• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.112-115
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• 2011

To stabilize the electric characteristic of Silicon Thin Film Transistor, reducing the current leakage is most important issue. To reduce the current leakage, many ideas were suggested. But the increase of mask layer also increased the cost. On this research Bird's Beak process was use to present element. Using Silvaco simulator, it was proven that it was able to reduce current leakage without mask layer. As a result, it was possible to suggest the structure that can reduce the current leakage to 1.39nA without having mask layer increase. Also, I was able to lead the result that electric characteristic (on/off current ratio) was improved compare from conventional structure.

• 한국기계기술학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2011

This paper presents a new type of optical silicon accelerometer using deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) and micro-stereolithography technology. Optical silicon accelerometer is based on a mass suspended by four vertical beams. A vertical shutter at the end of the mass can only moves along the sensing axis in the optical path between two single-mode optical fibers. The shutter modulates intensity of light from a laser diode reaching a photo detector. With the DRIE technique for (100) silicon, it is possible to etch a vertical shutter and beam. This ensures low sensitivity to accelerations that are not along the sensing axis. The microstructure for sensor packaging and optical fiber fixing was fabricated using micro stereolithography technology. Designed sensors are two types and each resonant frequency is about 15 kHz and 5 kHz.

• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.7-10
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• 2011

Various types of smart dust based on photonic crystal exhibiting unique reflectivity were successfully obtained by an electrochemical etching of silicon wafer using square wave currents. Smart dust containing Bragg structure obtained from the sonication of DBR porous silicon film in solution retained its optical reflectivity. Field emission scanning electron micrograph (FE-SEM) was used to measure the size of optically encoded smart dust and its size can be tuned from few hundred nanometers to few microns depending on the duration of sonication. Optical characteristics of smart dust were used to investigate a possible applications such as chemical sensors.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.616-623
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• 2007

A dual micro gas sensor array was fabricated using nano sized $SnO_2$ thin films which had good sensitivities to CO and combustible gases, or $H_2S$ gas for air quality sensors in automobile. The already existed air quality sensor detects oxidizing gases and reducing gases, the air quality sensor(AQS), located near the fresh air inlet detected the harmful gases, the fresh air inlet door/ventilation flap was closed to reduce the amount of pollution entering the vehicle cabin through HVAC(heating, ventilating, and air conditioning) system. In this study, to make $SnO_2$ thin film AQS sensor, thin tin metal layer between 1000 and $2000{\AA}$ thick was oxidized between 600 and $800^{\circ}C$ by thermal oxidation. The gas sensing layers such as $SnO_2$, $SnO_2$(pt) and $SnO_2$(+CuO) were patterned by metal shadow mask for simple fabrication process on the silicon substrate. The micro gas sensors with $SnO_2$(+Pt) and $SnO_2$(CuO) showed good selectivity to CO gas among reducing gases and good sensitivity to $H_2S$ that is main component of bad odor, separately.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.27-30
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• 2012

This paper proposes a micro gas sensor for measuring $H_2S$ gas. This is based on a $SnO_2$-CuO multi-layer thin film. The sensor has a silicon diaphragm, micro heater, and sensing layers. The micro heater is embedded in the sensing layer in order to increase the temperature to an operating temperature. The $SnO_2$-CuO multi layer film is prepared by the alternating deposition method and thermal oxidation which uses an electron beam evaporator and a thermal furnace. To determine the effect of the number of layers, five sets of films are prepared, each with different number of layers. The sensitivities are measured by applying $H_2S$ gas. It has a concentration of 1 ppm at an operating temperature of $270^{\circ}C$. At the same total thickness, the sensitivity of the sensor with multi sensing layers was improved, compared to the sensor with one sensing layer. The sensitivity of the sensor with five layers to 1 ppm of $H_2S$ gas is approximately 68%. This is approximately 12% more than that of a sensor with one-layer.

• 센서학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.200-206
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• 1997

열산화시킨 실리콘 웨이퍼 위에 저압화학기상성장법으로 $SiCl_{2}H_{2}$, $NH_{3}$ 및 $N_{2}O$ 기체를 사용하여 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드($Si_{x}O_{y}N_{z}$) 층을 제작하였다. 세 가지의 다른 조성이 기체 유속비($NH_{3}/N_{2}O$)를 각기 0.2, 0.5 및 2로 변화시키고 $SiCl_{2}H_{2}$의 기체 유속은 고정시킴으로써 얻어졌다. 엘립소메트리와 HFCV(High Frequency Capacitance-Voltage) 측정법을 채택하여 굴절율, 유전율 및 조성의 차이를 각각 조사했다. 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드는 내부에 포함된 실리콘 나이트라이드 성분량에 관계없이 용액 중에서 순수한 실리콘 나이트라이드와 유사한 안정성을 보유했다. 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 층 알칼리이온 감지성의 크기 순서는 실리콘 나이트라이드 성분량에 영향을 받았다. 보다 나은 알칼리이온 감지성이 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드의 벌크 내에 있는 실리콘 디옥시드의 성분량을 증가시킴으로써 얻어졌다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1996

본 논문에서는 감도를 향상시키고 저압력 범위에서 다이어프램의 휨을 감소시킴으로서 선형성이 향상되도록 한 센터 보스(center boss) 다이어프램 구조를 갖는 압력센서를 설계 하였다. 설계한 센터보스형 압력센서의 최대 휨은 $0.125{\mu}m$, 최대 응력은 $2.24{\times}10^{7}\;Pa$, 최대 스트레인은 $132\;{\mu}strain$, 감도는 27.67 mV/V.psi로서 휨은 다이어프램 두께의 약 1/160, 정사각형 구조일때의 1/35로 감소하였고 감도는 정사각형 구조일때보다 19배정도 증가하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.542-548
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• 2008

A thermal mass air flow sensor (MAFS), which consists of a micro-heater and thermo-resistive sensors on the silicon-nitride ($Si_3N_4$) thin membrane structure, is micro-fabricated by MEMS processes. Two thermo-resistive temperature sensors are located at $100{\mu}m$ upstream and downstream from the micro-heater respectively. The thermal characteristics are measured to find the best measurement indicator. The micro-heater is operated under constant power condition, and four flow indicators are investigated. The normalized temperature indicator shows good physical meaning and is easy to use in practice. It is found that the configurations and heating power of thermal-resistive elements are the dominant factors to determine the range of the flow measurement in the MAFS with higher sensitivity and accuracy.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1998년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.101-104
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• 1998

A new planar-type micro gas sensor was designed and fabricated on silicon substrate and the operating characteristics of the sensor were investigated. The thin sensitive film of the sensor was fabricated by spin-coating of the SnO$_2$ sol solution which was synthesized by hydrothermal method. The spin-coating method for preparation of sensing layer was adopted to improve the long-term stability of the fabricated sensing film instead of physical methods such as rf sputtering and thermal evaporation. The fabricated microsensor showed a fairly good sensing performance for CO gas in air at 250$^{\circ}C$ The sensitivity(S=Ra/Rg) was shown to be about 5 to 2000ppm CO with heating power of 50mW.

• 한국반도체및디스플레이장비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국반도체및디스플레이장비학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 발표 논문집
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• pp.10-13
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• 2006

This paper describes on the fabrication and characteristics of a 3C-SiC (Silicon Carbide) micro pressure sensor for harsh environment applications. The implemented micro pressure sensor used 3C-SiC thin-films heteroepitaxially grown on SOI (Si-on-insulator) structures. This sensor takes advantages of the good mechanical properties of Si as diaphragms fabricated by D-RIE technology and temperature properties of 3C-SiC piezoresistors. The fabricated pressure sensors were tasted at temperature up to $250^{\circ}C$ and indicated a sensitivity of 0.46 mV/V*bar at room temperature and 0.28 mV/V*bar at $250^{\circ}C$. The fabricated 3C-Sic/SOI pressure sensor presents a high-sensitivity and excel lent temperature stability.