Abstract: A semiconductor device and a data storage system including the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a lower structure including a semiconductor substrate, a circuit element on the semiconductor substrate, a circuit interconnection structure on the semiconductor substrate, the circuit interconnection structure including a plurality of connection patterns on different levels and electrically connected to the circuit element, and a lower insulating structure covering the circuit element and the circuit interconnection structure; and an upper structure including an upper substrate in contact with an upper surface of the lower insulating structure, a stack structure on the upper substrate, the stack structure including interlayer insulating layers and gate electrodes alternately stacked in a vertical direction, and a vertical memory structure penetrating through the stack structure in the vertical direction.
Abstract: A compressed-truncated singular value decomposition (C-TSVD) based crossbar array apparatus is provided. The C-TSVD based crossbar array apparatus may include an original crossbar array in an m×n matrix having row input lines and column output lines and including cells of a resistance memory device, or two partial crossbar arrays obtained by decomposing the original crossbar array based on C-TSVD, an analog to digital converter (ADC) that converts output values of column output lines of sub-arrays obtained through array partitioning, an adder that sums up results of the ADC to correspond to the column output lines, and a controller that controls application of the original crossbar array or the two partial crossbar arrays. Input values are input to the row input lines, a weight is multiplied by the input values and accumulated results are output as output values of the column output lines.
Abstract: A carrier structure including semiconductor chip stack structures; and a carrier tape including a plurality of pockets respectively accommodating the semiconductor chip stack structures, wherein each of the plurality of pockets includes a bottom surface, first sidewalls in four corner regions of each of the plurality of pockets, and second sidewalls between adjacent first sidewalls, each of the first sidewalls has a first portion having a first inclination angle and a second portion on the first portion and having a second inclination angle, the second inclination angle being greater than the first inclination angle, and vertices of lower surfaces of the semiconductor chip stack structures are in contact with the first sidewalls.
Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a standard cell including a first active region extending in a first direction and having a first width, and a filler cell including a second active region of a same type as that of the first active region and being adjacent to the standard cell in the first direction, the second active region extending in the first direction and having a second width which is greater than the first width, wherein the standard cell further includes a first tapering portion of the same type as that of the first active region, the first tapering portion being arranged between the first active region and the second active region.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 29, 2024
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2025
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Hakchul Jung, Ingyum Kim, Giyoung Yang, Jaewoo Seo
Abstract: Provided is an image sensor including a sensor substrate including a plurality of first pixels configured to sense first wavelength light in an infrared ray band and a plurality of second pixels configured to sense second wavelength light in a visible light band, and a color separating lens array disposed on the sensor substrate and configured to change a phase of the first wavelength light incident on the color separating lens array such that the first wavelength light is condensed to the plurality of first pixels, wherein the color separating lens array includes a plurality of light condensing regions configured to condense the first wavelength light respectively on the plurality of first pixels, and wherein an area of each of the plurality of light condensing regions is larger than an area of each of the plurality of first pixels.
Abstract: Disclosed herein are a communication technique for merging, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. Embodiments herein disclose a method of protecting sensitive user plane traffic in an User Equipment (UE) (100), the method comprising: transmitting, to a network (200), by the UE (100) a first NAS message comprising an indicator indicating that the UE (200) supports of a secure channel for domain name system (DNS); receiving, from the network (200), by the UE (100) a second NAS message including DNS server security information in response to transmitting the first NAS message; and transmitting, to the network (200), by the UE (100) the DNS over the secure channel based on the DNS server security information.
Abstract: A method is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, information associated with simultaneous physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, identifying that a PUCCH with a first priority index and a PUSCH with a second priority index overlap in a time domain, and in case that the first priority index is different from the second priority index, transmitting, to the base station, uplink control information (UCI) via the PUCCH and uplink data via the PUSCH, based on the information associated with the simultaneous PUCCH and PUSCH transmission.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 2022
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2025
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Sungjin Park, Hyunseok Ryu, Cheolkyu Shin, Junyung Yi
Abstract: A home appliance including a main body; and a door to open and close the main body; and an electrophoretic display (EPD) panel on the door and including a plate to cover a portion of the door and to allow light to pass through, a first electrode configured to allow light pass through and a second electrode between the plate and the door, and an electrophoretic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and including a color cell in which first charged particles having a first color, and second charged particles having a second color are accommodated, the first charged particles and the second charged particles being flowable within the color cell, the second charged particles have a different charge than the first charged particles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 19, 2023
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2025
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Minkyung Lee, Youngdeog Koh, Kwangjoo Kim, Choongkeon Kim, Kyunghwan Lee
Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes: a communication interface comprising communication circuitry, and a processor configured to: identify strength of a signal received from an external device through the communication interface, based on the strength of the identified signal being greater than or equal to a threshold value, unlock authorization restriction on the electronic apparatus, wherein the processor is further configured to: based on the strength of the identified signal being less than the threshold value, maintain the authorization restriction, and based on authentication of the electronic apparatus being completed after the signal is received, adjust the threshold value based on strength of at least one signal received from the external device before the signal is received.
Abstract: According to various embodiments, the electronic device may include: a first antenna having a first polarization characteristic, a second antenna a having a second polarization characteristic different from the first polarization characteristic, a switch operatively connected to the first antenna and the second antenna, and a processor operatively connected to the first antenna and the second antenna through the switch. The processor may be configured to identify, based on transmitting at least one packet using the first antenna, at least one timestamp of the packet, control the electronic device to transmit a first area of the packet based on a first timestamp of the identified timestamp using the first antenna, switch the first antenna to the second antenna based on a second timestamp of the identified timestamp, and control the electronic device to transmit a second area of the packet based on the second timestamp of the packet using the second antenna.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 11, 2022
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2025
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Sukgi Hong, Youngsuk Yoo, Woosup Lee, Dongyeon Kim
Abstract: Provided is a method of reporting user equipment (UE) capability information, including: receiving a UE capability information request message from a base station; generating a UE capability information message, based on the received UE capability information request message; determining whether the generated UE capability information message exceeds a configured largest size of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) protocol data unit (PDU); segmenting the generated UE capability information message into a plurality of segments, based on a result of the determining; and transmitting at least one of the plurality of segments to the base station.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 4, 2020
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2025
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Seungri Jin, Soenghun Kim, Himke Van Der Velde
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE).
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and device for performing handover in a wireless communication system. An operating method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system may include: receiving, from a source base station, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message indicating handover, the RRC reconfiguration message including data radio bearer (DRB) configuration information; in case that the DRB configuration information includes an indicator indicating a configuration of a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) for at least one DRB, generating a multimedia access control (MAC) entity for a target base station; configuring the MAC entity for the target base station based on MAC configuration information included in the RRC reconfiguration message indicating the handover; suspending a signaling radio bearer (SRB) for the source base station; and establishing or configuring a SRB for the target base station.
Abstract: An image processing apparatus including a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to operate based on the instructions to reconstruct a current block from encoded data of the current block, obtain a quantization error map including sample values calculated based on a quantization parameter included in the encoded data, obtain a first modified block by applying the current block and the quantization error map to a neural network, obtain a first differential block between the current block and the first modified block, obtain a second differential block by changing sample values of the first differential block based on a parameter dependent on a feature of the current block, and obtain a second modified block by combining the current block and the second differential block.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 4, 2022
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2025
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Yinji Piao, Kyungah Kim, Quockhanh Dinh, Minsoo Park
Abstract: A method, performed by a terminal, of transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes setting a value of a Next_Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)_RX_sequence number (SN) variable as an initial value, the Next_PDCP_RX_SN variable indicating a predicted SN of PDCP data to be received, receiving first PDCP data from a transmission entity after setting the initial value, and setting the value of the Next_PDCP_RX_SN variable as a value obtained by adding a first setting value to a value of the SN of the PDCP data.
Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment may include: a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) including a first face and a second face; a semiconductor chip mounted on the second face; a conductive pad disposed on the second face; a solder resist layer disposed on the second face and including an aperture; an arc-shaped opening having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, disposed along an outer periphery of the conductive pad and in the aperture; and at least one external terminal disposed on the semiconductor chip and bonded to the conductive pad. The conductive pad may include: a first region having a smaller diameter than the outer diameter; and at least one second region extending from the first region in a first outer circumferential direction, and located at least in part between both ends of the opening. In addition, various embodiments recognized through the specification may also be possible.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 8, 2023
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2025
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Bongsoo Kim, Gyeongmin Jin, Hakjoon Kim, Jaebum Lee
Abstract: A device includes: a first housing, a second housing rotatably connected to the first housing, a display panel, a partial area of which is deformed by rotation of the second housing with respect to the first housing, a support plate disposed on the rear surface of the display panel and having a first area corresponding to the deformable area of the display panel and including openings formed at specified intervals, and a second area excluding the first area, a cushion layer disposed on the rear surface of the support plate at a position corresponding to the second area and including an impact absorbing material, a blocking member comprising flexible material disposed on the rear surface of the support plate and configured to be elongated according to deformation of the display panel, and a reinforcing plate disposed under the cushion layer and the blocking member.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 12, 2023
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2025
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Jungchul An, Seonghoon Kim, Hyunsuk Jung, Soyoung Lee
Abstract: A method and device are provided for transmitting/receiving a UL signal in a wireless communication system supporting cooperative communication. A method for communication by a UE includes transmitting, to a base station, UE capability information for changing at least one of a UL beam, a transmit power, or a frequency, receiving information about an offset in a time domain from the base station, based on the UE capability information, and in case that the offset in the time domain is greater than or equal to a time for a change according to a UE capability, transmitting a UL signal to a plurality of TRPs by changing at least one of the UL beam, the transmit power, and the frequency.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 10, 2021
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2025
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Inventors:
Seongmok Lim, Hyoungju Ji, Taehyoung Kim, Jinyoung Oh, Youngrok Jang
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method performed by user equipment, comprising: receiving configuration information of scheduling without grant for uplink or downlink; performing a transmission of the scheduling without grant based on the configuration information of scheduling without grant, wherein the configuration information of scheduling without grant comprises first information and/or second information, wherein the first information is used for indicating related information of multiple different transport block sizes and the second information is used for indicating related information of multiple different starting time domain positions.
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided in which a UE reports capability information indicating a first set of pairs and a second set of tuples. Each pair indicates serving cells configured for per-slot and per-span monitoring. Each tuple indicates serving cells configured for per-slot and per-span monitoring in an MCG and an SCG. A first pair of values for the MCG and a second pair of values for the SCG are received. A first value in each pair is a maximum number of serving cells configured for per-slot monitoring, and a second value in each pair is a maximum number of serving cells configured for per-span monitoring. A monitored candidate limit per slot is determined for the MCG and the SCG based on the first value. A monitored candidate limit per span is determined for the MCG and the SCG based on the second value.