Patents Assigned to CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
  • Patent number: 12366558
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ultrasonic transmission apparatus and a wave control method, and more particularly, to an ultrasonic transmission apparatus and a wave control method which enable an ultrasonic wave to transmit through an obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignees: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Yoon Young Kim, Chung Il Park
  • Patent number: 12332215
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mode conversion reflector provided on an edge surface of an elastic medium, capable of mode-converting an incident ultrasonic wave with high efficiency and simultaneously reflecting the wave in a desired direction. The mode conversion reflector according to the embodiment includes an elastic medium; and a reflective layer formed of a non-planar structure on an edge surface of the elastic medium, in which an interference phenomenon caused by diffraction of wave occurs by the reflective layer, so that an ultrasonic wave incident through the elastic medium is mode-converted and reflected in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignees: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS, THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IAC)
    Inventors: Yoon Young Kim, Yu Bin Oh, Shin Young Kim, Joong Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 12317415
    Abstract: A stretchable substrate includes a cell and an electrode wiring. The cell is divided by cutting lines to form a plurality of cells. The electrode wiring is continuously provided on the plurality of cells not to cross the cutting line. A cell is connected to a neighboring cell by a connection portion in which a cutting line is not formed, and when a tensile force is applied, the cell is hinge-rotated around the connection portion, and the electrode wiring maintains a continuous state even when the cell is hinged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS, CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Bongkyun Jang, Sejeong Won, Jae-Hyun Kim, Hak Joo Lee, Seung-Mo Lee, Kwangseop Kim, Ah Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 12315742
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an element transferring method that may increase a yield of transferring an element, and an electronic panel manufacturing method using the same. The element transferring method includes: preparing a carrier film in which a first surface of an element on which a terminal is formed is adhered to an adhesive surface; providing a cover adhesive layer on the adhesive surface so that the second surface of the element that is opposite to the first surface and where the terminal is not formed is covered; transferring the element to the target substrate by adhering the cover adhesive layer to the target substrate while the second surface is facing the target substrate; and separating the carrier film from the element, wherein in transferring the element, the carrier film is pressed so that the surface of the cover adhesive layer is flat at the same height as the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS, CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun Kim, Sejeong Won, Hak Joo Lee, Bongkyun Jang, Hyeon-Don Kim, Kwangseop Kim, Sang Min Kim
  • Patent number: 12300870
    Abstract: A multifunctional parametric device using an optical material in which permittivity is spatiotemporally modulated according to the present invention may be used as a frequency converter and oscillator according to a design characteristic. Since a converted and oscillated frequency is determined according to a modulation frequency of a thin slab of which permittivity is spatiotemporally modulated, a user is capable of actively determining a frequency modulation and oscillation characteristic using the parametric device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignees: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Bumki Min, Seojoo Lee, Jagang Park, Hyukjoon Cho
  • Patent number: 12266333
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides matching media for perfect transmission of ultrasonic waves by easily implementing perfect transmission of ultrasonic waves at a boundary between different elastic media through a matching layer provided at the boundary between the different elastic media and proposes a matching layer having a single layer structure of a simple single pattern that is easily processed, thereby easily implementing effects such as miniaturization of the matching layer, reduction of manufacturing cost, and improvement of manufacturability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jeseung Lee, Jooa Park, Yoon Young Kim
  • Patent number: 12254858
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an acoustic metamaterial structure which can effectively reduce noise in a specific frequency range through formation of an acoustic bandgap, wherein the specific frequency range is determined by a periodic structure formed by an array of multiple unit cells. The acoustic metamaterial structure includes multiple first unit cells each including a first space having a first cross-sectional area and a second space disposed downstream of the first space in a flow direction of fluid to communicate with the first space, the second space having a second cross-sectional area larger than the first cross-sectional area, wherein the acoustic metamaterial structure reduces noise in a specific frequency range through formation of an acoustic bandgap, the specific frequency range being determined by a periodic structure formed by an array of the first space and the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jong Jin Park, Jae Hwa Lee, Eun Bok, Hak Joo Lee
  • Patent number: 12251926
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a metastructure having a zero elastic modulus zone, which can experience constant stress in a predetermined strain zone, and a method for designing the same. The metastructure includes a first unit and a second unit, wherein the first unit has a structure capable of buckling and has a stress-strain relation having a zone corresponding to a negative elastic modulus, the second unit is disposed adjacent to the first unit and has a stress-strain relation having a zone corresponding to a positive elastic modulus, and the metastructure has zero elastic modulus in a predetermined target strain zone through synthesis of the negative elastic modulus of the first unit with the positive elastic modulus of the second unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Bong Kyun Jang, Jae Hyun Kim, Se Jeong Won, Hak Joo Lee, Seung Mo Lee, Kwang Seop Kim
  • Patent number: 12255098
    Abstract: A carrier substrate includes a base layer, an antireflection layer, and an energy absorption layer, wherein the antireflection layer is formed on one surface of the base layer and allows an elastic wave generated by a first laser beam transmitted through an element adhesively bonded to the antireflection layer to be transmitted through the base layer without being reflected towards the element, the first laser beam being applied to the element through a source substrate of the element, and the energy absorption layer is formed between the base layer and the antireflection layer to be aligned with the element, and evaporates upon energy absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Kim, Jae Gu Kim, Sang Min Kim, Kwang Seop Kim, Yun Hwangbo, Hak Joo Lee, Se Jeong Won
  • Patent number: 12253202
    Abstract: A fluid silencer includes: an expansion pipe disposed on a pipe through which a fluid containing noise sources flows and having an accommodation space therein; a viscous fluid received in the accommodation space; a noise introducing member disposed between the pipe and the expansion pipe to seal the accommodation space and allowing the noise sources to be introduced into the accommodation space therethrough; at least one partition member disposed in the accommodation space and dividing the accommodation space in a flow direction of the fluid; multiple baffle members disposed on one surface of the partition member and forming multiple sound absorbing spaces into which the noise sources introduced into the accommodation space are dispersedly introduced; and an elastic member disposed between the partition member and the baffle members and contracted/expanded by the viscous fluid entering/leaving the sound absorbing spaces as the noise sources are introduced into the sound absorbing spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jong Jin Park, Jun Hyuk Kwak, Hak Joo Lee, Tae In Choi, Min Seok Jung
  • Patent number: 12235243
    Abstract: A cover unit includes: a body to which an ultrasound generator adapted to generate ultrasound is coupled; first slits disposed at a lower portion of the body in the form of multiple rings having different radii and spaced apart from each other, the first slits having a first width; second slits depressed from an upper surface of the body to communicate with the first slits and having a second width smaller than the first width; third slits depressed from the upper surface of the body and each disposed between adjacent second slits, the third slits having a third width smaller than the first width; a bottom formed under the first slits; a first sidewall formed between adjacent first slits; and a second sidewall formed between the second slit and the third slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS, PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jun Hyuk Kwak, Kyung Jun Song, Jong Jin Park, Hak Joo Lee
  • Patent number: 12196114
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a meta-muffler for reducing broadband noise. The meta-muffler includes: a flow pipe through which a fluid flows; an outer barrel disposed outside the flow pipe to be spaced apart from the flow pipe; and multiple metastructures arranged in a flow direction of the fluid and each comprising an opening opened parallel to the flow direction of the fluid, a resonance chamber disposed between the flow pipe and the outer barrel and communicating with the flow pipe through the opening, and a neck adjustment member extending from the outer barrel toward the flow pipe to be spaced apart from the opening in the flow direction of the fluid. The meta-muffler can increase transmission loss of noise flowing through the flow pipe through maximization of energy loss of sound waves entering the resonance chamber of the metastructure and can effectively attenuate noise over a wide band ranging from low frequencies to high frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS, AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Byung Hun An, Jin Woo Lee, Hak Joo Lee
  • Patent number: 12165626
    Abstract: In a wave focusing device and a wave emitting device having the wave focusing device, the wave focusing device has a plurality of filters and focuses a wave by a phase overlap. The plurality of filters includes a first filter formed on a substrate, a second filter formed on the substrate and overlapping with the first filter in a first area, and a third filter formed on the substrate and overlapping with the second filter in a second area. A size of the first area is substantially same as that of the second area. A first portion of the second filter in the first area is inverted to a second portion of the second filter in the second area, with respect to a first axis. A wave passing through the wave focusing device is focused at a center of each of the first, second and third filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS, CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jun-Ho Jeong, Hyeokjung Kang, Sohee Jeon, Soon-Hyoung Hwang, Yongrok Jeong
  • Patent number: 12127349
    Abstract: A method for transferring a micro device on a curved surface according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: coating an adhesive layer on an external circumferential surface of a tube; providing a micro device pattern on one side of a substrate; positioning an external circumferential surface of the tube to contact the substrate and allow a length direction of the device pattern to cross a radius direction of the tube, and rotating the tube with respect to an axis-direction of the tube and simultaneously moving at least one of the tube and the substrate in a rectilinear way to transfer the micro device pattern on the substrate to the adhesive layer; and fixing the transferred micro device pattern to the adhesive layer by curing the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS, CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Bongkyun Jang, Jae-Hyun Kim, Kyung-Sik Kim, Seung-Mo Lee, Hyun June Jung, Hak Joo Lee
  • Publication number: 20240282284
    Abstract: A sound wave delivery structure of the present invention comprises unit structure cells each formed to have a cubic shape and comprising a column portion formed on a region corresponding to sides, and a space portion formed in an internal region surrounded by the column portion. There are a plurality of unit structure cells which are successively arranged in a first direction, in which sound waves are delivered, and a second direction crossing the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jae Hwa LEE, Tae In CHOI, Hak Joo LEE, Chee Young JOH
  • Publication number: 20240283151
    Abstract: A 5G band transmissive body includes a base substrate and a pattern portion, wherein the pattern portion is provided on one side of the base substrate and transmits the 5G communication frequency band, and includes a conductive pattern formed by providing a conductive material on a plurality of virtual grid cells arranged in the horizontal and vertical directions, and a plurality of unit areas divided by a virtual vertical line and a virtual horizontal line, which are orthogonally crossing at center of the pattern portion, and a pair of virtual diagonal lines and crossing each other at the center and passing through the corners of the pattern portion, and the conductive pattern is symmetrical with respect to each of the vertical line, horizontal line, or diagonal line in the neighboring unit areas among the plurality of unit areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Chang Hyeong LEE, Lee Kyo JEONG, Hak Joo LEE
  • Patent number: 12015203
    Abstract: A transparent stealth structure includes: a first transparent film structure stacked on a front surface of a transparent base, the first transparent film structure causing energy loss of incident electromagnetic waves having a target frequency to change a phase of transmitted electromagnetic waves propagating toward the transparent base; and a second transparent film structure stacked on a back surface of a transparent base, the second transparent film structure reflecting the transmitted electromagnetic waves having passed through the transparent base while adjusting a phase of reflected waves propagating toward the first transparent film structure, wherein the first transparent film structure includes a first front transparent conductive pattern having a first sheet resistance and a second front transparent conductive pattern filling a region, and the second transparent film structure includes a first rear transparent conductive pattern having a third sheet resistance and a second rear transparent conductiv
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Yong June Kim, Hyun June Jung, Se Jeong Won, Hak Joo Lee
  • Publication number: 20240167403
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an acoustic metamaterial-based muffler for exhaust noise reduction, including an exhaust flow body that is provided with an inlet through which exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine flows in on one side, and an outlet through which the exhaust gas flows out on the other side, and a flow passage for guiding a movement of the exhaust gas therein; and a plurality of noise reduction units that are sequentially disposed along a discharge direction of the exhaust gas inside the exhaust flow body to reduce noise in a specific frequency band in exhaust noise of the exhaust gas caused by the movement of the exhaust gas on the inside of the exhaust flow body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jin Woo LEE, Gyeong Ju LEE
  • Patent number: 11980915
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasonic wave transmission structure which is provided on a path of ultrasonic waves to amplify incident ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic wave transmission structure includes: multiple rings each provided with a body portion having a different radius from other body portions and spaced apart from another body portion adjacent thereto and a slit disposed between adjacent body portions; and a membrane disposed in the multiple rings, wherein the mass of the membrane is adjusted to vary a resonant frequency in multiple sub-membrane regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS, PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jong Jin Park, Jun Hyuk Kwak, Kyung Jun Song, Hak Joo Lee
  • Patent number: 11979710
    Abstract: A holographic-based directional sound device is provided, the device including: a sound wave generating means generating a sound wave; and a flat plate configured to have the sound wave generating means installed at the center so as to radiate the sound wave to the outside through a surface, and to be composed of a plurality of unit cells, in which at least one groove is formed on a surface of the unit cell, and a radiation angle of the sound wave is determined according to a depth of the groove with respect to the unit cell, wherein the depth of the groove is determined by an individual surface admittance calculated by a cosine function or a sine function of the sum of a first value and a second value on the basis of a preset radiation angle of the sound wave and a preset frequency of the sound wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION, CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Kyungjun Song, Hak Joo Lee, Jun Hyuk Kwak, Jong Jin Park