• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.119-123
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• 2021

SnO₂ single layer and SnO₂/Ag/SnO₂ (SAS) tri-layered films were deposited on the glass substrate by RF and DC magnetron sputtering at room temperature and then the effect of Ag interlayer on the opto-electrical performance of the films were considered. As deposited SnO₂ films show a visible transmittance of 85.5 % and a sheet resistance of 1.2×10⁴ Ω/□, the SAS films with a 15 nm thick Ag interlayer show a lower resistance of 18.8 Ω/□ and a visible transmittance of 70.6 %, respectively. The figure of merit based on the optical transmittance and sheet resistance revealed that the Ag interlayer in the SnO₂ films enhances the opto-electrical performance without substrate heating or annealing process.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.123-127
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• 2021

Millimeter-wave tracking radars should be operated in various environmental restrictions, thus they demand more computing power and smaller size compared to conventional tracking radars. This paper presents the design and implementation of the compact power supply for millimeter-wave tracking radar applications. To meet requirements of low voltage/high current and voltage accuracy for FPGA/DSP digital circuits, Point of Load (POL) converters are used in order to enhance power density and system efficiency. LDO (Low Dropout) is applied for the output voltage under the light load condition, then the single-input-multi-output power supply with max power of 375 W and 8 outputs is developed. The proposed power supply achieves output voltage accuracy of ±2 % and noise level of <50 mVpp % under full load conditions.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.31 no.11
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• pp.614-618
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• 2021

As the size of market for electric vehicles and energy storage systems grows, the demand for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is increasing. Currently, commercial LIBs are fabricated with liquid electrolytes, which have some safety issues such as low chemical stability, which can cause ignition of fire. As a substitute for liquid electrolytes, solid electrolytes are now being extensively studied. However, solid electrolytes have disadvantages of low ionic conductivity and high resistance at interface between electrode and electrolyte. In this study, Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂ (LLZO), one of the best ion conducting materials among oxide based solid electrolytes, is fabricated through RF-sputtering and various electrochemical properties are analyzed. Moreover, the electrochemical properties of LLZO are found to significantly improve with co-sputtered Li₂O. An all-solid thin film battery is fabricated by introducing a thin film solid electrolyte and an Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ (LTO) cathode; resulting electrochemical properties are also analyzed. The LLZO/Li₂O (60W) sample shows a very good performance in ionic conductivity of 7.3×10^-8 S/cm, with improvement in c-rate and stable cycle performance.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.55 no.2
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• pp.91-95
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• 2022

ZnO single layer (60 nm thick) and ZnO with Ag interlayer (ZnO/Ag/ZnO; ZAZ) films were deposited on the glass substrates by using radio frequency (RF) and direct current (DC) magnetron sputter to evaluate the effectiveness of Ag interlayer on the optical visible transmittance and the conductivity of the films. In the ZAZ films, the thickness of ZnO layers was kept at 30 nm, while the Ag thickness was varied as 5, 10, 15 and 20 nm. In X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, ZnO films show the (002) diffraction peak and ZAZ films also show the weak ZnO (002) peak and Ag (111) diffraction peak. As a thickness of Ag interlayer increased to 20 nm, the grain size of the Ag films enlarged to 11.42 nm and the optical band gap also increased from 4.15 to 4.22 eV with carrier concentration increasing from 4.9 to 10.5×10²¹ cm^-3. In figure of merit measurements, the ZAZ films with a 10 nm thick Ag interlayer showed the higher figure of merit of 4.0×10^-3 Ω^-1 than the ZnO single layer and another ZAZ films. From the experimental result, it is assumed that the Ag interlayer enhanced effectively the opto-electrical performance of the ZAZ films.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.446-450
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• 2021

Non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensors typically use an optical filter that transmits a discriminating 4.26 ㎛ wavelength band to measure carbon dioxide (CO2), as CO2 absorbs 4.26 ㎛ infrared. The filter performance depends on the transmittance and full width at half maximum (FWHM). This paper presents the fabrication, sensitivity, and selectivity characteristics of a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR)-based Fabry-Perot filter with a simple structure for CO2 detection. Each Ge and SiO2 films were prepared using the RF magnetron sputtering technique. The transmittance characteristics were measured using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The fabricated filter had a peak transmittance of 59.1% at 4.26 ㎛ and a FWHM of 158 nm. In addition, sensitivity and selectivity experiments were conducted by mounting the sapphire substrate and the fabricated filter on an NDIR CO2 sensor measurement system. When measuring the sensitivity, the concentration of CO2 was observed in the range of 0-10000 ppm, and the selectivity was measured for environmental gases of 1000 ppm. The fabricated filter showed lower sensitivity to CO2 but showed higher selectivity with other gases.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.138-143
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• 2022

We analyzed the influence of post-annealing on Ga₂O₃/n-type 4H-SiC heterojunction diode. Gallium oxide (Ga₂O₃) thin films were deposited by radio frequency (RF) sputtering. Post-deposition annealing at 950℃ in an Oxygen atmosphere was performed. The material properties of Ga₂O₃ and the electrical properties of the diodes were investigated. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), X-Ray Diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images show a significant increase in the roughness and crystallinity of the O₂-annealed films. After Oxygen annealing X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) shows that the atomic ratio of oxygen increases which is related to a decrease in oxygen vacancy within the Ga₂O₃ film. The O₂-annealed diodes exhibited higher on-current and lower leakage current. Moreover, the ideality factor, barrier height, and thermal activation energy were derived from the current-voltage curve by increasing the temperature from 298 - 434K.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.119-125
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• 2022

The power supply for the anti-aircraft radar homing sensor should allow the system to receive power quickly and stably without the influence of noise. For this purpose, DC-DC converters are widely used for reliable power conversion. Also, switching of DC-DC converters Frequency noise should not cause false alarms and ghosts that may affect the detection and tracking performance of the system, and it should have a check function that can monitor power in real time while the homing sensor is operating. In order to apply to anti-aircraft radar homing sensor, we developed a multi-output switching power supply with maximum output 𐩒𐩒𐩒 W, efficiency 80% or more (@100% load), output power by receiving 28VDC input, and power supply to achieve more than 80% efficiency. A DC-DC converter was applied to this large output, and the multi-output flyback method was applied to the rest of the low-power output.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.37-42
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• 2022

A high-performance wideband transition from microstrip to waveguide is proposed. This transition is designed by consideration of gradual field transformation and optimal impedance matching between microstrip line and fin-line. Clear design guidelines of proposed transition using fin-line taper with offset DSPSL (double-sided parallel stripline) are provided to determine the transition shape and the transition length. The fabricated transition exhibits less than 0.67 dB insertion loss per transition for frequencies from 85 to 108 GHz, and less than 1 dB insertion loss from 83 to over 110 GHz. Proposed transition is expected compact radar and various applications.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.4-4
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• 2023

C-band SAR 센서를 탑재한 수자원위성은 한반도 수자원 모니터링을 위해 개발되어 2025년 발사가 계획되어 있으며, 수변환경 및 부유물 탐지 및 다양한 활용이 기대되고 있다. 그 중 수변환경은 수변 생태계 안정성을 유지하는 역할을 담당하여 이에 대한 모니터링은 중요하다. s현장 관측 기반 탐지 방법과 비교하여 위성 원격탐사는 광범위한 지역을 반복적으로 관측하여, 연속적인 수변환경 및 부유물 정보를 제공할 수 있다. 이러한 특성에 기반하여 다양한 다중분광 및 SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) 위성 원격탐사 자료를 바탕으로 수변환경 및 부유물의 탐지 연구가 이루어졌다. 특히 단일 영상만을 사용하는 기법에 비해 다중분광 및 SAR 영상을 융합하여 높은 정확도를 보인 바 있다. 초기 연구에서는 임계값 알고리즘 또는 현장관측 기반의 부유물 농도와 위성 자료간의 선형관계를 분석하는 단순한 알고리즘이 주를 이루었으나, 최근에는 RF, CNN 등 보다 복잡하고 다양한 인공지능 알고리즘이 적용되어 높은 정확도로 해당 문제들을 해결하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 수자원위성 활용을 위해 인공지능 기반 수변환경 및 부유물 탐지 알고리즘을 개발하고자 한다. 수자원위성의 대체 자료로 유럽우주국의 Sentinel-1 A/B 위성의 C-band SAR 영상을 이용하였으며, 보조자료로 Sentinel-2 다중분광 영상을 이용하였다. 개발된 알고리즘은 수자원 관리를 위한 환경변화 탐지에 유용한 정보로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.298-302
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• 2023

Transparent and conducting tungsten (W) doped indium oxide (IWO) thin films were deposited on the glass substrate by using RF magnetron sputtering and then electron irradiation was conducted to investigate the effect of electron irradiation on the optical and electrical properties of the films. The electron irradiated films showed three x-ray diffraction peaks of the In₂O₃ (222), (431) and (046) planes and the full width at half maximum values are decreased as increased electron irradiation energy. In the atomic force microscope analysis, the surface roughness of as deposited films was 1.70 nm, while the films electron irradiated at 700 eV, show a lower roughness of 1.28 nm. In this study, the figure of merit (FOM) of as deposited films is 2.07 × 10^-3 Ω^-1, while the films electron irradiated at 700 eV show the higher FOM value of 5.53 × 10^-3 Ω^-1. Thus, it is concluded that the post-deposition electron beam irradiation is the one of effective methods to enhance optical and electrical performance of IWO thin films.