Abstract: A magnetic junction and method for providing the magnetic junction are described. The magnetic junction resides on a substrate and is usable in a magnetic device. The magnetic junction includes free and pinned layers separated by a nonmagnetic spacer layer. The free layer is switchable between stable magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic junction. The free layer has a free layer perpendicular magnetic anisotropy energy greater than a free layer out-of-plane demagnetization energy. The free layer includes a [CoxFeyBz]uMot layer, where u+t=1, x+y+z=1 and u, t, x, y and z are each nonzero. The [CoxFeyBz]uMot layer has a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy energy greater than its out-of-plane demagnetization energy.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 29, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2018
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Xueti Tang, Mohamad Towfik Krounbi, Donkoun Lee, Gen Feng
Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor light emitting device including a first conductivity-type semiconductor base layer and a plurality of light emitting nanostructures disposed to be spaced apart from one another on the first conductivity-type semiconductor base layer, each light emitting nanostructure including a first conductivity-type semiconductor core, an active layer, an electric charge blocking layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, respectively, wherein the first conductivity-type semiconductor core has different first and second crystal planes in crystallographic directions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2018
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Jin Sub Lee, Jung Sub Kim, Sam Mook Kang, Yeon Woo Seo, Han Kyu Seong, Dae Myung Chun, Young Jin Choi, Jae Hyeok Heo
Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed. The electrical connector has an insulating housing extending in a longitudinal direction and having a first insertion slot and a second insertion slot parallel to the first insertion slot, a plurality of first terminals disposed separately on an upper portion of the first insertion slot along the longitudinal direction, a plurality of second terminals disposed on the upper portion of the first insertion slot and spaced apart from the plurality of first terminals, a plurality of third terminals disposed separately on a lower portion of the first insertion slot along the longitudinal direction, a plurality of fourth terminals disposed separately on an upper portion of the second insertion slot along the longitudinal direction, and a balance structure disposed on an end of the insulating housing in the longitudinal direction.
Abstract: A refrigerator comprises: a cabinet including a refrigerator compartment, and a freezer compartment provided; a refrigerator compartment door rotationally connected to the front side of the cabinet to open/close the refrigerator compartment; an ice bank which is provided to the ice compartment and stores ice; an icemaker which comprises an upper tray forming a hemispherical upper cell, a lower tray forming a hemispherical lower cell, and a rotating shaft for rotating the lower tray, and which is provided in the freezer compartment; and an ice transfer device for transferring the ice collected in the ice collector to the ice bank along the ice transfer duct, wherein the ice transfer device can include: a transfer cable; a pusher connected to an end of the transfer cable; and a transfer case for accommodating the transfer cable which is wound.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 2, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2018
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc.
Inventors:
Donghoon Lee, Wookyong Lee, Bongjin Kim
Abstract: An optical integrated circuit (IC) package includes an optical IC including an optical IC substrate, an optical IC including an optical IC substrate, an electrical integrated circuit device (EICD) on the optical IC substrate, at least one optical device spaced apart from the EICD on the optical IC substrate, an optical interface on a first side of the optical IC substrate, an electrical interface located on a second side of the optical IC substrate, and an encapsulation member configured to encapsulate the optical IC, the EICD, the at least one optical device, the optical interface, and the electrical interface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 6, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2018
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Ho-chul Ji, Keun-yeong Cho, In-sung Joe
Abstract: Provided herein is a Schottky diode including: a first semiconductor layer; an intermediate layer provided over the first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer provided over the intermediate layer; an anode provided over the second semiconductor layer; and a cathode provided over the first semiconductor layer, wherein in a sectional view, a width of the second semiconductor layer is greater than a width of the intermediate layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 2, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2018
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Inventors:
Jeong Woo Park, Kyung Hyun Park, Hyun Sung Ko
Abstract: Provided are a bandwidth-allocation method and apparatus for a wireless network based on a time division transmission mechanism, and a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data on the wireless network. The data transmission method includes at least one wireless device belonging to the wireless network transmitting a frame to a network coordinator, the frame including a transmission mode of data and used to request a time slot, receiving a beacon frame containing information about the transmission mode and a time slot duration from the network coordinator, and transmitting the data in the transmission mode to other wireless devices belonging to the wireless network during the duration of the time slot, wherein the transmission mode indicates whether the data is transmitted by a wide-band signal or a narrow-band signal.
Abstract: A method for controlling a DC/DC converter includes the steps of: controlling and keeping an output voltage of the DC/DC converter to stabilize at a first value according to a first interval of an input voltage of the DC/DC converter; controlling and keeping the output voltage of the DC/DC converter to stabilize at a second value according to a second interval of the input voltage of the DC/DC converter; controlling the second value of the output voltage to be greater than the first value; and controlling a switching frequency or a duty cycle of the DC/DC converter within a first predetermined range in the first and second intervals.
Abstract: An X-ray apparatus includes: a collimator for adjusting an X-ray irradiation region; a data obtainer for obtaining position information of a target in an object based on an electrode signal sensed from electrodes attached to the object; and a controller for setting first coordinates indicating a position of the target on a first coordinate system with respect to the object based on the position information, transforming the first coordinates to second coordinates on a second coordinate system with respect to an X-ray image of the object, and adjusting a position of the collimator based on the second coordinates.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 8, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2018
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Jae-guyn Lim, Sung-ho Chang, Eung-bum Kim, Woo-young Jang, Wan-hee Chun, Hyun Choi, Woo-sup Han
Abstract: A semiconductor memory device which stores operation environment information such as use time data, operating temperature data, or operating voltage data includes an internal circuit configured to perform a function set in the semiconductor memory device, and an operation environment information storing circuit configured to sense information about an operation environment of the semiconductor memory device when the semiconductor memory device operates, store the operation environment information in non-volatile memory cells, and provide the operation environment information stored in the non-volatile memory cells to an outside based on a request of reading out information.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 28, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2018
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Chankyung Kim, Mijo Kim, Yonggyu Chu, Seungbum Ko, Soo Hwan Kim
Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) module is provided. The LCD module comprises a backlight system, a color film substrate arranged opposite to the backlight system, and a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate disposed between the backlight system and the color film substrate. The backlight system emits visible light including red light, green light, blue light and at least one of cyan light, yellow light and magenta light. The red light, green light, blue light and at least one of the cyan light, yellow light and magenta light are mixed together to generate white light. The color film substrate includes a plurality of color barriers including red color barriers, green color barriers, blue color barriers, at least one of cyan, yellow, and magenta color barriers corresponding to colors of the visible light emitted from the backlight system, respectively. The TFT substrate includes a plurality of pixel units.
Abstract: A connector assembly includes first and second connectors. The first connector has a first housing and a first locking portion. The second connector has a second housing and a second locking portion. The first housing is formed with a resiliently supporting portion which rotatably supports the first locking portion. The first locking portion is positioned between a front end and a rear end of the first housing in a mating direction. When the first connector is mated with the second connector, the second locking portion is positioned between the first locking portion and the rear end of the first housing in the mating direction. When seen along the mating direction, the first locking portion and the second locking portion have a first extent and a second extent, respectively, in an orthogonal direction. When the first connector is mated with the second connector, the first extent overlaps with the second extent.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 17, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2018
Assignee:
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
Abstract: A method for operating a random access channel (RACH) by a base station (BS) performing beamforming with at least one receive chain includes broadcasting RACH configuration information; and receiving an RACH signal with at least one receive chain, wherein the RACH configuration information includes threshold information to divide an RACH groups into a first group and a second group. A BS for operating a RACH by performing beamforming with at least one receive chain in a communication system, the BS comprising a controller configured to broadcast RACH configuration information and control at least one receive chain to receive an RACH signal, wherein the RACH configuration information includes threshold information to divide RACH groups into a first group and a second group. Other embodiments including a user equipment are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 21, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2018
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Jeong-Ho Park, Kyung-Whoon Cheun, Won-Il Roh, Jae-Weon Cho
Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array having a normal area and a temporary area. A page buffer stores data to be written to the normal area in a normal program operation and store a temporary data to be written to the temporary area in a temporary program operation. A control logic performs the normal program operation including a plurality of program loops. The control logic receives a suspend command before the normal program operation is completed and determines, in response to the suspend command, whether to complete the normal program operation or to suspend the normal operation and perform the temporary program operation based on a reference value representing a time for performing at least one program loop of the plurality of program loops.
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a tininess prediction and handler engine for handling numeric underflow while streamlining the data path for handling normal range cases, thereby avoiding flushes, and reducing the complexity of a scheduler with respect to how dependent operations are handled. A preemptive tiny detection logic section can detect a potential tiny result for the function or operation that is being performed, and can produce a pessimistic tiny indicator. The tininess prediction and handler engine can further include a subnormal post-processing pipe, which can denormalize and round one or more subnormal operations while in a post-processing mode. A schedule modification logic section can reschedule in-flight operations. The schedule modification logic section can issue dependent operations optimistically assuming that a producing operation will not produce a tiny result, and so will not incur extra latency associated with fixing the tiny result in the post-processing pipe.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 10, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2018
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Ashraf Ahmed, Nicholas Todd Humphries, Marc Augustin
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for estimating, by a third device, a location of a first device by using a Bluetooth low energy (LE) technique. The present invention provides a method and an apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from the third device, a location measurement request message for requesting a measurement of the location of the first device; transmitting, to the first device, a first request message for requesting location information relating to the location of the first device; receiving, from the first device, a first response message including the location information as a response to the request message; estimating location value information indicating the location of the first device on the basis of the location information; and transmitting, to the third device, a location measurement response message including the estimated location value information.
Abstract: A method and a system for processing a Radio Link Failure (RLF) report, where when a User Equipment (UE) encounters an RLF in a first cell controlled by a first evolved base station and selects a second cell controlled by a second evolved base station to re-establish an Radio Resource Connection (RRC), are provided. The method includes sending, by the second evolved base station, the RLF report to every corresponding evolved base station according to the PCI of the first cell having been received from the UE, where the PCI of the first cell, the PCI of a second cell, the CRNTI of the UE in the first cell, and UE authentication information are carried in the RLF report, and authenticating, by every evolved base station the UE according to the UE authentication information. Another method for processing an RLF report, and two methods for adjusting a mobile parameter, are also provided.