Patents Assigned to Korea Research Institute of Standard and Science
  • Patent number: 9939461
    Abstract: An object of the application is to provide a head-integrated for an atomic force microscope capable of realizing minimization of a weight and a volume and improvement of structural stability by optimizing a head structure of the atomic force microscope. Another object of the application is to provide a head-integrated atomic force microscope capable of being utilized for imaging a large-area sample by enabling high-rate head scan due to dynamic characteristics improved by mounting the integrated-head described above. Still another object of the application is to provide a composite microscope including a head-integrated atomic force microscope, capable of performing high-rate position search and imaging and performing precise observation of a three-dimensional shape up to an atomic image level in a region of interest by combining the head-integrated atomic force microscope having the improved dynamic characteristics as described above and an electron microscope or an optical microscope with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Dal Hyun Kim, Byong Chon Park, Chae Ho Shin
  • Patent number: 9927501
    Abstract: Provided are an atomic magnetometer and an operating method of the same. The atomic magnetometer includes a vapor cell receiving a circularly polarized pump beam and a linearly polarized probe beam and containing an alkali metal vapor, a detector adapted to receive the probe beam passing through the vapor cell to measure magneto-optical rotation of the probe beam, a feedback coil to establish a negative feedback magnetic field signal orthogonal to a first plane defined by traveling directions of the probe beam and the pump beam and provide the negative feedback magnetic field signal to the vapor cell, and a feedback amplifier adapted to provide feedback current to the feedback coil such that the negative feedback magnetic field proportional to a measurement magnetic field is established. The measurement magnetic field of a measurement target provides magneto-optical rotation of the probe beam in the vapor cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Kiwoong Kim, Hyun-joon Lee, Jeong-Hyun Shim
  • Patent number: 9927224
    Abstract: A thickness measuring apparatus and a thickness measuring method. The thickness measuring apparatus includes a light source outputting an extended monochromatic light with coherence; a collimating lens converting output light of the light source into incident beam of parallel ray; a beam splitter reflecting and providing the incident beam to a measurement target and transmitting first reflection light reflected on a top surface of the measurement target and second reflection light reflected on a bottom surface of the measurement target; an imaging lens disposed between the measurement target and the beam splitter with a predetermined focal distance to receive and provide the incident beam to a measurement position of the measurement target disposed on the focal distance; a camera photographing an interference fringe formed by the first and second reflection lights and outputting an interference fringe image; and a processing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Jong-Ahn Kim, Jae-Wan Kim, Jae-Yong Lee, Jae-Heun Woo
  • Patent number: 9921051
    Abstract: Provided are a thickness measuring apparatus and a thickness measuring method. The thickness measuring method includes irradiating a first laser beam of a first wavelength ?1 to a transparent substrate and measuring intensity of the first laser beam transmitting through the transparent substrate; irradiating a second laser beam of a second wavelength ?2 to the transparent substrate and measuring intensity of the second laser beam transmitting through the transparent substrate; and extracting a rotation angle on a Lissajous graph using the first and second laser beams transmitting through the transparent substrate. A phase difference between adjacent rays by multiple internal reflection of the first laser beam and a phase difference between adjacent rays by multiple internal reflection of the second laser beam is maintained at ?/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Jae-Wan Kim, Jong-Ahn Kim, Chu-Shik Kang, Jong-Han Jin
  • Patent number: 9921280
    Abstract: Provided are an ultra-low-field nuclear magnetic resonance device and an ultra-low-field nuclear magnetic resonance measuring method. The method includes applying a first measurement bias magnetic field corresponding to an excitation frequency of a coherent biomagnetic field generated in association with the electrophysiological activity of human body organs, applying a second measurement bias magnetic field having the same direction as the first measurement bias magnetic field and having a different magnitude than the first measurement bias magnetic field, and measuring a magnetic resonance signal generated in the human body by using magnetic field measuring means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Kiwoong Kim, Yong-ho Lee, Seong-Joo Lee, Kwon-Kyu Yu
  • Patent number: 9903927
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for canceling magnetic fields. The apparatus includes a magnetic field canceling coil disposed adjacent to an inner wall of a magnetic shield room to surround the entire inner space or a portion of an inner space of the magnetic shield room; and a magnetic field canceling coil driver to supply current to the magnetic field canceling coil. The magnetic field canceling coil cancels a prepolarization magnetic field established on the wall of the magnetic shield room by a prepolarization coil disposed in the center of the magnetic shield room to minimize magnetic interference caused by the magnetic shield room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Seong-min Hwang, Kiwoong Kim, Jin Mok Kim, Yong-Ho Lee, Chan Seok Kang, Kwon Kyu Yu, Seong-Joo Lee
  • Patent number: 9903925
    Abstract: Provided are a low-field nuclear magnetic resonance device and a low-field nuclear magnetic resonance method. The low-field nuclear magnetic resonance device includes a dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) amplification unit to amplify the nuclear polarization of hydrogen atoms of water using a DNP-possible substance (DNP substance) to provide the amplified nuclear polarization to a measurement target, a sensor unit to measure a magnetic resonance signal of the measurement target using a SQUID sensor or an optically-pumped atomic magnetometer, and a measurement field coil to apply a measurement field to the measurement target. The DNP amplification unit is separated from the measurement target, the sensor unit, and the measurement field coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Ki Woong Kim, Seong-Joo Lee, Chan Seok Kang, Seong-min Hwang, Yong-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 9905310
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling a magnetic domain wall of a magnetic structure and a magnetic memory device using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE
    Inventors: Kyoungwoong Moon, Chanyong Hwang
  • Patent number: 9863814
    Abstract: Provided is an operating method of a measuring apparatus measuring a wavefront of a target. The operating method includes measuring a measurement wavefront on the basis of the wavefront of the target, measuring reference slope information and first to third slope information respectively corresponding to a reference direction and first to third directions on the basis of the measurement wavefront, obtaining first to third rotation angles on the basis of the measured reference slope information and first to third slope information, and outputting a wavefront of which an error is corrected, which is generated by rotation errors on the basis of the obtained first to third rotation angles, wherein the first to third rotation angles are differences in angle between the reference direction and the first to third directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Hyug-Gyo Rhee, Young Sik Ghim, Ho Soon Yang, Yun Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20170371003
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor of the present invention includes a first electrode including a magnetic material, a second electrode including a non-magnetic material, a common electrode disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and connected to a ground terminal, a power supplier of which one end is connected to the first electrode and the second electrode and of which another end is connected to the common electrode to supply power of a frequency band required, a variable resistor configured to control at least one of a resistance value between the first electrode and the power supplier or a resistance value between the second electrode and the power supplier, and a differential amplifier connected to the first electrode through a positive terminal and connected to the second electrode through a negative terminal to output a difference value between a first capacitance generated by the first electrode and a second capacitance generated by the second electrode in response to external application
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE
    Inventors: Wan-Seop KIM, Po Gyu PARK, Young Gyun KIM, Mun Seog KIM, Dan Bee KIM, Sung Jung JOO
  • Patent number: 9846262
    Abstract: Disclosed therein are an inspection apparatus for a thermo-hygrometer based on phase change and methods for controlling and inspecting the same which can simultaneously inspect a thermometer and a hygrometer through a simple method using a phase change of reactants. The thermo-hygrometer based on phase change includes: reactants of at least two kinds; a plurality of cylinder type cells; a reactor body having a temperature sensor hole and a plurality of cell holes; a flow pipe in which a first gas circulates by a circulation pump; a relative humidity chamber which has a relative humidity sensor disposed therein; and a temperature control unit which is mounted below the reactor body, wherein when a phase change of a first reactant is induced, the relative humidity sensor is inspected based on the relative humidity of the first gas, and the temperature sensor is inspected based on the phase change temperature of the first reactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Yong-Gyoo Kim, Byung Il Choi, Sang Bong Woo, Jong Cheol Kim, Sang Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 9834855
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a monocrystalline graphene layer, comprising the steps of: forming polycrystalline graphene on a substrate by using a hydrocarbon gas to grow a graphene layer aligned on a wafer-scale insulator substrate in one direction like a monocrystal; forming a catalyst on the polycrystalline graphene; and recrystallizing the polycrystalline graphene to monocrystalline graphene by heat-treating the polycrystalline graphene and the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE
    Inventor: Chanyong Hwang
  • Publication number: 20170345405
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a temperature controllable anechoic sound absorber using two different kinds of scattering particles and a method for manufacturing the same. More specifically, a temperature rise controllable anechoic sound absorber using two different kinds of scattering particles, which absorbs a sound wave which is transmitted through a medium, includes a composite material which induces a scattering process of the sound wave and has a first scattering particle and a second scattering particle; and a base material which fills a base of the absorber during the scattering process of the sound wave. Herein, volume content ratios of the base material, the first scattering particle, and the second scattering particles are adjusted so that a heat capacity of the absorber is within a set heat capacity range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE
    Inventors: Yong Tae Kim, Bong Young AHN
  • Patent number: 9829469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a technology for measuring a nonlinear parameter of an object to be measured, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for measuring a nonlinear parameter of an object to be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Dae Cheol Seo, Seung Hyun Cho, Choon Su Park, Seung Seok Lee, Young Min Seong
  • Patent number: 9829546
    Abstract: Provided are a low-temperature cooling apparatus and a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) sensor module. The low-temperature cooling apparatus includes an outer container; an inner container disposed inside the outer container, the inner container including a neck portion having a first diameter and a body portion having a second diameter greater than the first diameter; an insert inserted into the neck portion of the inner container; and a plurality of SQUID sensor modules inserted into the body portion of the inner container. Each of the SQUID sensor modules is in the form of a fan-shaped pillar and is fixedly coupled with an inner bottom plate of the inner container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Kwon-Kyu Yu, Yong-Ho Lee, Hyukchan Kwon, Jin-Mok Kim, Kiwoong Kim, Sang-Kil Lee
  • Publication number: 20170333007
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ultrasound phantom for a focused ultrasound wave. More specifically, the present invention provides an ultrasound phantom which mimics a body so as to correspond to a speed of sound in the body, in which agarose, sucrose, polydiacetylene vesicle, and distilled water are mixed, and a specific part onto which an ultrasound wave is irradiated by a focused ultrasound transducer is gradually discolored in accordance with a temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE
    Inventors: Se Hwa Kim, Yong Tae KIM, Dong Hee MA
  • Patent number: 9823312
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for indirectly cooling a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) are provided. The apparatus includes an outer container extending in a vertical direction; a metallic inner container inserted into the outer container to store a liquid coolant, the metal inner container including a top plate; a SQUID sensor module disposed between a bottom surface of the outer container and a bottom surface of the inner container; a heat transfer pillar adapted to cool the SQUID sensor module, the heat transfer pillar having one end connected to the bottom surface of the inner container and the other end directly or indirectly connected to the SQUID sensor module; a magnetic shield part formed of a superconductor covering a top surface of the SQUID sensor module; and a heat conduction plate being in thermal contact with the other end of the heat transfer pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Kwon-Kyu Yu, Yong-Ho Lee, Kiwoong Kim, Hyukchan Kwon, Jin-Mok Kim, Sang-Kil Lee
  • Patent number: 9795982
    Abstract: An apparatus for dipping a substrate includes: a body having an internal plate formed therein, and including a backing plate provided over the internal plate; a crucible accommodating an aqueous solution therein and provided over the backing plate; a crucible driving unit provided in the body and connected to the crucible to move the crucible in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction of the body; a support having a lower end to which a substrate is fixed; a support driving unit provided to an upper side of the body and connected to the support to drive the support in a length direction of the support or rotate the support in the vertical direction of the body; and a controlling unit connected to the crucible driving unit and the support driving unit to control driving of the crucible driving unit and the support driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE
    Inventor: Eun-Ah You
  • Patent number: 9791335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an FBG sensor for measuring a maximum strain of an object being measured, a method for manufacturing the sensor, and a method of using the sensor. To this end, provided is the FBG sensor for measuring a maximum strain, comprising: an optical fiber (130) having an FBG sensor (150) therein; a first metallic foil (120) contacting the optical fiber (130) on one surface thereof; a second metallic foil (120) which comes into surface-contact with the one surface; an adhesive layer (140) provided between the first and second metallic foils (100, 120); a means for measuring a residual strain of the first and second metallic foils (100, 120) through the FBG sensor (150); and a means for calculating a maximum strain on the basis of the measured residual strain and a sensitivity coefficient (Csen) obtained through experimentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE
    Inventors: Il-Bum Kwon, Joo Eun Im, Mi Hyun Kim, Ki Sun Choi
  • Patent number: 9791537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a time delay estimation device. The time delay estimation device of the present invention includes a sound signal detection unit configured to detect sound signals through a plurality of microphones, a frequency domain conversion unit configured to convert the detected sound signals into signals of a frequency domain, and a time delay estimation unit configured to estimate a time delay on the basis of a slope of a phase difference between the sound signals converted into the frequency domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Hyu-Sang Kwon, WanHo Cho