Patents Assigned to Samsung.
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Publication number: 20230402375Abstract: A interconnect structure for an integrated circuit may include: a metal line including a plurality of sections having different thicknesses along a 1st direction; and a plurality of vias respectively protruding from the plurality of sections of the metal line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun Sung KIM, Hyoeun Park, Kang-ill Seo
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Publication number: 20230402503Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a lower electrode disposed on a substrate; a first lower interfacial film disposed on the lower electrode; a dielectric film disposed on the first lower interfacial film; a first upper interfacial film disposed on the dielectric film; and an upper electrode disposed on the first upper interfacial film, wherein each of the first lower interfacial film and the first upper interfacial film is a conductive single film, and the first lower interfacial film and the first upper interfacial film include the same metal element, wherein electronegativity of the metal element included in each of the first lower interfacial film and the first upper interfacial film is greater than electronegativity of a metal element included in the dielectric film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-Lim PARK, Woo Seop LIM, Ji Min CHAE, Chang Mu AN, Jae Soon LIM
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Publication number: 20230401460Abstract: A method of an electronic device for on-device lifestyle recommendations, includes: receiving a user input; determining a fashion context based on the user input; dynamically clustering fashion objects in at least one image stored in the electronic device based on the fashion context; and displaying a lifestyle recommendation including the clustered fashion objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mahesh Badari Narayana Gupta, Sreenath DINDUKURTHI, Amit Arvind MANNIKAR, Mayank SINGH
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Publication number: 20230402017Abstract: A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel; a plurality of light sources configured to emit light; a substrate including a plurality of dimming blocks arranged in rows and columns, each dimming block of the plurality of dimming blocks including at least one light source of the plurality of light sources; a first driving device configured to control a driving current applied to light sources in first dimming blocks of the plurality of dimming blocks; and a second driving device configured to control a driving current applied to light sources in second dimming blocks of the plurality of dimming blocks, wherein the first dimming blocks, the second dimming blocks, the first driving device, and the second driving device are arranged on a first side of the substrate, and a layout of the first dimming blocks is different from a layout of the second dimming blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seungyong SHIN, Jungmo Kang, Changhoon Kim, Yongmin Jung
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Publication number: 20230400357Abstract: An electronic device may include: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of a surface at a body measurement location of a user; a second temperature sensor spaced apart from the first temperature sensor and configured to measure a second temperature inside a main body of the electronic device; a third temperature sensor disposed further away from the first temperature than the second temperature sensor and configured to measure a third temperature inside the main body; and a processor configured to estimate a core temperature at the body measurement location based on the first temperature, the second temperature, and the third temperature; estimate an ambient temperature outside the main body based on the second temperature and the third temperature; and estimate a body temperature of the user based on the core temperature at the body measurement location and the ambient temperature outside the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: So Young LEE, Sang Kyu KIM, Bok Soon KWON, Sung Ho KIM, Ho Taik LEE, Hong Soon RHEE
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Publication number: 20230402491Abstract: A display device includes a bank defining an emission area; a first passage in which a first light emitting element is disposed in the emission area; a second passage in which a second light emitting element is disposed in the emission area; a third passage in which a third light emitting element is disposed in the emission area; and a fourth passage in which a fourth light emitting element is disposed in the emission area, wherein the emission area has a rectangular shape comprising a first side extending in a first direction and a second side extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and having a length longer than the first side, and the first passage, the second passage, the third passage, and the fourth passage are spaced apart from each other, and each extends in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.Inventors: Yong Sik HWANG, Sang Ho PARK, Seung Kyu LEE, Hoon KIM
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Publication number: 20230402458Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first transistor structure on a substrate, the first transistor structure including first channel layers spaced apart from each other, a first gate electrode surrounding the first channel layers, a first source/drain region connected to the first channel layers on a first side of the first gate electrode, and a second source/drain region connected to the first channel layers on a second side of the first gate electrode that is opposite to the first side of the first gate electrode, and a second transistor structure on the first transistor structure, the second transistor structure including second channel layers spaced apart from each other, a second gate electrode surrounding the second channel layers, and a third source/drain region connected to the second channel layers on a first side of the second gate electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinyeong Joe, Hyohoon Byeon, Namhyun Lee, Sungkeun Lim, Yuyeong Jo
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Publication number: 20230402497Abstract: A capacitor may include a first thin-film electrode layer; a second thin-film electrode layer; and a dielectric layer between the first thin-film electrode layer and the second thin-film electrode layer. The first thin-film electrode layer and the second thin-film electrode layer may include a conductive perovskite-type crystal structure. The dielectric layer may include a metal oxide having a dielectric perovskite-type crystal structure. The dielectric layer may be an epitaxial layer. The metal oxide may include a first element in a cubooctahedral site, a second element in an octahedral site, and a third element in an octahedral site. A valency of the third element may be lower than a valency of the second element, and the third element may be a dopant.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyungjun KIM, Boeun PARK, Jeongil BANG, Cheheung KIM, Jooho LEE
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Publication number: 20230402341Abstract: A method of providing a surface temperature of a semiconductor package including a semiconductor die that is packaged using a molding material includes setting an air temperature near the semiconductor package to each of reference temperatures, measuring reference code values respectively corresponding to the reference temperatures based on a temperature code indicating a junction temperature in the semiconductor die while the air temperature is set to each of the reference temperatures, the temperature code being provided from a reference temperature measurement circuit integrated in the semiconductor package, generating calibration information that indicates mapping relationships between the reference temperatures and the reference code values, and providing a present surface temperature of the semiconductor package based on the calibration information and a present code value of the temperature code.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sangmin AN, Sukyoung LEE
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Publication number: 20230402569Abstract: Provided is a nanorod light-emitting device including a first semiconductor layer doped with a first conductive type impurity, an emission layer disposed above the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed above the emission layer and doped with a second conductive type impurity that is electrically opposite to the first conductive type impurity, a conductive layer disposed between at least one of a center portion of a lower surface of the emission layer and the first semiconductor layer and a center portion of an upper surface of the emission layer and the second semiconductor layer, and a current blocking layer surrounding a sidewall of the conductive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., LTD.Inventors: Junhee CHOI, Nakhyun Kim, Jinjoo Park, Joohun Han
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Publication number: 20230402523Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second active patterns respectively provided on a first and second PMOSFET regions of a substrate, a first channel pattern on the first active pattern, the first channel pattern including first semiconductor patterns stacked and spaced apart from each other, a second channel pattern on the second active pattern, the second channel pattern including second semiconductor patterns stacked and spaced apart from each other, a first gate electrode on the first channel pattern, and a second gate electrode on the second channel pattern. A first concentration of aluminum (Al) or silicon (Si) in an inner gate electrode of the first gate electrode is different from a second concentration of aluminum (Al) or silicon (Si) in an inner gate electrode of the second gate electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jaeyeol SONG, Ohseong Kwon, Suyoung Bae, Sangyong Kim
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Publication number: 20230403767Abstract: An electromagnetic induction device including a wireless power transmission unit including an induction coil configured to generate a magnetic flux in an up-down direction to heat an external device located above the indication coil by induction heating, and a communication unit including a communication coil configured to output a carrier wave, and a relay circuit configured to resonate at a frequency of the carrier wave, to wirelessly communicate with the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seisaku OOSAKO, Yutaka YAGI
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Publication number: 20230400614Abstract: A clothes treating apparatus includes a main body having an inlet port on a front surface of the main body, a tub, and a door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and dose the inlet port. The door includes a door body, a plate that covers a side of the door body, a pattern layer between the plate and the door body and including an optical pattern that transmits at least a portion of light transmitted through the plate, a color layer arranged between the pattern layer and the door body and that transmits at least a portion of light transmitted through the optical pattern, and a reflective layer between the color layer and the door body and that reflects light transmitted through the color layer toward the plate, the reflective layer including an inclined portion extending in a direction that is not parallel to the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dohyung HA, Jichang KANG, Youngsun SHIN
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Publication number: 20230403441Abstract: Provided is a system and method for displaying an advertisement. The method for displaying an advertisement, includes receiving, by an advertisement server, an advertisement request from a media playback service subsequent to an initiation of a media playback on an electronic device of a user, identifying, by the advertisement server, at least one eligible advertisement, based on the advertisement request, retrieving, by the advertisement server, an advertisement profile of the user, determining, by the advertisement server, a preferred viewing duration associated with each of the at least one eligible advertisement, based on a correlation of each of the at least one eligible advertisement with the advertisement profile of the user, and obtaining, by the advertisement server, a summarized version of an advertisement selected from the at least one eligible advertisement based on the preferred viewing duration of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Nitish VARSHNEY, Pratyush PUSHKAR, Arun Kunnappillil MADHUSOODHANAN
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Publication number: 20230403453Abstract: A camera module includes a lens barrel; a driver configured to move the lens barrel; and a housing in which the lens barrel is disposed, wherein the driver includes a wire layer configured to transmit an electrical signal; a driving circuit part electrically connected to the wire layer; a coil electrically connected to the wire layer; and a magnet electromagnetically coupled to the coil, and the wire layer is a stamped metal part integrally combined with the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sangjin LEE, Mansu KIM
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Publication number: 20230400764Abstract: A resist material is combined with a ligand containing four or more fluorine atoms and is represented by the following formula: [(R1M)iOjXk(OH)m] (OH)nR2p, wherein one of “R1” and “R2” is CaFbHc, CaFbHcNd, CaFbHcPd, CaFbHcSd, CaFbHcOd, CaFbHcNdSe, CaFbHcPdSe, CaFbHcNdOe, or CaFbHcPdOe, the other of “R1” and “R2” is CaHc, CaFbHc, CaFbHcNd, CaFbHcPd, CaFbHcSd, CaFbHcOd, CaFbHcNdSe, CaFbHcPdSe, CaFbHcNdOe, or CaFbHcPdOe, “a” and “c” are each independently an integer of 0 to 20, “b” is an integer of 4 to 30, “d” and “e” are each independently an integer of 0 to 5, “M” is one metal selected from a specified list, “i” is an integer from 1 to 12, “j” is an integer of 1 to 14, “X” is a halogen selected from a specified list, “k” and “m” are each independently an integer of 0 to 6, and “n” and “p” are each independently an integer of 0 to 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., INHA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATIONInventors: Jin-Kyun Lee, Chawon Koh, Ye-Jin Ku, Tsunehiro Nishi, Hyunwoo Kim, Hyung-Ju Ahn
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Publication number: 20230402476Abstract: An image sensor includes a first substrate including pixel regions, each of the pixel regions including a photoelectric conversion region, color filters on the pixel regions, the color filters on a first surface of the first substrate, micro lenses on the color filters, and a lens coating layer on the micro lenses. The lens coating layer includes a first coating layer and a second coating layer, the second coating layer is on the first coating layer, the first and second coating layers include a same material, and a density of the second coating layer is greater than a density of the first coating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Kwan SEO, Nosan Park, Jung-Kuk Park, Jinsu Park, Kookki Lee, Seul-Young Jeong
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Publication number: 20230400972Abstract: An electronic device includes a display and a processor configured to control the display to display a user interface (UI) screen including a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) items and a focus GUI, identify, based on a wheel input of a user, arrangement information about the plurality of GUI items, identify, based on the arrangement information, a possible movement direction of the focus GUI displayed at a location corresponding to one GUI item among the plurality of GUI items, based on the identified possible movement direction of the focus GUI including both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, identify a movement direction of the focus GUI as the horizontal direction, and control the display to move the focus GUI based on a manipulation direction of the wheel input and the identified movement direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sangjin HAN, Yonghwan Kwon, Hyeonji Lee, Seokhyun Kim, Junggeun Kim, Hyunsoo Yuk
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Publication number: 20230402074Abstract: Provided is a memory system including: a memory device; and a memory controller configured to transmit a command and address (CA) signal and a data clock (WCK) signal to the memory device, and transmitting a data (DQ) signal to the memory device or receive the DQ signal from the memory device. The memory device may include a clock distribution network configured to generate a first division clock signal for sampling the CA signal and a second division clock signal for sampling the DQ signal from the data clock signal, a CA sampler configured to sample the CA signal based on the first division clock signal, and a CA parity check circuitry configured to output a parity error signal in response to a parity error occurring for the CA signal, and the memory controller may include processing circuitry configured to enter CA training in response to receiving the parity error signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaehyeok BAEK, Hye-Ran KIM, Min Ho MAEING, SungYong CHO, MoonChul CHOI
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Publication number: 20230403388Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a display to output an image, a parallax optical element configured to provide light corresponding to the image to a plurality of viewpoints, an input interface configured to receive an input to calibrate the parallax optical element by a user who observes a pattern image from a reference viewpoint among the plurality of viewpoints, and a processor configured to output the pattern image generated by rendering a calibration pattern toward the reference viewpoint, adjust at least one of a pitch parameter, a slanted angle parameter, and a position offset parameter of the parallax optical element based on the input, and output, by the display, the pattern image adjusted by re-rendering the calibration pattern based on an adjusted parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chansol HWANG, Byong Min KANG, Jinho LEE