Ho Gi Kim

Characteristics of tin nitride thin-film negative electrode for thin-film microbattery

Abstract Tin nitride is a relatively unknown compound. In this study, the tin nitride thin film is examined as a negative electrode for a thin-film microbattery. Reactive rf magnetron sputtering is used for deposition of films with varying deposition temperature. The charge–discharge properties of thin films deposited at room temperature, 100 and 200°C are found to be satisfactory. As the irreversible capacity fraction increases, rechargeability is improved. Finally, it is suggested that the electrochemical characteristics of tin nitride are similar to those of the tin oxide system. The charge–discharge characteristics are investigated in several ways.

Integration of coplanar (Ba,Sr)TiO/sub 3/ microwave phase shifters onto Si wafers TiO/sub 2/ buffer layers

In this paper, a Ba/sub 0.6/Sr/sub 0.4/TiO/sub 3/ (BST) tunable phase shifter with TiO/sub 2/ films as microwave buffer layer between BST and silicon (Si) substrates is presented. The TiO/sub 2/ buffer layer is grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) onto Si substrate followed by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) of BST thin films onto the TiO/sub 2/ buffer layer. The phase shifter fabricated on BST films grown on TiO/sub 2//Si substrate shows a good figure of merit (FOM) of 75.4/spl deg//dB by exhibiting improved tunability while retaining an appropriate dielectric Q as compared to 55.1/spl deg//dB of BST/MgO structure. The TiO/sub 2/ buffer layer grown by ALD enables successful integration of BST-based microwave tunable devices with high resistive Si wafer.

Capacity fading of LiMn2O4 electrode: Influence of calcination temperature

Spinel-type Li-Mn oxides of formula LiMn2−xO4 were prepared by the Pechini method in the range of 600–850°C for 4 h. These spinels were investigated by X-ray powder diffraction, SEM (scanning electron microscope), ICP, chemical titration and galvanostatic cycling at 0.2C rates. The effect of calcination temperature is evaluated. With increasing calcination temperature, Mn valence-state of the powder decreased while size of powder increased. The cycle life of the powder decreases with increasing calcination temperature. The results indicated that the Mn valence-state and powder size of cathode powder should be important variables to improve cycle life. The effect of cell polarization effect on the cycle life is also discussed.

Influence of narrow transverse slit in ferroelectric based voltage tunable phase shifter

We report on gold/Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 (BST) ferroelectric thin film Ku-band phase shifters designed and fabricated on MgO substrates using two different structures; the coplanar waveguide (CPW) meander line phase shifter and the new phase shifter with narrow transverse slits in the ground plane of the CPW structure. The ability of these devices to provide a variable phase shift is based on the change in dielectric constant of BST with an applied dc bias. The phase shifter with narrow transverse slits showed larger phase shift capability than that of the conventional meander line phase shifter. In the former phase shifter, the phase shift of about 10.6 as a maximum value for the frequency range from 16 GHz to 18 GHz was obtained. In the latter, the phase shift of 9.7 deg at 18 GHz and at an applied voltage of 30 V was measured.