• 전기학회논문지
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• 제56권8호
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• pp.1461-1465
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• 2007

A micromachined sensor part for an infrared focal plane array has been designed and fabricated. Amorphous silicon was adapted as a sensing material, and silicon nitride was used as a membrane material. To get a good efficiency of infrared absorption, the sensor was made as a ${\lambda}/4$ cavity structure. All the processes were done in $0.5\;{\mu}m$ iMEMS fab. in the Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI). The processed MEMS sensor structure had a small membrane deflection less than $0.3\;{\mu}m$. This excellent deflection property can be attributed to the rigorous balancing of the stresses of individual layers. The efficiency of infrared absorption was more than 75% in the wavelength range $8\;-\;14\;{\mu}m$.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.232-237
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• 2005

In this paper, we fabricated $CO_2$ gas sensor based on the MEMS infrared sensor and characterized its electrical and $CO_2$-sensing properties. The fabricated $CO_2$ gas sensor by MEMS technique has many advanges over NDIR(nondispersive) $CO_2$ sensor such as monolithic fabrication, very high selectivity on $CO_2$, low power consumption and compact system. Microbolometer by surface micromachining was fabricated for gas detector and $CO_2$ filter chip by bulk micromachining was fabricated for signal referencing. By using the proposed and fabricated gas sensor, we are expected to measure $CO_2$ concentration more accurately with high reliability.

• 센서학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.91-95
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• 2017

Recently, infrared (IR) spectrometers have been required in various fields such as environment, safety, mobile, automotive, and military. This IR dispersive sensor detection method of substances is widely used. In this study, we fabricated a silicon (Si) prism-based near infrared (NIR) spectrometer utilizing micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) technology. Si prism-based NIR spectrometer utilizing MEMS technology consists of upper, middle, and lower substrates. The upper substrate passes through the incident IR ray selectively. The middle substrate, acting as a prism, disperses and separates the incident IR beam. The lower substrate has an amorphous Si (a-Si)-based bolometer array to detect the IR spectrum. The fabricated Si prism-based NIR spectrometer utilizing MEMS technology has the advantage of a simple structure, easy fabrication steps, and a wide NIR region operating range.

• 센서학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.337-342
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• 2005

A silicon-based micro-reactor to amplify small amount of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) has been fabricated using micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of DNA requires a precise and rapid temperature control. A Pt sensor is integrated directly in the chamber for real-time temperature measurement and an infrared lamp is used as external heating source for non-contact and rapid heating. In addition to the real-time temperature sensing, PCR needs a rapid thermocycling for effective PCR. For a fast thermal response, the thermal mass of the reactor chamber is minimized by removal of bulk silicon volume around the reactor using double-side KOH etching. The transparent optical property of silicon in the infrared wavelength range provides an efficient absorption of thermal energy into the reacting sample without being absorbed by silicon reactor chamber. It is confirmed that the fabricated micro-reactor could be heated up in less than 30 sec to the denaturation temperature by the external infrared lamp and cooled down in 30 sec to the annealing temperature by passive cooling.

• 센서학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.462-468
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• 2010

A low power gas sensor with microheater was fabricated by MEMS technology. In order to heat up the gas sensing material to a operating temperature, a platinum(Pt) micro heater was built on to the micromachined Si substrate. The width and gap of microheater were $20\;{\mu}m$ and $4.5\;{\mu}m$, respectively. ZnO nanowhisker arrays were fabricated on a sensor device by hydrothermal method. The sensor device was deposited with ZnO seeds using PLD systems. A 200 ml aqueous solution of 0.1 mol zinc nitrate hexahydrate, 0.1 mol hexamethylenetetramine, and 0.02 mol polyethylenimine was used for growthing ZnO nanowhiskers. The power consumption to heat up the gas sensor to a operating temperature was measured and temperature distribution of sensor was analyzed by a Infrared Thermal Camera. The optimum temperature for highest sensitivity was found to be $250^{\circ}C$ although relatively high(64 %) sensitivity was obtained even at as low as $150^{\circ}C$. The power consumption was 72 mW at $250^{\circ}C$ and was only 25 mW at $150^{\circ}C$.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.455-462
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• 2016

적외선 검출기와 같은 우주용 영상센서는 작동 유무 및 시간경과에 따라 센서의 응답특성이 변하기 때문에 영상품질이 저하된다. 이러한 영상센서의 비균일 응답특성을 보정하기 위하여 궤도상에서 보정용 흑체시스템을 이용하여 주기적인 보정을 실시 할 수 있도록 해야 한다. 본 논문에서는 저온에서 고온에 이르는 다양한 기준온도에서의 높은 온도균일도 확보 및 흑체의 대표표면온도 추정이 용이하고, 초경량, 저전력, 고정밀도의 흑체 시스템을 구현하기 위해 MEMS(Micro Electro Mechanical Systems)기반의 흑체시스템을 제안하였으며, 열해석을 통해 성능을 입증하였다.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 가상의 적외선 영상을 투사하여 적외선 검출기의 성능 평가를 위한 목적으로 사용되는 적외선 영상 투사장치 (Infrared scene projector, IRSP)의 내부에서 적외선을 방사하는 역할을 하는 적외선 에미터 소자에 대한 연구가 수행되었다. 적외선 에미터 소자의 구조를 설계한 후 설계된 소자의 특성 파라미터들을 추출하였으며 각 특성 파라미터에 근거한 소자의 성능을 유한 요소법을 통해 예측하였다. 또한 소자를 구성하는 각 부분의 특성에 따른 물질 선정 후 MEMS 기반 반도체 공정기술을 적용하여 에미터 단위소자를 제작하였고 중적외선 대역($3{\sim}5{\mu}m$)의 적외선을 관찰할 수 있는 적외선 영상 현미경을 사용하여 진공 환경을 갖춘 챔버 내부에서 소자의 성능을 측정한 결과 최대 423K의 유효온도 및 22msec의 응답 시간을 나타내는 것을 확인하였다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.391-396
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• 2017

Human body motion detection is important in several industry sectors, such as entertainment, healthcare, rehabilitation, and so on. In this paper, we first discuss commercial human motion detection technologies (optical markers, MEMS acceleration sensors, infrared imaging, etc.) and then explain recent advances in the development of flexible and stretchable strain sensors for human motion detection. In particular, flexible and stretchable strain sensors that are fabricated using carbon nanotubes, silver nanowires, graphene, and other materials are reviewed.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.387-391
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• 2011

A uncooled infrared ray sensor used in an infrared thermal imaging detector has many advantages. But because the uncooled infrared ray sensor is made by MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical system) process variation of offset is large. In this paper, to solve process variation of offset a ROIC for uncooled infrared ray sensor that has process variation of offset compensation technique using differential delta sampling and reference signal compensation circuit was proposed. As a result of simulation that uses the proposed ROIC, it was possible to acquire compensated output characteristics without process variation of offsets.

• 센서학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.402-407
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• 2012

We report a Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI)-based multi-channel micro-spectrometer used for multi-gas measurement in the spectral range of $3-5{\mu}m$ and its gas sensing performance. The fabricated infrared (IR) spectrometer consists of two parts: an FPI on the top side for selective IR filtering and a $V_2O_5$-based IR detector array on the bottom side for the detection of the filtered IR. Experimental results show that the FPI-based multi-channel gas sensor has reliability and selectivity for simultaneously detecting environmentally harmful gases such as $CH_4$, $CO_2$, $N_2O$ and CO in the spectral range of $3-5{\mu}m$. The fabricated FPI-based multi-channel gas sensor also demonstrated that a reliable and selective detection of gas concentrations ranging from 0 to 500 ppm is feasible. In addition, the electrical characteristics demonstrate a superior response performance in regards to the selectivity in the multi-target gases.