• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2007

Because synaptic refinement of medial nucleus of trapezoid body (MNTB) - lateral superior olive (LSO) synapses is most active during the first postnatal week and the long term depression (LTD) has been suggested as one of its mechanisms, LTD of MNTB-LSO synapses was investigated in neonatal rat brain stem slices with the whole cell voltage clamp technique. In $Mg^{2+}$ free condition, tetanus (10 stimuli at 10 Hz for 2 min) in the current clamp mode induced a robust LTD of isolated D, L-APV-sensitive postsynaptic currents (PSCs) for more than 30 min ($n=6,\;2.4{\pm}0.4%$ of the control), while isolated CNQX-sensitive PSCs were not suppressed ($n=6,\;95.3{\pm}1.6%$). Tetanus also elicited similar LTD in the isolated GABAergic/glycinergic PSCs ($n=6,\;3.6{\pm}0.5%$) and mixed PSCs (GABAergic/glycinergic/glutamatergic) ($n=4,\;2.2{\pm}0.7%$). However, such a strong LTD was not observed in the mixed PSCs when 10 mM EGTA was added in the internal solution (n=10), indicating that postsynaptic $Ca^{2+}$ rise is needed for the strong LTD. This robust LTD might contribute to the active synaptic refinement occurring during the first postnatal week.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.743-749
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• 2002

A 1.5V 70㏈ 100MHz CMOS class-AB complementary operational amplifier is presented. For obtaining the high gain and the high unity gain frequency, the input stage of the amplifier is designed with rail-to-rail complementary differential pairs which are symmetrically parallel-connected with the NMOS and the PMOS differential input pairs, and the output stage is designed to the rail-to-rail class-AB output stage including the elementary shunt stage technique. With this design technique for output stage, the load dependence of the overall open loop gain is improved and the push-pull class-AB current control can be implemented in a simple way. The designed operational amplifier operates perfectly on the complementary mode with 180$^{\circ}$ phase conversion for 1.5V supply voltage, and shows the push-pull class-AB operation. In addition, the amplifier shows the DC open loop gain of 70.4 ㏈ and the unity gain frequency of 102 MHz for $C_{L=10㎊∥}$ $R_{L=1㏁}$ Parallel loads. When the resistive load $R_{L}$ is varied from 1 ㏁ to 1 ㏀, the DC open loop gain of the amplifier decreases by only 2.2 ㏈.a$, the DC open loop gain of the amplifier decreases by only 2.2 dB.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.773-780
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• 2020

A 40 nm complementary metal oxide semiconductor carrier-aggregated drive amplifier with high linearity is presented for sub-GHz Internet of Things applications. The proposed drive amplifier consists of two high linear amplifiers, which are composed of five differential cascode cells. Carrier aggregation can be achieved by switching on both the driver amplifiers simultaneously and combining the two independent signals in the current mode. The common gate bias of the cascode cells is selected to maximize the output 1 dB compression point (P1dB) to support high-linear wideband applications, and is used for the local supply voltage of digital circuitry for gain control. The proposed circuit achieved an output P1dB of 10.7 dBm with over 22.8 dBm of output 3rd-order intercept point up to 0.9 GHz and demonstrated a 55 dBc adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR) for the 802.11af with -5 dBm channel power. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of the wideband carrier-aggregated drive amplifier that achieves the highest ACLR performance.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.386-393
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• 2006

Increasing environmental concerns require to solve the problem produced due to the use of heavy metals in coating formulations. Therefore, it is necessary to develop new coating strategy employing inherently conducting polymers such as polyaniline. Polyaniline is a conductive polymer that is synthesized by oxidation polymerization, and the electrochemical and chemical polymerization are possible for the oxidation of aniline. Electrochemical oxidation polymerization produces a fine surface and although voltage control is more convenient, it require electrolytic cells, and elaborate thin film can be acquired with the polymerization. Polyaniline films were electro-polymerized on cold rolled sheets using the galvanostat mode in the oxalic acidaniline-sodium molybdate electrolyte. The structure and properties of polyaniline film were studied using Potentiostat/Galvanostat 263A, FE-SEM,, AFM, SST, Colorimetry. A high corrosion resistance of polyaniline film was observed with an increase of corrosion potential by $500{\sim}600$ mV for the substrate covered with polyaniline.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.357-363
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• 2014

A programmable smart charger compatible to various load conditions is proposed in this paper. Since the proposed smart charger is compatible to various mobile devices having different rated voltage and power, it is convenient for carrying and easy to standardize many kinds of battery chargers. Moreover, since it uses the input impedance and built-in PMIC (Power management IC) of the load system to recognize the connection state and specifications of load system, hardware changes of load system is not only hardly necessary but it also features no addition communication cable and easy implementation. To confirm the validity of the proposed charger, the theoretical analysis and experiment results from a prototype compatible to three load conditions 5V/1A, 5V/2A and 12V/1A are provided.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2015년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.25-26
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• 2015

Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) method becomes more and more popular for the Electric Vehicle (EV) battery charger due to its convenience and safety in comparison with plugged-in charger. In recent years, Lithium batteries are increasingly used in EVs and Constant Current/Constant Voltage (CC/CV) charge needs to be adopted for the high efficiency charge. However, it is not easy to design the IPT Battery Charger which can charge the battery with CC/CV charge under the wide range of load variation due to the wide range of variation in its operating frequency. This paper propose a new design and control method which makes it possible to implement the CC/CV mode charge with minimum frequency variation (less than 1kHz) during all over the charge process. A 6.6kW prototype charge has been implemented and 96.1% efficiency was achieved with 20cm air gap between the coils.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.449-470
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• 2016

Energy harvesting is an emerging technique that extracts energy from surrounding environments to power low-power devices. For example, it can potentially provide sustainable energy for wireless sensing networks (WSNs) or structural control systems in civil engineering applications. This paper presents a comprehensive study on harvesting energy from earthquake-induced structural vibrations, which is typically of low frequency, to power WSNs. A macroscale pendulum-type electromagnetic harvester (MPEH) is proposed, analyzed and experimentally validated. The presented predictive model describes output power dependence with mass, efficiency and the power spectral density of base acceleration, providing a simple tool to estimate harvested energy. A series of shaking table tests in which a single-storey steel frame model equipped with a MPEH has been carried out under earthquake excitations. Three types of energy harvesting circuits, namely, a resistor circuit, a standard energy harvesting circuit (SEHC) and a voltage-mode controlled buck-boost converter were used for comparative study. In ideal cases, i.e., resistor circuit cases, the maximum electric energy of 8.72 J was harvested with the efficiency of 35.3%. In practical cases, the maximum electric energy of 4.67 J was extracted via the buck-boost converter under the same conditions. The predictive model on output power and harvested energy has been validated by the test data.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.568-574
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• 2020

최근, 신재생에너지원의 출력 안정화, 수요관리 및 주파수 조정 등 다양한 기능을 가지고 있는 전기저장장치(energy storage system, ESS)의 설치가 매년 증가되고 있다. 그러나, 2017년 8월에 발생한 고창 전력시험센터의 ESS 화재를 시작으로 경산 변전소, 군산 태양광발전소 등 현재까지 총 29건의 화재사고가 발생하여 많은 재산피해가 보고되고 있다. 이러한 전기저장장치의 화재사고는 전기저장장치의 용량이나 계절과는 무관하게 발생되고 있으므로, ESS의 화재원인을 정확하게 파악하고 안전성을 확보하기 위하여 ESS의 사고특성에 대한 분석이 요구되어지고 있다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 ESS의 사고특성을 분석하고 안전성을 확보하기 위하여, 전력계통 상용해석 소프트웨어인 PSCAD/EMTDC를 이용하여 ESS의 모델링을 수행한다. 다양한 시나리오를 기반으로 ESS의 단락사고특성을 확인한 결과, 높은 사고전류로 인하여 보호기기인 퓨즈가 동작하고, 매우 큰 CMV(common mode voltage)가 발생하여 ESS의 절연이 파괴될 가능성이 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, 이러한 문제점을 극복하기 위하여, ESS의 배터리측과 PCS측에 각각 SPD를 설치한 경우, DC측 전로에서 발생하는 CMV가 3[kV] 이내로 크게 감소되어 ESS의 절연파괴를 방지할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.278-284
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 광통신 시스템에서의 고속변조를 위하여 사용되는 전계광학 변조기를 구현하기 위하여 InAs 양자점(Quantum Dots)을 변조영역으로 하는 전계광학 변조기를 설계, 제작하였다. 제작한 양자점 전계광학 변조기에서 1550 nm의 파장을 가지는 입력광의 변조 특성을 측정하여 벌크(Bulk)형태의 변조영역을 가지는 동일한 구조의 전계광학 변조기와 비교하였다. 위상변조효율은 TE 모드에서 $333.3^{\circ}/V{\cdot}mm$, TM 모드에서 $300^{\circ}/V{\cdot}mm$ 로 측정되었으며, 기존의 벌크로 변조영역이 구성된 전계광학 변조기와 동일한 소자구조를 가지는 전계광학 변조기에 비해 편광의존도가 낮으며 위상변조효율이 20배 이상 향상된 결과를 얻었으며, 양자우물구조에 비하여는 3배 이상의 높은 위상변조효율을 얻었다.

• 분석과학
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.504-510
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• 2000

Glycyrrhizin은 감초(Glycyrrhizae Radix)의 주성분으로써 항궤양, 항염증, 항알러지, 진해작용을 하는 것으로 알려져 있으며 glycyrrhetinic acid에 2당류가 연결된 매우 hydrophilic하고 분자량이 큰(mw=822.92) 물질이다. 본 연구에서는 on-line high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)/electrospray ionization (ESI)- mass spectrometery (MS)를 이용하여 각종 glycyrrhizin 표준품들의 불순물들에 대한 구조 규명을 하였다. 사용한 HPLC column은 $C_{18}$($3.9{\times}300mm$, $10{\mu}m$)이었으며 이동상은 acetic acid/$H_2O$(1:15):acetonitrile=3:2를 0.8ml/min으로 흘려주었고 용출물을 post-column splitter를 사용하여 50:1로 split시켜서 ESI-MS에 주입하였다. ESI-MS는 negative mode이었으며 CapEx voltage는 100 V에서 각 불순물들의 분자량이 측정되었고 구조규명을 위하여 CapEx voltage를 80-300 V까지 변화시켜주는 CID (collision induced dissoclation) 기법을 사용함으로써 fragment를 얻을 수 있었고 이를 바탕으로 구조규명을 하였다. 주요 불순물의 구조는 glycyrrhetic acid moiety에 수산화기(-OH)가 붙은 형태와 glycyrrhetic acid moiety의 12번 위치에서 환원이 일어난 형태 이었다. 표준품의 순도는 약 90% 정도이었다.