Patents by Inventor Kwang-Seok Kim

Kwang-Seok Kim 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: 20130235647
    Abstract: The resistive random access memory (ReRAM) device includes a first amplifier configured to amplify a sensing current corresponding to data sensed in a memory cell, and a second amplifier configured to store the sensing current amplified by the first amplifier, and amplify electric charges when storing the amplified sensing current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kwang Seok KIM
  • Patent number: 8509004
    Abstract: A nonvolatile logic circuit includes a latch unit including a pair of first and second latch nodes; and a pair of first and second nonvolatile memory cells electrically connected to the first and second of latch nodes, respectively. A write operation is performed on the first and second nonvolatile memory cells according to a direction of a current flowing through the first and second nonvolatile memory cells when a write enable signal is activated. The direction of flow of current determined based on data on the respective first and second latch nodes, and a logic value written on the first nonvolatile memory cells is different from a logic value written on the second nonvolatile memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-jung Kim, Jai-kwang Shin, Kwang-seok Kim, Kee-won Kim
  • Publication number: 20130175646
    Abstract: Magnetic structures, methods of forming the same, and memory devices including a magnetic structure, include a magnetic layer, and a stress-inducing layer on a first surface of the magnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer on a second surface of the magnetic layer. The stress-inducing layer is configured to induce a compressive stress in the magnetic layer. The magnetic layer has a lattice structure compressively strained due to the stress-inducing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-seok Kim, Sung-chul Lee
  • Publication number: 20130161769
    Abstract: Magnetoresistive elements, and memory devices including the same, include a free layer having a changeable magnetization direction, a pinned layer facing the free layer and having a fixed magnetization direction, and an auxiliary element on a surface of the pinned layer. The auxiliary element has a width smaller than a width of the pinned layer, and a magnetization direction fixed to a direction the same as a direction of the fixed magnetization direction of the pinned layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-chul LEE, Kwang-seok KIM, Kee-won KIM, Young-man JANG, Ung-hwan PI
  • Publication number: 20130155786
    Abstract: A data sensing circuit includes: a current source configured to supply a reference current to an output line; a switching precharging unit configured to couple an input line with the output line during a precharge operation of the input line; and a current sinking unit configured to sink a current from the output line in response to a voltage level of the input line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventor: Kwang-Seok KIM
  • Publication number: 20130140657
    Abstract: Magnetic memory devices including a free magnetic layer having a three-dimensional structure, include a switching device and a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) cell connected thereto. The MTJ cell includes a lower magnetic layer, a tunnel barrier layer, and a free magnetic layer, which are sequentially stacked. A portion of the free magnetic layer protrudes in a direction away from an upper surface of the tunnel barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-chul LEE, Kwang-seok KIM, Kee-won KIM, Young-man JANG, Ung-hwan PI
  • Patent number: 8427247
    Abstract: An oscillator includes: a plurality of free layers and a non-magnetic layer disposed between the plurality of free layers. Each of the plurality of free layers has perpendicular magnetic anisotropy or in-plane magnetic anisotropy. Magnetization directions of the free layers are periodically switched such that a signal within a given frequency band oscillates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-chul Lee, Sun-ae Seo, Young-jin Cho, Ung-hwan Pi, Kwang-seok Kim, Ji-young Bae
  • Patent number: 8427246
    Abstract: Oscillators and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are provided, the oscillators include a pinned layer, a free layer and a barrier layer having at least one filament between the pinned layer and the free layer. The pinned layer may have a fixed magnetization direction. The free layer corresponding to the pinned layer. The at least one filament in the barrier layer may be formed by applying a voltage between the pinned layer and the free layer. The oscillators may be operated by inducing precession of a magnetic moment of at least one region of the free layer that corresponds to the at least one filament, and detecting a resistance change of the oscillator due to the precession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-chul Lee, Sun-ae Seo, Ung-hwan Pi, Kee-won Kim, Kwang-seok Kim
  • Patent number: 8421545
    Abstract: Oscillators and methods of operating the same, the oscillators include a pinned layer having a fixed magnetization direction, a first free layer over the pinned layer, and a second free layer over the first free layer. The oscillators are configured to generate a signal using precession of a magnetic moment of at least one of the first and second free layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-seok Kim, Sung-chul Lee, Kee-won Kim, Sun-ae Seo, Ung-hwan Pi
  • Patent number: 8411498
    Abstract: Perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices, methods of fabricating a perpendicular MTJ device, electronic devices including a perpendicular MTJ device and methods of fabricating the electronic device are provided, the perpendicular MTJ devices include a pinned layer, a tunneling layer and a free layer. At least one of the pinned layer and the free layer includes a multi-layered structure including an amorphous perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kwang-seok Kim, Kee-won Kim, Sun-ae Seo, Seung-kyo Lee, Young-man Jang
  • Publication number: 20130070512
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a memory cell including a resistance variable device and a switching unit for controlling a current flowing through the resistance variable device; a read reference voltage generator configured to generate a reference voltage according to a skew occurring in the switching unit; and a sense amplifier configured to sense a voltage corresponding to the current that flows through the resistance variable device based on the reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Hyuck-Sang Yim, Kwang-Seok Kim, Taek-Sang Song, Chul-Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 8254164
    Abstract: Provided may be a semiconductor device using magnetic domain wall movement. The semiconductor device may include a magnetic track having a plurality of magnetic domains and a thermal conductive insulating layer configured to contact the magnetic track. The thermal conductive insulating layer may prevent or reduce the magnetic track from being heated due to a current supplied to the magnetic track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-chul Lee, Kwang-seok Kim, Ung-hwan Pi, Ji-young Bae, Sun-ae Seo
  • Publication number: 20120189033
    Abstract: A temperature sensing circuit includes a signal generation unit including a delay line and generating a source signal with a pulse width corresponding to a delay value of the delay line, a pulse width expansion unit configured to generate a comparison signal by expanding a pulse width of the source signal, and a change detection unit configured to sense a temperature change using a difference between the pulse widths of the comparison signal and a reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Kwang-Seok KIM, Seong-Ook Jung, Seung-Han Woo, Kyung-Ho Ryu, Dong-Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 8218362
    Abstract: A magnetic memory device includes a lower structure or an antiferromagnetic layer, a pinned layer, an information storage layer, and a free layer formed on the lower structure or the antiferromagnetic layer. In a method of operating a magnetic memory device, information from the storage information layer is read or stored after setting the magnetization of the free layer in a first magnetization direction. The information is stored when the first magnetization direction is opposite to a magnetization direction of the pinned layer, but is read when the first magnetization direction is the same as the magnetization direction of the pinned layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-jun Hwang, Sun-ae Seo, Kee-won Kim, Kwang-seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20120139069
    Abstract: A storage node of a magnetic memory device includes: a lower magnetic layer, a tunnel barrier layer formed on the lower magnetic layer, and a free magnetic layer formed on the tunnel barrier. The free magnetic layer has a magnetization direction that is switchable in response to a spin current. The free magnetic layer has a cap structure surrounding at least one material layer on which the free magnetic layer is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-seok Kim, U-In Chung, Jai-kwang Shin, Kee-won Kim, Sung-chul Lee, Ung-hwan Pi
  • Patent number: 8194439
    Abstract: A spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) and includes: a memory cell and a reference cell configured to operate as a reference when data stored in the memory cell is read. The memory cell includes: a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) element and a first transistor connected to the first MTJ element. The reference cell includes: second and third MTJ elements connected in parallel; and second and third transistors that are connected to the second and third MTJ elements, respectively. The STT-MRAM further includes a control circuit having a write circuit configured to supply write currents having opposite directions to the second and third MTJ elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-seok Kim, Hyung-soon Shin, Seung-jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20120126904
    Abstract: Oscillators and methods of manufacturing and operating an oscillator are provided, the oscillators include a base free layer having a variable magnetization direction, and at least one oscillation unit on the base free layer. The oscillation unit may include a free layer element contacting the base free layer and having a width less than a width of the base free layer, a pinned layer element separated from the free layer element, and a separation layer element between the free layer element and the pinned layer element. A plurality of oscillation units may be arranged on the base free layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-chul Lee, Ung-hwan Pi, Kee-won Kim, Kwang-seok Kim
  • Patent number: 8144504
    Abstract: Provided is a method of operating a magnetic random access memory device comprising a switch structure and a magnetoresistance structure. According to the method, current variation depending on the direction of the current can be reduced by controlling a gate voltage of the switch structure when supplying current to write data to the magnetoresistance structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-seok Kim, Sun-ae Seo, Kee-won Kim, In-jun Hwang, Hyung-soon Shin, Seung-yeon Lee, Seung-jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20120068779
    Abstract: Oscillators and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are provided, the oscillators include a pinned layer, a free layer and a barrier layer having at least one filament between the pinned layer and the free layer. The pinned layer may have a fixed magnetization direction. The free layer corresponding to the pinned layer. The at least one filament in the barrier layer may be formed by applying a voltage between the pinned layer and the free layer. The oscillators may be operated by inducing precession of a magnetic moment of at least one region of the free layer that corresponds to the at least one filament, and detecting a resistance change of the oscillator due to the precession.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-chul Lee, Sun-ae Seo, Un-hwan Pi, Kee-won Kim, Kwang-seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20120056685
    Abstract: An oscillator and a method of operating the same are provided, the oscillator may include a free layer, a pinned layer on a first surface of the free layer, and a reference layer on a second surface of the free layer. The free layer may have a variable magnetization direction. The pinned layer may have a pinned magnetization direction. The reference layer may have a magnetization direction non-parallel to the magnetization direction of the pinned layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-chul Lee, Sun-ae Seo, Un-hwan Pi, Kee-won Kim, Kwang-seok Kim