Patents by Inventor Kon-Tsu Kin

Kon-Tsu Kin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7279093
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a module for processing foaming wastewater containing organic compounds. The UV/ozone oxidation removal module mainly includes an ozone generator, an ozone injector, an ozone dissolution tank, a gas-liquid separator, an ozone destruct unit, a UV reaction tank, a recycling pipeline. The gas-liquid separator contains a stainless tank with an adsorbent inside, preferably activated carbon, for removing foams and a portion of ozone, so that foams are prevented from entering and adversely affecting the ozone destruct unit, and thus a foaming organic wastewater can be treated with the UV/ozone oxidation removal module of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Pei-Lin Chang, Kuang-An Yang
  • Publication number: 20070151582
    Abstract: A supercritical fluid washing method and system in which a supercritical fluid washing system employs a supercritical fluid to clean the surface of materials possessing surface microstructures, and where a supercritical fluid is used to soak, wash, and dry elements; the element surface may include nanometer pores or high aspect ratio microstructures. This supercritical fluid washing method is able to remove impurities or water vapor from the surface of elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Chiou-Mei Chen, Pei-Lin Chang, Yi-Ching Chen
  • Publication number: 20070144075
    Abstract: In a method of producing chemical mechanical polishing particles and slurry, a type of organic nano particles are put in a reaction solution containing nano-scale cerium oxide; the nano-scale cerium oxide is assembled to outer surface of the organic nano particles due to electrostatic attraction among particles, so as to form chemical mechanical polishing particles having a cerium oxide shell. The chemical mechanical polishing particles having a cerium oxide shell are then used to produce chemical mechanical polishing slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Shu-Fei Chan, Hsu-Chuan Liu, Ming-Shih Tsai
  • Publication number: 20070144974
    Abstract: A method and system for reducing trace organic matter from ultrapure water is applied to removal of trace organic matter from ultrapure water having a total organic carbon (TOC) level less than 1ppb, so as to avoid leaching of trace organic matter from the ion exchange resin used in the system. The trace organic matter in the ultrapure water is degraded into charged ions, and further treated with a continuous electrodeionization unit to remove the charged ions, so as to reduce the TOC level and increase the resistance value of the ultrapure water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Pei-Lin Chang, Chien-Hung Chen, Chiou-Mei Chen
  • Publication number: 20070134437
    Abstract: A surface treatment method for material with surface microstructure includes the steps of subjecting the material surface to a dry-type free-radical oxidation treatment, and using a supercritical fluid to purge the surface of the material with surface microstructure, so as to remove oxidized and bond-broken small molecules from the material surface. The surface microstructure may include nanoholes or high-aspect-ratio microstructures. Small molecules or moistures in the nanoholes or the high-aspect-ratio microstructures are carried by the supercritical fluid away from the material with surface microstructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Pei-Lin Chang, Chiou-Mei Chen, Yi-Ching Chen
  • Publication number: 20070134126
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting metal corrosion is applicable to a metal-containing substrate, which has a surface in contact with a reaction solution. The method includes the steps of mixing ozone with the reaction solution and forming a metal oxide protective layer on the surface of the metal-containing substrate, so as to prevent metal beneath the protective layer from being continuously oxidized and corroded. In the method, the reaction solution contacting with metal is further adjusted in its oxidation-reduction property and pH value to change the corrosivity of the reaction solution and mitigate the corrosion tendency of metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Chiou-Mei Chen, Yueh-Ting Lin
  • Publication number: 20070131254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing apparatus with bubbling reaction and a washing method of using bubbling reaction which are based on compression technology of an interface diffusion layer with bubbling, by the aid of using a bubble wall generated by a pneumatic means as a reaction interface in a gas-liquid-solid heterogeneous system and utilizing a pulling force generated by bubbles when climbing up along the surface of a material to be washed, to compress thickness of the liquid-solid interface and optimize mass transfer efficiency in multiphase that can remove organic matter from the material surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Chiou-Mei Chen, Ching-Yi Hsu, Yung-Chi Kuo
  • Patent number: 7202175
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a technique of removing a substance from a substrate surface, such as stripping photoresist from a wafer, or forming a substance on a substrate surface. Substrates to be treated are parallel arranged at an equal interval and are immersed in a liquid with only a lower portion thereof being below the liquid surface. Gas such as ozone is introduced into the liquid and is continuously bubbling below the substrates. The bubbles will ascend between two adjacent substrates and climb on the surfaces of the substrates before they burst. The liquid boundary layers on the substrate surfaces are compressed and refreshed in the course of a dragging ascent of the bubbles, enhancing mass transfer between gas/liquid/solid substances across the liquid boundary layer, thereby resulting in a fast reaction and a fast treatment of the surface of the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Chiou-Mei Chen, Jen-Chung Lou, Ching-Yi Hsu, Farhang Shadman
  • Publication number: 20060251564
    Abstract: A method for purifying carbon nanomaterial. This method comprises providing a carbon nanomaterial or a device substrate having a carbon nanomaterial. The carbon nanomaterial or the device substrate having a carbon nanomaterial is placed in a chamber. Ozone is introduced into the chamber at room temperature and atmospheric pressure to oxidize and remove impurities from the carbon nanomaterial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Chiou-Mei Chen, Ching-Yi Hsu
  • Patent number: 7124764
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for removing impurities from a porous material by flowing a supercritical fluid with or without a modifier therein over a to-be-cleaned porous material having pores at the nanometer level under suitable temperatures and pressures, so that the supercritical fluid migrates into the pores at the nanometer level and removes impurities entrapped therein. The method of the present invention uses the physical and chemical properties of the supercritical fluid and optionally the modifier to clean the porous material without using an acid or alkaline solvent. The method of the present invention conserves water, and is both a highly efficient and environmentally friendly cleaning technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Chiou-Mei Chen, Pei-Lin Chang, Hsiao-Fen Cheng
  • Patent number: 7118665
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a surface treatment process for enhancing both the release rate of metal ions from a sacrificial electrode, and the working life of the electrode. A high density of micro pores are formed on the surface of the sacrificial electrode. Chlorine ions are then implanted into the pores. The chlorine ions prevent a passive film from forming on the sacrificial electrode during use, in which an electric current flows through the sacrificial electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Hong-Shiang Tang, Shu-Fei Chan, Wen-Tsang Chen
  • Publication number: 20060201882
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improvement for H2O2-containing wastewater treatment, wherein activated carbon for reducing the hydrogen peroxide content in the wastewater has an enhanced efficiency and a longer useful lifetime. The method of the present invention monitors a pH value of the H2O2-containing wastewater, and adjusts the pH value to 4 or higher by adding a base, when the pH is lower than 4, prior to causing the wastewater to contact activated carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsiao-Yu Chen, Kon-Tsu Kin, Hong-Shiang Tang, Wen-Tsang Chen
  • Publication number: 20060137432
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for collecting and concentrating trace organics in a liquid sample, which includes steps of adsorption, dehydration, and thermal desorption. The process can be automatically operated by associating with analysis instruments for detecting gaseous materials, such as GC (Gas Chromatography), GC-MS (Gas Chromatography-Mass spectroscopy) and FTIR (Fourier Transfer Infrared spectroscopy) to monitor the organics in the liquid sample. The process can collect and concentrate semi-volatile organic contaminants in a liquid sample which are unable to be collected and concentrated by purge & trap process or head-space process. The process of the present invention can be used to detect trace organics in a detecting limit at a ppt level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Shu-Fei Chan, Chiou-Mei Chen, Chang-Ming Lin
  • Publication number: 20060137718
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for removing impurities from a porous material by flowing a supercritical fluid with or without a modifier therein over a to-be-cleaned porous material having pores at the nanometer level under suitable temperatures and pressures, so that the supercritical fluid migrates into the pores at the nanometer level and removes impurities entrapped therein. The method of the present invention uses the physical and chemical properties of the supercritical fluid and optionally the modifier to clean the porous material without using an acid or alkaline solvent. The method of the present invention conserves water, and is both a highly efficient and environmentally friendly cleaning technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Chiou-Mei Chen, Pei-Lin Chang, Hsiao-Fen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20060134927
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming an ultra thin oxide layer by using an ozonated water, which comprises the steps of dissolving an ozone-containing gas in deionized water to form an ozonated water, and immersing a silicon wafer in the ozonated water to from an ultra thin oxide layer on the wafer. The method according to the present invention can substitute for the conventional high temperature process for growing an ultra thin oxide layer and form an ultra thin oxide layer in high density and high uniformity by taking the advantages of time-saving, energy-saving but without conducting at an elevated temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Yung-Yu Chen, Kon-Tsu Kin, Chiou-Mei Chen, Jen-Chung Lou
  • Patent number: 6991733
    Abstract: In order to reduce a total organic carbon (TOC) in ultrapure water to a level less than 1 ppb, several cycles of ozone contact/UV irradiation treatments are carried out in sequence. Preferably, the first cycle further includes an ion exchange treatment which is applied to the resulting UV irradiation water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Pei-Lin Chang, Farhang Shadman, Hsiao-Fen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20050263458
    Abstract: In order to reduce a total organic carbon (TOC) in ultrapure water to a level less than 1 ppb, several cycles of ozone contact/UV irradiation treatments are carried out in sequence. Preferably, the first cycle further includes an ion exchange treatment which is applied to the resulting UV irradiation water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Pei-Lin Chang, Farhang Shadman, Hsiao-Fen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20050224338
    Abstract: A water treatment reactor adapted to simultaneously carry out electrocoagulation and advanced oxidation processes is disclosed, which includes an upright sealed tank having a metal body, or a metal mounted on an inner wall thereof, used as a cathode; a sacrificial electrode used as an anode, which is disposed in the tank and non-electrically connected to the cathode; a mixing device disposed in the bottom of the tank for enabling mixing of influent water and an air or oxygen-containing gas introduced into the tank; a gas-liquid separator which is in fluid communication with the tank at the top for expelling a gas from the tank without expelling water; and a direct current supply having a positive electrode electrically connected to the anode and a negative electrode electrically connected to the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Hong-Shiang Tang, Shu-Fei Chan
  • Publication number: 20050126918
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a surface treatment process for enhancing both the release rate of metal ions from a sacrificial electrode, and the working life of the electrode. A high density of micro pores are formed on the surface of the sacrificial electrode. Chlorine ions are then implanted into the pores. The chlorine ions prevent a passive film from forming on the sacrificial electrode during use, in which an electric current flows through the sacrificial electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Hong-Shiang Tang, Shu-Fei Chan, Wen-Tsang Chen
  • Publication number: 20050126972
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a module for processing foaming wastewater containing organic compounds. The UV/ozone oxidation removal module mainly includes an ozone generator, an ozone injector, an ozone dissolution tank, a gas-liquid separator, an ozone destruct unit, a UV reaction tank, a recycling pipeline. The gas-liquid separator contains a stainless tank with an adsorbent inside, preferably activated carbon, for removing foams and a portion of ozone, so that foams are prevented from entering and adversely affecting the ozone destruct unit, and thus a foaming organic wastewater can be treated with the UV/ozone oxidation removal module of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kon-Tsu Kin, Pei-Lin Chang, Kuang-An Yang