• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.711-717
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• 2007

Location information will become increasingly important for future Pervasive Computing applications. Location tracking system of a moving device can be classified into two types of architectures: an active mobile architecture and a passive mobile architecture. In the former, a mobile device actively transmits signals for estimating distances to listeners. In the latter, a mobile device listens signals from beacons passively. Although the passive architecture such as Cricket location system is inexpensive, easy to set up, and safe, it is less precise than the active one. In this paper, we present a passive location system using Cricket Mote sensors which use RF and ultrasonic signals to estimate distances. In order to improve accuracy of the passive system, the transmission speed of ultrasound was compensated according to air temperature at the moment. Upper and lower bounds of a distance estimation were set up through measuring minimum and maximum distances that ultrasonic signal can reach to. Distance estimations beyond the upper and the lower bounds were filtered off as errors in our scheme. With collecting distance estimation data at various locations and comparing each distance estimation with real distance respectively, we proposed an equation to compensate the deviation at each point. Equations for proposed algorithm were derived to calculate relative coordinates of a moving device. At indoor and outdoor tests, average location error and average location tracking period were 3.5 cm and 0.5 second, respectively, which outperformed Cricket location system of MIT.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.48 no.10
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• pp.1-5
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• 2011

A magnetic resonant coil system for enhancement of wireless power transfer efficiency of NFC devices was proposed. The NFC system consists of resonant coils arrange between source coil and device coil. The effects of resonant coil was measured using a 13.56MHz RFID reader and tag system and simulated by 3D RF simulator. The measurement results from RFID reader and tag show that the maximum distance of signal transmission is increased by 96.72% and received voltage of RFID tag is grew by 17.95% thanks to the magnetic resonant coils.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.263-267
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• 2007

We investigate the influence of the ambient gas during thermal annealing on the photoluminescence (PL) properties of europium-silicate thin films. The films were fabricated on substrates by using a radio-frequency magnetron sputtering method and subsequent rapid thermal annealing (RTA). The mechanism for the formation of the europium silicates during the annealing process was investigated by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectroscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). A series of narrow PL spectra from $Eu^{3+}$ ions was observed from the film annealed in $O_2$ ambient. Broad PL spectra associated with $Eu^{2+}$ ions, with a maximum intensity at 600 nm and a FWHM of 110 nm, were observed from the thin film annealed at $1000^{\circ}C$ in $N_2$ ambient.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.289-291
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• 2007

The Digital Multimedia Broadcasting(DMB) system is developed to offer high quality audio-visual multimedia contents to the uses by the various portable terminals in the mobile environment. Integrated complex reception platform is required to receive multimedia broadcasting services transmitted from various transmission media. In this paper, we present the design and implementation technic for providing the both of terrestrial and satellite DMB services simultaneously using the same hardware platform. The implemented complex receiving terminal to accommodate these DMB services simultaneously need composed of it RF module. it baseband module, it complex control module and the complex de-multiplexer module. The complex control module is designed using uClinux operating system. The complex de-multiplexer, which perform the functions of the address decoder and each DMB stream de-multiplexer, is implemented. with FPGA device. The implemented platform is tested in a real environment and its performance is satisfied with required performance criteria.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.482-485
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• 2011

$La_{0.6}Sr_{0.4}MnO_3$ (LSMO) thin films, which are known as colossal magnetoresistance materials, were prepared on fused silica thin films by conventional RF magnetron sputtering, and the interfacial reactions between them were investigated by rapid thermal processing. Various analyses, namely, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy combined with energy adispersive X-ray spectrometry, and secondary ion mass spectrometry, were performed to explain the mechanism of the interfacial reactions. In the case of an LSMO film annealed at $800^{\circ}C$, the layer distinction against the underplayed $SiO_2$ was well preserved. However, when the annealing temperature was raised to $900^{\circ}C$, interdiffusion and interreaction occurred. Most of the $SiO_2$ and part of the LSMO became amorphous silicate that incorporated La, Sr, and Mn and contained a lot of bubbles. When the annealing temperature was raised to $950^{\circ}C$, the whole stack became an amorphous silicate layer with expanded bubbles. The thermal instability of LSMO on fused silica should be an important consideration when LSMO is integrated into Si-based solid-state devices.

• Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.788-796
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• 1996

$TiO_2$ films prepared by RF magnetron sputtering, electron beam evaporation, ion assisted deposition (IAD) and sol-gel method are prepared on c-Si substrate and vitreous silica substrate respectively. From the transmission spectra of $TiO_2$ films on vitreous silica substrate in the spectral region from 190 nm to 900 nm, k($\lambda$) of $TiO_2$ is obtained. Using k($\lambda$) in the interband transition region the coefficients of the quantum mechanical dispersion relation of an amorphous $TiO_2$ and hence n($\lambda$) including the optically opaque region of above fundamental transition energy are obtained. The spectroscopic ellipsometry spectra of $TiO_2$ films in the spectral region of 1.5-5.0eV are model analyzed to get the film packing density variation versus i) substrate material, ii) film thickness and iii) film growth technique. The complex refractive index change of these $TiO_2$ films versus water condensation is also studied. Film micro-structures by SE modelling results are compared with those by atomic force microscopy images and X-ray diffraction data.

• Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.181-185
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• 2014

We investigated the structural, electrical and optical characteristics of IGZO thin films deposited by a room-temperature RF reactive magnetron sputtering. The thin films deposited were annealed for 2 hours at various temperatures of 300, 400, 500 and $600^{\circ}C$ and analyzed by using X-ray diffractometer, transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscope and Hall effects measurement system. The films annealed at $600^{\circ}C$ were found to be crystallized and their surface roughness was decreased from 0.73 nm to 0.67 nm. According to XPS measurements, concentration of oxygen vacancies were decreased at $600^{\circ}C$. Optical band gap were increased to 3.31eV. The carrier concentration and Hall mobility were sharply increased at 600oC. Our results indicate that the IGZO films deposited at a room temperature can show better thin film properties through a heat treatment.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.398-398
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• 2009

텐덤 구조의 양자점 태양전지에서 양자점의 크기에 따라 에너지 밴드갭이 달라 넓은 대역의 태양광을 이용할 수 있다. 이러한 양자점의 크기는 증착 두께의 제어로 조절이 가능하다. Si과 C target을 이용한 RF Co-sputtering 법으로 각각 증착시간을 다르게 하여, SiC/$Si_{1-x}C_x$(x~0.20)인 실리콘 양자점 초격자 박막을 제조하고, $1000^{\circ}C$에서 20분간 질소 분위기에서 열처리를 하였다. Grazing incident X-ray diffraction(GIXRD)를 통해서 Si(111)과 $\beta$-SiC (111)이 생성되었음을 확인하였고, High resolution transmission electron microscopy(HRTEM) 사진으로 양자점의 크기와 분포 밀도를 확인할 수 있었다. Photoluminescence(PL)에서 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9eV의 Peak이 확인되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.133-133
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• 2011

최근 나노입자를 이용한 비휘발성 메모리 소자의 제작에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 특히, 실리사이드 계열의 나노입자를 적용한 소자는 일함수가 크지만 실리콘 내의확산 문제를 가지고 있는 금속 나노입자와 달리 현 실리콘 기반의 반도체 공정 적용이 용이한 잇 점을 가지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 실리사이드 계열의 화합물 중에서 4.63 eV인 Vanadium Silicide ($V_3$Si) 박막을 열처리 과정을 통하여 수 nm 크기의 나노입자로 제작하였다. 소자의 제작은 p-Si기판에 5 nm 두께의 $SiO_2$ 터널층을 dry oxidation 방법으로 성장시킨 후 $V_3$Si 금속박막을 RF magnetron sputtering system을 이용하여 3~5 nm 두께로 tunnel barrier위에 증착시켰다. Rapid thermal annealing법으로 질소 분위기에서 $1000^{\circ}C$의 온도로 30초 동안 열처리하여 $V_3$Si 나노 입자를 형성 하였으며. 20 nm 두께의 $SiO_2$ 컨트롤 산화막층을 ultra-high vacuum magnetron sputtering을 이용하여 증착하였다. 마지막으로 thermal evaporation system을 통하여 Al 전극을 직경 200, 두께 200nm로 증착하였다. 제작된 구조는 metal-oxide-semiconductor구조를 가지는 나노 부유 게이트 커패시터 이며, 제작된 시편은 transmission electron microscopy을 이용하여 $V_3$Si 나노입자의 크기와 균일성을 확인했다. 소자의 전기적인 측정은 E4980A capacitor parameter analyzer와 Agilent 81104A apulse pattern generator system을 이용한 전기용량-전압 측정을 통해 전하저장 효과를 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.78.1-78.1
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• 2012

비 휘발성 저항 메모리소자인 resistance random access memory (ReRAM)는 빠른 동작특성과 저 전압 특성을 나타내고 비교적 간단한 소자구조로 고집적화에 유리하여 기존의 DRAM과 flash 메모리, SRAM 등이 갖고 있는 한계를 극복할 수 있는 차세대 메모리소자로써 각광받고 있다. 현재, 이성분계 산화물, 페로브스카이트 산화물, 고체 전해질 물질, 유기재료 등을 응용한 저항 메모리소자에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그 중 ZnO 를 기반으로 하는 amorphous InGaZnO (a-IGZO) 박막은 저온에서 대면적 증착이 가능하며 다른 비정질 재료에 비해 높은 전하 이동도를 갖기 때문에 박막트랜지스터 적용 시 우수한 전기적 특성을 나타낸다. 또한 빠른 동작특성과 높은 저항 변화율을 보이기 때문에 ReRAM에 응용 가능한 재료로써 기대되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 MOM(metal/oxide/metal) 구조를 기반한 TiN/a-IGZO/ITO 구조의 소자를 제작하여 저항 메모리 특성을 평가하였다. IGZO 박막은 radio frequency (RF) sputter 를 이용하여 ITO/glass 기판 위에 증착하였다. MOM 구조를 위한 상부 TiN 전극은 e-beam evaporation 을 이용하여 증착하였다. 제작된 저항 메모리소자는 안정적인 unipolar resistive switching 특성을 나타내었으며, TiN 상부전극과 IGZO 계면 간의 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) 분석을 통해 전압 인가 후 전극 금속 물질의 박막 내 삽입으로 인한 금속 필라멘트의 형성을 관찰 할 수 있었다. 합성된 박막의 형태와 결정성은 Scanning electron microscope (SEM)와 X-ray Diffraction (XRD)을 통해 평가 하였으며, 제작된 소자의 전기적 특성은 HP-4145 를 이용하여 측정하고 비교 분석하였다.