• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.214-221
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• 2021

SiC MOSFETs require a faster and more reliable short-circuit protection circuit than conventional methods due to narrow short-circuit withstand times. Therefore, this research proposes a short-circuit protection circuit using a current-sensing circuit based on Rogowski coil. The method of designing the current-sensing circuit, which is a component of the proposed circuit, is presented first. The integrator and input/output filter that compose the current-sensing circuit are designed to have a wide bandwidth for accurately measuring short-circuit currents with high di/dt. The precision of the designed sensing circuit is verified on a double pulse test (DPT). In addition, the sensing accuracy according to the bandwidth of the filters and the number of turns of the Rogowski coil is analyzed. Next, the entire short-circuit protection circuit with the current-sensing circuit is designed in consideration of the fast short-circuit shutdown time. To verify the performance of this circuit, a short-circuit test is conducted for two cases of short-circuit conditions that can occur in the half-bridge structure. Finally, the short-circuit shutdown time is measured to confirm the suitability of the proposed protection circuit for the SiC MOSFET short-circuit protection.

• 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국초전도학회 2000년도 High Temperature Superconductivity Vol.X
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• pp.2-6
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• 2000

We have developed an extremely sensitive radio frequency amplifier based on the dc superconducting quantum interference device (dc SQUID). Unlike a conventional semiconductor amplifier, a SQUID can be cooled to ultra-low temperatures (100 mK or less) and thus potentially achieve a much lower noise temperature. In a conventional SQUID amplifier, where the integrated input coil is operated as a lumped element, parasitic capacitance between the coil and the SQUID washer limits the frequency up to which a substantial gain can be achieved to a few hundred MHz. This problem can be circumvented by operating the input coil of the SQUID as a microstrip resonator: instead of connecting the input signal open. Such amplifiers have gains of 15 dB or more at frequencies up to 3 GHz. If required, the resonant frequency of the microstrip can be tuned by means of a varactor diode connected across the otherwise open end of the resonator. The noise temperature of microstrip SQUID amplifiers was measured to be between $0.5\;K\;{\pm}\;0.3\;K$ at a frequency of 80 MHz and $1.5\;K\;{\pm}\;1.2\;K$ at 1.7 GHz, when the SQUID was cooled to 4.2 K. An even lower noise temperature can be achieved by cooling the SQUID to about 0.4 K. In this case, a noise temperature of $100\;mK\;{\pm}\;20\;mK$ was achieved at 90 MHz, and of about $120\;{\pm}\;100\;mK$ at 440 MHz.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.15-23
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• 1999

With a remarkable expansion of communication industry, a pager or a cellular phone becomes a necessary communication device in modern society. However, a paging signal by a buzzer is often acted as an unpleasant noise in some places, thus necessitating a paging signal by a vibration motor. In this paper, a simpler type of a vibration motor, a coreless permanent magnet(PM) DC motor, is considered to substitute for the conventional vibration motors. Using an analytical method, electromagnetic field and operating torque were calculated for the given inner and outer PM type motors, and the results were confirmed by FEM analysis. As design parameters, number of PM poles, PM radial thickness, coil arc angle and number of winding stacks were chosen for sensitivity analysis. It shows that coil arc angle is the most important design parameter to increase the motor performance, without giving an adverse effect on motor weight, size and manufacturing cost. Based on the analysis of the outer PM type motor, an outer square PM type motor is proposed as the final design. Compared to the outer PM type, outer square type provides more flexibility to attach to the small size cellular phones. With the optimum design of square outer PM DC motor, it can successfully substitute the conventional types with less expensive manufacturing cost. better performance and smaller necessary space.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 1999년도 제3회 압연심포지엄 논문집 압연기술의 미래개척 (Exploitation of Future Rolling Technologies)
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• pp.390-398
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• 1999

The thermomechanical control process(in hot rolling strip mill) was employed to produce 2.25Cr-1Mo steel, which is to be construction material for the steam generator for power plant. Although the Conventional processes has been the primary means of producing the 2.25Cr-1Mo steel, an alternative method was used to meet the specification of ASTM heat treatment for A387-22-Classl using autotempering after coiling in hot rolling strip mill. The microstructures, tensile properties at various temperatures, and creep-rupture properties have been investigated to compare the properties with those of materials produced by the conventional process and to certify the application of the thermomechanical control process to an actual process of manufacturing 2.25-Cr-1Mo steel, this in turn, will reduce the cost of the process. About 14 to 34% glanular bainite (remainder proetectoid ferrite) formed in a coil, and this variety of volume fraction stems from the different cooling rates, which varies with position of the coil after coiling. Tensile testing from room temperature to 700$^{\circ}C$ indicated that strength increases with test temperature showing peaks at around 600$^{\circ}C$. Creep-rupture properties have been being investigated at the temperature of 500$^{\circ}C$ with 27.5, 32kg/$\textrm{mm}^2$ loads and have showed no rupture for over 1000 hours.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2008

C-Hook is a kind of conveyer system for transporting steel coil in POSCO. To detect the current position and the trajectory of steel coils in a plant, C-Hooks are tracked by an inspection system based on PLC. The inspection system detects transit of C-Hooks by monitoring a physical contact between steel bars on a C-Hook and the inspection sensors. However, this system is not reliable because of the abrasion, damage and aging. Moreover, the number of distinguishable C-Hooks is limited by the number of combination of steel bars on a C-Hook. It means that more steel bars should be installed for distinguishing the more C-Hooks. Therefore, the conventional system is difficult and expensive to maintain. To overcome these problems, we propose a C-Hook identification system that uses RFID which is a non-contact type identification system, and evaluate its performance and applicability from a new monitoring program that operates along with the conventional system in the real environment of POSCO.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 방전 플라즈마 유기절연재료 초전도 자성체연구회
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• pp.69-72
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• 2004

In recent, there have been several developments in lamp technology that promise savings in electrical power consumption and improved quality of the lighting space. Above all, the advantage of ring-shaped electrodeless fluorescent lamp is the removal of internal electrodes and heating filaments that are a light-limiting factor of conventional fluorescent lamps. The ring-shaped electrodeless lamp is intended as a high efficacy replacement for the incandescent reflector lamp in many applications. Therefore, the life time of ring-shaped electrodeless fluorescent lamps is substantially higher than that of conventional fluorescent lamps and last up to 60,000 hours. In this paper, we present measurement results of electrical characteristics of a ring-shaped electrodeless fluorescent lamp as a function of frequency and number of coil turns using a highly permeable Mn-Zn ferrite. It is found that the impedance are increased while the quality factor decreases as frequency increases.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.225-235
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• 2010

There are many types of the geometric transitions such as dent, bulge, protrusion, expansion, etc, on the inner and outer surfaces of heat exchanger tubes, steam generator tubes, and condenser tubes of nuclear power plants. Such geometric transition causes a local residual stress in heat exchanger tubes and acts as a structural factor accelerating the evolution of defects, in particular stress corrosion cracks. In the conventional eddy current test methods, the bobbin coil profilometry can provide 2-dimensional geometric information on the variation of the average inner diameter along the tube length, but the 3-dimensional distribution and the quantitative size of a local geometric transition existing in the tube cannot be measured. In this paper, a new eddy current probe, developed for the 3-dimensional profile measurement, is introduced and its superior performance is compared with that from the conventional bobbin coil profilometry for the various types of geometric transition. Also, the accuracy of the probe for the quantitative profile measurement is verified by comparing the results with that from the laser profilometry. It is expected that the new eddy current probe and techniques can be effectively used for an optimization of the tube expansion process, and the management of tubes with geometric transitions in service.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.161-168
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• 2023

Nasopalatine duct cysts (NPDCs), the most common non-odontogenic cysts of maxilla, are often incidental findings on diagnostic imaging. When symptomatic, they usually present as a painless swelling with possible fistula. Conventional radiography shows a round-to-ovoid or heart-shaped radiolucency between the roots of central maxillary incisors. While the radiographic features of NPDCs in X-ray-based modalities have been well described, their magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features have rarely been reported. Developments in dental MRI in recent years and the introduction of various dental MRI protocols now allow a wide range of applications in dental medicine. MRI is becoming an important tool for the detection and diagnosis of incidental or non-incidental dentomaxillofacial cysts. This report presented and discussed the characteristics of 2 NPDC cases visualized on MRI using both conventional and newly implemented specific dental MRI protocols with a novel 15-channel mandibular coil, demonstrating the use of these protocols for radiation-free maxillofacial diagnoses.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2012

PET과 융합된 MR 영상에서 MR coil은 PET 영상용 감쇄보정에 있어서 위치 정보 수집에 관한 오류를 극복하기 위한 노력이 시도 되어 왔다. 본원에서는 이런 문제점을 보완한 Three modality system (PET/CT +MR)을 이용하고 있다. 이 논문에서는 MR torso coil이 CT 감쇄보정에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. MR torso coil을 장착하고 CT로 감쇄보정한 PET 영상에서 인공물에 대한 평가를 하였다. 균일도 평가용 팬텀과 1994 NEMA 실린더 팬텀을 사용하여, CT의 관전압과 관전류를 변경해가며 표준화섭취계수에 대한 변화를 추적하였다. MR torso coil안에 있는 금속 물질로 인한 줄무늬 인공물이 관찰되었다. CT 검사에 있어서 관전압과 관전류를 변화 시키면 선 감쇄계수도 일정하게 변화하였다. 관전압과 관전류의 수치가 높아짐에 따라 PET 영상에서의 표준화섭취계수가 증가하는 것을 볼 수 있었다. PET/CT 검사 시, MR torso coil은 금속으로 인한 줄무늬 인공물을 생성하며, 감쇄보정에 있어서 잠재적인 오류를 불러올 수 있다. 이와 같은 오류를 감소시키기 위해서는 첫째, 감쇄보정 알고리즘의 보완, 둘째, MR coil을 사용하지 않은 검사방법의 연구, 셋째, PET/CT 감쇄보정에 영향을 주지 않는 MR coil소재의 개발 등이 요구된다.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.36-42
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• 2005

목적 : 위상 배열(phased array) 코일의 sensitivity profile을 추정하는 알고리즘을 제시하고, 이로부터 위상 배열 코일 영상에서 나타나는 밝기 비균등성 문제를 해결하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법 : 코일의 sensitivity profile을 추정하기 위해, 우선 그 영상을 여러 각도에 대해 회전을 시켜가면서 projection 데이터를 얻는다. 영상의 해부학적인 구조, 즉 고주파 성분을 제거하기 위해, 앞에서 구한 projection 데이터에 적절한 curve fitting을 적용하여, projection profile을 부드럽게 변하는 곡선으로 만든다. Fitting된 projection profile에 filtered back projection 알고리즘을 적용하면, 원하는 코일의 sensitivity profile을 얻을 수 있다. 추정된 코일의 sensitivity profile 정보를 이용하여 획득한 위상 배열 코일 영상의 밝기를 균등화시킨다. 제안된 알고리즘은 각각, 8채널 및 4채널 위상 배열 코일을 사용하여 얻은 phantom과 사람 뇌 영상에 대해 적용해 봤다. 결과 : 알고리즘의 성능을 측정하기 위해, 본 알고리즘으로부터 얻어진 결과와 단순히 위상 배열코일 영상에 sum-of-square를 취하여 얻어진 결과의 밝기 균등성을 서로 비교해 보았다. 이때, 본 알고리즘으로부터 얻어진 영상의 밝기 균등성이 sum-of-square의 경우보다 더 높음을 확인할 수 있었다. 정량적으로는 밝기 변화량이 제안한 알고리즘에 의해 $13.1\%$에서 $6.1\%$로 감소되었다. 결론 : 제안한 알고리즘은 위상 배열 코일로부터 얻어진 영상의 밝기 비균등성을 효과적으로 보정할 수 있었다.