Patents Assigned to Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
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Patent number: 9786430Abstract: A magnetic resonance wireless power transfer method according to an aspect of the present invention includes transmitting power from a source coil to the Tx resonant coil using a magnetic induction method, transmitting the power from the Tx resonant coil to an Rx resonant coil, having a resonant frequency identical with that of the Tx resonant coil, via magnetically-coupled resonance, and transmitting the power from the Rx resonant coil to the device coil of an electronic device using the magnetic induction method. The Tx resonant coil and the Rx resonant coil are arranged at a right angle or a specific angle of inclination relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Young Jin Park, Soon Wo Lee, Ji Myung Kang, Jin Wook Kim, Kwan Ho Kim
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Patent number: 9711278Abstract: The present invention relates to a near-field wireless power transfer system capable of having a constant efficiency regardless of a charging position of a receiver by only using a simple impedance matching circuit without using a separate existing complex adaptive impedance matching circuit or control circuit, and simultaneously transmitting power without having difficulty with impedance matching even for wireless power transmission to a plurality of electronic devices by applying a wireless power transmitter with a transmitting coil having a structure to generate a uniform mutual inductance between the transmitting coil of the wireless power transmitter and a receiver coil of each of the plurality of electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Young Jin Park, Jin Wook Kim, Kwan Ho Kim, Jong Ryul Yang
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Patent number: 9697949Abstract: A transformer including first coil unit and second unit, wherein one or more coils are wound on the bobbin of insulating material in at least one of the first coil unit and the second unit, and wherein the bobbin is formed with at least one partitioning flange for partitioning a coil winding surface of the bobbin into two winding surfaces along the longitudinal direction of the bobbin, is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Hong Je Ryoo, Sung Roc Jang, Hyoungsuk Kim, Jong Soo Kim
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Patent number: 9692269Abstract: The present invention relates to a doubly salient permanent magnet electric machine that has a winding structure in which series-connected windings are included in the phase windings of a mover, and that has a stator implemented as an iron core having a plurality of permanent magnets and a plurality of stator salient poles neighboring the permanent magnets, thus reducing the number of permanent magnets by half. An electric machine is configured such that a mover moves while facing a stator and includes an N (a number of power phases) multiple number of teeth and phase windings wound around the teeth, and one or more pairs of phase windings of the mover mutually having a phase difference of 180° are connected in series, and the stator includes permanent magnets in depressions between individual stator salient poles of an iron core in which the stator salient poles are formed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Shi Uk Chung, Yeon Ho Jeong, Byung Chul Woo, Ji Young Lee
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Publication number: 20170163171Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling an asymmetric modular multilevel converter which allow numerous levels to be expressed according to a combination of modules each using a different voltage, comprising: an asymmetric arm configured with a full bridge and a half bridge; and a control method of controlling each capacitor level of the full bridges and capacitor level of the remaining half bridges to be different from one another by a full bridge structure, wherein each module configuring the asymmetric arm uses a different voltage and an output voltage is expressed by a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2016Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicants: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University, Korea Electrotechnology Research InstituteInventor: Jungwook PARK
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Patent number: 9655577Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for diagnosing lesions. More specifically, the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for diagnosing lesions capable of precisely diagnosing lesions such as breast cancer by digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT). The present invention enables the improvement of lesion diagnosis accuracy and early diagnosis rates.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Korea Electrotechnology Research InstituteInventors: Jae Gu Choi, Young Wook Choi, Young Huh
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Patent number: 9568584Abstract: A wireless positioning server using clock offset compensation and a wireless positioning method using the same. The wireless positioning server using clock offset compensation estimates a precise position of a tag requiring position information by effectively predicting information regarding a distance between a beacon for performing positioning and the tag requiring position information. An error in the positioning estimation result due to a clock offset is minimized by measuring a relative clock frequency ratio between beacons and by compensating for clock frequencies of the beacons when a distance between a beacon and a tag is estimated.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignees: SOONGSIL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM TECHNO-PARK, KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Yo An Shin, Won Cheol Lee, Hyung Min Chang, E Rang Lim, Ji Myung Kang, Soon Woo Lee, Young Jin Park, Kwan Ho Kim
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Publication number: 20160329709Abstract: An inverter-based stand-alone microgrid control system using a PMU, in which a converter controller configured to control a converter that determines a voltage and a phase of a point where a plurality of distributed power supply devices is interconnected. The system includes a time correction unit configured to provide a time corrected on the basis of time information received from a GPS; a signal comparison/generation unit configured to compare a sine wave generated according to a voltage magnitude and a phase reference signal with a harmonic carrier signal on the basis of the time provided by the time correction unit, and generate a PWM signal; and a switch operation control unit configured to apply the PWM signal from the signal comparison/generation unit to the converter, and operate a switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicants: Industry-Academic Cooperaiton Foundation, Yonsei University, Korea ElectroTechnology Research InstituteInventors: Jungwook PARK, Soohyoung Lee
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Publication number: 20160285250Abstract: Provided is a DC current breaker having a high-speed breaking function appropriate to a voltage-type converter and a DC current breaking method. In addition, provided is a DC current breaker and a DC current breaking method capable of reducing cost of the breaker and securing economical competiveness by using a relatively simple configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicant: KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Woo Young LEE, Sang Hun PARK, Ki Dong SONG, Hyun Jae JANG, Jin Kyo CHONG
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Patent number: 9444322Abstract: Provided is a method for suppressing a circulating current in a modular multi-level converter for a high voltage direction-current (HVDC) transmission system. The HVDC transmission system converts an alternating current (AC) into a direct current (DC) and vice versa, transmits energy using a DC cable, and including a modular multilevel converter generating a high voltage source by stacking a plurality of sub-modules in series. In the circulating current suppression method, a circulating current (idiffj; j=a,b,c) of a,b,c phase in an abc 3-phase stationary reference frame, a DC current (idc) flowing in a DC cable, a current reference value (i*dc) of a DC component that needs to flow in the DC cable are inputted. The circulating current (idiffj) of the a,b,c phase is controlled to become zero. A compensation value (V*diffj) for suppressing a harmonic component of the circulating current is outputted.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Korea Electrotechnology Research InstituteInventors: Jung Woo Park, Dae Wook Kang, Jong Hyun Kim, Dong Wook Yoo, Ji Woo Moon, Jin Soo Kwon, Chun Sung Kim, Deuk Woo Bae
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Publication number: 20160155543Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a superconducting wire material having a laminated structure. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a laminated superconducting wire material, comprising the steps of: providing a deposition substrate having a predetermined width; sequentially forming, on the deposition substrate, a laminated structure including a buffer layer, a superconducting layer and a stabilization layer, thereby forming, on both sides of the deposition substrate, regions in which a metal substrate is exposed in the width direction; providing a lamination substrate, having a width corresponding to the deposition substrate, to the laminated structure; and providing solder to the regions, in which the metal substrate is exposed, to thereby bond the deposition substrate and the lamination substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2013Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Rock Kil KO, Seog Whan KIM, Young Sik JO, Dong Woo HA
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Patent number: 9350270Abstract: The present invention relates to a driving method for a modular multi-level converter. The driving method include inputting a current reference value (i*pj2) of the upper valve of the modular multi-level converter, measuring a current value (ipj2) of the valve, calculating an error value (errpj2) between the current reference value and the measured current value of the upper valve, measuring a DC link voltage value (Vdc2) of the modular multi-level converter, measuring a AC-grid voltage value (Esj) of the modular multi-level converter, and calculating a voltage reference value (u*pj2) using the current reference value (i*pj2), the measured current value (ipj2), the error value (errpj2), the DC link voltage value (Vdc2), and the AC-grid voltage value (Esj).Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jung Woo Park, Dae Wook Kang, Dong Wook Yoo, Ji Woo Moon, Jin Soo Kwon, Chun Sung Kim, Deuk Woo Pae
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Patent number: 9246376Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear, curved or rotary electric machine. The electric machine includes first and second movers which are adjacent to each other and have a phase angle difference of 60° therebetween. The first mover includes phases U, V and W and the second mover includes phases /U, /V and /W. The electric machine of the present invention can reduce pulsations of thrust caused by end effect. In particular, in the case where the stator includes permanent magnets having the same poles and salient poles which alternate with the permanent magnets, the number of permanent magnets used can be reduced to half of that of a conventional linear electric machine.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Shi Uk Chung, Do Hyun Kang, Byung Chul Woo, Ji Won Kim, Ji Young Lee, Seung Ryul Moon
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Patent number: 9190239Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for low-temperature plasma immersion processing of a variety of workpieces using accelerated ions, wherein low-temperature plasma is distributed around a cylindrical workpiece placed in a chamber, the workpiece is enclosed with a housing including a multi-slot extracting electrode to isolate the workpiece from plasma, and a negative potential sufficient to induce sputtering is applied to the workpiece and the electrode, so that ions from plasma are accelerated within the sheath formed between the extracting electrode and plasma, pass through the slot part of the electrode and bombard the workpiece, thus polishing the surface of the workpiece. This apparatus and method is effective for surface smoothing to ones of nm of large cylindrical substrates particularly substrates for micro or nanopattern transfer.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Korea Electrotechnology Research InstituteInventors: Sung Il Chung, Hyeon Seok Oh, S. A. Nikiforov, Pan Kyeom Kim, Hyeon Taeg Kim, Jeong Woo Jeon, Jong Moon Kim
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Publication number: 20150302983Abstract: The present invention relates to a near-field wireless power transfer system capable of having a constant efficiency regardless of a charging position of a receiver by only using a simple impedance matching circuit without using a separate existing complex adaptive impedance matching circuit or control circuit, and simultaneously transmitting power without having difficulty with impedance matching even for wireless power transmission to a plurality of electronic devices by applying a structure having a uniform mutual inductance between a wireless power transmitter and receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Young Jin PARK, Jin Wook KIM, Kwan Ho KIM, Jong Ryul YANG
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Patent number: 9157416Abstract: The present invention provides a direct-drive electric machine such as a generator and a motor comprising a rotor or a mover and a stator. The direct-drive electric machine is configured with a plural-module combination structure in which the rotor or the mover and the stator are mutually combined such that a plurality of modules form one phase, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Korea Electrotechnology Research InstituteInventors: Deok Je Bang, Bong Jun Kim, Jan Abraham Ferreira, Henk Polinder
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Patent number: 9155473Abstract: The present invention provides a reflection detection type measurement apparatus for skin fluorescence, which is configured to perform light irradiation and light detection on a reference sample and a measurement target.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Uk Kang, Garry V Papayan
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Patent number: 9123914Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a fabrication method thereof. The electronic device according to the concept of the present invention includes auxiliary interconnections disposed on a substrate, a light extraction layer that is provided on the substrate and fills between the auxiliary interconnection, and a first electrode provided on the auxiliary interconnections and the light extraction layer, wherein the light extraction layer may have a first surface facing the substrate and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface may have protrusions, and the auxiliary interconnections may include a material having a lower resistance than the first electrode. Since electrical properties of the electronic device are improved, uniform light emission characteristics may be realized.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALSInventors: Jeong Ik Lee, Jonghee Lee, Doo-Hee Cho, Jun-Han Han, Geon-Woong Lee, Joong-Tak Han, Do-Geun Kim, Sunghoon Jung
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Publication number: 20150201840Abstract: Provided is a reflection detection type measurement apparatus for skin fluorescence. The apparatus includes: a first light source irradiating excitation light on a measurement target; a second light source irradiating light of a wavelength different from that of light from the first light source on the measurement target; a first optical detector detecting a reflected light generated from the measurement target due to the excitation light of the first light source; and a second optical detector detecting a skin fluorescence generated from the measurement target due to the excitation light of the first light source, and detecting a reflected light generated from the measurement target due to the excitation light of the second light source. The first optical detector is disposed in an area other than a total reflection area to which the excitation light of the first light source is reflected after irradiating to the measurement target.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: Korea Electrotechnology Research InstituteInventors: Uk Kang, Garry V. Papayan
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Publication number: 20150201839Abstract: Provided is a reflection detection type measurement method for skin fluorescence. The method includes: irradiating excitation light on a measurement target; detecting a reflected light and a skin fluorescence generated from the measurement target due to the excitation light; irradiating light with a wavelength range of the skin fluorescence on the measurement target; detecting a reflected light generated from the measurement target due to the light with a wavelength range of the skin fluorescence; and calculating a skin fluorescence value of the measurement target by correcting a calculation based on the detected reflected light and skin fluorescence.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: Korea Electrotechnology Research InstituteInventors: Uk Kang, Garry V. Papayan