Patents by Inventor Seong-Joong Kim

Seong-Joong 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: 20150010120
    Abstract: A super-regenerative receiver (SRR) circuit includes an amplifier configured to amplify an input injection signal and output the amplified injection signal to an oscillator; and a feed-forwarding unit configured to feed-forward, to the oscillator, a filtered signal obtained by filtering the injection signal after converting a frequency of the injection signal to another frequency; wherein the oscillator is configured to receive an input of a signal in which the filtered signal is applied to the injection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Ju Yun, Seong Joong Kim, Jae Sup Lee
  • Publication number: 20140354236
    Abstract: A battery management system (BMS) includes a first switch, a master BMS, and a slave BMS. The first switch is coupled to a charging and discharging path of a battery pack, which includes at least one battery cell. The master BMS is electrically coupled to the first switch to control operation of the first switch. The slave BMS obtains information of the battery pack, determines a status of the battery pack based on the information, and controls operation of the first switch based on the status of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seong-Joong KIM
  • Patent number: 8901815
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The organic light emitting device includes an opaque substrate having one or more holes, and an organic emissive unit interposed between first and second electrodes positioned on the opaque substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Honyun Lee, Changnam Kim, Seong Joong Kim, Honggyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20140347013
    Abstract: A battery rack includes: a plurality of battery packs; a plurality of slave battery management systems, each of the slave battery management systems being coupled to a corresponding one of the battery packs, being powered by an operating power, and being configured to use the corresponding one of the battery packs for the operating power in response to receiving a corresponding one of a plurality of operating power changing signals; and a master battery management system coupled to the slave battery management systems and configured to transmit the operating power changing signals to the slave battery management systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seong-Joong Kim
  • Publication number: 20140240191
    Abstract: An antenna is described including a slot formed in a cavity, a substrate configured to cover a portion of the cavity and the slot, and a first port and a second port configured to supply power to the antenna using a first feeding line and a second feeding line. Each of the feeding line and the second feeding line is connected to the slot in a vertical direction and disposed to be separate from one another. A first input impedance of the antenna from the first port differs from a second input impedance of the antenna from the second port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicants: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Sup LEE, Seong Joong KIM, Seok Ju YUN, Sang Wook NAM, Su Min YUN
  • Patent number: 8806240
    Abstract: A battery management system (BMS), a method of controlling the same, and an energy storage system including the battery management system. The BMS may reduce costs by stably supplying power to an insulating unit in a power-saving mode even when an isolator has no built-in direct current (DC)-DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Joong Kim, Joon-Woo Song
  • Publication number: 20140113155
    Abstract: Disclosed is a window profile provided with a skin layer which a co-extrusion resin composition is dual-extruded on one surface of a profile extruded from a main extruder, wherein the co-extrusion resin composition contains wood fiber. The co-extrusion resin composition comprises a first raw material for forming a base color, a second raw material for forming a mid-tone color, and a third raw material for forming a high-tone color. According to the present invention as described above, the skin layer is integrally formed with one side of the profile by the co-extrusion, and thus it is possible to provide the texture of natural wood and thus a luxurious atmosphere. Further, in the window profile, various colors can be naturally expressed on the skin layer of the window profile so as to be distinguished from each other, the embo-patterns are formed into two steps, the repetition period of the patterns becomes long and the like, and thus it is possible to provide the graphicness similar to natural wood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: LG HAUSYS, LTD.
    Inventor: Seong Joong Kim
  • Publication number: 20140015331
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for wireless power reception are provided. A wireless power receiver includes a receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive a power. The wireless power receiver further includes a power consuming unit configured to consume the power, until a voltage applied to a load reaches a predetermined value, so that an amount of a power transferred from the receiving unit to the load is less than or equal to an initial accommodation power amount of the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Dong Zo KIM, Sang Wook KWON, Ki Young KIM, Nam Yun KIM, Seong Joong KIM, Yong Seong ROH, Young Jin MOON, Yun Kwon PARK, Keum Su SONG, Chang Sik YOO, Chang Wook YOON, Jin Sung CHOI
  • Patent number: 8599504
    Abstract: A prism sheet, a backlight unit, and a liquid crystal display device, the prism sheet including a transparent substrate; and at least one prism on the transparent substrate, wherein a refractive index (n) and a basic angle (?) of the at least one prism satisfies the following condition: 1?n/sin ??4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Cheil Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Cheol Yoon, Dong Yoon Shin, Ji Soo Ahn, Sang Mi Kang, Kil Seuk Byun, Seong Joong Kim
  • Publication number: 20130299941
    Abstract: An inductor is provided. The inductor includes first and second bonding pads on a semiconductor substrate, a lead pin on a board trace, a first bonding wire being configured to connect the first bonding pad and the lead pin, and a second bonding wire configured to connect the second bonding pad and the lead pin, the second bonding wire being connected to the first bonding wire in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Sup LEE, Seong Joong KIM
  • Patent number: 8570247
    Abstract: A plasma display device and method of driving the device is disclosed. The device includes a driving circuit for driving reset, address, and sustain periods during a subfield of a frame. The driving circuit includes a single switch which is used to drive a display electrode both during the reset period and during the sustain period. The switch being used for both periods removes the need for a second switch, thereby reducing manufacturing and design costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk-Ki Kim, Ji-Hyun Yoo, Seong-Joong Kim
  • Publication number: 20130249643
    Abstract: A filter and a transceiver in a radio frequency (RF) band, using a bulk acoustic wave resonator (BAWR), are provided. The RF filter includes at least one low temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF) BAWR. The RF filter further includes at least one high quality factor (Q) BAWR including a high Q compared to the at least one low TCF BAWR, the at least one low TCF BAWR including a low TCF compared to the at least one high Q BAWR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duck Hwan KIM, Chul Soo KIM, Seong Joong KIM, In Sang SONG, Jea Shik SHIN
  • Patent number: 8532833
    Abstract: A grid connected power storage system is disclosed. According to some aspects, an integration controller controlling a grid-connected power storage system may include a controller configured to change parallel data to be transmitted to a plurality of external devices to serial bit streams, change serial bit streams received from the plurality of external devices to parallel data, and output a path control signal that instructs a communication path of the serial bit streams. According to some aspects, a communication unit configured to change a communication path and a ground path of the serial bit streams according to the path control signal, and transmit and/or receive the serial bit streams through the changed communication path is provided. A number of isolators and interfaces for data communication with a plurality of external devices is reduced such that the structure of an integration controller may be simplified, and the size and production cost of the integration controller can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong-Joong Kim
  • Publication number: 20130193948
    Abstract: A power circuit for reducing a leakage power using a negative voltage is provided. The power circuit includes a current source including a transistor including a gate. The power circuit further includes a current source control circuit connected to the gate of the transistor, and configured to apply a positive voltage to the gate of the transistor if the current source is to operate in an active mode, and apply the negative voltage to the gate of the transistor if the current source is to operate in an inactive mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Jae Sup LEE, Seong Joong KIM, Bum Man KIM, Han-Kyu LEE, Dae-Chul JEONG, Tae Young CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20130194146
    Abstract: An antenna having a broad bandwidth and a high radiation efficiency is provided. The antenna includes a conductor, and a dielectric substrate disposed on the conductor. The antenna further includes a slot portion formed on the dielectric substrate, and a cavity formed in the dielectric substrate that corresponds to the slot portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicants: SNU R&DB Foundation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Sup LEE, Seong Joong KIM, Sang Wook NAM, Su Min YUN
  • Publication number: 20130194036
    Abstract: An envelope detection apparatus dynamically controlled in response to an input signal and an envelope detection method thereof are provided. The envelope detection apparatus includes an envelope detector configured to output an envelope of an input signal. The envelope detection apparatus further includes a detection band determination unit configured to determine a detection band based on the input signal. The envelope detection apparatus further includes a detection band controller configured to control a detection band of the envelope detector based on the determined detection band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Seong Joong KIM, Jae Sup LEE, Sang Gug LEE, Jae Seung LEE, Sok Kyun HAN
  • Publication number: 20130154369
    Abstract: An energy storage system including: a battery; a power conditioning system coupled to the battery, switches coupleable to an internal load of the power conditioning system, the battery, a grid, or an external load; and a controller to: receive energy usage cost information of the grid and residual capacity information of the battery; determine which of an energy of the battery or the grid is to be provided to the external load, and to determine which of the energy of the battery or the grid is to be provided to the internal load, according to the energy usage cost information and the residual capacity information; and control the switches according to the determination to provide the energy of the battery or the grid to the external load, and to provide the energy of the battery or the grid to the internal load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventor: Seong-Joong Kim
  • Publication number: 20120089261
    Abstract: A grid connected power storage system is disclosed. According to some aspects, an integration controller controlling a grid-connected power storage system may include a controller configured to change parallel data to be transmitted to a plurality of external devices to serial bit streams, change serial bit streams received from the plurality of external devices to parallel data, and output a path control signal that instructs a communication path of the serial bit streams. According to some aspects, a communication unit configured to change a communication path and a ground path of the serial bit streams according to the path control signal, and transmit and/or receive the serial bit streams through the changed communication path is provided. A number of isolators and interfaces for data communication with a plurality of external devices is reduced such that the structure of an integration controller may be simplified, and the size and production cost of the integration controller can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong-Joong Kim
  • Publication number: 20110296218
    Abstract: A battery management system (BMS), a method of controlling the same, and an energy storage system including the battery management system. The BMS may reduce costs by stably supplying power to an insulating unit in a power-saving mode even when an isolator has no built-in direct current (DC)-DC converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Seong-Joong Kim, Joon-Woo Song
  • Patent number: 8054251
    Abstract: A method for driving a flat panel display to improve an image quality and a lifetime of the flat panel display is disclosed. The method for driving the flat panel display includes the steps of: a) storing electric-charges contained in a parasitic capacitor of a data line and a pixel-storage capacitor (Cst) in each pixel via a pixel transistor connected to the data line, which enters a floating state during a predetermined time other than a light-emitting time caused by a data-current writing operation, until a current voltage reaches a threshold voltage of the pixel transistor; and b) performing the writing of a data current corresponding to a pixel to be driven by the data line via the pixel transistor, such that the flat panel display emits light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Joong Kim, Ho Min Lim, Young Soo Han