Patents Represented by Attorney F. Chau & Associates, LLC
  • Patent number: 8312206
    Abstract: A memory module and a memory module system are provided. The memory module system includes a plurality of memory modules each module comprising a plurality of memory blocks and a plurality of corresponding routers each storing a channel identification (ID) and a module ID corresponding to one or more memory blocks; and a controller configured to access the memory modules. During initialization, the controller reads and stores the channel ID and the module ID from each of the routers. The controller outputs a channel ID and a module ID that correspond to one or more memory blocks to be accessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeon Taek Im
  • Patent number: 8304824
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an isolation layer for defining a plurality of active areas of a substrate, where the isolation layer is disposed on the substrate; a plurality of buried word lines having upper surfaces that are lower than the upper surfaces of the active areas, being surrounded by the active areas, and extending in a first direction parallel to a main surface of the substrate; a gate dielectric film interposed between the buried word lines and the active areas; and a plurality of buried bit lines having upper surfaces that are lower than the upper surfaces of the plurality of buried word lines and extending parallel to the main surface of the substrate in a second direction that differs from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui-Jung Kim, Yong-Chul Oh, Hyun-Woo Chung, Hyun-Gi Kim, Kang-Uk Kim
  • Patent number: 8305541
    Abstract: A tape carrier package (TCP) includes a base film, an integrated circuit (IC) chip and an output pad group. The IC chip is formed on the base film. The output pad group is formed on a first end of the base film. The output pad group includes a plurality of output blocks having a plurality of output pads, wherein the plurality of output pads in an output block have substantially the same width as each other. The widths of the output pads from one output block to another output block are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: In-Yong Hwang
  • Patent number: 8304299
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises a substrate, a gate line formed on the substrate, a gate insulating layer formed on the gate line, a semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating layer, and a data line formed on the semiconductor layer, wherein the data line comprises a lower data layer, an upper data layer, a data oxide layer, and a buffer layer, wherein the upper data layer and the buffer layer comprise a same material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Ryul Kim, Jean-Ho Song, Jae-Hyoung Youn, O-Sung Seo, Byeong-Beom Kim, Je-Hyeong Park, Jong-In Kim, Jae-Jin Song
  • Patent number: 8305540
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a gate line disposed on the first substrate; a data line intersecting the gate line; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a coupling electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a first sub-pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a second sub-pixel electrode capacitively coupled to the coupling electrode; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; and a polarizer disposed on the first substrate or the second substrate and having a polarization axis. The coupling electrode is elongated substantially parallel to the polarization axis and has a first edge substantially parallel to or substantially perpendicular to the polarization axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung-Soo Baek
  • Patent number: 8303902
    Abstract: Provided is a slide processing apparatus for processing a plurality of slides to which a bio probe is attached. The slide processing apparatus includes a reaction chamber of which side walls are sealed, and a plurality of reaction heating plates disposed in parallel in the reaction chamber at a first distance from each other. The slides are mounted adjacent to the reaction heating plates in the reaction chamber and in parallel to the reaction heating plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byung-Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 8305127
    Abstract: A data delay control circuit and method that can adaptively reflect changes in an operating environment, such as an operating temperature, an operating voltage and a manufacturing process of a semiconductor chip. The data delay control circuit is designed to be able to adaptibly delay data when an expected delay of a predetermined period should be required when the semiconductor chip is designed. The data delay circuit includes a clock oscillation unit that can reflect changes in a delay period of a delay cell and automatically adjust the delay period of the delay cell. Since the data delay circuit includes a monitoring circuit and a plurality of delay paths, the data delay circuit can provide a delay path having a desired delay value. Therefore, even when the operating environment of a semiconductor device changes, the data delay circuit can control the delay period of a data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong-Chul Shin
  • Patent number: 8305321
    Abstract: An apparatus for driving source lines includes an output buffer, a first switch and a second switch. The output buffer outputs a first voltage and a second voltage having an opposite phase to the first voltage during an output interval including a first interval portion and a second interval portion. The first switch applies the first and second voltages to an m-th source line and an (m+1)-th source line respectively during the first interval portion and blocks the first and second voltages during the second interval portion. The second switch includes a plurality of switching elements, the second switch short-circuiting the m-th source line and the (m+1)-th source line during the second interval portion, wherein the m-th source line has at least two connecting portions to be electrically connected to the (m+1)-th source line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moon-Chul Park, Yeong-Koo Kim, Hisashi Kimura, Chang-Jin Im
  • Patent number: 8307372
    Abstract: A method for constructing a processing request so that an information processing application satisfying the processing request can be assembled, includes: inputting a processing request, wherein the processing request includes a goal that is represented by a graph pattern that semantically describes a desired processing outcome; and assembling a processing graph that includes at least one component that satisfies the desired processing outcome, wherein the processing graph is assembled by associating the graph pattern that semantically describes the desired processing outcome with a graph pattern that semantically describes an applicability condition of the at least one component or a graph pattern that semantically describes an inclusion effect of the at least one component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark D. Feblowitz, Nagui Halim, Zhen Liu, Anand Ranganathan, Anton V. Riabov
  • Patent number: 8305332
    Abstract: A backlight unit of a liquid crystal display device supplies light to one or more corresponding pixels of a liquid crystal display panel. The backlight unit includes a plurality of blocks formed into a matrix shape. Each block includes a light emitting diode module. The blocks in a row of the matrix are driven by a same row driving signal and the blocks in a column of the matrix are driven by a same column driving signal, to adjust luminance of the light supplied to the corresponding pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute Science & Technology
    Inventors: Mun-Soo Park, Gun-Woo Moon, Won-Sik Oh, Dae-Youn Cho, Kyu-Min Cho, Nam-Deog Kim, Seung-Hwan Moon
  • Patent number: 8303156
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes at least one light source, a rigid nonconductive light source fixing member having at least one fastening unit that includes a plurality of sections defining spaces where the at least one light source is fixed, a wiring line, which transmits a driving signal to the at least one light source, wherein the wiring line is formed in the light source fixing member such that the wiring line is not directly exposed on the outer surface of the light source fixing member, and an optical waveguide that guides light emitted from the at least one light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ju-Hyoun Kim
  • Patent number: 8304981
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate. A control electrode is on the substrate. A gate insulating film covers the control electrode. An input electrode and an output electrode are on the gate insulating film and face each other. An oxide semiconductor is between the input electrode and the output electrode and on the control electrode. A pixel electrode is on portions of the edges of the output electrode and is electrically connected. An organic light emitting member is on the pixel electrode. A common electrode is on the organic light emitting member. The oxide semiconductor and the pixel electrode may be of the same layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu-Gyeom Kim, Byoung-Seong Jeong, Seong-Kweon Heo, Min-Chul Shin, Jong-Moo Huh, Chang-Mo Park
  • Patent number: 8304978
    Abstract: A light source module includes first and second light sources. The first light source includes a blue light-emitting body emitting blue light and a red fluorescent material disposed around the blue light-emitting body emitting red light by virtue of being excited by the blue light. The second light source is disposed adjacent to the first light source, and includes a green light-emitting body emitting green light. The blue and green light-emitting materials may include a light-emitting diode (LED) chip including substantially the same material. Accordingly, since a variation of light efficiency of the light source module with respect to temperature is small, a color feedback system may be omitted, and color reproducibility may be high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Jin Kim, Seok-Hyun Nam, Dong-Chin Lee, Hyuk-Hwan Kim, Min-Jeong Wang
  • Patent number: 8306848
    Abstract: A method of estimating a transit demand graph includes collecting conditional information that includes at least one condition that when satisfied converts at least one non-rider into a rider, generating a non-rider transit demand graph by satisfying one of the conditions, and generating a normalized transit demand graph from the non-rider transit demand graph and a rider transit demand graph. The riders use public transit and the non-riders do not use public transit. The non-rider transit demand graph shows the demand of the non-riders for a public transit route. The rider transit demand graph shows the demand of riders for the same public transit route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Milind Naphade, Sambit Sahu
  • Patent number: 8305348
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, an integral type printed circuit board electrically connecting the display panel and a signal transmission member formed on a rear side of the integral type printed circuit board to transmit the input signal. The integral type printed circuit board comprises a driving circuit member applying a driving signal to the display panel, and an input circuit member integrally formed with the driving circuit member to generate an input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeong-Hwan Shin
  • Patent number: 8305337
    Abstract: In method of individually driving a plurality of light-emitting blocks of a light source module providing light to a display panel including a unit pixel, luminance of a first light-emitting block corresponding to a first image block that includes an out of gamut (OOG) data among a plurality of image blocks corresponding to the light-emitting blocks is boosted. A second light-emitting block corresponding to a second image block that does not include the OOG data is driven so that the second light-emitting block has luminance corresponding to a representative gray-scale of the second image block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Sung Bae, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 8305530
    Abstract: A display device includes first and second plastic substrates. The first substrate is directly bonded to the second plastic substrate by heat and pressure. When the display device is manufactured, a process of forming a coupling member interposed between the first and second plastic substrates may be omitted, thereby preventing deterioration of reliability of the display device due to the coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Song-Woo Whangbo, Woo-Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 8306177
    Abstract: A pull-up driving part maintains a signal of a first node at a high level by receiving a turn-on voltage in response to one of a previous stage or a vertical start signal. A pull-up part outputs a clock signal through an output terminal in response to the signal of the first node. A first holding part maintains a signal of a second node at a high level or a low level when the signal of the first node is respectively low or high. A second holding part maintains the signal of the first node and a signal of the output terminal at a ground voltage in response to the signal of the second node or a delayed and inverted clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Sung-Man Kim, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Jong-Hwan Lee, Hyeon-Hwan Kim, Sang-Moon Moh, Jeong-Il Kim, Yeon-Kyu Moon
  • Patent number: 8304038
    Abstract: A photoalignment material includes an alignment polymer, a photoalignment additive including a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and an organic solvent. In Chemical Formula 1, R1 represents a cyclic compound. A and B independently represent a single bond or —(CnH2n)—. “n” represents an integer in a range of 1 to 12. Each —CH2— of A and/or B may be replaced with R3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and each —CH2— of A and/or B may be replaced with —O—. R4 represents In Chemical Formula 1, each hydrogen atom excluding hydrogen atoms of R4 may be replaced with chlorine (Cl) or fluorine (F).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Woo Lee, Fusayuki Takeshita, Baek-Kyun Jeon, Tae-Sung Jung, Hoi-Lim Kim, Jeong-Hye Choi, Sung-Yi Kim
  • Patent number: 8304819
    Abstract: A device formed from a method of fabricating a fine metal silicide layer having a uniform thickness regardless of substrate doping. A planar vacancy is created by the separation of an amorphousized surface layer of a silicon substrate from an insulating layer, a metal source enters the vacancy through a contact hole through the insulating layer connecting with the vacancy, and a heat treatment converts the metal in the vacancy into metal silicide. The separation is induced by converting the amorphous silicon into crystalline silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong-Ki Jung