3 주간의 기간 동안 약물 전달하기가 어려운 실정이다. 최근 혈관접합 부위 (anastomosis site)등에 적용할 수 있는 메쉬나 실린더 형상의 약물전달 디바이스들이 개발되어 왔으나 약물 전달의 효율 등에서 더 개선이 절실히 필요한 실정이다. 본 발표에서는 혈관 외벽에 장착되어 혈관 중간막 (tunica media) 조직으로의 약물 전달 효율을 높이기 위해 마이크로니들(microneedles)을 이용한 디바이스들을 개발하고 약물 전달 성능과 치료효과를 소개하고자 한다. 열인장 공정 (thermal drawing)과 트랜스포 몰딩(transfer molding) 등의 마이크로 니들 제작공정을 설명하고 이를 바탕으로 제작된 커프(cuff) 형 및 유연 메쉬 (flexible mesh) 형의 디바이스 개발 과정을 소개하고자 한다. 특히, 이 디바이스들의 동물실험을 통한 약물 전달 효율의 향상 및 치료 효과의 증대에 대한 논의를 하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.1029-1034
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• 2012

This paper presents a cost-effective and high-performance film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) duplexer module for US-PCS handset applications. The FBAR device uses a glass wafer level packaging process, which is a more cost-effective alternative to the typical silicon capping process. The maximum insertion losses of the FBAR duplexer at the Tx and Rx bands are of 1.9 and 2.4 dB, respectively. The total thickness of the duplexer module is 1.2 mm, including the glass-wafer bonded Tx/Rx FBAR devices, PCB board, and transfer molding material.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.509-510
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• 2006

전류 및 전압을 측정하는 것은 오래전부터 CT(current transformer)/PT(potential transformer) 가 많이 사용되어져 왔지만, 이들은 iron core를 사용하기 때문에 포화특성이 발생하게 되어, 오차를 유발하게 된다. 이에 대한 대처 방안으로서 현재는 로고스키코일 및 분압방식을 이용한 ECT/EVT에 대한 적용이 진행이 되고 있다. ECT/EVT는 포화특성이 없고, 선형성이 매우우수하며, 소형, 경량이라는 점에서 현재 배전반의 변화 추세를 구현할 수 있는 충분한 능력을 지니고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 ECT/EVT를 제작하여, 특성을 분석하고자 한다. 특이점은 ECT/EVT가 EPOXY SPACER에 내장이 되어 사용이 되며, 이런 사용조건하에서의 이들의 특성이 변화 될 수 있는지를 살펴보았다. 그 결과 EPXOY 몰딩하에서도 그 선형성을 잃지 않았으며, 원하는 오차인 ${\pm}1%$에 부합되는 결과를 나타내었다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.28 no.8
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• pp.806-814
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• 2009

This paper reviews a study about sound reflection control using an active sound absorber. An active sound absorber includes sound transmitting and receiving piezocomposite sensor layers molded by water tight epoxy, and connected with a feedback controller. The multi-layer sensors and the controller consists a closed feedback loop, whose intrinsic characteristics shows excellent impedance matching performance within specified frequency band, and consequently, minimizes reflection waves. Multilayer sound transmission model is derived based on one dimensional model, and its performance is verified with experiment using a pulse tube setup.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.1445-1456
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• 2011

This paper presents the research of Low Pass Filter(hereinafter called "LPF") which is the part of Chopper Gate Control Unit on the electric rolling stock. Chopper Gate Control Unit controling the propulsive equipments of electric rolling stock consists of several electronic parts, PCB, Power Supply, Gate Circuit Amp, Freon Cooling Device, and has been used the parts made by japan manufacturer Mitsubish. But these parts recently have been more broken down and slow down performance because of long-term use, deterioration. Most of the malfunctions are low performance of LPF. Furthermore, it is physically impossible to repair LPF. Because it is molding type part and no longer manufactured. Also it needs high cost for custom-building. Therefore, it is now making up for through self-developed LPF and operating on Busan metro 1st after on-board testing. This research performed the PS Pice simulation testing, analysis of self-developed LPF performance and the wave form characteristic by multi-function synthesizer, spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.29 no.12
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• pp.1267-1271
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• 2012

Demand for optical glass device used for lighting could increase rapidly because of LED lighting market growth. The optical glass devices that have been formed by hot press molding process the desired optical performance without being subjected to mechanical processing such as curve generation or grinding. EL-Max material has been used for many engineering applications because of their high wear resistance, high compressive strength, corrosion resistant and very good dimensional stability. EL-Max is very useful for a glass lens mold especially at high temperature and pressure. The performance and reliability of optical components are strongly influenced by the surface damage of EL-Max during grinding process. Therefore, the severe process condition optimization shall be necessary for the highly qualified EL-Max glass lens mold. To get the required qualified surface of EL-Max, the selection of type of the diamond wheel is also important. In this paper, we report best grinding conditions of ultra-precision grinding machining. The grinding machining results of the form accuracy and surface roughness have been analyzed by using Form Talysurf and NanoScan.