Abstract: A laminate includes a substrate, a self-healing layer on the substrate and having a thickness of greater than or equal to about 50 micrometers, a protective layer between the substrate and the self-healing layer, and a surface layer on the self-healing layer and having a thickness of about 20 nanometers to about 300 nanometers, wherein the self-healing layer has a first elastic modulus and the protective layer has a second elastic modulus, wherein the second elastic modulus is about 1.2 times to about 50 times greater than the first elastic modulus, and wherein the surface layer has a friction coefficient of less than or equal to about 1.
Abstract: A foldable device includes first and second bodies that respectively support a first part and a second part of a flexible display device and are foldably connected to each other between a folded position and an unfolded position, and a movable support member that continuously near-supports a third part of the flexible display device between the first part and the second part when the first body and the second body change from the folded position to the unfolded position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2023
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Ho-seong Seo, Kyung-wan Park, Ga-eun Lee, Ji-hyun Jung, Shi-yun Cho
Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber; a susceptor provided in the processing chamber, wherein the susceptor is configured to support a substrate; a first plasma generator disposed on one side of the processing chamber; and a second plasma generator disposed on another side of the processing chamber, wherein the second plasma generator is configured to generate plasma by simultaneously supplying a sinusoidal wave signal and a non-sinusoidal wave signal to the susceptor. By using a substrate processing apparatus, a signal source device, and a method of processing a material layer according to the inventive concept, a smooth etched surface may be obtained for a crystalline material layer without a risk of device damage by RDC.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 21, 2019
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2023
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Sung-gil Kang, Min-seop Park, Gon-jun Kim, Jae-jik Baek, Jae-jin Shin, In-hye Jeong
Abstract: An electronic device may include a main body including a front plate, a rear plate disposed to be spaced apart from the front plate, a lateral member surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate, and a display viewed through at least a portion of the front plate. The electronic device may further include a housing having a space therein and combined with a strap at one side thereof in a first axial direction, a first fastening part protruding from another side of the housing toward the main body and detachably connected to the main body, a second fastening part formed in the main body and engaged with the first fastening part, and a button disposed in the housing, exposed at least in part to an outside of the housing, and moving the first fastening part to be separated from the second fastening part.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 10, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2023
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Insik Chung, Junghwa Cho, Yongseok Bang
Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array, a page buffer circuit, and a counting circuit. The page buffer circuit includes a first and second page buffer columns connected to the memory cell array. The first page buffer column includes a first page buffer unit and the second page buffer column includes a second page buffer unit in a first stage. The first page buffer unit performs a first sensing operation in response to a first sensing signal, and the second page buffer unit performs a second sensing operation in response to a second sensing signal. The counting circuit counts a first number of memory cells included in a first threshold voltage region from a result of the first sensing operation, and counts a second number of memory cells included in a second threshold voltage region from a result of the second sensing operation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 5, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2023
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Yongsung Cho, Jinwoo Park, Hyunjun Yoon, Yoonhee Choi
Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from at least one base station (BS) of a group of (N) BSs, channel state information (CSI) configuration information including a number of uplink control information (UCI) parts for a CSI reporting; identifying the number of UCI parts for the CSI reporting; determining a CSI report based on the identified number of UCI parts; identifying one or more BSs in the group of (N) BSs to transmit the determined CSI report; and transmitting, to the one or more identified BSs, via an uplink channel, a UCI including the determined CSI report, wherein the UCI includes the identified number of UCI parts each of which includes a part of the determined CSI report.
Abstract: Disclosed according to various embodiments are an electronic device for opening a communication service and a method for an operation of the electronic device.
Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes memory storing a certificate list including first certificate data of the electronic device, and second certificate data of an external electronic device, a short-range wireless communication circuit, and a processor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 26, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2023
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Chanyeol Park, Seungseok Kang, Wonsik Song, Jungmin Cho, Chunho Park, Wonick Ahn, Hojun Jaygarl
Abstract: A symbol power tracking amplification system including: a modem to generate data and symbol tracking signals; a symbol tracking modulator including a control circuit, first and second voltage supply circuits and a switch circuit, the control circuit generates first and second voltage level control signals in response to the symbol tracking signal, the first voltage supply circuit generates a first output voltage in response to the first voltage level control signal, the second voltage supply circuit generates a second output voltage in response to the second voltage level control signal and the switch circuit outputs the first or second output voltages as a supply voltage in response to a switch control signal; an RF block to generate an RF signal based on the data signal from the modem; and a power amplifier to adjust a power level of the RF signal based on the supply voltage.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 28, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2023
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Takahiro Nomiyama, Ji-seon Paek, Dong-su Kim
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for managing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARM) process of a base station in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes confirming whether a first data corresponding to a first service and a second data corresponding to a second service collide with each other.
Abstract: Provided are dielectric thin-film structures and electronic devices including the same. The dielectric thin-film structure includes a substrate, and a dielectric layer provided on the substrate. The dielectric layer including a tetragonal crystal structure, and crystal grains including a proportion of the crystal grains preferentially oriented such that at least one of a <hk0>, <h00>, or <0k0> direction of a crystal lattice is parallel to or forms an angle of less than 45 degrees an out-of-plane orientation.
Abstract: A semiconductor memory device is provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory core including a plurality of memory cells configured to store a plurality of data received from an external processor; and a statistical feature extractor disposed on a data path between the external processor and the memory core, the statistical feature extractor being configured to analyze statistical characteristics of the plurality of data, identify at least one statistical feature value associated with the statistical characteristics, store the at least one statistical feature value and transmit the at least one statistical feature value to the external processor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 13, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2023
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Kyoungyoung Kim, Sangsoo Ko, Byeoungsu Kim, Jaegon Kim, Sanghyuck Ha
Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a processor chip mounted on the package substrate, a first stack structure on the package substrate, the first stack structure including a number M of memory chips stacked on the processor chip, and a second stack structure on the package substrate and spaced apart from the processor chip, the second stack structure including a number N of memory chips stacked on the package substrate. A number Q of channels that electrically connect the memory chips of the second stack structure with the processor chip may be greater than a number P of channels that electrically connect the memory chips of the first stack structure with the processor chip, or the number N of memory chips included in the second stack structure may be greater than the number M of memory chips included in the first stack structure.
Abstract: A communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) is provided. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The method for obtaining numerology information by a user equipment (UE) includes detecting synchronization signals, obtaining first numerology information for the synchronization signals, decoding a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) based on the first numerology information, obtaining second numerology information for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to a result of the decoding, and receiving control information on the PDCCH based on the second numerology information.
Abstract: A method of receiving a downlink control channel in a user equipment may include receiving, using two or more antenna ports, a shortened physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmitted using a space-frequency block code (SFBC), by using at least one shortened control channel element (SCCE) for shortened transmission time interval (STTI) transmission; and monitoring the shortened PDCCH. The at least one SCCE may include at least one shortened resource element group (REG) including a number of resource elements (REs), where the number is unequal to an integer multiple of the number of antenna ports allocated to the shortened PDCCH.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 12, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2023
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Yangsoo Kwon, Joonsung Kim, Yongin Choi
Abstract: A method of forming a transition metal dichalcogenide thin film on a substrate includes treating the substrate with a metal organic material and providing a transition metal precursor and a chalcogen precursor around the substrate to synthesize transition metal dichalcogenide on the substrate. The transition metal precursor may include a transition metal element and the chalcogen precursor may include a chalcogen element.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 21, 2022
Publication date:
January 26, 2023
Applicants:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Kyung-Eun BYUN, Hyoungsub KIM, Taejin PARK, Hoijoon KIM, Hyeonjin SHIN, Wonsik AHN, Mirine LEEM, Yeonchoo CHO
Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a first housing and a second housing that are foldable with respect to each other; at least one sensor; a display; a camera configured to operate in a first mode associated with user recognition, and a second mode associated with user authentication; a memory storing instructions; at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: control the display to display notification information about an event corresponding to the foldable electronic device; based on a folding state of the foldable electronic device detected using the at least one sensor satisfying a predetermined condition, obtain at least one first image using the camera operating in the first mode; identify whether a face is present in the at least one first image; based on identifying that the face is present in the at least one first image, obtain at least one second image using the camera operating in the second mode; perform face recognition-based biometric authentication using at least part o
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 6, 2022
Publication date:
January 26, 2023
Applicant:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Seungeun LEE, Minseok Kang, Nahee Kim, Seungnyun Kim, Chakyum Kim, Hyewon Seo, Jonghun Won, Byengseok Choi
Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) apparatus includes a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) chip and an antenna module disposed on an upper surface of the RFIC chip. The antenna module includes a first antenna patch that is in parallel with the RFIC chip, the first antenna patch including a first penetration point, and a first power feed point connected to a first power feed line to transmit and receive a first RF signal of a first frequency band; and a second antenna patch disposed above the first antenna patch in parallel with the first antenna patch, the second antenna patch including a second power feed point connected to a second power feed line that penetrates through the first penetration point to transmit and receive a second RF signal of a second frequency band. The first penetration point is formed in a first region of the first antenna patch in which influence on an electric field generated by the first antenna patch via the first power feed point is minimized.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 3, 2022
Publication date:
January 26, 2023
Applicant:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Dooseok CHOI, Youngki LEE, Sunwoo LEE, Thomas Byunghak CHO
Abstract: An electronic device for improving a quality of an audio includes: a microphone configured to obtain an audio input including a voice; at least one memory; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to execute one or more instructions stored in the memory to: obtain a first voice fingerprint corresponding to the obtained audio input; obtain a second voice fingerprint corresponding to the voice; estimate, based on the first voice fingerprint and the second voice fingerprint, noise caused by an acoustic environment of the obtained audio input; and remove the estimated noise from the obtained audio input.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 20, 2022
Publication date:
January 26, 2023
Applicant:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Piotr Masztalski, Krzysztof Arendt, Mateusz Matuszewski, Jakub Tkaczuk