• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.4 No.2
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• pp.807-810
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• 2003

금속 평행판 전극 사이에 주입된 액체 유전체의 움직임에 의해서 발생되는 차동 전기용량 변화를 이용하여 기울기 측정센서를 개발하였다. 기울기 $0^{\circ}{\sim}{\pm}90^{\circ}$의 범위에서 직선에 대한 상관계수가 0.999 99로 분석이 되어 우수한 선형성을 보였다. 센서의 전극구조를 완벽한 3-전극형 전기용량기로 설계하였기 때문에 외부로부터의 전자기 잡음 및 전기장의 영향에 관계없이 기울기를 정밀하게 측정할 수 있었다. 또한 안정된 디지털 출력을 이용하여 기울기의 정밀측정 뿐만 아니라 장치나 구조물 등의 기울기를 원격조정 또는 monitoring에도 적용이 가능하다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.521-524
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• 2003

This paper is aimed to develop the circuit of a coil-type oil sensor packaged to the automotive engine oil monitoring the deterioration in the driving condition and let a driver notify the optimized time for the exchange of engine oil. By applying the principle which the deterioration of automotive engine oil can be expressed to the dielectric constant, the capacitance bridge circuit and the integrator circuit are designed and packaged to a coil-typed engine oil. In this study. the range of operating temperature of engine oil is experimentally recommended within 55$^{\circ}C$ for the stability of a sensor designed. It is concluded that the characteristics of output voltage converted from the dielectric constant are linearly distributed.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.65-71
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• 2009

To address the need for new intelligent sensing, this paper introduces nano sensors made of carbon nanotube (CNT) composites and presents their preliminary experiments. Having smart material properties such as piezoresistivity, chemical and bio selectivity, the nano composite can be used as smart electrodes of the nano sensors. The nano composite sensor can detect structural deterioration, chemical contamination and bio signal by means of its impedance measurement (resistance and capacitance). For a structural application, the change of impedance shows specific patterns depending on the structural deterioration and this characteristic is available for an in-situ multi-functional sensor, which can simultaneously detect multi symptoms of the structure. This study is anticipated to develop a new nano sensor detecting multiple symptoms in structural, chemical and bio applications with simple electric circuits.

• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제59권4호
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• pp.372-376
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• 2010

Electrolytic capacitors have been widely used in power electronics system because of the features of large capacitance, small size, high-voltage, and low-cost. Electrolytic capacitors, which is most of the time affected by aging effect, plays a very important role for the power electronics system quality and reliability. Therefore it is important to estimate the parameter of an electrolytic capacitor to predict the failure. The estimation of the equivalent series resistance(ESR) is important parameter in life condition monitoring of electrolytic capacitor. This paper proposes a simple technique to measure the ESR of an electrolytic capacitor. This method uses a switching DC/DC boost converter to measure the DC Bus capacitor ESR of power converter. Main advantage of the proposed method is very simple in technique, consumes very little time and requires only simple instruments. Simulation results are shown to verify the performance of the proposed method.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.1049-1055
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• 1999

Electrochemical oxidation of silicon (p-type Si(100)) at room temperature in ethylene glycol and in aqueous solutions has been performed by applying constant low current densities for the preparation of thin SiO2 layers. In-situ ac impedance spectroscopic methods have been employed to characterize the interfaces of electrolyte/oxide/semiconductor and to estimate the thickness of the oxide layer. The thicknesses of SiO2 layers calculated from the capacitive impedance were in the range of 25-100Å depending on the experimental conditions. The anodic polarization resistance parallel with the oxide layer capacitance increased continuously to a very large value in ethylene glycol solution. However, it decreased above 4 V in aqueous solutions, where oxygen evolved through the oxidation of water. Interstitially dissolved oxygen molecules in SiO2 layer at above the oxygen evolution potential were expected to facilitate the formation of SiO2 at the interfaces. Thin SiO2 films grew efficiently at a controlled rate during the application of low anodization currents in aqueous solutions.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.225-229
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 환경 모니터링을 위한 정전용량형 압력센서를 저온동시소성세라믹 (LTCC) 기술을 이용하여 제작하였다. LTCC 기술은 실리콘 기반의 기술에 비하여 낮은 생산 단가, 높은 수율, 3차원 구조물의 용이한 제작성 등으로 인하여 센서 응용분야에서 중요한 역할을 담당하고 있으며, 특히 열악한 외부환경에 적합한 물질이다. 400 ${\mu}m$ 두께 삼차원 구조의 LTCC 다이어프램은 NEG사의 MLS 22C 상용 파우더를 이용하여 100 ${\mu}m$ 두께의 그린쉬트를 적층하고 동시소결하여 제작하였다. 제작한 다이어프램은 공동의 면적에 따른 센싱특성을 평가하기 위하여 각각 25, 49 $mm^2$의 두 종류를 제작하였다. 정전용량형 압력센서를 구현하기 위하여 상부에는 열증착기를 이용하여 Au 금속박막을 증착하였고 하부에는 상용 알루미늄막을 압착하였다. 압력에 따른 센싱특성을 평가하기 위하여 제작된 측정시스템을 이용하여 0~30 psi의 압력을 가변하여 압력센서의 정전용량 변화를 측정한 결과 두 센서 모두에서 선형적인 센싱 특성을 나타냄을 확인하였다.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.697-707
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• 2019

This review paper deals with materials, classification, and a current article investigation on smart textile sensors for wearable vital signs monitoring (WVSM). Smart textile sensors can lose electrical conductivity during vital signs monitoring when applying them to clothing. Because they should have to endure severe conditions (bending, folding, and distortion) when wearing. Imparting electrical conductivity for application is a critical consideration when manufacturing smart textile sensors. Smart textile sensors fabricate by utilizing electro-conductive materials such as metals, allotrope of carbon, and intrinsically conductive polymers (ICPs). It classifies as performance level, fabric structure, intrinsic/extrinsic modification, and sensing mechanism. The classification of smart textile sensors by sensing mechanism includes pressure/force sensors, strain sensors, electrodes, optical sensors, biosensors, and temperature/humidity sensors. In the previous study, pressure/force sensors perform well despite the small capacitance changes of 1-2 pF. Strain sensors work reliably at 1 ㏀/cm or lower. Electrodes require an electrical resistance of less than 10 Ω/cm. Optical sensors using plastic optical fibers (POF) coupled with light sources need light in-coupling efficiency values that are over 40%. Biosensors can quantify by wicking rate and/or colorimetry as the reactivity between the bioreceptor and transducer. Temperature/humidity sensors require actuating triggers that show the flap opening of shape memory polymer or with a color-changing time of thermochromic pigment lower than 17 seconds.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.472-477
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• 2017

기름 유출로 인한 피해는 수질환경 및 생태계를 단시간에 파괴할 뿐만 아니라 한번 오염이 되면 회복하는데 상당한 시간이 걸리고 회복이 어려우며, 지속적으로 나타난다. 때문에 해양이나 하천, 담수 등의 기름유출을 모니터링할 수 있는 오일 검출기의 필요성이 매우 높다. 오일을 검출할 수 있는 기술로는 크게 접촉식과 비접촉식으로 구분할 수 있으며, 접촉식으로는 Conductivity, Capacitance, Microwave 등이 있고 비접촉식으로는 Infrared, UV, Laser, Optic, Radar 등으로 구분할 수 있다. 수면 위에 있는 오일을 측정하기 위해서는 파고 및 너울, 빛의 산란, 온도, 염도 등 여러 가지 관측의 장애가 존재하기에 측정하고자 하는 환경에 맞는 오일 검출기를 선택하여 사용해야 한다. 본 논문에서는 접촉식 방식으로 정유회사 및 유화회사, 발전소 등의 오일 관련 업종에서 사용할 수 있는 오일 검출기를 구현하였다. 장비의 구성은 수면 위에 띄워 놓는 센서 모듈과 센서 모듈에서 들어오는 신호를 가공하여 표시하는 제어기로 구분하며, 센서를 통하여 오일의 유무를 판별하고 더 나아가 오일의 양과 오일의 종류에 따른 유전율의 변화를 관측하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제30권9호
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• pp.535-540
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• 2017

The changes in the electrical characteristics of CMOS ICs due to coupling with a narrow-band electromagnetic wave were analyzed in this study. A magnetron (3 kW, 2.45 GHz) was used as the narrow-band electromagnetic source. The DUT was a CMOS logic IC and the gate output was in the ON state. The malfunction of the ICs was confirmed by monitoring the variation of the gate output voltage. It was observed that malfunction (self-reset) and destruction of the ICs occurred as the electric field increased. To confirm the variation of electrical characteristics of the ICs due to the narrow-band electromagnetic wave, the pin-to-pin resistances (Vcc-GND, Vcc-Input1, Input1-GND) and input capacitance of the ICs were measured. The pin-to-pin resistances and input capacitance of the ICs before exposure to the narrow-band electromagnetic waves were $8.57M{\Omega}$ (Vcc-GND), $14.14M{\Omega}$ (Vcc-Input1), $18.24M{\Omega}$ (Input1-GND), and 5 pF (input capacitance). The ICs exposed to narrow-band electromagnetic waves showed mostly similar values, but some error values were observed, such as $2.5{\Omega}$, $50M{\Omega}$, or 71 pF. This is attributed to the breakdown of the pn junction when latch-up in CMOS occurred. In order to confirm surface damage of the ICs, the epoxy molding compound was removed and then studied with an optical microscope. In general, there was severe deterioration in the PCB trace. It is considered that the current density of the trace increased due to the electromagnetic wave, resulting in the deterioration of the trace. The results of this study can be applied as basic data for the analysis of the effect of narrow-band high-power electromagnetic waves on ICs.

• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.58-63
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• 2010

In this paper, we proposed a wearable respiration measurement system with textile capacitive pressure sensor. Belt typed textile capacitive pressure sensor approach of respiration measurement, from which respiration signatures and rates can be derived in real-time for long-term monitoring, are presented. Belt typed textile capacitive pressure sensor has been developed for this measurement system. the distance change of two plates by the pressure of motion has been used for the respiration measurement in chest area. Respiration rates measured with the textile capacitive pressure sensor was compared with standard techniques on 8 human subjects. Accurate measurement of respiration rate with developed sensor system is shown. The data from the method comparison study is used to confirm theoretical estimates of change in capacitance by the distance change. The current version of respiratory rate detection system using textile capacitive pressure sensor can successfully measure respiration rate. It showed upper limit agreement of $3.7997{\times}10^{-7}$ RPM, and lower limit of agreement of $-3.8428{\times}10^{-7}$ RPM in Bland-Altman plot. From all subject, high correlation were shown(p<0.0001). The proposed measurement method could be used to monitor unconscious persons, avoiding the need to apply electrodes to the directly skin or other sensors in the correct position and to wire the subject to the monitor. Monitoring respiration using textile capacitive pressure sensor offers a promising possibility of convenient measurement of respiration rates. Especially, this technology offers a potentially inexpensive implementation that could extend applications to consumer home-healthcare and mobile-healthcare products. Further advances in the sensor design, system design and signal processing can increase the range and quality of the rate-finding, broadening the potential application areas of this technology.