Patents by Inventor Kwang Soon Kim

Kwang Soon 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).

  • Patent number: 10693499
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for LDPC encoding suitable for highly reliable and low latency communication. The disclosed apparatus comprises: a second inner encoding module for outputting parity bits by means of single parity calculations and accumulation device calculations using bit strings outputted from a first inner encoding module; and the first inner encoding module for outputting a part of the parity bits by means of single parity check calculations for the bits output from a second outer module, and for outputting rest of the parity bit strings by means of single parity check calculations and accumulation device calculations, with a part of the parity bits output by the second inner encoding module as an additional input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kwang-Soon Kim, Ki Jun Jeon
  • Publication number: 20200143855
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: an internal circuit; a write control circuit suitable for writing write data into the internal circuit based on a write strobe signal during a normal write operation, and writing test data into the internal circuit based on a read strobe signal during a test write operation; and a read control circuit suitable for generating the read strobe signal and outputting the read strobe signal together with read data read from the internal circuit during a normal read operation or a test read operation, and generating the read strobe signal and providing the write control circuit with the read strobe signal during the test write operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Kwang-Soon KIM
  • Patent number: 10630368
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for a multi-user multi-stream supporting base station transmitting a signal to a terminal. The method comprising: estimating channel information of a first terminal by receiving a reference signal from the first terminal; and by using the estimated channel information, transmitting a plurality of beams to the first terminal based on a non-orthogonal multiple access scheme. When transmitting the plurality of beams to the first terminal based on the non-orthogonal multiple access scheme, a plurality of virtual terminals of the first terminal are generated, and a signal for a first virtual terminal among the plurality of virtual terminals are allocated to a first beam and transmitted, and a signal for a second virtual terminal among the plurality of virtual terminals are allocated to a second beam and transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: LG ELECTRONICS INC., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Heejin Kim, Kyungjun Choi, Kwang Soon Kim, Jiwon Kang
  • Publication number: 20200043542
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a first buffer, a second buffer, a divider circuit and an internal signal generation circuit. The first buffer may buffer a first input signal and a second input signal to generate a first data strobe buffering signal and a first data strobe bar buffering signal. The second buffer may generate a second data strobe buffering signal based on the first input signal and a reference xvoltage. The divider circuit may divide the second data strobe buffering signal to generate a divided signal and a divided bar signal. The internal signal generation circuit may be configured to generate a first to fourth data latch timing signals having different phases based on the first data strobe buffering signal, the first data strobe bar buffering signal, the divided signal and the divided buffering signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Kwon LEE, Kwang Soon KIM, Young Hoon KIM, Young Jun YOON, Kyu Dong HWANG
  • Publication number: 20200036426
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for a multi-user multi-stream supporting base station transmitting a signal to a terminal. The method comprising: estimating channel information of a first terminal by receiving a reference signal from the first terminal; and by using the estimated channel information, transmitting a plurality of beams to the first terminal based on a non-orthogonal multiple access scheme. When transmitting the plurality of beams to the first terminal based on the non-orthogonal multiple access scheme, a plurality of virtual terminals of the first terminal are generated, and a signal for a first virtual terminal among the plurality of virtual terminals are allocated to a first beam and transmitted, and a signal for a second virtual terminal among the plurality of virtual terminals are allocated to a second beam and transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicants: LG ELECTRONICS INC., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Heejin KIM, Kyungjun CHOI, Kwang Soon KIM, Jiwon KANG
  • Publication number: 20200035320
    Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of memory cell arrays, a plurality of data transmitters corresponding to the plurality of memory cell arrays, respectively, and suitable for transmitting data read in parallel from the corresponding memory cell arrays, and a test circuit suitable for selecting one data transmitter among the plurality of data transmitters, and sequentially outputting data transmitted in parallel from the selected data transmitter to one data input/output pad among a plurality of data input/output pads, during a test mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Young-Hoon KIM, Kwang-Soon Kim, Sang-Kwon Lee
  • Patent number: 10522206
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a first buffer, a second buffer, a divider circuit and an internal signal generation circuit. The first buffer may buffer a first input signal and a second input signal to generate a first data strobe buffering signal and a first data strobe bar buffering signal. The second buffer may generate a second data strobe buffering signal based on the first input signal and a reference voltage. The divider circuit may divide the second data strobe buffering signal to generate a divided signal and a divided bar signal. The internal signal generation circuit may be configured to generate a first to fourth data latch timing signals having different phases based on the first data strobe buffering signal, the first data strobe bar buffering signal, the divided signal and the divided buffering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Kwon Lee, Kwang Soon Kim, Young Hoon Kim, Young Jun Yoon, Kyu Dong Hwang
  • Patent number: 10491216
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a calibration circuit suitable for generating impedance control codes based on an external resistor coupled to a calibration pad; an individual trimming controller suitable for generating a plurality of individual trimming signals based on test mode signals and group selection signals; and a termination circuit including a plurality of resistor groups, coupled in parallel to a data pad, that are trimmed as a group based on the impedance control codes, each of the plurality of resistor groups being individually trimmed based on a corresponding signal among the plurality of individual trimming signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kwang-Soon Kim
  • Publication number: 20190356405
    Abstract: A full duplex-type base station for removing signal interference between half duplex-type an uplink terminal and a downlink terminal, includes: a channel estimation unit which estimates channel coefficients between the base station, uplink terminal and downlink terminal; a reception precoding matrix generation unit which generates a reception precoding matrix on the basis of a first code and a channel with the uplink terminal; and a transmission precoding matrix generation unit which generates a transmission precoding matrix on the basis of a second code that is orthogonal to the first code, and a channel with the downlink terminal, wherein the first code is used for generating a transmission signal of the uplink terminal, the second code is used for removing the transmission signal—including the first code—of the uplink terminal, which is received as an interference signal at the time the downlink terminal receives a signal from the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Dong Ku KIM, Kwang-Soon KIM, Min Ho YANG
  • Patent number: 10482942
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a first buffer, a second buffer, a divider circuit and an internal signal generation circuit. The first buffer may buffer a first input signal and a second input signal to generate a first data strobe buffering signal and a first data strobe bar buffering signal. The second buffer may generate a second data strobe buffering signal based on the first input signal and a reference voltage. The divider circuit may divide the second data strobe buffering signal to generate a divided signal and a divided bar signal. The internal signal generation circuit may be configured to generate a first to fourth data latch timing signals having different phases based on the first data strobe buffering signal, the first data strobe bar buffering signal, the divided signal and the divided buffering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Kwon Lee, Kwang Soon Kim, Young Hoon Kim, Young Jun Yoon, Kyu Dong Hwang
  • Patent number: 10477562
    Abstract: A central management server for special communication may include: a spectrum sensing information acquisition unit for acquiring spectrum sensing information from spectrum sensing servers; an OP map generation unit for generating an OP value for each channel if there is an access request from a second layer; and a channel allocation unit configured to allocate a channel based on the OP value to a user terminal of the second layer requesting access if there is an access request from the second layer. The channel allocation unit may allocate a channel corresponding to the highest OP value from among the available channels, if there are available channels unused by both a first layer and a lower-level layer, and may select and allocate a channel unused by the first layer but used by the lower-level layer, if there are no such available channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kwang-Soon Kim, Seong-Lyun Kim, Moon Kyu Jo, Xilei Chen
  • Patent number: 10477564
    Abstract: A scheduling apparatus and method are disclosed. An embodiment of the invention provides a scheduling apparatus that includes: a scheduling group classification unit that classifies user terminals located within a serving cell of a base station into a multiple number of scheduling groups by using large-scale fading information of the user terminals; a transmission power setting unit that sets the transmission power of the user terminals for each of the classified scheduling groups; a scheduling period setting unit that sets the scheduling period for each of the scheduling groups by determining a resource element usage proportion for each of the scheduling groups based on the data rate of each of the scheduling groups and determining the data rate expected for all user terminals; and a resource element allocation unit that allocates resource elements used for each of the scheduling groups according to each of the determined scheduling periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kwang-Soon Kim, Kyung Jun Choi
  • Publication number: 20190319621
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a calibration circuit suitable for generating impedance control codes based on an external resistor coupled to a calibration pad; an individual trimming controller suitable for generating a plurality of individual trimming signals based on test mode signals and group selection signals; and a termination circuit including a plurality of resistor groups, coupled in parallel to a data pad, that are trimmed as a group based on the impedance control codes, each of the plurality of resistor groups being individually trimmed based on a corresponding signal among the plurality of individual trimming signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Kwang-Soon KIM
  • Publication number: 20190069305
    Abstract: A central management server for special communication may include: a spectrum sensing information acquisition unit for acquiring spectrum sensing information from spectrum sensing servers; an OP map generation unit for generating an OP value for each channel if there is an access request from a second layer; and a channel allocation unit configured to allocate a channel based on the OP value to a user terminal of the second layer requesting access if there is an access request from the second layer. The channel allocation unit may allocate a channel corresponding to the highest OP value from among the available channels, if there are available channels unused by both a first layer and a lower-level layer, and may select and allocate a channel unused by the first layer but used by the lower-level layer, if there are no such available channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Kwang-Soon KIM, Seong-Lyun KIM, Moon Kyu JO, Xilei CHEN
  • Publication number: 20190052495
    Abstract: Disclosed are method and apparatus for enabling multiple access in a wireless communication system that can enable ultralow latency, ultra-reliable, and high throughput services. The disclosed multiple access method includes: allocating resources for a plurality of user terminals according to space and frequency; performing a discrete Fourier transform on a transmission symbol for each unit of the space, the transmission symbol composed of a plurality of sub-symbols and configured to be transmitted according to the allocated space and frequency resources; and applying a frequency filter and a spatial filter on the Fourier transformation result, and wherein the applying of the frequency filter and the spatial filter comprises: selecting a pulse shaping filter according to an arranged position of the allocated frequency resource for each unit of the space and applying the selected pulse shaping filter on a sample representing a result of applying a Fourier transform on the sub-symbol to a frequency domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kwang-Soon KIM, Jong Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20190036547
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for LDPC encoding suitable for highly reliable and low latency communication. The disclosed apparatus comprises: a second inner encoding module for outputting parity bits by means of single parity calculations and accumulation device calculations using bit strings outputted from a first inner encoding module; and the first inner encoding module for outputting a part of the parity bits by means of single parity check calculations for the bits output from a second outer module, and for outputting rest of the parity bit strings by means of single parity check calculations and accumulation device calculations, with a part of the parity bits output by the second inner encoding module as an additional input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Kwang-Soon KIM, Ki Jun JEON
  • Patent number: 10102890
    Abstract: A semiconductor system includes a controller operatively coupled to a semiconductor device, the controller being suitable in a training mode for receiving an external signal and a first data signal from an external device and for transmitting the received external signal and the first data signal to the semiconductor device; and the semiconductor device being suitable in the training mode for determining a level of a reference voltage in response to the first data signal, and for transmitting a second data signal to the controller by buffering the external signal based on the reference voltage without performing a termination operation during an output period of the second data signal, wherein the controller controls an enable timing of the external signal by receiving the second data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hyun-Seung Kim, Kwang-Soon Kim, Seung-Wook Oh, Jin-Youp Cha
  • Publication number: 20180294026
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a first buffer, a second buffer, a divider circuit and an internal signal generation circuit. The first buffer may buffer a first input signal and a second input signal to generate a first data strobe buffering signal and a first data strobe bar buffering signal. The second buffer may generate a second data strobe buffering signal based on the first input signal and a reference voltage. The divider circuit may divide the second data strobe buffering signal to generate a divided signal and a divided bar signal. The internal signal generation circuit may be configured to generate a first to fourth data latch timing signals having different phases based on the first data strobe buffering signal, the first data strobe bar buffering signal, the divided signal and the divided buffering signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Kwon LEE, Kwang Soon KIM, Young Hoon KIM, Young Jun YOON, Kyu Dong HWANG
  • Patent number: 10045383
    Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus for uplink and downlink separated connections, wherein a terminal may establish a downlink cell association with a downlink base station, receive an identifier of an uplink base station providing an uplink from the downlink base station to the terminal through an established downlink, and establish an uplink cell association with the uplink base station using the identifier of the uplink base station, and the downlink base station may select the uplink base station from among base stations in a network based on an uplink reference signal and a bias factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hyung Yeol Lee, Kwang Soon Kim
  • Patent number: RE47278
    Abstract: Disclosed is a downlink signal configuring method and device, and synchronization and cell search method and device using the same in a mobile communication system. A downlink frame has plural symbols into which pilot subcarriers are distributively arranged with respect to time and frequency axes. Initial symbol synchronization and initial frequency synchronization are estimated by using a position at which autocorrelation of a cyclic prefix of a downlink signal and a valid symbol of the downlink is maximized, and cell search and integer-times frequency synchronization are estimated by using pilot subcarriers included in the estimated symbol. Fine symbol synchronization, fine frequency synchronization, and downlink frame synchronization is estimated by using an estimated cell search result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Chung-Ang University
    Inventors: Kwang-Soon Kim, Jae-Young Ahn, Yong Soo Cho, Dong-Han Kim