CEO Song Jeong-hoon is an expert who worked in the semiconductor optical measurement field for 25 years at LG Electronics Technology Institute before coming to Kongju National University, and he noticed the limitations of existing infrared thermal imaging equipment.

Semiconductor devices are continuously getting smaller, such as GPUs and AI semiconductors, but infrared thermal imaging can only measure up to 20μm, and the problem was that it was meaningless, especially for power semiconductors where localized heat concentration occurs. The exact point where the temperature inside the semiconductor device rises is necessary for design, reliability, performance, and failure analysis.

In response to the need for high-resolution thermal imaging equipment that cannot be measured with infrared thermal imaging, the company developed visible light thermal imaging equipment. Visible light has a wavelength of 0.4 to 0.6 μm, which is shorter than infrared (3 to 8 μm), and its resolution is 0.3 to 1 μm, which is more precise than 20 μm.

The company has secured a patent for the implementation technology of an ultra-high-speed visible light (Raman) thermal imaging engine that combines a Fourier transform optical module that minimizes signal loss and high-performance signal processing technology.

The company’s measuring equipment, which has completed the thermal imaging measurement POC and is in the prototype development stage, has higher resolution than existing infrared thermal imaging and is capable of three-dimensional imaging. It can also measure at high temperatures over 300℃ and has high applicability to other fields such as ultra-precision measuring instruments.

Co-CEO Moon Young-bu joined ahead of the product launch. CEO Moon, who has 25 years of experience in the semiconductor device and material field, has established a cooperation process. The strategy is to minimize market entry barriers by selecting strategic partners for each chain and to have high versatility that can be applied to various supply chains in the power semiconductor field.

Since its establishment, the company has been selected for the Gyeonggi-do Semiconductor Technology Development Project and the SME Startup Growth Technology Development Project Stepping Stone Project, and was listed as a TIPS company at the end of last year.

Reporter Kim Dong-hong khw090928@viva100.com
Bridge Economy Original article sent 2025-02-07 12:43

Eligibility for this project is for startups that have been in business for less than 7 years, have sales of less than 2 billion won, and have no history of performing R&D projects of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. If selected, up to 120 million won in R&D expenses will be supported.

The recruitment fields are divided into regional materials and specialized fields such as renewable energy, bio, electric hydrogen vehicles, secondary batteries, and semiconductor/display equipment.

11 companies including Another Label Co., Ltd., which are regional companies, were selected for the first half, and 13 companies including Acuoptotech Co., Ltd. were selected for specialized fields.

Chungnam Changgyeong Center plans to operate a specialized program to provide various opportunities to selected companies.

The companies selected in the first half of the year will conduct R&D projects through an agreement with the Small and Medium Business Technology Information Promotion Agency, a dedicated organization, and the results of the selection in the second half of the year will be announced after July.

Director Kang Hee-jun said, “We will actively support the R&D technology development of the selected companies and do our best to ensure that technology-based startups are activated.”

Chungcheong Daily CCDN

Source: Chungcheong Daily (https://www.ccdn.co.kr)