Patents Assigned to NanoChips, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9097719
    Abstract: The present system relates to a system architecture that uses a single electron transistor (SET) to analyze base sequences of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) at ultra high speed in real time. DNA represents the entire body of genetic information and consists of nucleotide units. There are a total of four types of nucleotides, and each nucleotide consists of an identical pentose (deoxyribose), phosphate group, and one of four types of bases (Adenine: A, Guanine: G, Cytosine: C, Thymine: T). A and G are purines having a bicyclic structure while C and T are pyrimidines having a monocyclic structure. Each has a different atomic arrangement, which signifies a different charge distribution from one another. Therefore, a system comprising a single electron transistor that is very sensitive to charges, a probe of a very small size that reacts to one nucleotide very effectively, and an extended gate that connects the SET with the probe, can be used to analyze DNA base sequences at ultra high speed in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: NanoChips, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Bum Choi, Jong Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 8178369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a nanoscale multi-junction quantum dot device wherein it can minimize constraints depending on the number or shape of patterns and a line width, and in particular, overcome shortcomings depending on the proximity effect occurring between patterns while employing the advantages of electron beam lithography to the utmost by forming a new conductive layer between the patterns and utilizing it as a new pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Nanochips, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Bum Choi, Jong Jin Lee, Seung-Jun Shin, Rae-Sik Chung
  • Patent number: 8158538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a single-electron transistor (SET) operating at room temperature and a method of manufacturing the same, and to be specific, to a single-electron transistor operating at room temperature and a method of manufacturing the same, which are capable of minimizing influence of the gate voltage on tunneling barriers and effectively controlling the electric potential of a quantum dot (QD), by forming the quantum dot using a trenched nano-wire structure and forming the gate to wrap most of the way around the quantum dot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nanochips, Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Bum Choi, Seung Jun Shin
  • Patent number: 8059451
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-valued dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell using a single electron transistor (SET). The multi-valued DRAM cell using the SET applies different refresh signals to a load current transistor for controlling current supply to the SET and a voltage control transistor for controlling a terminal voltage of the SET and refreshes a data value stored in the SET by a predetermined period to reduce standby current and stably supply a voltage low enough to satisfy a coulomb-blockade condition to the terminal of the SET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: NanoChips, Inc.
    Inventors: Bok Nam Song, Jung Bum Choi, Hun Woo Kye