• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.182-183
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• 2012

Organic light emitting diode (OLED) 나 organic photovoltaic device (OPV)와 같은 유기소자에 전극으로 쓰이고 있는 indium tin oxide (ITO) 박막의 품질을 향상시키기 위해 수소 및 산소의 가스량을 조절하면서 rf power를 이용하여 ITO 박막을 증착한 후 전기적, 광학적 특성을 관찰하여 보았다. 또한 ITO 박막의 대면적화 및 양산화를 위하여 Roll to Roll 장비를 적용하였다. 산소 분율 0.3%에서 두께 180 nm 와 면저항 21 ohm/sq.를 나타냈으며 수소 분율 0.8%에서 두께 180 nm, 면저항 22 ohm/sq.이 관찰되었다. 또한 산소 분율 0.3%로 고정한 후 수소 분율을 변화시키며 관찰한 결과 수소분율 0.3%에서 두께 180 nm, 면저항 19 ohm/sq.를 나타내었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2019.01a
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• pp.445-447
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• 2019

4차 산업혁명 시대의 도래에 따라 다양한 사물들과 연결되어 새로운 서비스를 제공하는 사물인터넷 기술이 각광받고 있으며, 실생활에 적용하기 위한 연구들이 지속적으로 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 도서관의 좌석과 좌석에 설치된 조명을 자동으로 관리 및 제어하기 위한 사물인터넷 기술 기반의 스마트 도서관 자동화 모델을 제시한다. 제시된 모델은 좌석과 조명을 자동으로 관리하기 위한 아두이노 보드, 사용자 인터페이스 제공을 위한 모바일 웹 서버, 좌석 상태 관리를 위한 데이터베이스 서버, 그리고 구성요소 간 연동을 위한 게이트웨이로 구성된다. 좌석에 부착된 압력 센서로부터 압력을 감지하여 좌석의 점유 및 비점유 상태를 판단하고, 판단 결과에 따라 조명을 제어하며 사용자에게 잔여 좌석 정보를 제공한다. 이를 통해 사용자에게는 편리함을 제공해주는 것과 동시에 에너지 효율을 극대화하고자 한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.58-67
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• 2019

This study presents a new portable eight-output light emitting diode (LED) driver. The eight output-channels are divided into two equal groups, and their output powers can be controlled individually by three active switches. In addition, a simple capacitor-based passive current balancing circuit (CBC) is employed in each port to guarantee that the currents of the four LEDs are the same. When compared with the conventionally used separate two-output isolated converters, the proposed one uses one less active switch. Moreover, zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) is achieved, which improves the power efficiency of the driver. Finally, a highly compact prototype is built, which can reach an efficiency of 94.6%.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.207-214
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• 2019

In this study, discrete-time domain analysis is proposed to investigate the input current of a buck AC/DC light-emitting diode (LED) driver. The buck power factor correction converter can operate in both discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) and continuous conduction mode (CCM). Two discontinuous and two continuous conduction operating modes are possible depending on which event terminates the conduction of the main switch in a switching cycle. All four operating modes are considered in the discrete-time domain analysis. The peak current-mode control with slope compensation is used to design a low-cost AC/DC LED driver. A slope compensation design of the buck AC/DC LED driver is described on the basis of a discrete-time domain analysis. Experimental results are presented to confirm the usefulness of the proposed analysis.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2019

Current imbalance is the main factor affecting the lifespan of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting systems and is generally solved by active or passive approaches. Given many new lighting applications, independent control is particularly important in achieving different levels of luminance. Existing passive and active approaches have their own limitations in current sharing and independent control, which bring new challenges to the design of LED drivers. In this work, a multichannel resonant converter based on switched-capacitor control (SCC) is proposed for solving this challenge. In the resonant network of the upper and lower half-bridges, SCC is used instead of fixed capacitance. Then, the individual current of the LED array is obtained through regulation of the effective capacitance of the SCC under a fixed switching frequency. In this manner, the complexity of the control unit of the circuit and the precision of the multichannel outputs are further improved. Finally, the superior performance of the proposed LED driver is verified by simulations and a 4-channel experimental prototype with a rated output power of 20 W.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.167-171
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• 2021

The core-shell InGaN/GaN Multi Quantum Well-Nanowires (MQW-NWs) that were selectively grown on oxide templates with perfectly circular hole patterns were highly crystalline and were shaped as high-aspect-ratio pyramids with semi-polar facets, indicating hexagonal symmetry. The formation of the InGaN active layer was characterized at its various locations for two types of the substrates, one containing defect-free MQW-NWs with GQDs and the other containing MQW-NWs with defects by using HRTEM. The TEM of the defect-free NW showed a typical diode behavior, much larger than that of the NW with defects, resulting in stronger EL from the former device, which holds promise for the realization of high-performance nonpolar core-shell InGaN/GaN MQW-NW substrates. These results suggest that well-defined nonpolar InGaN/GaN MQW-NWs can be utilized for the realization of high-performance LEDs.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.126-129
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• 2020

We introduce a lifetime assessment technique using deep learning algorithm with complex electrical parameters such as resistivity, permittivity, impedance parameters as integrated indicators for predicting the degradation of the organic molecules. The evaluation system consists of fully automated in-situ measurement system and multiple layer perceptron learning system with five hidden layers and 1011 perceptra in each layer. Prediction accuracies are calculated and compared depending on the physical feature, learning hyperparameters. 62.5% of full time-series data are used for training and its prediction accuracy is estimated as r-square value of 0.99. Remaining 37.5% of the data are used for testing with prediction accuracy of 0.95. With k-fold cross-validation, the stability to the instantaneous changes in the measured data is also improved.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.66-73
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• 2021

This study presents a novel four-channel light-emitting diode (LED) current balancing topology using a current-fed hybrid quasi-Z-source converter. With the proposed structure, currents flowing through four LED strings are automatically balanced owing to the charge (amp-sec) balance condition on capacitors. Thus, automatic current balancing of the proposed driver is simple and precise. In addition, the proposed LED driver uses only one active switch and three diodes. The operating principle and characteristics of the proposed four-channel LED driver are analyzed in detail. To verify the operation of the proposed LED driver, a prototype is built and tested with different numbers of LEDs.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.249-255
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• 2021

A novel current balancing technique for multichannel light-emitting diode (LED) that uses a series resonance and coupled inductor is proposed in this paper. The proposed LED driver balances output currents through frequency control and enables zero-voltage switching. The proposed converter utilizes the charge balance condition of the resonant capacitor and the current sharing function of the coupled inductor to achieve whole LED current balancing without an additional controller. The proposed coupled inductor can integrate the current balancing function and the resonant inductor, so the power density can be increased by reducing the number of magnetic devices. A 40 W prototype is built to verify the validity of this LED driver, and the experimental results are successfully obtained.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.302-305
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• 2021

Selection of the optimal inductance for power factor improvement of a buck AC/DC light-emitting diode (LED) driver with wide input voltage range is described in this study. The power factor change based on the slope compensation is obtained for various normalized output current (NOC) values using discrete-time domain analysis. The possibility of implementing constant slope compensation is described using power factor curves for various NOC values. NOC = 0.5 is chosen for the value of inductance with consideration for the simple implementation and reduction of inductor size. Experimental results of the inductance corresponding to NOC = 0.5 are presented.