• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.3-6
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• 2008

Electrolytic in-process dressing (ELID) grinding is a new technique for achieving a nanoscale surface finish on hard and brittle materials such as optical glass and ceramics. This process applies an electrochemical dressing on the metal-bonded diamond wheels to ensure constant protrusion of sharp cutting grits throughout the grinding cycle. In conventional ELID grinding, a constant source of pulsed DC power is supplied to the ELID cell, but a feedback mechanism is necessary to control the dressing power and obtain better performance. In this study, we propose a new closed-loop wheel dressing technique for grinding wheel truing that addresses the efficient correction of eccentric wheel rotation and the nonuniformity in the grinding wheel profile. The technique relies on an iterative control algorithm for the ELID power supply. An inductive sensor is used to measure the wheel profile based on the gap between the sensor head and wheel edge, and this is used as the feedback signal to control the pulse width of the power supply. We discuss the detailed mathematical design of the control algorithm and provide simulation results that were confirmed experimentally.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제30권8호
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• pp.508-513
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• 2017

Ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors are used in various industries and fields of research, including optical communication, flame sensing, missile plume detection, astronomical studies, biological sensors, and environmental research. However, general UV detectors that employ Schottky junction diodes and p-n junctions have high fabrication cost and low quantum efficiency. In this study, we investigated the characteristics of materials used to manufacture UV photodetectors in a low-cost solution process that requires easy fabrication of flexible substrates. We fabricated p-type NiO and n-type ZnO substrates with wide band gap by the sol-gel method and compared the characteristics of substrates prepared under different spin-coating and heat-treatment conditions.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.259-266
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• 2019

Tuning of electro-optical properties of nano-structured $SnO_2:Ga$ powders in a micro drop fluidized reactor (MDFR) was highly effective to enhance the activities of powders to be used as sensor materials. The tuning was conducted continuously in a facile one-step process during the formation of powders. The microscopic hydrodynamic forces affected the band gap structure and charge transfer of $SnO_2:Ga$ powders through the oxygen and interfacial tin vacancies by providing plausible pyro-hydraulic conditions, which resulted in the decrease in the electrical resistance of the materials. The analyses of room-temperature photoluminescence (PL) spectra and FT-IR exhibited that the tuning could improve the surface activities of $SnO_2:Ga$ powders by adjusting the excitation as well as separation of electrons and holes, thus maximizing the oxygen vacancies at the surface of the powders. The scheme of photocatalytic mechanism of $SnO_2:Ga$ powders was also discussed.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.60-65
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• 2003

At present. welding of most pipes with large diameter is carried out by the manual process. Automation of the welding process is necessary f3r the sake of consistent weld quality and improvement in productivity. In this study, two vision sensors, based on the optical triangulation, were used to obtain the information for seam tracking and detecting the weld defects. Through utilization of the vision sensors, noises were removed, images and 3D information obtained and positions of the feature points detected. The aforementioned process provided the seam and leg position data, calculated the magnitude of the gap, fillet area and leg length and judged the weld defects by ISO 5817. Noises in the images were removed by using the gradient values of the laser stripe's coordinates and various feature points were detected by using an algorithm based on the iterative polygon approximation method. Since the process time is very important, all the aforementioned processes should be conducted during welding.

• The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.103-113
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• 1998

By using a gas-tight electrochemical cell, we can perform high-temperature coulometric titration and measure electronic transport properties to determine the elecronic defect structure of metal oxides. This technique reduces the time and expense required for conventional thermogravimetric measurements. The components of the gas-tight coulometric titration cell are an oxygen sensor, Pt/yttria stabilitized zirconia(YSZ)/Pt, and an encapsulated metal oxide sample. Based on cell design, both transport and thermodynamic measurements can be performed over a wide range of oxygen partial pressure ($pO_2=10^{-35}$ to 1 atm). This paper describes the high-temperature gas-tight electrochemical cells used to determine electronic defect structures and transport properties for pure and doped-oxide systems, such as YSZ, doped and pure ceria $(Ca-CeO_2 \;and\; CeO_2)$, copper oxides and copper-oxide-based ceramic superconductors, transition metal oxides, $SrFeCo_{0.5}O_x,\; and \;BaTiO_2$.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.27-35
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• 2018

In the water-filling and preloading test, the sensing cables were installed on the surface of steel spiral case and in the surrounding concrete to monitor the strain distribution of several cross-sections by using Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA), a kind of distributed optical fiber sensing (DOFS) technology. The average hoop strain of the spiral case was about $330{\mu}{\varepsilon}$ and $590{\mu}{\varepsilon}$ when the water-filling pressure in the spiral case was 2.6 MPa and 4.1 MPa. The difference between the measured and the calculated strain was only about $50{\mu}{\varepsilon}$. It was the first time that the stress adjustment of the spiral case was monitored by the sensing cable when the pressure was increased to 1 MPa and the residual strain of $20{\mu}{\varepsilon}$ was obtained after preloading. Meanwhile, the shrinkage of $70{\sim}100{\mu}{\varepsilon}$ of the surrounding concrete was effectively monitored during the depressurization. It is estimated that the width of the gap between the steel spiral case and the surrounding concrete was 0.51 ~ 0.75 mm. BOTDA based distributed optical fiber sensing technology can obtain continuous strain of the structure and it is more reliable than traditional point sensor. The strain distribution obtained by BOTDA provides strong support for the design and optimization of the spiral case structure.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.217-221
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• 2012

노트북용 액정 모듈 내부의 광학 시트(Optical Sheet) 변형에 기인한 시인성 품질 불량을 개선하기 위한 기초 연구의 일환으로 변형 유발의 요인인 온도 및 습도의 영향을 분석할 수 있는 측정 시스템이 필요하였다. 액정 모듈 내부에는 0.5mm 미만의 미세한 공기 층이 존재하는데, 이 공간으로 외부의 습한 공기가 내부로 확산되는 것으로 추정된다. 이러한 현상을 규명하기 위하여 초소형 온도 및 습도 센서를 실장한 초박형 센서 PCB 를 액정 모듈 내부에 삽입하여 실시간으로 온/습도 변화를 측정 및 분석하였으며, 향후 변형 거동 시뮬레이션 및 구조 설계 시 필요한 기초 데이터로 활용하고자 한다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.414-422
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• 1997

CSVT(close spaced vapor transport)법으로 CdS/CdTe 이종접합 태양전지의 창재에 적합한 낮은 비저항과 적절한 광투과도를 갖는 CdS막을 증착하였다. 기판온도, 분위기압, 소스온도 등의 증착조건에 따른 CdS막의 전기적 및 광학적 특성을 조사하였다. 최적 증착조건은 기판온도 $300^{\circ}C$, 분위기압 100mTorr 및 소스온도 $730^{\circ}C$였으며, 이 때 증착된 CdS 막의 비저항은 $7.21{\times}10^{3}{\Omega}cm$있으며 광투과도는 63%이상이었다. 일반적인 고진공증착법으로 제조된 CdS막에 비해서 결정성이 크게 향상되었고 비저항은 약 3승정도 감소하였으며 광투과도는 비슷하여 창재로서 우수한 특성을 나타내었다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제39권6_1호
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• pp.1341-1352
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• 2023

위성영상 기반의 정규식생지수(normalized difference vegetation index, NDVI)는 넓은 영역에서 주기적인 정보를 수집할 수 있어 산림 및 농업 모니터링에 주로 사용된다. 그러나 광학센서 기반 식생지수는 구름 등의 영향으로 일부 지역에서 결측을 가지기 때문에, 본 연구는 전천후 및 주야에 관계없이 관측 가능한 Sentinel-1의 합성 개구 레이더(synthetic aperture radar, SAR) 영상을 활용하여 Sentinel-2 NDVI 결측값을 복원하는 모델을 개발하였다. 이는 광학적으로 관측이 어려운 구름 조건이나 야간에도 NDVI를 추정할 수 있는 잠재력을 보여준다. Automated machine learning (AutoML)을 활용한 비선형 결측복원모델의 5폴드(fold) 교차검증 결과, 절대오차 7.214E-05, 상관계수 0.878의 NDVI 복원 성능을 보였다. 이를 통해 시공간 연속적인 NDVI 생산 방법론을 발전시켜, 전천후 식생 모니터링에 필요한 정보 생산에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제24권9호
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• pp.701-709
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• 2011

In semiconductor wafer fabrication, etching is one of the most critical processes, by which a material layer is selectively removed. Because of difficulty to correct a mistake caused by over etching, it is critical that etch should be performed correctly. This paper proposes a new approach for etch endpoint detection of small open area wafers. The traditional endpoint detection technique uses a few manually selected wavelengths, which are adequate for large open areas. As the integrated circuit devices continue to shrink in geometry and increase in device density, detecting the endpoint for small open areas presents a serious challenge to process engineers. In this work, a high-resolution optical emission spectroscopy (OES) sensor is used to provide the necessary sensitivity for detecting subtle endpoint signal. Partial Least Squares (PLS) method is used to analyze the OES data which reduces dimension of the data and increases gap between classes. Support Vector Machine (SVM) is employed to detect endpoint using the data after PLS. SVM classifies normal etching state and after endpoint state. Two data sets from OES are used in training PLS and SVM. The other data sets are used to test the performance of the model. The results show that the trained PLS and SVM hybrid algorithm model detects endpoint accurately.