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The Behavior of the Mobility Degradation in Pocket Implanted MOSFETS (Halo 구조의 MOSFET에서 이동도 감소 현상)

  • Lee Byung-Heon;Lee Kie-Young
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.42 no.4 s.334
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2005
  • The increased effective impurity due to the pocket ion implantation is well blown to give rise to a reduction of the effective mobility of halo MOSFETs. However, further decrease of the effective mobility can be observed in pocket implanted MOSFETs above the mobility reduction due to the Coulomb impurity scattering and the gate bias dependency of the effective mobility can also differ from the simple model describing the mobility behavior in terms of the effective impurity. Phonon scattering and surface scattering as well as impurity Coulomb scattering are also shown to be effective in the degradation of the carrier mobility of pocket implanted MOSFETs. Using the 1-D regional approximation the effect of the distribution of the inversion charge density along the channel on the drain current is investigated. The inhomogeneous channel charge distribution due to pocket implantation is also shown to contribute to the further reduction of the effective mobility in halo MOSFETs.

Characteristics of the Oceanographic Environment in the Aleutian Basin of the Bering Sea during Spring (춘계 베링해 알류산 해분의 해양환경 특성)

  • Choi, Seok-Gwan;Oh, Taeg Yun
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.201-215
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    • 2013
  • The characteristics of the oceanographic environment in the Aleutian Basin of the Bering Sea during spring in 1996, 1997, and 1999 were clarified. An investigation of the water properties revealed five basic layers in the Bering Sea during spring: (1) a surface layer of warm and low-salinity water induced by solar heating, (2) a subsurface layer of cold and low-salinity water propagated slowly by heat from the surface layer, (3) a thermocline layer where salinity was constant but temperature sharply decreased, (4) a temperature inversion layer, and (5) a deep layer with a gradual decrease in temperature and increase in salinity toward the bottom. The ranges of water temperature and salinity were $1.8-5.5^{\circ}C$ and 31.81-34.08 in 1996, $1.5-7.2^{\circ}C$ and 31.9-34.06 in 1997, and $0.5-5.6^{\circ}C$ and 32.0-34.11 in 1999, respectively. The water temperature of the surface layer was approximately $1.6^{\circ}C$ higher in 1997 than in 1996 and 1999. The lowest temperature at a depth of 100-150 m was about $1^{\circ}C$ lower in 1999 than in 1996 and 1997. Nutrient levels (nitrate, phosphate, and silicate) contributing to the control of the growth of phytoplankton were higher in the Aleutian Basin than in the eastern continental shelf and Bogoslof Island area. This was closely associated with the phytoplankton distribution. Nutrient concentrations were lowest at a depth of 25 m. The high primary production at that depth was confirmed from the vertical distribution of chlorophyll a. Chlorophyll a levels were above $4.0{\mu}L^{-1}$ in some areas in 1996 and 1999, but below $2.0{\mu}L^{-1}$ in most areas in 1997. Zooplankton density was about three times higher in 1999 than in 1997.

Progress in Novel Oxides for Gate Dielectrics and Surface Passivation of GaN/AlGaN Heterostructure Field Effect Transistors

  • Abernathy, C.R.;Gila, B.P.;Onstine, A.H.;Pearton, S.J.;Kim, Ji-Hyun;Luo, B.;Mehandru, R.;Ren, F.;Gillespie, J.K.;Fitch, R.C.;Seweel, J.;Dettmer, R.;Via, G.D.;Crespo, A.;Jenkins, T.J.;Irokawa, Y.
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.13-20
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    • 2003
  • Both MgO and $Sc_2O_3$ are shown to provide low interface state densities (in the $10^{11}{\;}eV^{-1}{\;}cm{\;}^{-2}$ range)on n-and p-GaN, making them useful for gate dielectrics for metal-oxide semiconductor(MOS) devices and also as surface passivation layers to mitigate current collapse in GaN/AlGaN high electron mobility transistors(HEMTs).Clear evidence of inversion has been demonstrated in gate-controlled MOS p-GaN diodes using both types of oxide. Charge pumping measurements on diodes undergoing a high temperature implant activation anneal show a total surface state density of $~3{\;}{\times}{\;}10^{12}{\;}cm^{-2}$. On HEMT structures, both oxides provide effective passivation of surface states and these devices show improved output power. The MgO/GaN structures are also found to be quite radiation-resistant, making them attractive for satellite and terrestrial communication systems requiring a high tolerance to high energy(40MeV) protons.

The effect of Fullerene (C60) nanoparticles on the surface of PVDF composite membrane

  • Kim, Kyung Hee;Lee, Ju Sung;Hong, Hyun Pyo;Han, Jun Young;Park, Jin-Won;Min, ByoungRyul
    • Membrane and Water Treatment
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.423-437
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    • 2015
  • Polyvinylidene fluoride/fullerene nanoparticle (PVDF/$C_{60}$) composite microfiltration (MF) membranes were fabricated by a non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) using N, N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc) as solvent and deionized water (DI) as coagulation solution. Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) was added to the casting solution to form membrane pores. $C_{60}$ was added in increments of 0.2% from 0.0% to 1.0% to produce six different membrane types: one pristine PVDF membrane type with no $C_{60}$ added as control, and five composite membrane types with varying $C_{60}$ concentrations of 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0%, respectively. The mechanical strength, morphology, pore size and distribution, hydrophilicity, surface property, permeation performance, and fouling resistance of the six membranes types were characterized using respective analytical methods. The results indicate that membranes containing $C_{60}$ have higher surface porosity and pore density than the pristine membrane. The presence of numerous pores on the membrane caused weaker mechanical strength, but the water flux of the composite membranes increased in spite of their smaller size. Initial flux and surface roughness reached the maximum point among the composite membranes when the $C_{60}$ concentration was 0.6 wt.%.

Study on the Pervaporation Characteristic of Water-alcohol Mixtures through Aromatic Polyetherimide Membranes : I. Pervaporation through Structure Change of Symmetric Dense and Asymmetric Structure Membranes (방향계 폴리에테르이미드막의 물-알콜 혼합액의 투과증발 특성에 관한 연구 : I.구조 변화에 따른 투과증발)

  • Kim, S.G.;Jegal, J.G.;Lee, K.-H.
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.945-953
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    • 1997
  • Aromatic polyetherimide membranes were prepared by dry/wet phase inversion method and investigated regarding the pervaporation characteristic of water-alcohol mixtures by using the permselective property of imide group and the structure modification of skin layer of the membrane. The membrane selectivity increased with the reaction time of surface-modification, to some extent, and the density of top layer tends to increases with increasing the reaction time. In the case of dense membrane, the separation factor was 160 and 2000 for 90wt% ethanol mixture and 90wt% isopropanol solution, respectively, which implies that aromatic polyetherimide has a high permselectivity. The temperature dependence of permeation flux seems to follow an Arrhenius type at the temperature range of ($40^{\circ}C-70^{\circ}C$).

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Comparative Investigation of Interfacial Characteristics between HfO2/Al2O3 and Al2O3/HfO2 Dielectrics on AlN/p-Ge Structure

  • Kim, Hogyoung;Yun, Hee Ju;Choi, Seok;Choi, Byung Joon
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.29 no.8
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    • pp.463-468
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    • 2019
  • The electrical and interfacial properties of $HfO_2/Al_2O_3$ and $Al_2O_3/HfO_2$ dielectrics on AlN/p-Ge interface prepared by thermal atomic layer deposition are investigated by capacitance-voltage(C-V) and current-voltage(I-V) measurements. In the C-V measurements, humps related to mid-gap states are observed when the ac frequency is below 100 kHz, revealing lower mid-gap states for the $HfO_2/Al_2O_3$ sample. Higher frequency dispersion in the inversion region is observed for the $Al_2O_3/HfO_2$ sample, indicating the presence of slow interface states A higher interface trap density calculated from the high-low frequency method is observed for the $Al_2O_3/HfO_2$ sample. The parallel conductance method, applied to the accumulation region, shows border traps at 0.3~0.32 eV for the $Al_2O_3/HfO_2$ sample, which are not observed for the $Al_2O_3/HfO_2$ sample. I-V measurements show a reduction of leakage current of about three orders of magnitude for the $HfO_2/Al_2O_3$ sample. Using the Fowler-Nordheim emission, the barrier height is calculated and found to be about 1.08 eV for the $HfO_2/Al_2O_3$ sample. Based on these results, it is suggested that $HfO_2/Al_2O_3$ is a better dielectric stack than $Al_2O_3/HfO_2$ on AlN/p-Ge interface.

Visual Explanation of a Deep Learning Solar Flare Forecast Model and Its Relationship to Physical Parameters

  • Yi, Kangwoo;Moon, Yong-Jae;Lim, Daye;Park, Eunsu;Lee, Harim
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.42.1-42.1
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    • 2021
  • In this study, we present a visual explanation of a deep learning solar flare forecast model and its relationship to physical parameters of solar active regions (ARs). For this, we use full-disk magnetograms at 00:00 UT from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory/Michelson Doppler Imager and the Solar Dynamics Observatory/Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager, physical parameters from the Space-weather HMI Active Region Patch (SHARP), and Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite X-ray flare data. Our deep learning flare forecast model based on the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) predicts "Yes" or "No" for the daily occurrence of C-, M-, and X-class flares. We interpret the model using two CNN attribution methods (guided backpropagation and Gradient-weighted Class Activation Mapping [Grad-CAM]) that provide quantitative information on explaining the model. We find that our deep learning flare forecasting model is intimately related to AR physical properties that have also been distinguished in previous studies as holding significant predictive ability. Major results of this study are as follows. First, we successfully apply our deep learning models to the forecast of daily solar flare occurrence with TSS = 0.65, without any preprocessing to extract features from data. Second, using the attribution methods, we find that the polarity inversion line is an important feature for the deep learning flare forecasting model. Third, the ARs with high Grad-CAM values produce more flares than those with low Grad-CAM values. Fourth, nine SHARP parameters such as total unsigned vertical current, total unsigned current helicity, total unsigned flux, and total photospheric magnetic free energy density are well correlated with Grad-CAM values.

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Geophysical Study on the Geoelectrical Structure of the Hwasan Caldera in the Euisung Sub-basin Using Magnetotelluric Survey (자기지전류 탐사를 이용한 의성소분지 화산 칼데라의 지구물리학적 연구)

  • Yang, Jun-Mo;Kwon, Byung-Doo;Cho, In-Ky;Lee, Heui-Soon;Park, Gye-Soon;Um, Joo-Young
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.99-108
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    • 2008
  • To extend our detailed knowledge for the Hwasan caldera, we carried out magnetotelluric (MT) survey, which is pretty sensitive to electrical property variation in both horizontal and vertical direction of subsurface, across the Hwasan caldera with the direction of EW. The 2-D inversion results of observed MT data lead to following conclusions. Firstly, the depth of the basin basement inferred by the MT inversion results matches well with that suggested by previous potential studies, but the basement resistivity seems fairly low when compared to that of general case. This feature might be related with the large-scaled, highly conductive layer beneath the Euisung Sub-basin suggested by the previous MT study. Secondly, the high resistivity zones reaching to 4000 $\Omega{\cdot}m$ are imaged around two external ring fault boundaries. These zones are thought of as the response of the rhyolitic dykes intruding along the ring fault, and in the previous gravity data correspond to relatively high density anomalies. Thirdly, low resistivity zone reaching to 200 $\Omega{\cdot}m$ is detected around a depth of 1km beneath the central part of the caldera, which has not been yet reported in korean geophysical literatures. If we take account of the evolution model of the Hwasan caldera, this zone is regarded as the past sedimentary layer that subsided during the period of forming external ring fault system. In addition, the relatively low density anomaly observed in the central part of the caldera may be attributed to this sedimentary layer.

Optimal Estimation (OE) Technique to Retrieve the Ozone Column and Tropospheric Ozone Profile Based on Ground-based MAX-DOAS Measurement (오존전량 및 대류권 오존 프로파일 산출을 위한 지상관측 MAX-DOAS 원시자료 기반의 최적추정(Optimal Estimation) 기술)

  • Park, Junsung;Hong, Hyunkee;Choi, Wonei;Kim, Daewon;Yang, Jiwon;Kang, Hyungwoo;Lee, Hanlim
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.34 no.2_1
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    • pp.191-201
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    • 2018
  • In this present study, we, for the first time, retrieved total column of ozone ($O_3$) and tropospheric ozone vertical profile using the Optimal Estimation (OE) method based on the MAX-DOAS measurement at the Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. The optical density fitting is carried out using the OE method to calculate ozone columns. The optical density between the MAX-DOAS data obtained by dividing the measured intensities for each viewing elevated angle by those at the zenith angle. The retrieved total columns of the ozone are 375.4 and 412.6 DU in the morning (08:13) and afternoon (17:55) on 23 May, 2017, respectively. In addition, under 10 km altitude, the $O_3$ vertical profile was retrieved with about 5% of retrieval uncertainty. However, above 10 km altitude, the $O_3$ vertical profile retrieval uncertainty was increased (>10%). The spectral fitting errors are 16.8% and 19.1% in the morning and afternoon, respectively. The method suggested in this present study can be useful to measure the total ozone column using the ground-based hyper-spectral UV sensors.

Gravity-Geologic Prediction of Bathymetry in the Drake Passage, Antarctica (Gravity-Geologic Method를 이용한 남극 드레이크 해협의 해저지형 연구)

  • 김정우;도성재;윤순옥;남상헌;진영근
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.273-284
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    • 2002
  • The Gravity-Geologic Method (GGM) was implemented for bathymetric determinations in the Drake Passage, Antarctica, using global marine Free-air Gravity Anomalies (FAGA) data sets by Sandwell and Smith (1997) and local echo sounding measurements. Of the 6548 bathymetric sounding measurements, two thirds of these points were used as control depths, while the remaining values were used as checkpoints. A density contrast of 9.0 gm/㎤ was selected based on the checkpoints predictions with changes in the density contrast assumed between the seawater and ocean bottom topographic mass. Control depths from the echo soundings were used to determine regional gravity components that were removed from FAGA to estimate the gravity effects of the bathymetry. These gravity effects were converted to bathymetry by inversion. In particular, a selective merging technique was developed to effectively combine the echo sounding depths with the GGM bathymetiy to enhance high frequency components along the shipborne sounding tracklines. For the rugged bathymetry of the research area, the GGM bathymetry shows correlation coefficients (CC) of 0.91, 0.92, and 0.85 with local shipborne sounding by KORDI, GEODAS, and a global ETOPO5 model, respectively. The enhanced GGM by selective merging shows imploved CCs of 0.948 and 0.954 with GEODAS and Smith & Sandwell (1997)'s predictions with RMS differences of 449.8 and 441.3 meters. The global marine FAGA data sets and other bathymetric models ensure that the GGM can be used in conjunction with shipborne bathymetry from echo sounding to extend the coverage into the unmapped regions, which should generate better results than simply gridding the sparse data or relying upon lower resolution global data sets such as ETOPO5.