Patents Assigned to Samsung.
  • Patent number: 12387811
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, an on-die error correction code (ECC) engine and a control logic circuit. The on-die ECC engine includes a first latch and a second latch. The control logic circuit sets the semiconductor memory device to a test mode in response to a first mode register set command. The on-die ECC engine, in the test mode, cuts off a connection with the memory cell array, receives a test data, stores the test data in the first latch, performs an ECC decoding on the test data stored in the first latch and a test parity data, stored in the second latch in response to a read command and provides an external device with a severity signal indicating whether the test data and the test parity data includes at least one error bit and the at least one error bit is correctable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yujung Song, Sungrae Kim, Gilyoung Kang, Hyeran Kim, Chisung Oh
  • Patent number: 12387874
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device may include: a display, a housing forming at least part of an exterior of the wearable electronic device, a printed circuit board disposed beneath the display, a plurality of electronic components disposed on the printed circuit board, a rear cover forming at least a part of a rear surface of the wearable electronic device, a conductive coil disposed within a specified proximity of the rear cover, a first electromagnetic shield disposed between the conductive coil and the plurality of the electronic components, and configured to shield a first area covering the conductive coil, and a second electromagnetic shield disposed between the first electromagnetic shield and the plurality of the electronic components, and configured to shield at least an area outside of the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongchul Hong, Jungsu Park, Yongsang Yun
  • Patent number: 12389241
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, an electronic device, comprises: a communication circuit; and at least one processor operatively connected with the communication circuit, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: transmit, to a server through the communication circuit, a registration request message including information indicating that it is possible for the electronic device to perform an access point (AP) operation, receive, from the server through the communication circuit, an AP operation command message commanding to perform an AP operation and including access information of an AP in which a failure state has occurred, and perform the AP operation which is based on the access information of the AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seokhyun Kim, Namjin Kim
  • Patent number: 12389428
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, includes: a transceiver; and at least one processor connected to the transceiver, the at least one processor being configured to: receive, from a base station, a UECapabilityEnquiry message including at least one of radio access technology (RAT) type information or frequency information; and transmit capability information of the UE to the base station based on the RAT type information or the frequency information, wherein the RAT type information is associated with at least one of new radio (NR), evolved universal terrestrial radio access (EUTRA)-NR, or EUTRA, and the frequency information is associated with a Uu frequency or a sidelink frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyunjeong Kang, Seungri Jin
  • Patent number: 12388017
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: circuit devices on a first substrate; a lower interconnection structure electrically connected to the circuit devices; a lower bonding structure connected to the lower interconnection structure; an upper bonding structure on the lower bonding structure; an upper interconnection structure connected to the upper bonding structure; a second substrate on the upper interconnection structure; gate electrodes between the upper interconnection structure and the second substrate; channel structures penetrating the gate electrodes and each including a channel layer; via patterns on the second substrate; a source contact plug spaced apart from the second substrate on an external side of the second substrate and having an upper surface higher than the second substrate and a lower surface lower than a lowermost gate electrode; and a source connection pattern contacting upper surfaces of each of the via patterns and the upper surface of the source contact plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moorym Choi, Jungtae Sung
  • Patent number: 12388029
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first package substrate having a lower surface and an upper surface respectively including a plurality of first lower surface pads and a plurality of first upper surface pads, a second package substrate having a lower surface and an upper surface respectively including a plurality of second lower surface pads and a plurality of second upper surface pads, wherein the plurality of second upper surface pads comprise all of the upper surface pads at the upper surface of the second package substrate, a semiconductor chip provided between the first package substrate and the second package substrate and attached onto the first package substrate, and a plurality of metal core structures connecting some of the plurality of first upper surface pads to some of the plurality of second lower surface pads and not vertically overlapping any of the plurality of second upper surface pads, each metal core structure having a metal core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choongbin Yim, Jihwang Kim, Jongbo Shim, Jinwoo Park
  • Patent number: 12389089
    Abstract: A thermal sensor, a thermal sensor array, an electronic apparatus including the thermal sensor, and an operating method of the thermal sensor are provided. The thermal sensor includes a first region onto which first infrared light is incident, a visible light radiation region configured to radiate visible light generated by incidence of the first infrared light on the first region, a second region onto which second infrared light is incident, and an image sensor configured to receive the visible light radiated from the visible light radiation region. The first region, the second region, and the visible light radiation region each include a nonlinear optical material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Anton Nikolaevich Sofronov, Sergey Nikolaevich Koptyaev, Maxim Vladimirovich Ryabko
  • Patent number: 12383234
    Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic imaging apparatus capable of obtaining a more accurate shear wave elastic image by removing inefficient areas such as blood vessels using a shear wave observation signal in a section where an object is not affected by a push pulse, and a method for controlling the same. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an ultrasonic probe configured to irradiate a push pulse, irradiate a first observation signal to the object after the push pulse is irradiated, and irradiate a second observation signal to the object; a controller configured to determine an inefficiency region of the object, and generate a shear wave elastic image based on the determined inefficiency region for each region of the object; and a display configured to display the generated shear wave elastic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Young Park, Ki Wan Choi, Seong Hyeon Choi
  • Patent number: 12386021
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for performing downlink time difference of arrival (DL-TDoA) by an ultra-wide band (UWB) device that includes selecting at least one active ranging round from a ranging block based on at least one of location information or motion information about the UWB device, transferring, to a UWB sub system, a command including information about the at least one active ranging round, and performing a DL-TDoA operation based on the information about the at least one active ranging round.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jonghoe Koo, Jinwook Seo, Hyunseob Oh, Mingyu Lee, Taeyoung Ha, Haeyoung Jun
  • Patent number: 12387639
    Abstract: A display device includes a driving frequency calculator configured to divide output image data into central, intermediate, and peripheral images respectively corresponding to central, intermediate, and peripheral visual field regions, calculate spatial frequencies of the central image, the intermediate image, and the peripheral image, calculate critical flicker frequencies of the central visual field region, the intermediate visual field region, and the peripheral visual field region based on the spatial frequencies and based on viewing angles of the central visual field region, the intermediate visual field region, and the peripheral visual field region, and determine driving frequencies of the central visual field region, the intermediate visual field region, and the peripheral visual field region based on the critical flicker frequencies, and a display panel configured to display an image based on the output image data and based on the driving frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University
    Inventors: Hyungsuk Hwang, Youra Kim, Hyosun Kim, Cheong Il Kim, Jeong Hyeon Park, Sang Chul Chong, Ji Eun Cho, Jeung Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 12387659
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including a display panel, a voltage generator, a current detector, and a current controller. The display panel includes a pixel for receiving a driving voltage. The voltage generator generates the driving voltage, determines a voltage level of the driving voltage based on a voltage control signal, and performs a protection operation in response to a protection signal. The current detector detects a driving current of the display panel and outputs a current signal corresponding to the detected driving current. The current controller includes a current comparison unit that generates a result signal by comparing a present current level of the current signal from the current detector to a previous current level and a protection operating unit that receives the result signal and outputs the protection signal based on a change in the load and a difference between the target current and the current signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang-Mi Lee, Eunjin Choi, Kihyun Pyun
  • Patent number: 12387665
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device comprising a display panel in which a first display region and a second display region are defined and which has a first pixel and a second pixel, a first temperature sensor which measures a first temperature of the first display region, a second temperature sensor which measures a second temperature of the second display region, a voltage generator which generates a first initialization voltage and a second initialization voltage, and a driving controller. The driving controller may generate a voltage control signal on the basis of the first temperature and the second temperature, and the voltage generator may provide, on the basis of the voltage control signal, the first initialization voltage to the first pixel and the second initialization voltage to the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myoung-Ho Kwon, Jeongkug Lee
  • Patent number: 12386244
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging lens array including a plurality of imaging lenses each with a same focal length, the plurality of imaging lenses being configured to capture a scene; a sensing array comprising a plurality of sensors configured to receive light passing through the plurality of imaging lenses; a processor configured to determine a scene depth plane corresponding to the scene based on a comparison, for each of a plurality of candidate depths, between reference pixel values based on first sensors of the plurality of sensors corresponding to a reference imaging lens of the plurality of imaging lenses and target pixel values that are based on second sensors of the plurality of sensors corresponding to a target imaging lens of the plurality of image lenses; and a lens driver configured to position the imaging lens array to be disposed at a point corresponding to the scene depth plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Ho Cho, Juyong Park, Jingu Heo, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Patent number: 12386661
    Abstract: The apparatus includes a section extraction module configured to receive an automation scenario including a plurality of sections, and to extract one or more sections of a plurality of job types, from among the plurality of sections, the one or more sections being executable in parallel, a section optimization module configured to generate a parallel execution section list by sorting the one or more sections based on priorities predetermined for the plurality of job types and a job scheduler configured to generate an idle bot list including an idle bot having an idle state between an execution start time and an execution end time of the automation scenario, and to match the idle bot included in the idle bot list to each of the one or more sections included in the parallel execution section list with reference to the at least one expected execution time period and the priorities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Young Kim, Jae Cheol Lee, Koo Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 12386470
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a substrate, an insulating layer, a sensor, and sensing lines. The substrate includes: a sensing region, and a peripheral region at a periphery of the sensing region. The insulating layer is on the substrate. The insulating layer includes contact holes. The sensor is on the substrate and overlaps the sensing region. The sensing lines are on the substrate and overlap the peripheral region. The sensing lines are connected to the sensor. Each of the sensing lines is formed as a multilayer structure. The multilayer structure includes a first electrically conductive layer on the substrate, and a second electrically conductive layer connected to the first electrically conductive layer via a contact hole among the contact holes. Widths of the sensing lines are different from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Yul Seo, Yu Jin Choi, Yeon Ju Kang, Ki Hyuk Kim, Gyeong Nam Bang
  • Patent number: 12386471
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a display panel including: a base substrate; a touch electrode disposed on the base substrate; and a connection wire that connects the touch electrode to a touch panel driver, wherein a width of a first conductive pattern forming the touch electrode is different from a width of a second conductive pattern forming the connection wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Cheol Kim, Won Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 12387885
    Abstract: A switch control device includes: a controller to output a control signal for controlling opening and closing of a switch; a switch driver to output a driving signal to the switch according to the control signal to control the opening and closing of the switch; and a counter connected between an output terminal of the switch driver and the switch, the counter to: receive a state signal from the controller indicating an operating state of the controller; and count a number of times that the switch is operated in an open state or a closed state by the driving signal when the state signal indicates the operating state of the controller as an abnormal state. The controller is further to detect a malfunction of the switch while the controller operates in the abnormal state based on the count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyuncheol Jeon
  • Patent number: D1087994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soojung Bae, Harkjoon Kim, Sugyeong Kim, Sunae Kim
  • Patent number: D1088007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seunghyuck Heo, Jiyun Lee
  • Patent number: D1088383
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guyong Park, Jinwoo Kim, Kang-Doo Kim