• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.53 no.5
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• pp.69-76
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• 2016

Current driving capability of MCT (MOS Controlled Thyristor) is determined by turn-off capability of conducting current, that is off-FET performance of MCT. On the other hand, having a good turn-on characteristics, including high peak anode current ($I_{peak}$) and rate of change of current (di/dt), is essential for pulsed power system which is one of major application field of MCTs. To satisfy above two requirements, careful control of on/off-FET performance is required. However, triple diffusion and several oxidation processes change surface doping profile and make it hard to control threshold voltage ($V_{th}$) of on/off-FET. In this paper, we have demonstrated the effect of $V_{th}$ adjustment ion implantation on the performance of MCT. The fabricated MCTs (active area = $0.465mm^2$) show forward voltage drop ($V_F$) of 1.25 V at $100A/cm^2$ and Ipeak of 290 A and di/dt of $5.8kA/{\mu}s$ at $V_A=800V$. While these characteristics are unaltered by $V_{th}$ adjustment ion implantation, the turn-off gate voltage is reduced from -3.5 V to -1.6 V for conducting current of $100A/cm^2$ when the $V_{th}$ adjustment ion implantation is carried out. This demonstrates that the current driving capability is enhanced without degradation of forward conduction and turn-on switching characteristics.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.36-44
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• 2006

In general, the generated harmonics and noise of the PWM inverter are affected by PWM switching method, switching frequency, dv/dt and di/dt. Since multilevel inverters are often applied to the high power system, and operates with low switching frequency, theyproduce large size of harmonic contents and noise. Thus it is necessary to install output filters in the multilevel inverter. In this paper a filter design approach for the harmonic and noise reduction the three phase induction motor driving system using H-bridge 7-level inverter system is presented. The passive filter that has low cost and simple structure and can effectively reduce harmonics and noise, is designed and applied to the three phase induction motor drive having multilevel inverter system. The designed system is implemented and verified by simulation and experiments.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.7-12
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• 1990

In case of the slowly disintegrating tablets such as enzyme preparations, disintegration time (DT) may be the important factor in formulating those preparations. The effects of tablet hardness, lubricants and disintegrants on DT were investigated in this approach. Disintegration time was significantly affected by disintegrants, moderately by lubricants, but not by tablet hardness. The effect was in the order of magnesium stearate >talc, PEG, sodium benzoate in case of lubricants, and of Ac-Di-Sol>LHPC>Primogel >Kollidon in case of disintegrants. Because lubricants and disintegrants influenced the tablet hardness and DT profile showed complicated pattern, it should be remembered that all factors mentioned above should be simultaneously considered in the formulation of enzyme tablets.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.55 no.10
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• pp.521-527
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• 2006

After various measuring methods and system were investigated, Rogowski colis for the measurement of parameters in current zero region were designed and manufactured. Using the Rogowski coils and a 38kV 40kA VCB (vacuum circuit breaker), at last the post-arc current has been successfully measured firstly. It was found that the Rogowski coils used in this study have good characteristics and propriety to measure the parameters of current zero. We realized that the data processing for evaluating the post-arc current from the experimental results needs much more careful attention than that for building the measuring technique and system. The magnitude of post-arc current and the falling time of it to zero are proportioned to the rate of current di/dt. The magnitude of post-arc currents were around $1{\sim}3A$ to the interruption current of $20{\sim}30kA$ in the model VCB.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.302-304
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• 1996

In this paper, a new algorithm for sensorless speed control of switched reluctance motor (SRM) is proposed. It is based on the measurement of initial rate of change of phase current. The initial rate of rise of phase current mainly depends up on the phase inductance at the time instant when the phase is excited. Therefore, the measurement of initial di/dt permits rotor position estimation, which is used to trigger the next phase. In the proposed technique, there is no need to generate additional current pulses when a phase is not excited. Therefore, this scheme does not introduce the unwanted braking torque. Also, only one current measurement is made every time a phase is excited. This reduces the computational load on the micro-controller and enhances the speed range of the sensorless drive. By using this scheme it is possible to implement the sensorless control of SRM using low cost micro-controller.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.45 no.3
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• pp.543-550
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• 2023

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) testing for human body model tests is an essential part of the reliability evaluation of electronic/electrical devices and components. However, global environmental concerns have called for the need to replace the mercury-wetted relay switches, which have been used in ESD testers. Therefore, herein, we propose an ESD tester using metal oxide semiconductor-controlled thyristor (MCT) devices with a significantly higher rising rate of anode current (di/dt) characteristics. These MCTs, which have a breakdown voltage beyond 3000 V, were developed through an in-house foundry. As a replacement for the existing mercury relays, the proposed ESD tester with the developed MCT satisfies all the requirements stipulated in the JS-001 standard for conditions at or below 2000 V. Moreover, unlike traditional relays, the proposed ESD tester does not generate resonance; therefore, no additional circuitry is required for resonant removal. To the best of our knowledge, the proposed ESD tester is the first study to meet the JS-001 specification by applying a new switch instead of an existing mercury-wetted relay.

• Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.46 no.4
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• pp.151-159
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• 2013

We discuss the orbital period changes of the Algol semi-detached eclipsing binary DI Peg by constructing the (O-C) residual diagram via using all the available precise minima times. We conclude that the period variation can be explained by a sine-like variation due to the presence of a third body orbiting the binary, together with a long-term orbital period increase (dP/dt=0.17 sec/century) that can be interpreted to be due to mass transfer from the evolved secondary component (of rate $1.52{\times}10^{-8}M_{\odot}/yr$) to the primary one. The detected low-mass third body ($M_{3min.}=0.22{\pm}0.0006M_{\odot}$) is responsible for a periodic variation of about 55 years light time effect. We have determined the orbital parameters of the third component which show a considerable eccentricity $e_3=0.77{\pm}0.07$ together with a longitude of periastron ${\omega}_3=300^{\circ}{\pm}10^{\circ}$.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.6 no.6
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• pp.546-555
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• 2001

In this paper filtering techniques to reduce the adverse effects of motor leads on high-frequency PWM inverter fed AC motor drives are presented. The filter was designed to keep the motor terminal from the cable surge impedance to reduce overvoltage reflections ringing and the dv/dt, di/dt, at the motor terminals. Specially the output filter is used to limit the rate of the inverter output voltage and reduce common mode noise to the motor, The performance of the output filter is evaluated through simulations and experiment on PWM inverter-fed AC motor drive. An experimental PWM drive system reduction of conducted EMI was implemented on an available TMS320C31 microprocessor control board Finally, experimental result shows inverter output filter reduces more common mode voltage than low pass filter also reduce overoltage and ringing at the motor terminal.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.1646-1654
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• 2015

In this paper, a single-switch ZVZCS quasi-resonant CLL isolated DC-DC converter for driving a low-power (less than 100 W) 32'' LED backlighting liquid crystal display television (LCD TV) is proposed. The proposed converter exhibits both forward and flyback operational characteristics. All semiconductors are activated and deactivated under the soft switching conditions during the switching transition without additional active devices. The switching frequency varies less than about 10 kHz for load variations, leading to minimizing the efficiency reduction under light load. Furthermore, the low di/dt and dv/dt by soft switching enhance the electromagnetic interference (EMI) performance above 1 MHz. A theoretical analysis is described in detail, and a 72-W prototype converter verifies the validity of the analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics S
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• v.36S no.3
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• pp.116-123
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• 1999

SMPS는 수위칭 소자를 이용하여 효과적으로 전력을 변환시킨다. 여기에서 가장 중요한 파라미터가 스위칭 주파수이다. 스위칭 주파수를 증가시킴에 따라 전원장치의 소형경량화가 가능하다. 그러나 기존 PWM 컨버터에서는 치명적인 단점으로 스위칭 주파수를 증가시킴에 따라 스위칭 손실 및 EMI 문제를 야기한다. 특히 SMPS의 동작은 상당히 큰 di/dt와 dv/dt에 기인한 EMI 전도성 잡음을 발생시킨다. EMI를 감소시키는 방법들로는 고전적이고 고가인 입력필터 혹은 주 전력단에 능동필터를 첨가하는 방법 등이 있어 왔다. 본 논문에서는 DC/DC 포워드 컨버터에 대해 EMI 잡음 발생원 및 잡음 경로를 분석하였다. SMPS에서 방출되는 전도성 잡음은 스위칭 주파수와 그 고주파 주파수에 집중되어 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 일정 출력전압에는 큰 영향 없이 스위칭 주파수를 약간씩 변조하게 되는 RPWM 제어를 통하여 전도성 잡음의 주파수 대역을 측면대역으로 분사시키어 전체 첨두치를 저감시키고, 고조파 스펙트럼을 개선할 수 있다.