• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.118-124
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• 2007

This paper presents the effects of the injected number and amplitude of impulse current on the service life of ZnO varistors for low voltages. To analyze the effects of lightning impulse currents on the performance of ZnO varistors, the measurements of resistive leakage current and power dissipation at the power frequency ac voltage before and after the injections of the $8/20[{\mu}s]$ impulse currents were made. As a consequence, the duration and amplitude of resistive leakage current flowing through ZnO varistor were increased with increasing the number of injections of the $8/20[{\mu}s]$ impulse currents. It is desirable that the service life of ZnO varistors should be evaluated as a function of the number and amplitude of lightning impulse current.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07e
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• pp.1675-1677
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• 1998

It is currently increasing to use surge protection devices in the protection of various electronic circuits from the transient overvoltages such as lightning strikes and switching surges. For this reason, the simulation methods, which can easily predict the protection performance of the devices, are strongly required in order to design the adequate surge protection circuits in lightning surge cut-off performance and economic aspects. This paper deals with ZnO varistor modeling method for designing a surge protection circuit and suggests the Pspice simulation model which takes the characteristic of varying clamping voltage into consideration during the time-to-crest, in range of $8{\sim}30{\mu}s$, of surge current applied to a ZnO varistor. The ZnO varistor Pspice simulation data introduced in this paper has produced almost same values as the measured results experimentally.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1987.11a
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• pp.227-230
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• 1987

• The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.239-244
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• 1997

The Voronoi network can be used to effectively simulate the microstructure of ZnO varistors. The nonuniformity in microstructure of simulated ZnO varistor can be changed by setting different disorder degree of Voronoi network. In the region of disorder degree larger than 3 where the simulated microstructures are similar to those the actual ones of ZnO varistors, a chaotic phenomenon exists in the microstructure characteristics. This chaotic property can simulate the original behavior of nonuniformity of electrical characteristics caused by microstructures of ZnO varistors.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.11d
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• pp.978-980
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• 1999

In this paper, DC degradation of ZnO varistor sintered in the atmospheres of nitrogen and oxygen was investigated. The content of $SiO_2$ containing 0.0, 0.2, 0.5 mol% respectively was addicted for the improvement of degradation property. ZnO varistor was fabricated in the special electrical furnace which had the vacuum system. The temperature and the voltage for the DC degradation test were $115{\pm}2^{\circ}C$, $0.85V_{1mA/cm^2}$. The time conditions for this test were 0, 2, 4, 8 hours and Current-voltage analysis is used to determine nonlinear coefficients($\alpha$). Frequency analysis are accomplished for the understanding of electrical properties as DC degradation test. In this experiment, We concluded that nonlinear coefficient decreased as the amount of $SiO_2$ addition increased, but degradation rate coefficient increased as the amount of $SiO_2$ addition increased. Also, degradation test with the analysis of equivalent circuit showed that the degradation phenomenon of ZnO varistor wasn't linearity.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1999.05a
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• pp.308-311
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• 1999

The varistor characteristics of $ZnO-Pr_6O_11-CoO-Er_2O_3$-based ceramics were investigated. $ZnO-Pr_6O_11-CoO-Er_2O_3$-based ceramics were sintered at $1300^{\circ}C$ and $1350^{\circ}C$in the addition range 0.0~2.0mol% $Er_2O_3$, respectively. $ZnO-Pr_6O_11-CoO-Er_2O_3$-based ceramics, which are added with 0.5mol% $Er_2O_3$ at $1300^{\circ}C$ and l.Omol% $Er_2O_3$ at $1350^{\circ}C$ sintering temperature, exhibited the bestexcellent varistor characteristics, namely, the nonlinear exponent was better 52.78 at $1300^{\circ}C$ thanat 13$1350^{\circ}C$ and the leakage current was better 6.57$\mu\textrm$A at $1350^{\circ}C$ than at $1300^{\circ}C$. Consequently, it is estimated that $ZnO-Pr_6O_11-CoO-Er_2O_3$-based ceramics, which $Er_2O_3$ is added in the range 0.5~l.Omol% will begin to be used as a predominant basic composition of $PR_6O_11$-based ZnO varistors.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.287-292
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• 1982

Nonohmic properties of ZnO ceramics with various small amounts of additives were studied in relation to experimental methods, additive contant and sintaring temperature. The kinds of additives used to following chemicals were basic additives ($0.5Bi_2O_3$, $0.3BaCO_3$, $0.5MnCO_3$, $0.5Cr_2O_3$, $0.1KNO_3$), $TiO_2$ and $Al(OH)_3$. Expecially, this study has focused on the effectsof $TiO_2$ and $Al(OH)_3$ in ZnO ceramics with the basic additives. SEM studies indicated that the addition of TiO2 promoted grain growth but retarded grain growth with the addition of $Al(OH)_3$. Also, in the case of calcination of ZnO with $TiO_2$ and ZnO with $Al(OH)_3$ previously, grain size of ZnO with $TiO_2$ was larger and that of ZnO with Al(OH)3 was smaller in comparison to the case with out calcination. From the viewpoint of nonohmic exponent and nonohimic resistance, electrical characteristics of ZnO, $TiO_2$ and the basic additives was more effective than that of ZnO, $Al(OH)_3$ and the basic additives. Nonohmic exponent and nonohmic resistance of ZnO, $TiO_2$ and the basic additives was 11-13 and 40-65 respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.986-991
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• 1987

To establish the basic composition of low voltage varistor and to find the role of each compont in detail, we investigated the electrical properties and the microstructures. As a result, ZnO 1.0m/oBi2O3-1.0m/oCo2kO3-0.2m/oMnO2 system was optimum for low voltage varisor. We found that Bi2o3 promotes grain growth of ZnO and that Co2O3 doped in ZnO grain lowers the nonlinear resistance and MnO2 mainly existed near the ZnO grainboundary elevates nonlinear resistance.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1995.11a
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• pp.345-347
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• 1995

ZnO varistor with composition of ZnO(90wt%)-$Bi_2O_3$(3wt%)-$Sb_2O_3$(3.61wt%)-$CO_2O_3$(1.16wt%)-NiO (0.88wt%)-$MnO_2$(0.71wt%)-$Cr_2O_3$(0.93wt%) according to $Al_2O_3$ addtive was fabricated by sintering methods. The optimal densification were established for the processing conditions of 8000 rpm 190$^{\circ}C$ spray drying and 1200$^{\circ}C$ 2hrs sintering. Then here investigated how additive compotions and processing variables affected the electrical and the phesical properties of these ZnO varistors.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.420-424
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• 2004

The microstructure and electrical properties of $ZnO-Pr_{6}$$O_{11}$ $-CoO-Y_2$$O_3$-based varistors were investigated with and without various metal oxide additives (NiO, MgO, and $Cr_2$$O_3$). The addition of NiO promoted the grain growth while that of Cr$_2$O$_3$ decreased average grain size. Thereby, the varistor voltage was higher in $Cr_2$$O_3$-added composition. Among $ZnO-Pr_{6}$ $O_{11}$ /$-CoO-Y_2$$O_3$-based varistors, the$ Cr_2$$O_3$-added varistor exhibited the highest nonlinear exponent (51.2), the lowest leakage current (1.3 $\mu$A), and the lowest dielectric dissipation factor (0.0433).