• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.1075-1080
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• 2015

A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) powertrain has more than one energy source including a high-voltage electric battery. However, for a high voltage electric battery, the average current is relatively low for a given power level. Introduced to increase the voltage of a HEV battery, a compact, high-efficiency boost converter, sometimes called a step-up converter, is a dc-dc converter with an output voltage greater than its input voltage. The inductor occupies more than 30% of the total converter volume making it difficult to get high power density. The inductor should have the characteristics of good thermal stability, low weight, low losses and low EMI. In this paper, Mega Flux^® was selected as the core material among potential core candidates. Different structured inductors with Mega Flux^® were fabricated to compare the performance between the conventional air cooled and proposed potting structure. The proposed inductor has reduced the weight by 75% from 8.8kg to 2.18kg and the power density was increased from 15.6W/cc to 56.4W/cc compared with conventional inductor. To optimize the performance of proposed inductor, the potting materials with various thermal conductivities were investigated. Silicone with alumina was chosen as potting materials due to the high thermo-stable properties. The proposed inductors used potting material with thermal conductivities of 0.7W/m·K, 1.0W/m·K and 1.6W/m·K to analyze the thermal performance. Simulations of the proposed inductor were fulfilled in terms of magnetic flux saturation, leakage flux and temperature rise. The temperature rise and power efficiency were measured with the 40kW boost converter. Experimental results show that the proposed inductor reached the temperature saturation of 107℃ in 20 minutes. On the other hand, the temperature of conventional inductor rose by 138℃ without saturation. And the effect of thermal conductivity was verified as the highest thermal conductivity of potting materials leads to the lowest temperature saturations.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.340-348
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 동적전압보상기 (DVR)를 구성하기 위한 정합 변압기의 돌입전류 제어기법을 제안하였다. DVR 시스템은 배전계통에서 발생하는 순시적 전압강하를 보상하기 위한 직렬전압 주입장치로서, 임의의 전압을 생성하는 PWM 인버터와 전압 평활용 LC 수동필터 및 절연을 위한 정합 변압기 등으로 구성된다. 그러나 정합 변압기의 사용은 변압기내에서 자속 포화현상에 의하여 정격의 수배에 달하는 돌입전류가 발생하여 시스템의 절연파괴를 초래하고 이 때문에 변압기의 정격용량을 2 배 정도로 초과하여 사용하게 한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 정합 변압기의 자속 포화현상에 따른 돌입전류의 크기를 분석할 수 있는 새로운 모델링 분석기법 및 돌입전류의 크기를 제한하는 자화전류 제어기법을 제안하였다. 모의실험 및 실험을 통하여 제안된 DVR 제어기법의 타당성을 입증하였다.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2018

In this paper, Performance of 1MW OTEC system using R32 with varying seawater temperature range is studied. Steady state cycle is designed and its output and generation efficiency were 1,014kW and 2.72%, respectively. Compared to dynamic cycle, system performance and change during long term operation is studied. The simulation is performed by decreasing surface seawater temperature from $29^{\circ}C$ to $25^{\circ}C$ with 20 minute of reaction time. Dynamic cycle with same condition applied to steady state cycle and it showed output and efficiency of 1,020kW and 2.75% respectively. Seawater temperature decreased from $29^{\circ}C$ and the vapor fraction of refrigerant decreased below 1 at $28^{\circ}C$. While the vapor fraction was above 1, the turbine output decreased by 0.017kW per second. After the seawater temperature reached $26.2^{\circ}C$, the turbine output decreased by 1.03kW per second. However, Driving the turbine below the saturation temperature caused the occurrence of surging and the influx of liquid refrigerant. When the liquid separator having a capacity of 1.0 m3 was used, the flow into the turbine was confirmed after 5 minutes from the first liquid refrigerant coming into the separator.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제62권8호
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• pp.1115-1119
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• 2013

The carbon nanotube/poly-vinylidene fluoride (CNT/PVDF) composite films for the use of electronic devices were fabricated by spray coating method using the CNT/PVDF solution, which was prepared by adding PVDF pellets into the CNT dispersed N-Methyl-2-pyrroli-done (NMP) solution. The CNT/PVDF composite films were peeled off from the glass substrate and were investigated by the scanning electron microscopy, which revealed that the CNTs were uniformly dispersed in the PVDF films and thickness of the films were approximately $20{\mu}m$. The capacitance of the CNT/PVDF films increased dramatically by adding CNTs into the PVDF matrix, and finally saturated approximately 1880 pF. However, the I-V curves didn't show any saturation effect in the CNT concentration range of 0 ~ 0.04 wt%. Therefore we can control the performance of the devices from the CNT/PVDF composite film by adjusting the current level resulted from the CNT concentration with the uniform capacitance value.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.425-435
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• 2016

This paper presents a comprehensive theoretical analysis and an accurate calculation method of the dead-time required to achieve zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) in a battery charger with the phase-shifted full-bridge (PSFB) topology. Compared to previous studies, this is the first time that the effects of nonlinear output filter inductance, varied Miller Plateau length, and blocking capacitors have been considered. It has been found that the output filter inductance and the Miller Plateau have a significant influence on the dead-time for ZVS when the load current varies a lot in battery charger applications. In addition, the blocking capacitor, which is widely used to prevent saturation, reduces the circulating current and consequently affects the setting of the dead-time. In consideration of these effects, accurate analytical equations of the dead-time range for ZVS are deduced. Experimental results from a 1.5kW PSFB battery charger prototype shows that, with the proposed analysis, an optimal dead-time can be selected to meet the specific requirements of a system while achieving ZVS over wide load range.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.423-430
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• 2005

In this paper, we have simulated a Symmetric Dual-gate Single-Si TFT which has three split floating $n^{+}$ zones. This structure reduces the kink-effect drastically and improves the on-current. Due to the separated floating $n^{+}$ zones, the transistor channel region is split into four zones with different lengths defined by a floating $n^{+}$ region. This structure allows an effective reduction of the kink-effect depending on the length of two sub-channels. The on-current of the proposed dual-gate structure is 0.9 mA while that of the conventional dual-gate structure is 0.5 mA at a 12 V drain voltage and a 7 V gate voltage. This results show a $80 {\%}$ enhancement in on-current by adding two floating $n^{+}$ zones. Moreover we observed the reduction of electric field In the channel region compared to conventional single-gate TFT and the reduction of the output conductance in the saturation region. In addition we also confirmed the reduction of hole concentration in the channel region so that the kink-effect reduces effectively.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2006년도 제37회 하계학술대회 논문집 전기설비
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• pp.43-44
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• 2006

Characteristics of hydrogen sensors for realization of transformer diagnosis system was studied, sensors used in this work are commercialized for detecting hydrocarbons or hydrogen gases. Based on the experimental results, the sensing characteristics of A company showed the high value even at the lower concentration of 20ppm, and it showed a saturation tendency with increasing it above 500ppm. In the case of B company, it showed the linear characteristics from 20ppm to 7000ppm. In addition, the output acquired from C company was amplified by external circuits due to its low output, and its adequate operation region was above 500ppm. Therefore, it is likely that these sensors are possible to apply for realization of transformer diagnosis system due to the different sensing characteristics of these sensors.

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.71-80
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• 2019

Gallium nitride (GaN) can be used in high-voltage, high-power-density/-power, and high-speed devices owing to its characteristics of wide bandgap, high carrier concentration, and high electron mobility/saturation velocity. In this study, we investigate the technology trends for X-/Ku-band GaN RF power devices and MMIC power amplifiers, focusing on gate-length scaling, channel structure, and power density for GaN RF power devices and output power level and output power density for GaN MMIC power amplifiers. Additionally, we review the technology trends in gallium arsenide (GaAs) RF power devices and MMIC power amplifiers and analyze the technology trends in RF power devices and MMIC power amplifiers based on both GaAs and GaN. Furthermore, we discuss the current direction of national research by examining the national and international technology trends with respect to X-/Ku-band power devices and MMIC power amplifiers.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제33권12호
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• pp.511-516
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• 2023

Amorphous In-Ga-Zn-O (a-IGZO) thin film transistors (TFTs) with a coplanar structure were fabricated to investigate the feasibility of their potential application in large size organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). Drain currents, used as functions of the gate voltages for the TFTs, showed the output currents had slight differences in the saturation region, just as the output currents of the etch stopper TFTs did. The maximum difference in the threshold voltages of the In-Ga-Zn-O (a-IGZO) TFTs was as small as approximately 0.57 V. After the application of a positive bias voltage stress for 50,000 s, the values of the threshold voltage of the coplanar structure TFTs were only slightly shifted, by 0.18 V, indicative of their stability. The coplanar structure TFTs were embedded in OLEDs and exhibited a maximum luminance as large as 500 nits, and their color gamut satisfied 99 % of the digital cinema initiatives, confirming their suitability for large size and high resolution OLEDs. Further, the image density of large-size OLEDs embedded with the coplanar structure TFTs was significantly enhanced compared with OLEDs embedded with conventional TFTs.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.161-170
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• 2012

고분자 전해질 연료전지에서 물 관리는 연료 전지성능에 영향을 미치는 중요한 요인이다. 공급되는 수분의 양이 적을 경우 수소이온의 이동을 담당하는 전해질의 건조현상으로, 수분의 양이 과다할 경우 반응이 일어나는 촉매층과 전해질 삼상 계면에서의 홍수현상으로 성능을 감소시키거나 동작을 멈추게 하므로 이 부분에 대한 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 연료전지 수분에 영향을 주는 요소 중, 연료극과 공기극에 공급되는 상대습도를 100%로, 동작온도를 $80^{\circ}C$로 설정한 후, 입구 측에 압력을 변화하면서, 다중물리응용 수치해석을 포함하고 유한요소를 통하여 비선형 편미분 방정식이 결부된 상용코드를 이용하여 전체적인 전기화학반응 및 성능에 대한 해석을 수행하고 공기극 측의 가스 확산층에 각 위치별 전류밀도 분포와 수분포화의 분포, 압력차에 의한 동작물질의 속도 등을 분석하여 보았다. 본 연구를 통하여 얻어진 결과는 연료전지의 성능은 압력의 세기에 따라 달라지며 압력이 높을수록 성능과 위치별 최대 전류밀도가 높게 나타났으며, 공기극의 가스 확산층에서의 수분함량은 높은 압력에서보다 낮은 압력에서 수분함량이 많은 것으로 나타났으며 특히 전극의 바로 아래 부분에서의 수분이 더 많이 응축되어 나타났으며 공기극 가스 확산층에서의 동작물질의 속도는 동작물질의 입구방향에서 출구측으로 진행할수록 그 변동 폭이 크게 나타났다.