Patents by Inventor Ki-Hoon Choi

Ki-Hoon Choi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240131624
    Abstract: Embodiments of the inventive concept provide a substrate treating apparatus and a substrate treating method for not letting an irradiation region of a laser deviate from a target region, even if a shaking angle of a chemical deviates from an allowable range due to a vibration or an airflow. The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes: a substrate support unit configured to support a substrate having a chemical coated thereon; a laser generation unit configured to irradiate a laser to the substrate; and a light-transmitter positioned along a path at which the laser is irradiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Shin KIM, Ki Hoon CHOI, Tae Hee KIM, Sang Gun LEE, Jin Yeong SUNG, Jang Jin LEE
  • Publication number: 20240118607
    Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating method. The substrate treating method includes pre-treating a substrate by cleaning the substrate; etching the substrate by supplying an etchant and heating a substrate supplied with the etchant; and post-treating the substrate after the etching the substrate, and wherein the pre-treating the substrate, the etching the substrate, and the post-treating the substrate are each performed in different chambers, a substrate on which the pre-treating the substrate is completed is transferred in a dry state to a chamber at which the etching the substrate is performed, and a substrate on which the etching the substrate is completed is transferred in a wetted state with a liquid to a chamber at which the post-treating the substrate is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: SEMES CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun YOON, Ki Hoon CHOI, Seung Un OH, Young Ho PARK, Sang Hyeon RYU, Tae Hee KIM, Sang Gun LEE
  • Publication number: 20240114709
    Abstract: The quantum dot comprises a ligand which is a copolymer comprising a first repeating unit comprising at least one or more hole transporting functional groups and a second repeating unit comprising at least one or more photocrosslinking functional groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Joona BANG, Ki Seok CHANG, Jeong Min MOON, Soon Shin JUNG, Dong Hoon CHOI, Hyung Jong KIM, Jae Wan KO
  • Patent number: 11940734
    Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a chamber having a treating space therein; a supply line having a first open/close valve installed thereon and configured to supply a treating fluid to the treating space; a heater installed on the supply line and configured to heat the treating fluid; an exhaust line having a second open/close valve installed thereon and configured to exhaust the treating space; and, a controller configured to control the first open/close value and the second open/close valve such that the treating fluid heated is supplied to and exhausted from the treating space before a treating process is performed on a substrate in the treating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hoon Choi, Eung Su Kim, Pil Kyun Heo, Jin Yeong Sung, Hae-Won Choi, Anton Koriakin, Joon Ho Won
  • Publication number: 20240097125
    Abstract: A cathode for a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode current collector. The cathode active material layer includes cathode active material particles. The cathode active material particles include a lithium metal oxide particle containing nickel and having a mole fraction of cobalt of 0.02 or less among all elements except lithium and oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yong Seok LEE, Jeong Hoon JEUN, Jae Ram KIM, Jae Yun MIN, Ki Joo EOM, Myung Ro LEE, Hyun Joong JANG, Je Nam CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240075740
    Abstract: An inkjet head unit capable of performing high-resolution pixel printing on a large-size substrate and a substrate treatment apparatus including the inkjet head unit are provided. The substrate treatment apparatus includes: a processing unit supporting and moving a substrate; an inkjet head unit performing pixel printing on the substrate; and a gantry unit moving the inkjet head unit over the substrate, wherein the inkjet head unit includes head packs, which include a plurality of nozzles ejecting a substrate treatment liquid onto the substrate, and a head base, in which the head packs are installed and the head packs are disposed in a single row in the head base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jang Mi WOO, Jin Hyuck Yang, Yong Kyu Cho, Cheon Su Cho, Ki Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20240069491
    Abstract: A hologram acquisition apparatus and a hologram acquisition system are disclosed. A hologram acquisition apparatus includes a beam splitter configured to split light emitted from an object into a first beam and a second beam, a first reflective optical element configured to receive and emit the first beam to the beam splitter, and a second reflective optical element configured to receive and emit the second beam to the beam splitter and formed as an annular spherical array having discontinuous surfaces, wherein the second reflective optical element has a plurality of segment regions that are concentric and divided to have the discontinuous surfaces and, the plurality of segment regions are formed to have the same focal point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kee Hoon HONG, Ki Hong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240066887
    Abstract: Proposed are an inkjet head unit capable of forming high-resolution pixels on a substrate and inkjet printing equipment including the same. An inkjet head unit of inkjet printing equipment according to one embodiment includes a head pack including a plurality of ejection heads configured to eject ink of the same color to a substrate; and a head base on which a plurality of head packs are installed to be repeatedly coaxially arranged in color order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang Mi WOO, Jin Hyuck YANG, Ki Hoon CHOI, Young Hoon JEONG
  • Patent number: 11887866
    Abstract: A supercritical processing apparatus includes an upper vessel including a first fluid hole formed in a center thereof, and a lower vessel including a second fluid hole formed in a center thereof. A space is defined between the upper and lower vessels and configured to allow a substrate to be placed therein. The upper vessel further includes a first guide portion provided at a lower portion thereof to be gradually inclined downward toward a periphery thereof from the first fluid hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Seong Lee, Hae Won Choi, Ki Hoon Choi, Anton Koriakin, Chan Young Heo, Do Heon Kim, Ji Soo Jeon
  • Publication number: 20230350304
    Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and a method for providing a substrate, which can suppress any additional reaction between a developing solution and a photoresist (PR) film and prevent any PR remnants from being generated from such additional reaction. The method includes: supplying an organic developing solution onto a substrate while rotating the substrate at a first revolutions per minute (rpm); substituting the organic developing solution with a nonpolar rinse solution by supplying the nonpolar rinse solution onto the substrate while rotating the substrate at a second rpm, which is lower than the first rpm; continuing to supply the nonpolar rinse solution while rotating the substrate at a third rpm, which is higher than the second rpm; and continuing to supply the nonpolar rinse solution while rotating the substrate at a fourth rpm, which is between the second rpm and the third rpm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hae Won CHOI, Joon Ho WON, Koriakin ANTON, Ki Hoon CHOI, Eung Su KIM, Pil Kyun HEO, Min Woo KIM, Jin Yeong SUNG, Hyo Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20230341779
    Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a chamber having a treating space therein; a supply line having a first open/close valve installed thereon and configured to supply a treating fluid to the treating space; a heater installed on the supply line and configured to heat the treating fluid; an exhaust line having a second open/close valve installed thereon and configured to exhaust the treating space; and, a controller configured to control the first open/close value and the second open/close valve such that the treating fluid heated is supplied to and exhausted from the treating space before a treating process is performed on a substrate in the treating space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Hoon Choi, Eung Su Kim, Pil Kyun Heo, Jin Yeong Sung, Hae-Won Choi, Anton Koriakin, Joon Ho Won
  • Publication number: 20230229074
    Abstract: A photomask correction method capable of increasing the photomask precision is provided. The photomask correction method comprises measuring an intensity profile of a laser, acquiring etching amount data corresponding to the measured intensity profile using a library, determining a process parameter of the laser based on the etching amount data, and correcting a photomask with the laser according to the determined process parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Hyo Won YANG, Hyun Yoon, Ji Hoon Jeong, In Ki Jung, Ki Hoon Choi, Tae Hee Kim, Se Hoon Oh
  • Publication number: 20230211436
    Abstract: The inventive concept provides a mask treating method. The mask treating method includes treating a mask by supplying a liquid to the mask, and irradiating a laser to a region of the mask on which a specific pattern is formed while the liquid remains on the mask; moving an optical module including a laser unit configured to irradiate the laser between a process position for treating the substrate and a standby position deviating from the process position; and adjusting a state of the optical module at an inspection port provided at the standby position to a set condition before the optical module is moved to the process position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Won YANG, Hyun Yoon, Ji Hoon Jeong, Ki Hoon Choi, In Ki Jung, Won Sik Son, Tae Hee Kim
  • Publication number: 20230213866
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for treating a substrate. The substrate treatment apparatus includes a support unit that supports a substrate, a liquid supply unit that supplies a liquid to the substrate supported by the support unit, and a laser unit that heats the substrate supported by the support unit, wherein the laser unit includes an oscillation unit that emits a light, and a diffraction unit that separates the light into a plurality of light bundles and irradiates the substrate supported by the support unit with an adjustment light having a profile changed from a profile of the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: SEMES CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun YOON, Ji Hoon Jeong, Young Dae Chung, Ki Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20230211618
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a droplet discharging device capable of minimizing misalignment of a plurality of heads. The droplet discharging device comprises a base including a head fixing region to which a plurality of heads are fixed; a pack holder disposed on the base and including an opening penetrated by the plurality of heads installed on the base; a guide pin installed on the pack holder and protruding towards the base; a guide holder installed on the base and fastened to the guide pin; a first fastening part installed on the pack holder and protruding towards the base; and a second fastening part installed on the base and fastened to the first fastening part, wherein a lock air is supplied to one of the first fastening part and the second fastening part, thus fastening the first fastening part and the second fastening part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Jang Mi WOO, Ki Hoon CHOI, Young Hoon JEONG, Myung Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20230204414
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate treating apparatus including: support unit is configured to support and rotate a substrate in a treatment space; a liquid supply unit is configured to supply a liquid to the substrate supported by the support unit; a laser unit including a laser irradiation unit which irradiates laser light to the substrate supported by the support unit; a home port providing a standby position in which the laser unit waits; and a moving unit for moving the laser unit between a process position in which the laser light is irradiated to the substrate and the standby position, in which the home port detects a characteristic of the laser light from the laser light irradiated by the laser unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Hyun YOON, Ki Hoon CHOI, Tae Hee KIM, Ji Hoon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20230205100
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate treating apparatus including: a support unit supporting and rotating the substrate in a treatment space; a liquid supply unit supplying a liquid to the substrate supported by the support unit; and an irradiating module irradiating light to the substrate supported by the support unit, in which the irradiating module includes: a housing having an accommodation space; a laser unit located in the accommodation space, and including a laser irradiation unit irradiating laser light, and an irradiation end having one end protruding from the housing and irradiating the laser light irradiated from the laser irradiation unit to the substrate supported by the support unit; and a cooling unit located in the accommodation space and cooling the laser irradiation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Sik SON, Hyun YOON, Ki Hoon CHOI, Hyo Won YANG, Tae Hee KIM, In Ki JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230205091
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus including a support unit that supports and rotates a substrate, a heating unit including a laser irradiator that irradiates laser light in a pattern formed in the substrate, a movement module that changes a location of the laser irradiator by moving the heating unit, and a controller that controls the support unit and the heating unit, the movement module moves the heating unit between a heating location, at which the laser light is irradiated to the substrate, and a standby location that deviates from the substrate, and the movement module rotates and linearly moves the heating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Hyun YOON, Ki Hoon CHOI, Hyo Won YANG, Tae Hee KIM, In Ki JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230205077
    Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a housing; a support unit positioned within the housing and configured to support a substrate; a liquid supply unit configured to supply a treating liquid to the substrate supported on the support unit; and a laser module configured to irradiate a laser to the substrate to which the treating liquid is supplied; and a vision module for monitoring a point at which the laser is irradiated among the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hee KIM, In Ki JUNG, Ki Hoon CHOI, Hyo Won YANG, Won Sik SON, Hyun YOON
  • Publication number: 20230185206
    Abstract: The inventive concept provides a mask treating apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hee KIM, Ki Hoon CHOI, Hyun YOON, Won Sik SON, Hyo Won YANG, In Ki JUNG