• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.81-85
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• 2007

Embedded capacitor technology can improve electrical perfomance and reduce assembly cost compared with traditional discrete capacitor technology. To improve the capacitance density of the $Al_2O_3$ based embedded capacitor on Cu cladded fiber reinforced plastics (FR-4), the specific surface area of the $Al_2O_3$ thin films was enlarged and their surface morphologies were controlled by anodization process parameters. From I-V characteristics, it was found that breakdown voltage and leakage current were 23 V and $1{\times}10^{-6}A/cm^2$ at 3.3 V, respectively. We have also measured C-V characteristics of $Pt/Al_2O_3/Al/Ti$ structure on CU/FR4. The capacitance density was $300nF/cm^2$ and the dielectric loss was 0.04. This nano-porous $Al_2O_3$ is a good material candidate for the embedded capacitor application for electronic products.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.270-270
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• 2007

전자 산업의 발달로 인해 전자기기에 소형화, 경량화 및 다기능화가 요구되면서 민쇄회로기판(PCB)에도 고밀도화, 고집적회가 필요하게 되었다. 이에 따라 embedded passive 기술을 이용하여 기판 내부에 가능한 많은 수동소자들을 실장시키려는 노력이 진행되어지고 있다. 가장 수요가 많은 capacitor의 경우 부피와 전기적 특성 측면에서 내장 효과가 가장 큰 passive 소자에 해당한다. 본 연구에서는 내장형 capacitor의 유전재료로서 중요한 $BaTiO_3$ powder를 filler로 사용하여 epoxy/BT 복합체에서 filler의 분율에 따른 유전상수률 측정하고, filler의 열처리에 따른 유전상수의 변화를 관찰하였다. 그러고 이들 복합체의 mixing rule과 미세구조 관찰을 통하여 기판용 RCC 소재로서의 적용성을 평가하고자 하였다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.56 no.8
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• pp.1471-1475
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• 2007

In this paper, a novel embedded ultra wideband (UWB) band-pass filter is presented on a FR-4 package substrate including high Dk resin coated copper (${\varepsilon}_r=30$) film. The proposed UWB filter is comprised of a parallel resonator with meander-type uniform impedance resonator (UIR) and two series resonators with high Q circular stacked spiral inductor and metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor. In order to obtain excellent attenuation characteristics by generating attenuation poles in lower and upper stop bands, a single MIM capacitor is added to each resonator. The fabricated FR-4 embedded UWB filter has insertion loss of -1.0dB and return loss of -11dB, respectively. It has also extremely wide bandwidth (over 50%) and small size ($3.7{\times}4{\times}0.77\;mm^3$) which is compatible with LTCC devices.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.92.1-92.1
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.194-195
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• 2006

개인 휴대 통신 기기의 급속한 발달로 인해 부품의 소형화, 고집적화가 중요한 요소로 대두되고 있으며 이를 위해서는 모듈내부에 3차원적인 수동소자의 내장이 가능한 LTCC (Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics) 공정이 각광받고 있다. Embedded Capacitor를 제조하기 위해 유전율이 7.6과 6.5인 LTCC 재료를 이종접합 하여 제조하였으며 이종재료의 수축거동 차이에 의한 camber가 발생하였다. 이를 해결하고 또한 고주파 부품용 정밀회로 패턴을 구 현하기 위해 PLAS 방식의 Constrained Sintering 공정을 적용하여 camber 문제를 해결하였으며 capacitance 값이 두 이종재료의 유전율과 1:1로 비례하지 않았는데 이는 유전율 65 tape에 잔존하는 기공 때문으로 판단되며 미세구조로써 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.313-313
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• 2008

Aerosol Deposition(AD) method is based on the impact consolidation phenomenon of ceramic fine particles at room temperature. AD is promising technology for the room temperature deposition of the dielectrics thin films with high quality. Embedding of passive components such as capacitors into printed circuit board is becoming an important strategy for electronics miniaturization and device reliability, manufacturing cost reduction. So, passive integration using aerosol deposition. In this study, we examine the effects of the characteristics of raw powder on the thickness, roughness, electrical properties of $BaTiO_3$ thin films. Thin films were deposited on the copper foil and copper plate. Electrical and material properties was investigated as a change of annealing temperature. We final aim the effects of before and after of laminated on the electrical properties and suit of embedded capacitor.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.232-233
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• 2007

We manufactured Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) and (1-x)CaTiO3-xLaAlO3 (CT-LA) ceramic composites and investigated dielectric properties to use as embedded capacitor in printed circuit boards and replace LTCC substrate. The dielectric properties of these composites are varied with volume fraction of CT-LA and ratios of CT/LA. Dielectric constants are in the range of 3~15. In addition, we could get low TCC and High Q value that could not achieve in other ceramic-polymer composites. Especially, in composite with x=0.01 and 30 vol% CT-LA, the dieletric constant and Q-value are 10 and 200, respectively. And more TCC is $-28{\sim}300ppm/^{\circ}C$ in the temperature range of $-55{\sim}125^{\circ}C$. We think that this composites can be used high-Q substrate material like LTCC and embedded temperature compensation capacitor in printed circuit boards.

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 2006.02a
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• pp.1-14
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• 2006

[ $\blacklozenge$ ] PCB에 있어서 Embedded passive 는chip을 직접 내장하는 방법과 특별한 특성을 갖는 재료 및 공법을 사용하여 chip 응 대치하는 방법이 있다. $\blacklozenge$ Embedded passive PCB가 적용될 수 있는 유력한 적용 분야는 소형화가가 요구되는 분야와 고속 특성이 요구되는 분야를 들 수 있고, 따라서, Module, SOP/SIP, Package substrate 등이 우선적으로 적용될 수 있는 분야다. $\blacklozenge$ Embedded capacitor를 적용한 경우, 일반적인 chip capacitor를 적용한 경우보다 더 좋은 전기적인 특성(SRF, Q)을 얻을 수 있으며, solder joint 등의 영향을 포함하면 더욱 좋은 특성이 얻어질 수 있다. $\blacklozenge$ Embedded passive 의 상용화를 위해서, 공차를 관리하는 방법의 개발과 공차에 대한 합리적인 규격을 설정하는 것이 우선 과제이다. $\blacklozenge$ Embedded resistor 의 경우, Laser trim을 적용하여 ${\pm}\;5\%$ 또는 그 이하의 공차를 실현할 수 있고, $30\;K\Omega/sq$. 의 고저항의 적용까지 가능하다. $\blacklozenge$ 고속 신호에서의 noise 감소, module, SIP/SOP 의 소형화를 실현하는데 Embedded passive(혹은 active)PCB 가 기여 할 수 있을 것이고, 이를 위하여 Set 업체, PCB 업체, 재료 업체간의 지속적인 협조가 필요할 것이다.

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 2005.09a
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• pp.201-212
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• 2005

[ $Epoxy/BaTiO_3$ ] composite embedded capacitor films (ECFs) were newly designed fur high dielectric constant and low tolerance (less than ${\pm}15\%$) embedded capacitor fabrication for organic substrates. In terms of material formulation, ECFs are composed of specially formulated epoxy resin and latent curing agent, and in terms of coating process, a comma roll coating method is used for uniform film thickness in large area. Dielectric constant of $BaTiO_3\;&\;SrTiO_3$ composite ECF is measured with MIM capacitor at 100 kHz using LCR meter. Dielectric constant of $BaTiO_3$ ECF is bigger than that of $SrTiO_3$ ECF, and it is due to difference of permittivity of $BaTiO_3\;and\;SrTiO_3$ particles. Dielectric constant of $BaTiO_3\;&\;SrTiO_3$ ECF in high frequency range $(0.5\~10GHz)$ is measured using cavity resonance method. In order to estimate dielectric constant, the reflection coefficient is measured with a network analyzer. Dielectric constant is calculated by observing the frequencies of the resonant cavity modes. About both powders, calculated dielectric constants in this frequency range are about 3/4 of the dielectric constants at 1 MHz. This difference is due to the decrease of the dielectric constant of epoxy matrix. For $BaTiO_3$ ECF, there is the dielectric relaxation at $5\~9GHz$. It is due to changing of polarization mode of $BaTiO_3$ powder. In the case of $SrTiO_3$ ECF, there is no relaxation up to 10GHz. Alternative material for embedded capacitor fabrication is $epoxy/BaTiO_3$ composite embedded capacitor paste (ECP). It uses similar materials formulation like ECF and a screen printing method for film coating. The screen printing method has the advantage of forming capacitor partially in desired part. But the screen printing makes surface irregularity during mask peel-off, Surface flatness is significantly improved by adding some additives and by applying pressure during curing. As a result, dielectric layer with improved thickness uniformity is successfully demonstrated. Using $epoxy/BaTiO_3$ composite ECP, dielectric constant of 63 and specific capacitance of 5.1nF/cm2 were achieved.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.486-494
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• 2012

In this paper, we proposes the three-phase embedded Z-source inverter consisting of the three embedded Z-source converters and it's the output voltage control method. Each embedded Z-source converter can produce the bipolar output capacitor voltages according to duty ratio D such as single-phase PWM inverter. The output AC voltage of the proposed system is obtained as the difference in the output capacitor voltages of each converter, and the L-C output filter is not required. Because the output AC voltage can be stepped up and down, the boost DC converter in the conventional two-stage inverter is unnecessary. To confirm the validity of the proposed system, PSIM simulation and a DSP based experiment were performed under the condition of the input DC voltage 38V, load $100{\Omega}$, and switching frequency 30kHz. Each converter is connected by Y-connection for three-phase loads. In case that the output phase voltage is the same $38V_{peak}$ as the input DC voltage and is the 1.5 times($57V_{peak}$), the simulation and experimental results ; capacitor voltages, output phase voltages, output line voltages, inductor currents, and switch voltages were verified and discussed.