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Dielectric Properties of Ti-doped K(Ta,Nb)O3 Thin Films for Tunable Microwave Applications

  • Bae Hyung-Jin;Koo Jayl;Hong Jun-Pyo
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.120-126
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    • 2006
  • Ferroelectric materials have been widely investigated for high density dynamic random access memories, opto-electrics, and tunable microwave devices due to their properties. In this study, we have investigated the dielectric properties of Ti doped $K(Ta,\;Nb)O_3$ thin films. By doping Ti Into the $K(Ta,Nb)O_3$ system, Ti with a valence value of +4 will substitute Ta or Nb ions with a valence value of +5. This substitution will introduce an acceptor state. Therefore, this introduced acceptor state will reduce dielectric loss by trapping electrons. Using 3% Ti-doped $K(Ta,Nb)O_3\;targets,\;K(Ta,Nb)O_3$:Ti films were grown in MgO(001) crystals using pulsed laser deposition. First, growth conditions were optimized. A reduction in the loss tangent was observed for Ti-doped $K(Ta,Nb)O_3$ relative to undoped films, although a reduction in tunability is also seen. The crystallinity, morphology, and tunability of $K(Ta,Nb)O_3$:Ti films are reported.

The Characteristic of Passive Elements on Aluminum Nitride Substrate (AIN 기판의 수동 소자 특성)

  • Kim, Seung-Yong;Yook, Jong-Min;Nam, Choong-Mo
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.257-262
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, the key parameters of $CO_2$ laser(focus depth, air blow rate, total laser beam time, number of pulse) are experimented for thru-hole and scribing line on AIN(aluminum nitride) substrate with high thermal conductivity. And, microstrip line & spiral planar inductor are fabricated on AIN substrate using 5 um Cu-plating with self-masking technique. The microstrip line of AIN has 0.1 dB/mm attenuation at 10 GHz and 6 nH spiral planar inductor has 56 maximum quality factor at 1 GHz. Thus, the AIN substrate is promising for GHz applications of high power area.

Optical Encryption Scheme with Multiple Users Based on Computational Ghost Imaging and Orthogonal Modulation

  • Yuan, Sheng;Liu, Xuemei;Zhou, Xin;Li, Zhongyang
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.476-480
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    • 2016
  • For the application of multiusers, the arrangement and distribution of the keys is a much concerning problem in a cryptosystem. In this paper, we propose an optical encryption scheme with multiple users based on computational ghost imaging (CGI) and orthogonal modulation. The CGI encrypts the secret image into an intensity vector rather than a complex-valued matrix. This will bring convenience for post-processing and transmission of the ciphertext. The orthogonal vectors are taken as the address codes to distinguish users and avoid cross-talk. Only the decryption key and the address code owned by an authorized user are matched, the secret image belonging to him/her could be extracted from the ciphertext. Therefore, there are two security levels in the encryption scheme. The feasibility and property are verified by numerical simulations.

Analysis of Different Activation Statuses of Human Mammary Epithelial Cells from Young and Old Groups

  • Feng, Chen-Chen;Chen, Li-Na;Chen, Mei-Jun;Li, Wan;Jia, Xu;Zhou, Yan-Yan;He, Wei-Ming
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.8
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    • pp.3763-3766
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    • 2014
  • Human mammary epithelial cells have different proliferative statuses and demonstrate a close relationship with age and cell proliferation. Research on this topic could help understand the occurrence, progression and prognosis of breast cancer. In this article, using significance analysis of a microarray algorithm, we analyzed gene expression profiles of human mammary epithelial cells of different proliferative statuses and different age groups. The results showed there were significant differences in gene expression in the same proliferation status between elderly and young groups. Three common differentially expressed genes were found to dynamically change with the proliferation status and to be closely related to tumorigenesis. We also found elderly group had less status-related differential genes from actively proliferating status to intermediate status and more statusrelated differential genes from intermediate status than the young group. Finally, functional enrichment analyses allowed evaluation of the detailed roles of these differentially-expressed genes in tumor progression.

Surface Order of Hexagonal Columnar Mesophases Induced by Molecular Assembly

  • Kim, Sang-Ouk;Ko, Young-Koan;Yoon, Dong-Ki;Kang, Sang-Yoon;Jung, Hee-Tae
    • KIEE International Transactions on Electrophysics and Applications
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    • v.11C no.2
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    • pp.32-36
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    • 2001
  • We investigate the surface order, defects and morphology of hexagonal columnar mesophases, Having a crown ether at one end which forms the center of the column and three fluorinated tails at the other, The orientation of the columns was successfully controlled by surface anchoring: Columns were aligned perpendicularly to an evaporated carbon surface, and the planar alignment do asymmetric compounds was induced by a water surface. TEM images show that there is a high degree of perfection in the packing do the cylinders. The hexagonal columnar mesophase (F(sub)h) was confirmed by direct images and the corresponding electron diffractions, where ordered cylindrical moieties are packed on a hexagonal lattice. The column of 12F8-ABG-15C5 was much straighter, compared with that of 12F8-AG-B15C5, resulting from the degrees of regular stacking. Elementary edge dislocation, grain boundary and +1/2 disclination have been observed, although the defects are generally rare.

A Study about changing characteristics of the Polymer Membrane using electron beam (전자빔을 이용한 고분자 멤브래인 특성 변화에 관한 고찰)

  • Jeon, Gwang-Yeon;Chol, Hong-Jun;Yun, Young-Hoon;Cha, In-Su;Chol, Jong-Sik;Yoon, Jeong-Phil
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2007.07a
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    • pp.1520-1521
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    • 2007
  • 고분자 전해질 연료전지(PEMFC, polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell)는 수소이온특성을 갖는 고분자막을 전해질로 사용하는 연료전지로서 무공해 차량의 동력원, 가정용 발전, 우주선용 전원, 군사용 전원 등 매우 다양한 부분에서 사용되어질 것으로 사료된다. 하지만 현재 높은 가격과 짧은 수명 등의 문제로 상용화에 이르지 못하고 있다. 고분자전해질 연료전지의 스택 가격을 부품별로 조사하여 보면 분리판이 전체 스택가격의 60% 정도가 가장 높은 비중을 차지하며 기체 확산층으로 사용되는 탄소재료가 12%,전해질이 10%, 촉매가 8% 정도를 차지한다. 촉매 또한 저가의 비귀금속 촉매를 개발하거나 백금 촉매의 성능을 향상시켜 촉매 사용량을 낮춤으로써 가격을 낮추기 위한 연구가 진행되어지고 있으며 전해질로 사용하는 고분자막도 가격이 매우 높은 Nafion 대신 저가 고분자를 개발하거나, 또는 가능한 얇은 전해질을 사용하기 위한 노력이 이루어지고 있다. 하지만 아직까지는 뚜렷한 진척성과가 없는 것으로 알려져 있다. 그래서 본 연구에서는 고분자 전해질 연료전지의 고분자 Membrane의 특성을 향상시키고 또한 박막의 배양성과 특성에 대해서 고찰해 보고자한다.

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A Study on the Novel Optical/Digital Invariant Recognition for Recognizing Patterns with Straight Lines (직선패턴 인식을 위한 새로운 광/디지틀 불변 인식에 관한 연구)

  • Huh, Hyun;Jung, Dong-Gyu;Kang, Dong-Seung;Pan, Jae-Kyung;,
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics B
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    • v.31B no.11
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    • pp.116-123
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    • 1994
  • A novel opto-digital pattern recognition method which has shift, rotation, and scale invariant properties is proposed for recognizing two dimensional images having straight lines. The algorithm is composed of three stages. In the first stage the line features of the image are extracted. The second stage imposes the shift, rotation, and scale invariant properties on the extracted features through normalizing procedure. The required normalizing equations are analytically explained. In the last stage, the artificial feedforward neural network is trained with the extracted features. In order to evaluated the proposed algorithm, nine different edge enhnaced binary images composed of straight lines are tested. Thus the proposed algorithm can recognize the patterns event though they are shifted, rotated, and scaled.

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Plasma Etching Characteristics of Sapphire Substrate using $BCl_3$-based Inductively Coupled Plasma ($BCl_3$ 계열 유도결합 플라즈마를 이용한 사파이어 기판의 식각 특성)

  • Kim, Dong-Pyo;Woo, Jong-Chang;Um, Doo-Seng;Yang, Xue;Kim, Chang-Il
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.363-363
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    • 2008
  • The development of dry etching process for sapphire wafer with plasma has been key issues for the opto-electric devices. The challenges are increasing control and obtaining low plasma induced-damage because an unwanted scattering of radiation is caused by the spatial disorder of pattern and variation of surface roughness. The plasma-induced damages during plasma etching process can be classified as impurity contamination of residual etch products or bonding disruption in lattice due to charged particle bombardment. Therefor, fine pattern technology with low damaged etching process and high etch rate are urgently needed. Until now, there are a lot of reports on the etching of sapphire wafer with using $Cl_2$/Ar, $BCl_3$/Ar, HBr/Ar and so on [1]. However, the etch behavior of sapphire wafer have investigated with variation of only one parameter while other parameters are fixed. In this study, we investigated the effect of pressure and other parameters on the etch rate and the selectivity. We selected $BCl_3$ as an etch ant because $BCl_3$ plasmas are widely used in etching process of oxide materials. In plasma, the $BCl_3$ molecule can be dissociated into B radical, $B^+$ ion, Cl radical and $Cl^+$ ion. However, the $BCl_3$ molecule can be dissociated into B radical or $B^+$ ion easier than Cl radical or $Cl^+$ ion. First, we evaluated the etch behaviors of sapphire wafer in $BCl_3$/additive gases (Ar, $N_2,Cl_2$) gases. The behavior of etch rate of sapphire substrate was monitored as a function of additive gas ratio to $BCl_3$ based plasma, total flow rate, r.f. power, d.c. bias under different pressures of 5 mTorr, 10 mTorr, 20 mTorr and 30 mTorr. The etch rates of sapphire wafer, $SiO_2$ and PR were measured with using alpha step surface profiler. In order to understand the changes of radicals, volume density of Cl, B radical and BCl molecule were investigated with optical emission spectroscopy (OES). The chemical states of $Al_2O_3$ thin films were studied with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) and depth profile anlysis of auger electron spectroscopy (AES). The enhancement of sapphire substrate can be explained by the reactive ion etching mechanism with the competition of the formation of volatile $AlCl_3$, $Al_2Cl_6$ or $BOCl_3$ and the sputter effect by energetic ions.

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Characterization of Electrical Crosstalk in 1.25 Gbps Optoelectrical Triplex Transceiver Module for Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (이더넷 광 네트워크 구현을 위한 1.25 Gbps 광전 트라이플렉스 트랜시버 모듈의 전기적 혼신의 분석)

  • Kim Sung-Il;Lee Hai-Young
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.42 no.3 s.333
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    • pp.25-34
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, we analyzed and measured the electrical crosstalk characteristics of a triplex transceiver module for ethernet Passive optical networks(EPONS). And we improved the electrical crosstalk levels using Dummy ground lines with signal lines. The triplex transceiver module consists of a laser diode as a transmitter, a digital photodetector as a digital data receiver, and a analog photodetector as a community antenna television signal receiver. And there are integrated on silicon substrate. The digital receiver and analog receiver sensitivity have to meet -24 dBm at $BER=10^{-l2}$ and -7.7 dBm at 44 dB SNR. And the electrical crosstalk levels have to maintain less than -86 dB from DC to 3 GHz. From analysis and measurement results, the proposed silicon substrate structure that contains the Dummy ground line with $100\;{\mu}m$ space from signal lines and separates 4 mm among devices respectively, is satisfied the electrical crosstalk level compared to simple structure. This proposed structure can be easily implemented with design convenience and greatly reduced the silicon substrate size about $50\%$.

Opto-Electrochemical Sensing Device Based on Long-Period Grating Coated with Boron-Doped Diamond Thin Film

  • Bogdanowicz, Robert;Sobaszek, Michał;Ficek, Mateusz;Gnyba, Marcin;Ryl, Jacek;Siuzdak, Katarzyna;Bock, Wojtek J.;Smietana, Mateusz
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.705-710
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    • 2015
  • The fabrication process of thin boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond (B-NCD) microelectrodes on fused silica single mode optical fiber cladding has been investigated. The B-NCD films were deposited on the fibers using Microwave Plasma Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition (MW PA CVD) at glass substrate temperature of 475 ℃. We have obtained homogenous, continuous and polycrystalline surface morphology with high sp3 content in B-NCD films and mean grain size in the range of 100-250 nm. The films deposited on the glass reference samples exhibit high refractive index (n=2.05 at λ=550 nm) and low extinction coefficient. Furthermore, cyclic voltammograms (CV) were recorded to determine the electrochemical window and reaction reversibility at the B-NCD fiber-based electrode. CV measurements in aqueous media consisting of 5 mM K3[Fe(CN)6] in 0.5 M Na2SO4 demonstrated a width of the electrochemical window up to 1.03 V and relatively fast kinetics expressed by a redox peak splitting below 500 mV. Moreover, thanks to high-n B-NCD overlay, the coated fibers can be also used for enhancing the sensitivity of long-period gratings (LPGs) induced in the fiber. The LPG is capable of measuring variations in refractive index of the surrounding liquid by tracing the shift in resonance appearing in the transmitted spectrum. Possible combined CV and LPG-based measurements are discussed in this work.