• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 방전 플라즈마 유기절연재료 초전도 자성체연구회
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• pp.30-33
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• 2004

A surge counter is installed under surge arrester, which is protecting the power system apparatuses against abnormal voltage and surges originated in power system line. A surge counter is the device of knowing the times of surge flowed in. There are two methods to get the electric power for mechanical movement and detect the surge. One is using ZnO varistor resister and the other is using the current transformer. In this paper, the characteristics of these methods are presented with using the test and evaluation of them. The process of evaluating the characteristics is essential to develop the domestic surge counter.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1993년도 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.1159-1161
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• 1993

This paper may be presented the carrier oscillation properties for the varistor fabricated by a new method of three-composition seed grain, in order to analyze the behavior of carriers at the its equivalent circuit model. The oscillation phenomena of carriers appeared from current-voltage characteristics under knee voltage is shown by the transient flow of non trapped carriers group in the trap level of intergranular layer, surface state and/or depletion layer. However, Current oscillation phenomena is hardly shown in the high electric field. The injected carriers from both electrodes are directly flowed from the conduction band of forward biased grain through the intergranular layer into the reverse biased grain, because the trap level in the electric field above the knee voltage is mostly filled.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.738-748
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• 2008

In this study, it has been investigated on the changing behavior of electrical properties in $ZnO-Bi_2O_3-Sb_2O_3$ (Sb/Bi=2.0, 1.0 and 0.5) ceramics. The samples were prepared by conventional ceramic process, and then characterized by I-V, C-V curve plots, impedance and modulus spectroscopy (IS & MS) measurement. The electrical properties of ZBS systems were strongly dependent on Sb/Bi. In ZBS systems, the varistor characteristics were deteriorated noticeably with increasing Sb/Bi and the donor density and interface state density were increased with increasing Sb/Bi. On the other hand, we observed that the grain boundary reacted actively with the ambient oxygen according to Sb/Bi ratio. Especially the grain boundaries of Sb/Bi=0.5 systems were divided into two types, i.e. sensitive to oxygen and thus electrically active one and electrically inactive intergranular one with temperature. Besides, the increased pyrochlore and $\beta$-spinel phase with Sb/Bi ratio caused the distributional inhomogeneity in the grain boundary barrier height and the temperature instability. To the contrary, the grain boundary layer was relatively homogeneous and more stable to temperature change and kept the system highly nonlinear at high Bi-rich phase contents.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2001년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.157-160
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• 2001

Three sets of ZnO ceramic devices (reference samples with Matsuoka\`s composition; added 7o MgO, A1$_2$O$_3$, SiO$_2$) have been prepared by the conventional mixed oxide route. These additives were determined by the factors of valences and ionic radiuses. DC accelerated degradation test was performed for analysis of degradation characteristics versus the various additives. The conditions of DC degradation test were 115${\pm}$2$^{\circ}C$ for 12h. Using XRD and SEM, the Phase and microstructure of samples were analyzed respectively. E-J analysis was used to determine ${\alpha}$. Frequency analysis was accomplished to understand the relationship between R$\sub$g/ and $R_{b}$ with the electric stress at the equivalent circuit.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2001년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.190-193
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• 2001

ZnO varistors have been widely used to protect power system and electronic system against overvoltages based on their excellent nonlinearity. In order to increase their protection capability, the fracture and protection technologies of arresters have to study according to their applications, namely ImA DC voltage, leakage currents, impulse residual voltages, withstanding capability to impulse surge, and energy absorption capability. ZnO varistors which have nonlinear current-voltage characteristic name a number of failure mechanism when ZnO elements absorb surge energies. Failure mode by thermal stress and Pin hole are among the most common failure mechanism at the high current surge current. In this study, the fracture mechaism of power arresters are introduced and protection technologies are researched. In particular the effect of thermal stress by surge currents to ZnO elements and methods against arc surge energy through withstand structure design of arrester are discussed.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.231-236
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• 2005

To investigate the electrical properties at the single grainboundary of ZnO varistors, micro-electrodes were fabricated on the surface which was polished and thermally etched. Our micro-electrode had 2000 $\AA$ silicon nitride layer between micro-electrode and ZnO surface. This layer was deposited by PECVD and etched by RIE after photoresistor pattering process using by mask 1. The metal patterning of micro-electrodes used lift-off method. We found that the breakdown voltage of single grainboundary is about 3.5∼4.2 V at 0.1 mA on I-V curves. Also, capacitance-voltage measurement at single grainboundary gave several parameters( $N_{d}$, $N_{t}$, $\Phi$$_{b}$, t) which were related with grainboundary.ary.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.637-639
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• 1999

ZnO varistors have been widely used to protect power system and electronic system against overvoltages based on their excellent nonlinearity. In order to increase their protection capability, ZnO varistors are chosen by several electrical parameters according to their applications, namely 1mA DC voltage, 1eakage currents, impulse residual voltages, withstanding capability to impulse surge, and energy absorption capability. But these Parameters have scattering properties due to the nonuniformity of electrical characteristics. In this study, the effect of the microstructrual nonuniformity on the surge absorption capability of ZnO varistors.

• 한국조명전기설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국조명전기설비학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.338-341
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• 2006

This paper presents the leakage current characteristics of ZnO varistors exposed to the $8/20{\mu}s$ lightning impulse currents as functions of the number of injection and amplitude of impulse currents. The surge simulator system ECAT that can generate $8/20{\mu}s$ impulse currents with a peak short-circuit of $5[kA_p]$ was used. Leakage currents flowing through ZnO varistors subjected to the $8/20{\mu}s$ impulse currents were measured under 60 Hz AC voltages. The trend curves of resistive leakage current of ZnO varistors were analytically calculated.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2005년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.6
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• pp.344-345
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• 2005

The characteristics of varistors based on M.Matstuokas with one another ZnO powder (50nm, 100nm, 300nm) have been investigated. The optimum calcination and sintering temperature was also selected for each samples. Varieties of sintering conditions were found according to powder size. As the result of analysises on each operating voltages. We obtained the most high voltage in a sample with 50nm ZnO powder.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2009년도 제40회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1315_1316
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• 2009

ZnO는 비선형 전류전압 특성으로 인해 급작스런 과전류로부터 회로를 보호하는 바리스터로 널리 사용되고 있다. 이러한 바리스터의 전기적 특성 및 미세조직을 제어하기 위하여 다양한 첨가물을 넣은 ZnO 바리스터의 미세구조에는 대부분의 입자에 wurtzite 구조의 결정학적 극성이 바뀌는 inversion boundary (IB)가 존재한다. ZnO의 비선형 전류전압 특성이 반도성의 ZnO 입자간 계면에 형성되는 쇼트키 장벽에 기인함을 감안할 때 계면의 결정화학적 특성에 영향을 주는 IB에 대한 이해는 필수적이다. 본 연구에서 IB가 ZnO 바리스터의 성능에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위하여 ZnO-$Bi_2O_3$에 각각 $Sb_2O_3$ 또는 $TiO_2$ 를 첨가하여 결정학적 특성이 서로 상반되는 IB를 유도하였고, 첨가량을 조절하여 모든 입자가 IB를 가지도록 하였다. 화학 에칭을 한 시편의 SEM 관찰을 통해 입자의 형상, 크기, 분포 및 IB의 결정학적 특성 등을 분석하였다. 각 시편의 바리스터 특성은 임피던스의 온도 의존성과 상온에서의 전류-전압 특성을 통해 평가하였다. 관찰된 전기적 특성들을 입내 IB의 결정학적 구조와 이로부터 결과되는 입계면의 극성의 차이를 통해 해석하고자 한다.