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A Soft-Switching Totem-pole Bridgeless Boost Power Factor Correction Rectifier Having Minimized Conduction Losses (소프트 스위칭이 가능한 토템폴 브리지리스 역률보상회로)

  • Lee, Young-Dal;Kim, Chong-Eun;Baek, Jae-Il;Kim, Dong-Kwan;Moon, Gun-Woo
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2018.07a
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    • pp.213-215
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    • 2018
  • 본 논문에서는, 경부하 조건에서 저감된 스위칭 손실과 중부하 이상 조건에서 영전압 스위칭을 통해 높은 효율을 가지는 토템폴 브리지리스 역률보상회로를 제안한다. 토템폴 브리지리스 역률보상회로는 기존 브리지 다이오드를 포함한 역률보상회로의 단점인 도통패스 구간의 비교적 많은 소자 수를 통한 도통손실이 다소 큰 단점을 보완한 회로이다. 하지만, 토템폴 브리지리스 역률보상회로는 여전히 하드 스위칭을 통한 손실과 주 파워링 다이오드의 역회복 손실로 인한 단점을 지니고 있게 되며, 그로 인해 현재로써는 높은 효율과 안정적인 동작을 위해서는 부득이 GaN FET를 적용한 개발이 대부분이다. Full 부하 조건의 전류 용량을 고려하여 높은 전류 정격을 가지는 GaN FET를 주 스위치로 활용할 경우, 전류용량과 비례하여 기생 커패시턴스에 의한 손실이 커지기 때문에 경부하 조건에서 높은 효율을 확보하기가 다소 어렵다. 또한 구조상 물리적으로 여전히 하드 스위칭 동작을 할 수 밖에 없기 때문에 서버용 전원장치에서 요구하는 높은 효율을 달성하는데 한계를 지니며 높은 비용이 요구되는 단점을 지니게 된다. 이를 해결하기 위해, 제안하는 회로는 간단한 회로를 통해 경부하 조건에서 저감된 스위칭 손실과 중부하 이상 조건에서 소프트 스위칭을 만족하여 전체 부하 조건에서 기존의 GaN FET을 활용한 토템폴 구조 대비 높은 효율을 가지게 된다. 또한, 토템폴 구조임에도 불구하고 중부하 이상 영역에서 소프트 스위칭 동작을 통해 주 스위치를 비교적 저렴하고 신뢰성이 검증된 Si-MOSFET을 적용할 수 있다는 장점을 지닌다. 제안하는 회로의 효용성을 증명하기 위해, 하이라인 입력 전압과 750W 출력 조건에서 실험을 진행하였다.

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DC-DC Buck converter Using an Adjustable Dead-time Control Method (적응형 사구간제어기법을 이용한 DC-DC 벅 변환기)

  • Lim, Dong-Kuyn;Yoo, Tai-Kyung;Lee, Gun;Yoon, Kwang-Sub
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.48 no.6
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 2011
  • This paper proposes high efficiency current-mode DC-DC buck converter that are suitable for portable devices. The current-mode DC-DC buck converter using adjustable Dead-time control method improves the power efficiency 2~5%. The buck converter has been implemented with a standard 0.35${\mu}m$ CMOS process. The size of this chip is 0.97$mm^2$. The input range of the fabricated DC-DC buck converter is 2.5V~3.3V, and the output is 1.8V. The maximum loading current of the converter is 500mA and the peak efficiency is 93% at 200mA loads.

Selective Etching of Magnetic Layer Using CO/$NH_3$ in an ICP Etching System

  • Park, J.Y.;Kang, S.K.;Jeon, M.H.;Yeom, G.Y.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2010.02a
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    • pp.448-448
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    • 2010
  • Magnetic random access memory (MRAM) has made a prominent progress in memory performance and has brought a bright prospect for the next generation nonvolatile memory technologies due to its excellent advantages. Dry etching process of magnetic thin films is one of the important issues for the magnetic devices such as magnetic tunneling junctions (MTJs) based MRAM. CoFeB is a well-known soft ferromagnetic material, of particular interest for magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) and other devices based on tunneling magneto-resistance (TMR), such as spin-transfer-torque MRAM. One particular example is the CoFeB - MgO - CoFeB system, which has already been integrated in MRAM. In all of these applications, knowledge of control over the etching properties of CoFeB is crucial. Recently, transferring the pattern by using milling is a commonly used, although the redeposition of back-sputtered etch products on the sidewalls and the low etch rate of this method are main disadvantages. So the other method which has reported about much higher etch rates of >$50{\AA}/s$ for magnetic multi-layer structures using $Cl_2$/Ar plasmas is proposed. However, the chlorinated etch residues on the sidewalls of the etched features tend to severely corrode the magnetic material. Besides avoiding corrosion, during etching facets format the sidewalls of the mask due to physical sputtering of the mask material. Therefore, in this work, magnetic material such as CoFeB was etched in an ICP etching system using the gases which can be expected to form volatile metallo-organic compounds. As the gases, carbon monoxide (CO) and ammonia ($NH_3$) were used as etching gases to form carbonyl volatiles, and the etched features of CoFeB thin films under by Ta masking material were observed with electron microscopy to confirm etched resolution. And the etch conditions such as bias power, gas combination flow, process pressure, and source power were varied to find out and control the properties of magnetic layer during the process.

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Molding the East Asian Dragons: The Creation and Transformation of Various Ecological and Political Discourses

  • NGUYEN Ngoc Tho;PHAN Thi Thu Hien
    • Journal of Daesoon Thought and the Religions of East Asia
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.73-99
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    • 2023
  • The dragon is a special imaginary figure created by the people of East Asia. Its archetypes appeared primarily as totemic symbols of different tribes and groups in the region. The formation of early dynasties probably generated the molding of the dragon symbol. Dragon symbols carried deep imprints of nature. They concealed alternative messages of how ancient people at different locations dealt with or interacted with nature. Under pressure to standardize in the medieval and late imperial periods, the popular dragon had to transform physically and ideologically. It became imposed, unified, and framed, conveying ideas of caste classification and power, and losing itsecological implications. The dragon transitioned from a semi-ecological domain into a total social caste system. However, many people considered the "standardized" dragon as the symbol of the oppressor. Because of continuous orthopraxy and calls for imperial reverence, especially under orthopractic agenda and the surveillance of local elites, the popularized dragon was imbued within local artworks or hidden under the sanctity of Buddhas or popular gods in order to survive. Through disguise, the popular dragon partially maintained its ecological narratives. When the imperial dynasties ended in East Asia (1910 in Korea, 1911 in China, 1945 in Vietnam), the dragon was dramatically decentralized. However, trends of re-standardization and re-centralization have emerged recently in China, as the country rises in the global arena. In this newly-emerging "re-orthopraxy", the dragon has been superimposed with a more externally political discourse ("soft power" in international relations) rather than the old-style standardization for internal centralization in the late imperial period. In the contemporary world, science and technology have advanced humanity's ability to improve the world; however, it seems that people have abused science and technology to control nature, consequently damaging the environment (pollution, global warming, etc.). The dragon symbol needs to be re-defined, "re-molded", re-evaluated and reinterpreted accordingly, especially under the newly-emerging lens-the New Confucian "anthropocosmic" view.

A computer based simulation model for the fatigue damage assessment of deep water marine riser

  • Pallana, Chirag A.;Sharma, Rajiv
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.87-142
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    • 2022
  • An analysis for the computation of Fatigue Damage Index (FDI) under the effects of the various combination of the ocean loads like random waves, current, platform motion and VIV (Vortex Induced Vibration) for a certain design water depth is a critically important part of the analysis and design of the marine riser platform integrated system. Herein, a 'Computer Simulation Model (CSM)' is developed to combine the advantages of the frequency domain and time domain. A case study considering a steel catenary riser operating in 1000 m water depth has been conducted with semi-submersible. The riser is subjected to extreme environmental conditions and static and dynamic response analyses are performed and the Response Amplitude Operators (RAOs) of the offshore platform are computed with the frequency domain solution. Later the frequency domain results are integrated with time domain analysis system for the dynamic analysis in time domain. After that an extensive post processing is done to compute the FDI of the marine riser. In the present paper importance is given to the nature of the current profile and the VIV. At the end we have reported the detail results of the FDI comparison with VIV and without VIV under the linear current velocity and the FDI comparison with linear and power law current velocity with and without VIV. We have also reported the design recommendations for the marine riser in the regions where the higher fatigue damage is observed and the proposed CSM is implemented in industrially used standard soft solution systems (i.e., OrcaFlex*TM and Ansys AQWA**TM), Ms-Excel***TM, and C++ programming language using its object oriented features.

Selection of Motor Starting Method by Numeric Simulation (기동시뮬레이션 방법에 의한 유도전동기 기동방식 선정)

  • Chang, Chung-Koo;Suh, Sang-Jin;Lee, Min-Yong
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2002.07b
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    • pp.817-820
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    • 2002
  • Since a squirrel cage induction motor by NEMA Design types is designed to withstand full-voltage starting, direct starting method can be the most economical one. Starting a squirrel cage motor from standstill by connecting it directly across the line may allow inush currents of approximately 500-600% of rated current at lagging power factor of 35-50%. For many of the large motors, the starting inrush current may be great enough to cause voltage dips, which may adversely affect the building's lighting system. Electric utilities also have restrictions on starting currents, so that voltage fluctuations can be held to prescribed limits. Therefore the need for choosing the most appropriate method of motor starting is quite essential. In this paper, we proposed a plan for the selection of the most appropriate motor starting method, first by way of numeric simulation using manufacturer's data and second by way of actual experience. So far, more often than not, the selection of motor starting method has been accomplished only as regards to the capacity of the motor and the frequency of starting and stopping. But nowadays such high-tech apparatus as soft starters are being developed, and we are on the position to give more attention to clarify the way of selection of the motor starting method.

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A High Efficiency Bidirectional Resonant Converter With Auxilary LC Circuit for V2G System (V2G 시스템을 위한 보조 LC 회로를 가진 고효율 양방향 공진형 컨버터)

  • Tranand, Duc-Hung;Choi, Woojin
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2016.07a
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    • pp.323-324
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    • 2016
  • In this paper a high efficiency bidirectional resonant converterfor Vehicle-to-Grid applications (V2G) is proposed.The proposed converter has adopted an LC auxiliary circuit in the third winding of the transformer. With the proposed method full softswitching can be ensured in all switches over a wide range of loadsand the secondary ringing can be removed with no additional snubber or clamp circuitry.In addition, since the proposed resonant converter is able to operate at an almost constant resonant frequencyregardless of the load, CC/CV charge of the battery can be simply implemented with high efficiency. A 3.3 kW bidirectional converter for On-Board Charger of Electric Vehicle is implemented to verify the validity of the proposed method. The experimental results show the high efficiency characteristics of the proposed converter over the wide range of load in both charge and discharge mode. The maximum efficiency of the proposed system was 98.13 % at 2.3 kW during the constant voltage mode charge operation.

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IMAGING NON-THERMAL X-RAY EMISSION FROM GALAXY CLUSTERS: RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS

  • HENRIKSEN MARK;HUDSON DANNY
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.5
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    • pp.299-305
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    • 2004
  • We find evidence of a hard X-ray excess above the thermal emission in two cool clusters (Abell 1750 and IC 1262) and a soft excess in two hot clusters (Abell 754 and Abell 2163). Our modeling shows that the excess components in Abell 1750, IC 1262, and Abell 2163 are best fit by a steep power law indicative of a significant non-thermal component. In the case of Abell 754, the excess emission is thermal, 1 ke V emission. We analyze the dynamical state of each cluster and find evidence of an ongoing or recent merger in all four clusters. In the case of Abell 2163, the detected, steep spectrum, non-thermal X-ray emission is shown to be associated with the weak merger shock seen in the temperature map. However, this shock is not able to produce the flatter spectrum radio halo which we attribute to post-shock turbulence. In Abell 1750 and IC 1262, the shocked gas appears to be spatially correlated with non-thermal emission suggesting cosmic-ray acceleration at the shock front.

Prototype Electromagnetic-Noise Filters Incorporated with Nano-Granular Co41Fe38Al13O8 Soft Ferromagnetic Thin Films on Coplanar Transmission Lines

  • Sohn, Jae-Cheon;Byun, Dong-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.43 no.2 s.285
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    • pp.74-78
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    • 2006
  • A non-integrated type noise filter on a Coplanar Waveguide (CPW) transmission line is demonstrated by using a highly resistive $Co_{41}Fe_{38}Al_{13}O_8$ nanogranular thin film with the dimensions of $4\;mm (\iota)\times4\;mm(\omega)\times0.1\;{\mu}m(t)$. The noise suppression characteristics are evaluated without placing an insulating layer between the CPW line and the magnetic thin film. The insertion loss is very low being less than 0.3 dB and this low value is maintained up to 2 GHz. At a ferromagnetic resonance frequency of 3.3 GHz, the power loss is very large and the degree of noise attenuation is measured to be 3 dB. This level of noise attenuation is still small for real applications; however, considering the small magnetic volume used in this work, further improvement is expected by simply increasing the magnetic volume and by integrating the magnetic thin film into the CPW transmission line.

Case Studies on the Leadership of Mothers Who Brought up Leaders (리더를 길러낸 어머니 리더십의 사례연구)

  • Kim, Kyoung-A
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.46 no.7
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    • pp.21-33
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    • 2008
  • The first step towards rearing children to become healthy leaders of the next generation should be taken by the mothers the CEOs of families who possess exemplary leadership skills. To examine the current status of the leadership of mothers, this paper first selects leaders-domestic and abroad-across all areas by studying various sources. Then focusing on the cases in which the mothers played a positive influence in bringing up their children, this paper examines concrete practical strategies of such successful leadership. The case study classifies the leadership, which requires soft power to change the world, into four types: self assurance, creative reform, communication and empowerment. The subjects to these studies are Kwak Nak-Won, the mother of Kim Gu, Gu Maeng Gyuck, the mother of Mencius, Grace Welch, the mother of Jack Welch, and Yoo Hyun Gyung, the mother of Kim Jin-Ho. The paper examines the leadership capacity of each of these figures. This paper concludes that when mothers exercise positive leadership and the child naturally experiences the synergy effect with the mother, he or she naturally becomes a charismatic social leader.