US Patent Issued to SK SILTRON on March 11 for "Ingot growing apparatus and monitoring method thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,939, issued on March 11, was assigned to SK SILTRON Co. LTD. (Gumi-si, South Korea).

"Ingot growing apparatus and monitoring method thereof" was invented by Min Jae Yoon (Gumi-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for growing an ingot from a melt accommodated in a crucible of a chamber comprises a first senor and a controller.The first sensor is installed on one side of the chamber for detecting a detection signal in real time from a side portion of the ingot. The side portion of the ingot rotates via a detection area focused by the first sensor. The controller obtains a detection signal at each of a plurality ...