• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.08a
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• pp.73-73
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• 2011

We will report a few methods to improve the efficiency and stability in small molecule based organic solar cells, including the formation of bulk heterojunctions (BHJs) through alternative thermal deposition (ATD), the use of a micro-cavity structure and interface modifications. By ATD which is a simple modification of conventional thermal evaporation, the thicknesses of alternative donor and acceptor layers were precisely controlled down to 0.1 nm, which is critical to form BHJs. The formation of a BHJ in copper(II) phthalocyanine (CuPc) and fullerene (C60) systems was confirmed by AFM, GISAXS and absorption measurements. From analysis of the data, we found that the CuPc|C60 films fabricated by ATD were composed of the nanometer sized disk shaped CuPc nano grains and aggregated C60, which explains the phase separation of CuPc and C60. On the other hand, the co-deposited CuPc:C60 films did not show the existence of separated CuPc nano grains in the CuPc:C60 matrix. The OPV cells fabricated using the ATD method showed significantly enhanced power conversion efficiency compared to the co-deposited OPV cells under a same composition [1]. We will also present by numerical simulation that adoption of microcavity structure in the planar heterojunction can improve the short circuit current in single and tandem OSCs [2]. Interface modifications also allowed us to achieve high efficiency and high stability OSCs.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.9
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• pp.789-794
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• 2014

The FPGA is used to the high speed digital satellite communication on the Digital Signal Process Unit of the next generation GEO communication satellite. The high capacity FPGA has the high power dissipation and it is difficult to satisfy the derating requirement of temperature. This matter is the major factor to degrade the equipment life and reliability. The thermal control at the equipment level has been worked through thermal conduction in the space environment. The FPGA of CCGA or BGA package type was mounted on printed circuit board, but the PCB has low efficient to the thermal control. For the FPGA heat dissipation, the heat sink was applied between part lid and housing of equipment and the performance of heat sink was confirmed via thermal vacuum test under the condition of space qualification level. The FPGA of high power dissipation has been difficult to apply for space application, but FPGA with heat sink could be used to space application with the derating temperature margin.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.197-202
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• 2010

In this paper, multi-channel vital signal monitoring system was implemented for home healthcare. The system able to measure vital signal for example ECG, PPG and temperature simultaneously at patients’ home. The vital signal is an essential parameter for healthcare application and can be easily extracted from patients. The implemented system consist of sensor parts for signal extraction, signal amplifier and filter for analog circuit, analog signal to digital conversion for controlling devices and lastly the monitoring program. The system able to transmit vital signals using Bluetooth wireless communications to personal computer or home server. And the tele-monitoring system able to display real-time signals using web monitoring program. In medical application, the vital signal parameter able to stored and saved in the web server for further medical analysis. This system opens up the possibilities of ubiquitous healthcare where further implementation can be easily done.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.9-14
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• 1995

For the development of liquid density measuring sensor using the natural frequency of a pipe, its principle and construction method were described. The stainless steel pipe, which has length of 32 cm, inside diameter of 2.3 cm and outside diameter of 2.5 cm, was used for the sensor. The exciting coil and the photo sensor were used to excite and to pick-up it, and the feedback circuit was designed to continue its vibrating. The natural frequency was consistent with the result of the spectrum analysis. It had a linearity of 0.0027 % and a sensitivity of 0.032 % in liquid density range from $0.8\;g/cm^{3}$ to $1.4\;g/cm^{3}$ and its frequency variation ratio was 0.024 $%/^{\circ}C$ in temperature range from $10^{\circ}C$ to $35^{\circ}C$.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.169-179
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• 1999

In this paper, a GaAs MESFET single-ended resistive mixer with high linearity and isolation is designed. The bias voltage of this mixer is applied only gate of GaAs MESFET to use the channel resistance. The LO is applied the gate and the RF is applied the drain through 7-pole hairpin bandpass filter to obtain the proper isolation thru LO-RF. The IF is extracted from the source with short circuit and lowpass filter. Using extracted equivalent circuits for LO and RF, conversion loss is calculated and compared with result of harmonic balance analysis. Measured conversion loss of this S-band down converter mixer is 8.2~10.5dB by considering the measured 3.0~3.4dB RF 7-pole hairpin bandpass filter loss and IP3in is 26.5dBm at Vg=-0.85~-1.0V in distortion performance.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.14 no.8
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• pp.809-815
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• 2003

It is very important to get very high switching speed as well as low phase noise of frequency synthesizer in the OFDM/FH communication system. In this paper we compare the phase noises and switching speeds of the conventional PLL and digital hybrid PLL(DH-PLL) frequency synthesizer, also, we investigate the effect of phase noise on the performance of OFDM/FH communication system. DH-PLL has high switching speed property at the cost of circuit complexity and more power consumption. Unlike the conventional PLL in which the phase noise and switching speed have the trade off relationship in respect of loop filter bandwidth, DH-PLL frequency synthesizer can perform fast switching speed and low phase noise simultaneously. Under the condition of same hopping speed requirement, DH-PLL can achieve faster switching speed and lower SNR penalty compared with conventional PLL in the OFDM/FH communication system.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.935-941
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• 2009

In this paper, we study the communication based train control technology which has been improved for the railroad operation efficiency. All the signalling systems currently used in Korea are track circuit based train control systems, which train mobility and safety are considered on. When it comes to the recent abroad trend, development for communication based train control system, which arises new paradigm in the field of high density train separation, have been promoted. Considering the urgent necessity to develop the above mentioned technology, we would like to propose the research and development of communication based train control system and the present domestic and foreign statuses of on-board equipment development. In this paper, therefore, we had been developed localization on-board equipment of communication based train control system, which is the key construction of train control systems. For its verification, we accomplished installation and yard test on-board equipment of communication based train control system on Bundang-line's EMU(Electrical Multiple Unit).

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.15 no.8
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• pp.528-535
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• 2005

It is inclined to increase that use of hazardous substances such as lead(Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium(Cd) etc. are prohibited in the electronics according to environmental friendly policies of an advanced nation for protecting environment of earth. As this reasons, many researches for ensuring the reliability were proceeding in Pb free soldering process. n the flux remains on the PCB(printed circuit board) in the soldering process or the electronics exposed to corrosive environment, it becomes the reasons of breakdown or malfunction of the electronics caused by corrosion. Therefore in this studies we researched the polarization and Tafel properties of Sn40Pb and SnCu system solders based on the electrochemical theory. The experimental polarization curves were measured in distilled ionized water and 1 mole $3.5 wt\%$ NaCl electrolyte of $40^{\circ}C$, pH 7.5. Ag/AgCl and graphite were utilized by reference and counter electrodes, respectively. To observe the electrochemical reaction, polarization test was conducted from -250mV to +250mV. From the polarization curves composed of anodic and cathodic curves, we obtained Tafel slop, reversible electrode potential(Ecorr) and exchange current density((cow). In these results, we compared the corrosion rate of SnPb and SnCu solders.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.59-64
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• 2007

We studied on the fires about the electrical motors in this paper. We compared and analyzed about the transformation and damage state of single-phase induction motors used in the home appliances when we applied electrical overload and exterior flame. This experiment was progressed by the electrical overload application test and the exterior flame application test through the locked rotor of motor. In case of the exterior flame application test, it is divided into the apply voltage case and not apply voltage case. The result of an experiment through the locked rotor of motor, it was able to observe the short-circuit marks between layers at the winding coil parts, and it was appeared a transformed dendritic tissue structure of winding coil by the electrical overload test. The application voltage and the application exterior flame, it was confirmed that the stator winding coil parts were remain original shapes and observed that the color of the winding coil's circumference was changed to red. The non-application voltage and the application exterior flame, it was observed that the stator winding coil parts were transformed quite from original shapes. It was observed that the color of the winding coil and circumference parts was changed to red at the same case of non-application voltage.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.84-91
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• 2003

KOMPSAT series use software-controlled unregulated bus system in which the main bus is directly connected to a battery and the duty-ratio for PWM switch is controlled by the on-board satellite software. This paper proposes a new power-stage circuit that can be available for modularization of the power regulator which is used at the software-controlled unregulated bus system satellite. And we analyze the proposed power-stage operation according to its operating modes and verify it by performing software simulation and hardware experiment using prototype. We construct a parallel-module converter which is composed of proposed power-stages and perform experiment to verify modular characteristics of the proposed power-stage. Finally, we verify the usefulness of the proposed power-stage by comparing above results with those of a parallel-module converter made of conventional power-stages.