• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.1077-1083
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• 2014

Multi-material Additive Manufacturing (AM) is being focused to apply for direct manufacturing of a product. In this paper, a three-dimensional circuit device (3DCD) fabrication technology based on the multi-material AM technology was proposed. In contrast with conventional two-dimensional Printed Circuit Board (PCB), circuit elements and conducting wires of 3DCD are placed in threedimensional configuration at multiple layers of the structure. Therefore, 3DCD technology can improve design freedom of an electronic product. In this paper, 3DCD technology is proposed based on AM technology. Two types of 3DCD fabrication systems were developed based on the Stereolithography and the Fused Deposition Modeling technologies. And the 3DCD samples which have same function were fabricated, successfully.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.120-128
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• 2022

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are a basic component in the electronics industry and are widely used in nearly all electronic products, such as mobile phones, tablet computers, and digital cameras, as well as in electric equipment. PCB manufacturing involves the use of many chemicals and chemical processes and therefore has more risks than other manufacturing sectors. This study aims to identify the causes of possible accidents during PCB manufacturing through risk assessment, develop and implement safety measures, and evaluate the effectiveness of these measures. Note that the safety measures developed to mitigate the risks of a certain process were also implemented for other similar processes. The risk assessments conducted over seven years, from 2015 to 2021, at a PCB manufacturing company identified 361 hazardous processes. Between 2016 and 2019, 41-56 hazardous processes were identified per year; such processes decreased to fewer than 20 per year after 2020. Application of the risk assessment results to the improvement of the hazardous processes with the similar characteristics seems to be effective in decreasing the risks. Equipment-related factors such as lack of appropriate maintenance, low work standards, and defective protection devices were responsible for 59.8% of all possible accidents. Because PCB manufacturing involves many chemicals, skin contact with hazardous substances, electric shock, fire, and explosion were the most common types of possible accidents (81.7%). In total, 505 safety measures were implemented, including 157 related to purchase and improvement of equipment and devices for safety (31.1%), 147 related to the installation/modification of fire prevention facilities (29.1%), and 69 related to the use of standard electrical appliances (13.7%). Risk assessment conducted after implementing the safety measures showed that these measures significantly decreased risk; 247 processes (68.4%) had a risk level of 3, corresponding to "very low," and 114 processes (31.6%) showed a risk level of 4, corresponding to "low." In particular, risk assessment of 104 processes with risk scores of 12 and 10 other processes with risk score of 16 showed that the risk decreased to 4 after implementing the safety measures. Thus, implementing these measures in similar manufacturing sectors that involve chemical processes can mitigate risk.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.421-426
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• 2009

This paper presents vibration analysis of maskless exposure module in Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturing system. In order to complete exposure process in PCB, masking type module has been widely used in electronics industries. However, masking process confronts some limitations of application due to higher production cost for masking as well as lower printing resolution. Therefore, maskless exposure module is started to be in the spotlight for flexible production system to meet the needs of fabrication in variable patterns at low cost. Since maskless exposure process adopts direct patterning to PCB, vibration problems become more critical compared to conventional masking type process. Moreover, movements of exposure engine as well as stage generate vibration sources in the system. Thus, it is imperative to analyze the vibration characteristics for the maskless exposure module to improve the quality and accuracy of PCB. In this study, vibration analysis using the Finite Element Analysis is conducted to identify the critical structural parts deteriorating vibration performance. Also, Experimental investigations are conducted by single/dual encoder measurement process under the operating module speed. Measurement points of vibration are selected by three places, which are base of stage, exposure engine and top of stage, to check the effect of vibration from the exposure engine. Comparisons between analysis results and experimental measurement are conducted to confirm the accuracy of analysis results including the developed FE model. Finally, this studies show feasibility of optimal design using the developed FE analysis model.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.1322-1328
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• 2009

This paper presents vibration analysis of maskless exposure module in printed circuit board(PCB) manufacturing system. In order to complete exposure process in PCB, masking type module has been widely used in electronics industries. However, masking process confronts some limitations of application due to higher production cost for masking as well as lower printing resolution. Therefore, maskless exposure module is started to be in the spotlight for flexible production system to meet the needs of fabrication in variable patterns at low cost. Since maskless exposure process adopts direct patterning to PCB, vibration problems become more critical compared to conventional masking type process. Moreover, movements of exposure engine as well as stage generate vibration sources in the system. Thus, it is imperative to analyze the vibration characteristics for the maskless exposure module to improve the quality and accuracy of PCB. In this study, vibration analysis using the finite element analysis is conducted to identify the critical structural parts deteriorating vibration performance. Also, Experimental investigations are conducted by single/dual encoder measurement process under the operating module speed. Measurement points of vibration are selected by three places, which are base of stage, exposure engine and top of stage, to check the effect of vibration from the exposure engine. Comparisons between analysis results and experimental measurement are conducted to confirm the accuracy of analysis results including the developed FE model. Finally, this studies show feasibility of optimal design using the developed FE analysis model.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.137-141
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• 2015

A single-shot dual-energy x-ray imaging technique has been developed using a sandwich detector by stacking two detectors, in which the front and rear detectors respectively produce relatively lower and higher x-ray energy images. Each detector layer is composed of a phosphor screen coupled with a photodiode array. The front detector layer employs a thinner phosphor screen, whereas the rear detector layer employs a thicker phosphor screen considering the quantum efficiency for x-ray photons with higher energies. We have applied the proposed method into the inspection of printed circuit boards, and obtained dual-energy images with background clutter suppressed. In addition, the single-shot dual-energy method provides sharper-edge images than the conventional radiography because of the unsharp masking effect resulting from the use of different thickness phosphors between the two detector layers. It is promising to use the single-shot dual-energy x-ray imaging for high-resolution nondestructive testing. For the reliable use of the developed method, however, more quantitative analysis is further required in comparisons with the conventional method for various types of printed circuit boards.

• 멤브레인
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.9-19
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• 2003

무전해 PCB 도금 공정 수세액을 분리막으로 처리하여 투과수는 공업용수로 재사용하고 유가금속인 금(Au)을 회수하는 방법에 관하여 연구하였다. 역삼투 분리막 테스트 셀을 이용하여 수세액 처리에 적합한 분리막을 선정하였으며 scale-up을 위한 나권형 모듈 투과 실험을 실시하였다. 먼저, (주)새한에서 생산되는 RO-TL(tap water, low pressure), RO-BL(brackish water, low pressure), RO-normal(for water purifier)막으로 투과실험하였으며 그 중 RO-TL막이 soft etching, 촉매 및 Ni 수세액 처리에 우수한 것으로 판명되었다. 따라서 RO-TL막으로 제작한 나권형 가정용 정수기 모듈로 7bar, $25^{\circ}C$에서 scale-up 실험을 수행하였다. Au수세액의 투과 유속은 약 30 LMH로서 가장 높았으나 Au 제거율이 80% 미만이었다. Pd, Ni 및 soft etching 수세액의 투과유속은 각각 약 22, 17, 10 LMH 정도이며 Pd의 제거율은 85% 이상, Ni 및 Cu 제거율은 97% 이상이었다. 또한 Au, Ni 및 Cu 이온이 함유된 수세액 중 유가금속인 Au를 선택적으로 회수하기 위하여 NF막을 사용하였다. Au수세액 중 Ni 및 Cu 이온은 대부분 제거되었으며 투과액 중에 Au이온이 81.9% 존재하였고 계속하여 RO-TL막으로 Au를 농축 회수하였다. 마지막으로 4"직경의 NF 및 RO-TL 나권형 모듈을 연속적으로 사용하여 Au를 효과적으로 회수할 수 있음을 재확인하였다.인하였다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2015

The light emitting diodes(LED) package of new structure is proposed to promote the reliability and lifespan by maximize heat dissipation occurred on the chip. We designed and fabricated the LED packages mixing the advantages of chip on board(COB) based on conventional metal printed circuit board(PCB) and the merits of Si sub-mount using base as a substrate. The proposed LED package samples were selected for the superior efficiency of the material through the sealant properties, chip characteristics, and phosphor properties evaluations. Reliability test was conducted the thermal shock test and flux rate according to the usage time at room temperature, high-temperature operation, high-temperature operation, high-temperature storage, low-temperature storage, high-temperature and high-humidity storage. Reliability test result, the average flux rate was maintained at 97.04% for each items. Thus, the Si sub-mount based LED package is expected to be applicable to high power down-light type LED light sources.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.185-193
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• 2015

In this paper, a hybrid multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna for eight-band mobile handsets is designed and implemented. For the MIMO antenna, two hybrid antennas are laid symmetrically and connected by an interconnection tie, thereby enabling complementary operation. The tie affects both the impedance and radiation characteristics of each antenna. Further, printed circuit board (PCB) embedded type is applied to the antenna design. To verify the results of this study, we designed eight bands-LTE class 12, 13, and 14, CDMA, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS, and WCDMA-and implemented them on a bare board the same size as the real board of a handset. The voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) is within 3:1 over the entire design band. Antenna isolation is less than -15 dB at the lower band, and -12 dB at the WCDMA band. Envelope correlation coefficient (ECC) of 0.0002-0.05 is obtained for all bands. The average gain and efficiency are measured to range from -4.69 dBi to -2.88 dBi and 33.99% to 51.5% for antenna 1, and -4.74 dBi to -2.97 dBi and 33.45% to 50.49% for antenna 2, respectively.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제46권10호
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• pp.70-78
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 고속 저전압 차동 신호(Low-Voltage Differential Signaling, LVDS) 전송방식의 응용을 위한 전송선 분석 및 설계 최적화 방법을 제안한다. 차동 전송 경로 및 저전압 스윙 방법의 발전으로 인해 저전압 차동 신호 전송방식은 데이터 통신 분야, 고 해상도 디스플레이 분야, 평판 디스플레이 분야에서 매우 적은 소비전력, 개선된 잡음 특성 및 고속 데이터 전송률을 제공한다. 본 논문은 차동 유연성 인쇄 회로 보드(flexible printed circuit board, FPCB) 전송선에서 선 폭, 선 두께 및 선간격과 같은 전송선 설계 변수들의 최적화 기법을 이용하여 직렬 접속된 전송선에서 발생하는 임피던스 부정합과 신호 왜곡을 감소시키기 위해 개선 모델과 개발된 수식을 제안한다. 이러한 차동 FPCB 전송선의 고주파 특성을 평가하기 위해 주파수 영역에서 전파(full-wave) 전자기 시뮬레이션 및 시간 영역 시뮬레이션을 각각 수행하였다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 방법은 저전압 차동 신호 방식의 응용을 위한 고속 차동 FPCB 전송선을 최적화하는데 매우 도움이 되리라 믿는다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2007년도 추계종합학술대회
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• pp.761-764
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• 2007

본 논문은 저전압 차동 신호 방식 (Low-Voltage Differential Signaling, LVDS)의 응용을 위한 차동 전송 접속 경로의 분석 및 설계 최적화 방법을 제안한다. 차동 전송 경로 및 저전압 스윙 방법의 발전으로 인해 LVDS 방식은 데이터 통신 분야, 고 해상도 디스플레이 분야, 평판 디스플레이 분야에서 매우 적은 소비전력, 개선된 잡음 특성 및 고속 데이터 전송률을 제공한다. 본 논문은 차동 flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) 전송선에서 선 폭, 선 두께 및 선 간격과 같은 전송선 설계 변수들의 최적화 기법을 이용하여 직렬 접속된 전송선들에서 발생하는 임피던스 부정합과 신호 왜곡을 감소시키기 위해 개선 모델과 새로이 개발된 수식을 제안한다. 이러한 차동 FPCB 전송선의 고주파 특성을 평가하기 위해 주파수 영역에서 full-wave 전자기 시뮬레이션, 시간 영역 시뮬레이션 및 S 파라미터 시뮬레이션을 각각 수행하였다.