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CHARACTERIZATION OF METALLIC CONTAMINATION OF SILICON WAFER SURFACES FOR 1G DRAM USING SYNCHROTRON ACCELERATOR

  • Kim, Heung-Rak;Kun-Kul, Ryoo
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.239-243
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    • 1999
  • At Present, 200mm wafer technology is being applied for commercial fabrications of 64, 128, and 256 M DRAM devices, and 300mm technology will be evolved for 1G DRAM devices in the early 21th century, recognizing limitations of several process technologies. In particular recognition has been realized in harmful effects of surface contamination of trace metals introduced during devicing processes. Such a guide line for surface metal contamination has been proposed as 1E9 and 1E10 atoms/$\textrm{cm}^2$ of individual metal contamination for wafering and devicing of 1G DRAM, respectively, and so its measurement limit should be at least 1E8 atoms/$\textrm{cm}^2$. The detection limit of present measurement systems is 2E9 atoms/$\textrm{cm}^2$ obtainable with TRXFA(Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis). TRXFA is nondestructive and the simplest in terms of operation, and it maps the whole wafer surfaces but needs detection improvement. X-Ray intensity produced with synchrotron accelerator is much higher than that of conventional X-ray sources by order of 4-5 magnitudes. Hence theoretically its reactivity with silicon surfaces is expected to be much higher than the conventional one, realizing improvement of detection limit. X-ray produced with synchrotron accelerator is illuminated at a very low angle with silicon wafer surfaces such as 0.1 degree and reflects totally. Hence informations only from surface can be collected and utilized without overlapping with bulk informations. This study shows the total reflection phenomenon and quantitative improvement of detection limit for metallic contamination. It is confirmed that synchrotron X-ray can be a very promising alternative for realizing improvement of detection limit for the next generation devices.

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Performance assessment and improvement plan of the regulatory management system of veterinary medical devices in Korea (국내 동물용 의료기기 관리실태 평가 및 개선방안 연구)

  • An, Hyo-Jin;Yoon, Hyang-Jin;Kim, Chung-Hyun;Wee, Sung-Hwan;Moon, Jin-San
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.55 no.2
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    • pp.97-103
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    • 2015
  • In this study, the Korean veterinary medical devices management system was evaluated relative to systems in the USA, EU, and Japan. Veterinary medical devices are regulated in Korea based on the Medical Appliance Act of 1997. This was initially supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Korea Animal Health Products Association, and subsequently by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (QIA) in 2000. These devices were classified approximately 1,400 categories as instruments, supplies, artificial insemination apparatus, and other categories. Each of these devices was assigned to four regulatory grades by the QIA in 2007. The ranking system for veterinary medical devices was implemented in 2014 with 820 products from 162 companies registered by that year. However, in vitro diagnostic devices (IVDDs) for animals were managed as medical devices and biological medicine. In vitro diagnostic reagents for treating infection diseases are not subjected to either a classification or grading system. Veterinary medical devices are currently exempt from good manufacturing practices (GMP) and device tracking requirements. Due to gradual growth of the domestic veterinary medical devices market since 2008, regulation of these devices should be improved with re-examination of IVDDs and GMP certification for the effective operating system.

Development of Clinical Protocol on the Correlation Between Disease Cause Pattern Identification and Pulse Wave Variables (병인변증과 요골동맥 맥상파의 특성 파악을 위한 탐색적 관찰 연구 : 임상시험 프로토콜 개발)

  • Kim, Jihye;Yu, Hana;Ku, Boncho;Kim, Hyunho;Kim, Jongyeol;Jeon, Youngju
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.662-667
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this clinical study is to develop structured clinical trial protocol and guideline for improvement of safety, useful and effective of pulse diagnosis devices. As a first step, papers on pulse diagnosis and pulse diagnosis devices from 2001 and 2013 were systematically reviewed. In the next step, we have collected the opinions from the specialists, companies, and statistician in pulse diagnosis to evaluate the current condition, the state and problem of domestic clinical trial cases of pulse diagnosis device. And we have to created protocol and case report form (CRF) in regards to site condition and characteristics of pulse diagnosis devices, and showed the guideline of eligibility criteria, operation process, investigation items, evaluation items and so on. This clinical protocol will become a basic information for a researcher in designing or performing a clinical study of pulse diagnosis devices, and be used as a useful material during acquisition of good clinical data. Furthermore, we hope to enhance the invigoration of pulse diagnosis clinical trials and the performance improvement of pulse diagnosis devices.

A Study on the Improvement of the Reports on Details of Supply of Medical Device System Through Selective Application (선별적 적용을 통한 의료기기 공급내역보고 제도 개선 연구)

  • Hyun Ju Jeong;Soo Yeon Lim;Ju Wan Kim;Won Seuk Jang;Byeong-Ju Kwon
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.44 no.5
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    • pp.315-323
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    • 2023
  • The objective of this study is to identify the selective application targets for reporting on details of supply of class 1 and 2 medical devices as part of the improvement of the reports on details of supply of medical device system, and to analyze its effectiveness. Therapeutic materials covered by health insurance and secondhand medical devices were chosen based on the transparency of health insurance coverage and the management of medical device distribution. As a result, approximately 85% of groups can be excluded from the reporting requirements compared to reporting all items under Class 1 and 2 medical devices. This is expected to enhance the efficiency of supply reporting tasks. Additionally, the information on supply details managed by the regulatory authority can be utilized for statistical analysis and periodic monitoring, serving as fundamental data for the development of medical device-related policies and research in the field of medical devices.

A Study on the Turbulent Flow Characteristics of Swirl Jets for Improvement of Combustion Efficiency (연소효율 개선을 위한 스월제트의 난류유동 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Ko, Dong Guk;Yoon, Suck Ju
    • Journal of ILASS-Korea
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.75-81
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    • 2014
  • Swirl flow in the gun type burner has a decisive effect on the stabilization of the flame, improvement of the combustion efficiency, and also a reduction of NOx. This swirl flow is created by the spinner which is inside the airtube that guide the combustion air. Gun type burner has generally the inner devices composed nozzle adapter, spark gap ignitor, and spinner. These inner components change the air flow behavior passing through air tube. Meanwhile, turbulent characteristics of this air flow are important to understand the combustion phenomena in the gun type burner, because the mixture of fuel and air are depended on. However, nearly all of the studies have been analyzed the turbulent flow of simplified combustion formation without the inner devices. So, this study conducted the measurement using by hot-wire anemometer and analyzed turbulent flow characteristics of the swirl flow discharged from the air tube with inner devices. Turbulence characteristics come up in this study were turbulence intensity, kinetic energy and shear stress of the air flow with the change of the distance of axial direction from the exit of the air tube.

Enhancing Performance of 1-aminopyrene Light-Emitting Diodes via Hybridization with ZnO Quantum Dots

  • Choi, Jong Hyun;Kim, Hong Hee;Choi, Won Kook
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.238-243
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    • 2022
  • In this study, a pyrene-core single molecule with amino (-NH2) functional group material was hybridized using ZnO quantum dots (QDs). The suppressed performance of the 1-aminopyrene (1-PyNH2) single molecule as an emissive layer (EML) in light-emitting diodes (LEDs) was exploited by adopting the ZnO@1-PyNH2 core-shell structure. Unlike pristine 1-PyNH2 molecules, the ZnO@1-PyNH2 hybrid QDs formed energy proximity levels that enabled charge transfer. This result can be interpreted as an improvement in surface roughness. The uniform and homogeneous EML alleviates dark-spot degradation. Moreover, LEDs with the ITO/PEDOT:PSS/TFB/EML/TPBi/LiF/Al configuration were fabricated to evaluate the performance of two emissive materials, where pristine-1-PyNH2 molecules and ZnO@1-PyNH2 QDs were used as the EML materials to verify the improvement in electrical characteristics. The ZnO@1-PyNH2 LEDs exhibited blue luminescence at 443 nm (FWHM = 49 nm), with a turn-on voltage of 4 V, maximum luminance of 1500 cd/m2, maximum luminous efficiency of 0.66 cd/A, and power efficiency of 0.41 lm/W.

Implementation and Evaluation of Interleaved Boundary Conduction Mode Boost PFC Converter with Wide Band-Gap Switching Devices

  • Jang, Jinhaeng;Pidaparthy, Syam Kumar;Choi, Byungcho
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.985-996
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    • 2018
  • The implementation and performance evaluation of an interleaved boundary conduction mode (BCM) boost power factor correction (PFC) converter is presented in this paper by employing three wide band-gap switching devices: a super junction silicon (Si) MOSFET, a silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET and a gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistor (HEMT). The practical considerations for adopting wide band-gap switching devices to BCM boost PFC converters are also addressed. These considerations include the gate drive circuit design and the PCB layout technique for the reliable and efficient operation of a GaN HEMT. In this paper it will be shown that the GaN HEMT exhibits the superior switching characteristics and pronounces its merits at high-frequency operations. The efficiency improvement with the GaN HEMT and its application potentials for high power density/low profile BCM boost PFC converters are demonstrated.

Commercialization and Research Trends of Next Generation Power Devices SiC/GaN (차세대 파워디바이스 SiC/GaN의 산업화 및 학술연구동향)

  • Cho, Mann;Koo, Young-Duk
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.58-81
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    • 2013
  • Recently, the technological progress in manufacturing power devices based on wide bandgap materials, for example, silicon carbide(SiC) or gallium nitride(GaN), has resulted in a significant improvement of the operating-voltage range and switching speed and/or specific on resistance compared with silicon power devices. This paper will give an overview of the status on The Next generation Power Devices such as SiC/GaN with a focus on commercialization and research.

A Study on Electrical Characteristics Improvement on Field Stop IGBT Using Trench Gate Structure (Trench Gate를 이용한 Field Stop IGBT의 전기적 특성 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Nam, Tae-Jin;Jung, Eun-Sik;Chung, Hun-Suk;Kang, Ey-Goo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.266-269
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    • 2012
  • The most recently IGBT (insulated gate bipolar mode transistor) devices are in the most current conduction capable devices and designed to the big switching power device. Use this number of the devices are need to high voltage and low on-state voltage drop. And then in this paper design of field stop IGBT is insert N buffer layer structure in NPT planar IGBT and optimization design of field stop IGBT and trench field stop IGBT, both devices have a comparative analysis and reflection of the electrical characteristics. As a simulation result, trench field stop IGBT is electrical characteristics better than field stop IGBT.

A Study on the Market of Imported Medical Devices in Myanmar

  • Bae, Hong Kyun
    • THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE & LAW REVIEW
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    • v.64
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    • pp.213-237
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    • 2014
  • The medical-device market of Myanmar in the recent Asian region is where the influences of Thailand, China, India and Singapore are being shown considerably with the lift-up of economic sanctions by America and the West. However, although the global capital and liberalization have widened the openness and the international concerns, the relative Myanmar's medical environment demands an active assistance and improvement. The study, recognizing the importance of Medical-Devices and their market conditions emerging as key business for knowledge-based industry, aims to obtain consequential meaningful suggestions, pursuant to relative export-concentration and sustainable market growth of Medical Devices, by analyzing inter-nation trade intensity for key Medical Device items. To do so, this study selected 8 nations in total by reviewing three points: core Medicine-advanced countries, geographically adjacent countries to Myanmar, and relative export-concentration.

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