Abstract:
Provided is an electro-luminescent device (ELD) including a metal-insulator transition (MIT) layer. The ELD includes: a substrate; a EL phosphor layer positioned on the substrate and comprising luminescent center ions generating light; the MIT layer disposed on a surface of the EL phosphor layer and being abruptly changed from an insulator to a metal according to a variation of a voltage; a first insulator adhered to the MIT layer to distribute a voltage applied from an external source; and a second insulator disposed on the other side of the EL phosphor layer.
Abstract:
Provided is a lithium secondary battery including a discharge unit capable of delaying or preventing a battery explosion. The lithium secondary battery includes a discharge unit disposed parallel to a battery body. The discharge unit includes a first electrode connected to a positive electrode of the battery body, a second electrode connected to a negative electrode of the battery body, and a discharge material film, disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, inducing a abrupt discharge above a predetermined temperature. The discharge material film, e.g., a abrupt metal-insulator transition (MIT) material film can induce a abrupt discharge, thereby preventing or delaying a battery explosion.
Abstract:
Provided are a memory device that undergoes no structural phase change, maintains a uniform thin film, and can perform a high-speed switching operation, and a method of operating the same. The memory device includes a substrate, an abrupt MIT material layer, and a plurality of electrodes. The abrupt MIT material layer is disposed on the substrate and undergoes an abrupt metal-insulator transition by an energy change between electrons. The plurality of electrodes are brought into contact with the abrupt MIT material layer and are melted by heat to form a conductive path on the abrupt MIT material layer.
Abstract:
Provided is a logic circuit comprising a metal-insulator transition (MIT) device, including: an MIT device unit including an MIT thin film, an electrode thin film contacting the MIT thin film, and at least one MIT device undergoing a discontinuous MIT at a transition voltage VT; a power source unit including at least one power source applying power to the MIT device; and at least one resistor connected to the MIT device, wherein a logic operation is performed on a signal through the power source to output the result of the logic operation as an output signal.
Abstract:
Provided are an electrical and/or electronic system protecting circuit using an abrupt metal-insulator transition (MIT) device which can effectively remove high-frequency noise with a voltage greater than a rated standard voltage received via a power line or a signal line of an electrical and/or electronic system, and the electrical and/or electronic system including the electrical and/or electronic system protecting circuit. The abrupt MIT device of the electrical and/or electronic system protecting circuit abrupt is connected in parallel to the electrical and/or electronic system to be protected from the noise. The electrical and/or electronic system protecting circuit bypasses toward the abrupt MIT device most of the noise current generated when the voltage greater than the rated standard voltage is applied, thereby protecting the electrical and/or electronic system.
Abstract:
Provided are an oscillatory circuit based on a metal-insulator transition (MIT) device that can generate a simple and very high oscillating frequency using the MIT device, and a method of driving the oscillatory circuit. The oscillatory circuit includes the MIT device that comprises an MIT thin film and an electrode thin film connected to the MIT thin film and in which an abrupt MIT is generated due to an MIT generating voltage, a resistor that is serially connected to the MIT device, an electric al power source limiting the maximum amount of an applied current and applying a direct current constant voltage to the MIT device, and a light source irradiating electromagnetic waves on the MIT device, wherein the oscillating properties are generated by irradiating the electromagnetic waves using the light source.
Abstract:
Provided are an abrupt MIT device with variable MIT temperature or voltage, an MIT sensor using the abrupt MIT device, and an alarm apparatus and a secondary battery anti-explosion circuit including the MIT sensor The MIT device includes an abrupt MIT layer undergoing an abrupt MIT at a transition temperature or a transition voltage and at least two electrode layers contacting the abrupt MIT layer. The transition temperature or the transition voltage varies with at least one of factors including a voltage applied to the electrode layers, a temperature, an electromagnetic wave, a pressure, and a gas concentration that affect the abrupt MIT layer. The MIT sensor is a temperature sensor, an infrared sensor, an image sensor, a pressure sensor, a gas-concentration sensor, or a switch. The alarm apparatus includes the MIT sensor and an alarm-signaling unit connected in series with the MIT sensor. The secondary battery anti-explosion circuit includes a secondary battery, the MIT sensor attached to the secondary battery to sense the temperature of the secondary battery and thus to prevent the possible explosion of the secondary battery, and a protection circuit body powered by the secondary battery.
Abstract:
Provided is an inorganic thin film electroluminescent device including a lower electrode, a lower insulating layer, a phosphor, an upper insulating layer, and an upper electrode, and the method for manufacturing the same, whereby it is possible to obtain the inorganic thin film electroluminescent device capable of realizing high brightness, excellent luminescence efficiency, and low breakdown field.
Abstract:
Provided are a wafer with the characteristics of abrupt metal-insulator transition (MIT), and a heat treatment apparatus and method that make it possible to mass-produce a large-diameter wafer without directly attaching the wafer to a heater or a substrate holder. The heat treatment apparatus includes a heater applying heat to a wafer having the characteristics of abrupt MIT and one surface covered with a thermally opaque film, and a plurality of fixing units formed along an edge portion of a top surface of the heater to fix the wafer to the heater.
Abstract:
Provided are a 3-terminal MIT switch which can easily control a discontinuous MIT jump and does not need a conventional gate insulating layer, a switching system including the 3-terminal MIT switch, and a method of controlling an MIT of the 3-terminal MIT switch. The 3-terminal MIT switch includes a 2-terminal MIT device, which generates discontinuous MIT in a transition voltage, an inlet electrode and an outlet electrode, which are respectively connected to each terminal of the 2-terminal MIT device, and a control electrode, which is connected to the inlet electrode and includes an external terminal separated from an external terminal of the inlet electrode, wherein an MIT of the 2-terminal MIT device is controlled according to a voltage or a current applied to the control electrode. The switching system includes the 3-terminal MIT switch, a voltage source connected to the inlet electrode, and a control source connected to the control electrode.