Research

• 3D Memory Integration for High-Density Memory, Processing-in-Memory, and Edge Security

1) Development of vdW semiconductor-based stackable 3D memory cell technology

• • • • Sponsor: National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT  (June 2025 ~ Feb 2031)

      • Part of the Ultra-High-Density Van der Waals (vdW) Materials and Process Technology Development Program

             * Other projects in preparation

• Oxide Semiconductor Transistors for Displays and Embedded Memory

1) Reliability characterization of oxide semiconductor thin-film transistors

• • • • Sponsor: LG Display Co. (Apr. 2024 ~ March 2025, July 2025~June 2026 )

             * Other projects in preparation

• Government Funded Projects

1) Adaptive Learning Platform for IoT Sensors using Synaptic Devices

• • • • Sponsor: National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education  (June 2018 ~ May 2021)

      • Part of the Basic Research Program

2) Modeling of Gate-All-Around Nanowire MOSFETs for Sub-5nm CMOS

• • • • Sponsor: Future Semiconductor Device Technology Development Program funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) and Korea Semiconductor Research Consortium (KSRC) (Oct. 2016 ~ Sep. 2021)

             3) Charge Storage Type Synapse Device/Array and Architecture for On-chip Training

• • • • Sponsor: National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT  (July 2020 ~ Feb 2023)

      • Part of the Next-generation AI Semiconductor Technology Development Program

4) Monolithic 3D Synaptic Array for Neural Network Computation Acceleration Hardware

• • • • Sponsor: National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education  (June 2021 ~ Feb. 2024)

      • Part of the Basic Research Program

5) Spin Logic Device Operated by Interfacial Charges and Spin-Charge Conversion

• • • • Sponsor: National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT  (April 2022 ~ Dec 2024)

      • Part of the Next-generation AI Semiconductor Technology Development Program

6) Materials/Fabrication/Device Technologies for 2D vdW-based multi-channel GAA-FET

• • • • Sponsor: National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT  (April 2022 ~ Dec 2024)

      • Part of the Next-generation AI Semiconductor Technology Development Program

• Industry Funded Projects

1) Synaptic Devices and Arrays for Intelligent Display Systems

• • • • Sponsor: LG Display Co. (Nov. 2018 ~ Oct. 2020 )

      • Part of the Incubation Industry-University Collaboration Project

2) Sub-micron Thin-film Transistor Scalability

• • • • Sponsor: Samsung Display Co. (Sep. 2019 ~ Aug. 2021 )

3) Statistical characterization of traps in oxide semiconductor thin-film transistors

• • • • Sponsor: LG Display Co. (Sep. 2021 ~ Aug. 2023 )

      • Part of Joint University Collaboration Project

4) Width Scalability of Thin-film Transistors

• • • • Sponsor: Samsung Display Co. (March 2021 ~ Feb. 2024 )

      • Part of HYU-SDC Research Center Program

• HRD Programs

1) BK21 (Brain Korea) Program (고신뢰성 에너지용 지능형 시스템반도체 교육연구단)

• • • • Sponsor: National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (Sep. 2020 ~ Aug. 2027)

2) Student Competency Development Program for Industrial Convergence of Wearable Smart Devices

     (산업 융합형 웨어러블 스마트 디바이스 전문인력양성사업)

• • • • Sponsor: Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) (Mar. 2018 ~ Feb. 2023)

• Other Projects

1) Reliability Analysis of Flexible Metal-Oxide Thin-Film Transistors on Plastic Substrates

• • • • Sponsor: Hanyang University (Mar. 2016 ~ Feb. 2017, May 2017 ~ Apr. 2019)