Samsung Electronics Patents Granted

Patents granted to Samsung Electronics by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11974036
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a first housing, a second housing configured to be slidable from the first housing, and a main printed circuit board (PCB) disposed inside the first housing and including a processor mounted therein. The electronic device also includes a camera module disposed in the second housing, and a display module. The display module includes a display having a first region exposed externally and a second region within an internal space of the first housing, while in a slide-in state of the second housing. The display module also includes a first flexible PCB (FPCB) connected to the main PCB. At least a portion of the first FPCB is movable as the second housing slides out from the first housing. The camera module is electrically connected to the first FPCB to transmit and receive electrical signals to and from the processor mounted on the main PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Manho Kim, Taeyun Kim, Kihuk Lee, Wonjun Jeong, Hwajoong Jung, Changhwan Jin
  • Patent number: 11973556
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration information including a CSI reporting band and a frequency granularity of CSI reporting, where the CSI reporting band is within a bandwidth part (BWP) comprising M physical resource blocks (PRBs), and the frequency granularity of CSI reporting is based on whether M<N, where N is a threshold; identifying the frequency granularity of CSI reporting; generating a CSI report with the identified frequency granularity, wherein the CSI report includes at least one of a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and a channel quality indicator (CQI); and transmitting the CSI report over an uplink (UL) channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi
  • Patent number: 11973717
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique that combines, with IoT technology, 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety related services, etc. on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT related technologies. Disclosed, in the present invention, are a method and an apparatus for determining the size of a transport block in a communication or broadcasting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jeongho Yeo, Hyojin Lee, Sungjin Park, Jinyoung Oh
  • Patent number: 11973555
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety related services, and the like on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. A method of a transmitting terminal, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving, from a receiving terminal, channel state information (CSI) determined on the basis of channel busy ratio (CBR) information, and the CBR information; determining a transmission parameter on the basis of the CSI; and transmitting the transmission parameter to the receiving terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Cheolkyu Shin, Younsun Kim, Hyunseok Ryu, Jonghyun Bang, Jeongho Yeo, Jinyoung Oh
  • Patent number: 11974116
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes: an audio output device comprising circuitry configured to output a sound; a microphone; and a processor configured to control, based on a content being selected, the audio output device to output an audio signal corresponding to the content using a sound compensation value, wherein the processor is configured to: extract, based on a sound corresponding to the content being output from the audio output device and input to the microphone, characteristic information from the sound input to the microphone, calculate a sound compensation value based on the extracted characteristic information, and update the sound compensation value with the calculated sound compensation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoseok Wey, Shukjae Choi, Inwoo Hwang, Sunmin Kim
  • Patent number: 11973723
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a message in an electronic device are provided. The method for transmitting a hidden message includes displaying one or more hiding frames in an input message display area of a display, and transmitting a message including information on the hiding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Choel-Hwi Kwon
  • Patent number: 11974059
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image sensor, a method of sensing an image, and an electronic device including the image sensor. The image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a readout circuit to read out a plurality of pixel signals received from the pixel array; and a controller to provide control signals to the pixel array, which includes three or more regions, each of the three or more regions having different sizes and control a processing of the plurality of pixel signals read out from the readout circuit based on the control signals provided to the pixel array to obtain an image, wherein the image has a first resolution in a first region, among the three or more regions, and a second resolution in a second region, among the three or more regions, the second resolution being lower than the first resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungwoo Kim, Myunghwa Jung, Hyuck Choo
  • Patent number: 11973605
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving control information and data information in a wireless communication system, and in an embodiment of the disclosure, a method of identifying transmission timing of a terminal in a wireless communication system includes receiving a first signal from a base station, determining whether an out-of-order hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process occurs, determining transmission timing of a second signal, which is a response to the first signal, to include a processing time of the out-of-order HARQ process when the out-of-order HARQ process occurs, and transmitting the second signal at the determined transmission timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sungjin Park, Younsun Kim, Hyunseok Ryu, Jonghyun Bang, Jeongho Yeo, Jinyoung Oh
  • Patent number: 11974477
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area, a driving circuit area, a driving wire area, and a sealing area. The display panel includes a first substrate, a plurality of light-emitting devices disposed on the first substrate in the display area, a gate driver disposed on the first substrate in the driving circuit area and supplying a signal for driving the light-emitting device, a plurality of wires disposed on the first substrate in the driving wire area and transmitting a clock signal to the gate driver, and an organic structure disposed on the first substrate in the driving wire area, the plurality of wires include a scan clock signal wire for transmitting a scan clock signal, and a sensing clock signal wire for transmitting a sensing clock signal, and the scan clock signal wire and the sensing clock signal wire do not overlap the organic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Hun Seo, Joo Sun Yoon, Woo Sik Jun, Yun-Mo Chung
  • Patent number: 11973718
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for reduced physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a wireless communication system. A method for operating a user equipment includes receiving a configuration for one or more search space sets. The one or more search space sets provide parameters for one or more candidate PDCCH receptions. The method includes determining a first number of candidate PDCCH receptions for a first number of more than one consecutive slots. A candidate PDCCH reception is over a number of control channel elements (CCEs). The first number of candidate PDCCH receptions over a corresponding number of CCEs does not exceed a capability corresponding to the first number of more than one consecutive slots for a maximum number of candidate PDCCH receptions over a corresponding maximum number of non-overlapped CCEs. The method further includes receiving the first number of candidate PDCCH receptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiongjie Lin, Aris Papasakellariou
  • Patent number: 11973934
    Abstract: Provided is a method of decoding a video according to an embodiment, the method including determining at least one processing block for splitting the video; determining an order of determining at least one largest coding unit in the at least one processing block; determining at least one largest coding unit on the basis of the determined order; and decoding the determined at least one largest coding unit, wherein the order is one of a plurality of orders for determining a largest coding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Ho Choi, Min-woo Park, Elena Alshina, Chan-yul Kim, In-kwon Choi
  • Patent number: 11974281
    Abstract: An apparatus for beam management includes a transceiver configured to receive configuration information for one or more transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states and corresponding channels, receive one or more TCI state identifiers (IDs) on a channel for conveying TCI state IDs from among the corresponding channels, and transmit an acknowledgement message in response to the reception of the one or more TCI state IDs. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to determine, based on the one or more TCI state IDs, TCI states for data and control channels, respectively, from among the corresponding channels, and update spatial filters for the data and control channels based on the determined TCI states for the data channels and the control channels, respectively. The transceiver is further configured to receive the data channels and the control channels based on the updated spatial filters for the data and the control channels, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Emad N. Farag, Eko Onggosanusi, Md. Saifur Rahman
  • Patent number: 11973972
    Abstract: A method of decoding motion information includes: identifying a type of omission motion information not included in a bitstream from among a plurality of pieces of motion information used to decode a current block that is inter predicted; obtaining the omission motion information by using a predetermined method; and decoding the current block based on the plurality of pieces of motion information including the obtained omission motion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Young Lee, Woong-il Choi
  • Patent number: 11973808
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a memory, and a processor configured to identify an occurrence of a conference event for establishing a conference call in which a plurality of external electronic devices participate, identify whether at least one of the plurality of external electronic devices is anonymous, generate an identification key to be mutually shared by a pair of an anonymous electronic device among the plurality of external electronic devices and the electronic device and transmit the identification key to the anonymous electronic device through the communication circuit when the at least one of the plurality of external electronic devices is anonymous, and generate the conference call in which the plurality of external electronic devices participate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nguyen Ngoc Duc, Nguyen The Nghia, Tran Xuan Toan, Doan Huy My, Nguyen Van Hien, Nguyen Van Sinh, Pham The Huy
  • Patent number: 11974107
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided to detect a connection of a first wireless audio device and a second wireless audio device, identify whether a wearer of the first wireless audio device and a wearer of the second wireless audio device are different, based on a first sensor signal received from the first wireless audio device and a second sensor signal received from the second wireless audio device, execute an audio sharing mode, based on the wearer of the first wireless audio device and the wearer of the second wireless audio device being different, control configuration information about the first and the second wireless audio device that are related to a function of the audio sharing mode, and transmit audio data according to the audio sharing mode to the first wireless audio device and the second wireless audio device, based on the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Areum Ko, Nathan Robert Folkman, Sean Ryan Bornheimer, Byeongkuk Keam, Younguk Do, Jooil Sung
  • Patent number: 11973935
    Abstract: Provided is a method of decoding a video according to an embodiment, the method including determining at least one processing block for splitting the video; determining an order of determining at least one largest coding unit in the at least one processing block; determining at least one largest coding unit on the basis of the determined order; and decoding the determined at least one largest coding unit, wherein the order is one of a plurality of orders for determining a largest coding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-ho Choi, Min-woo Park, Elena Alshina, Chan-yul Kim, In-kwon Choi
  • Patent number: 11974156
    Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information about a channel state information (CSI) report associated with NRRH>1 remote radio heads (RRHs), wherein: NRRH=a number of RRHs, each RRH r=1, . . . , NRRH comprises a group of CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) ports, and the configuration information includes, for each RRH r=1, . . . , NRRH, information about at least one CSI-RS resource; and for each RRH r=1, . . . , NRRH: measuring the at least one CSI-RS resource, and determining, based on the measured at least one CSI-RS resource, whether a CSI-RS resource for RRH r is a channel measurement resource (CMR) or an interference measurement resource (IMR); generating the CSI report based on whether each CSI-RS resource among the measured at least one CSI-RS resource for each RRH is determined as a CMR or an IMR; and transmitting the CSI report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Md. Saifur Rahman, Eko Onggosanusi
  • Patent number: 11973941
    Abstract: Provided are a video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus which determine whether to use a Most Probable Mode (MPM) list, based on encoding information of a current block, obtain, from a bitstream, intra prediction mode index information indicating one of candidate intra prediction modes included in the MPM list, and determine an intra prediction mode of the current block by using the obtained intra prediction mode index information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae Choi, Minwoo Park, Chanyul Kim, Minsoo Park, Yumi Sohn, Seungsoo Jeong, Kiho Choi, Woongil Choi, Anish Tamse, Yinji Piao
  • Patent number: 11974195
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for handling dynamic group creation in a vehicle to everything (V2X) system is provided. The method includes assigning, by a first server, a link layer identifier corresponding to a dynamic group information, sending, by the first server, a push request including the link layer identifier corresponding to the dynamic group information to a first V2X user equipment (UE) from a plurality of V2X UEs, receiving, by the first V2X UE, the link layer identifier corresponding to the dynamic group information, storing, by the first V2X UE, the link layer identifier corresponding to the dynamic group information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Basavaraj Jayawant Pattan, Nishant Gupta
  • Patent number: 11974226
    Abstract: A method for managing sleep duration in a 5th Generation (5G) and a user equipment (UE) are provided. The method includes sending, by the UE, a plurality of data packets to a network in a connected mode discontinuous reception (cDRX) cycle and detecting, by the UE, an initiation of a retransmission timer associated with the plurality of data packets. The method includes determining, by the UE, if a retransmission of at least one data packet the plurality of data packets is required, and causing, by the UE, to sleep before an expiry of the retransmission timer, in response to determining that the retransmission of the at least one data packet of the plurality of data packets is not required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rishav Agarwal, Jajohn Mathew Mattam
  • Patent number: 11974401
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a first frame at least partially exposed to an outside of the electronic device and comprising a metal material, a flexible printed circuit board at least a portion of which is disposed adjacent to the first frame, a first connector electrically connecting the flexible printed circuit board and a main board of the electronic device, a bendable second connector electrically connecting the flexible printed circuit board and the first frame, a bolt including a bolt body extending through a groove formed in the second connector to be bolt-coupled to a bolt groove formed in the first frame and a bolt head formed integrally with the bolt body and disposed in a first direction with respect to the first frame, a plate disposed adjacent to the bolt head of the bolt and coupled to the first frame in the first direction to allow the bolt body of the bolt to be maintained in a state of being coupled to the bolt groove formed in the first frame, and an int
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunghyup Lee, Chongo Yoon, Kwonho Son, Mincheol Seo, Yoonjung Kim, Hyungjin Kim, Jungsik Park, Sangyoup Seok, Donghun Shin, Seongyong An, Kyungjae Lee, Heeseok Jung, Huiwon Cho, Hyunju Hong
  • Patent number: 11974241
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a communication method performed by a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network, the communication method including: receiving, from a plurality of sidelink (SL) synchronization sources, at least one sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS), based on priority order information; and performing V2X communication based on the received at least one SLSS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunseok Ryu, Jeongho Yeo, Jinyoung Oh, Sungjin Park, Jonghyun Bang
  • Patent number: 11974211
    Abstract: The 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). A method of a user equipment is provided. The method includes identifying a first bandwidth part for a cell and a second bandwidth part for the cell through radio resource control signaling; identifying a first control resource set on the first bandwidth part and a second control resource set on the second bandwidth part through the radio resource control signaling; and acquiring downlink control information for the second bandwidth part based on the first control resource set on the first bandwidth part being activated. A bandwidth part indicator, a frequency domain resource assignment, and a time domain resource assignment are included in the downlink control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Taehyoung Kim, Youngbum Kim, Jinyoung Oh, Seunghoon Choi, Heedon Gha, Taehan Bae
  • Patent number: 11974245
    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. The present invention presents a method for efficiently estimating a physical channel and, according to the present invention, a terminal of a communication system receives a synchronization signal from a base station, receives a broadcast channel from the base station, and can estimate the broadcast channel on the basis of the synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Youngwoo Kwak, Sungjin Park, Cheolkyu Shin, Donghan Kim, Younsun Kim, Hoondong Noh, Jeongho Yeo, Jinyoung Oh, Juho Lee, Seunghoon Choi, Heedon Gha, Youngbum Kim, Taehyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11974391
    Abstract: A PCB includes a plurality of layers spaced apart in a vertical direction, a first detection pattern and a second detection pattern and pads connected to the first detection pattern and the second detection pattern. The first detection pattern and the second detection pattern are provided in a respective one of a first layer and a second layer adjacent to each other such that the first detection pattern and the second detection pattern are opposed to each other. The pads are provided in an outmost layer. Each of the first detection pattern and the second detection includes at least one main segment extending in at least one of first and second horizontal directions and a diagonal direction. A time domain reflectometry connected to a pair of pads detects a misalignment of the PCB by measuring differential characteristic impedance of the first detection pattern and the second detection pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongyoon Seo, Hwanwook Park, Dohyung Kim, Bora Kim, Seungyeong Lee, Wonseop Lee, Yunho Lee, Yejin Cho
  • Patent number: 11973356
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include: a power management module; a USB connection terminal; a processor operably connected to the power management module and the USB connection terminal; and a memory operably connected to the processor. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: provide, in response to connection with an external electronic device through the USB connection terminal, fast charging related information to the external electronic device; obtain power based on the fast charging related information from the external electronic device; perform a fast charging operation through the power management module based on the obtained power; determine to enter a first mode for data communication with the external electronic device; and determine whether fast charging is possible in the external electronic device based on the obtained power and an entry into the first mode by the electronic device and the external electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngmin Park, Dongrak Shin, Wookwang Lee
  • Patent number: 11974400
    Abstract: A supporter for electronic parts includes: an adsorption plate which is attached to an upper surface of a first electronic part among the first electronic part and a second electronic part where the first electronic part and a second electronic part are spaced apart from each other on a plane; and a supporting member which includes 1) a first support part which supports a lower surface of the second electronic part and 2) a connection part which connects the adsorption plate and the first support part. On the plane, about 70-90% of the area of the first support part is overlapped with the second electronic part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seyoung Oh, Ki-Yong Park
  • Patent number: 11974461
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate, a component area arranged over the substrate, the component area and including a first component area and a second component area, the first component area including a plurality of first pixel groups and a first transmission area arranged between the first pixel groups, the second component area including a plurality of second pixel groups and a second transmission area arranged between the second pixel groups, a main display area arranged over the substrate, the main display area including main display elements and main pixel circuits respectively connected to the main display elements, and a component arranged in the component area. A planar shape of the first transmission area may be different from a planar shape of the second transmission area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungjin Hong, Yoomin Ko, Joohee Jeon, Sunho Kim, Cheaeun Kim
  • Patent number: 11974185
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication technique which combines a 5G communication system, for supporting a higher data transmission rate than 4G systems, with IoT technology, and a system for same. The present invention may be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, smart retailers, security and safety-related services, or the like) based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present disclosure relates to a method and device for performing an efficient handover, without the suspension of data transmission and reception, upon handover in a next generation mobile communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donggun Kim, Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 11974397
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may comprise: a display, a first circuit board disposed under the display, at least one component disposed on one surface of the first circuit board, an interposer surrounding at least two sides of the at least one component and disposed on the first circuit board, and a second circuit board spaced apart from the first circuit board and including an area joined with the interposer. The interposer may include: a first interposer portion disposed along a first area of the first circuit board, a first end of the first interposer having at least a portion including a non-shielding area, and a second interposer portion disposed along a second area, adjacent to the first area, of the first circuit board, a second end of the second interposer facing the first end and having at least a portion including a non-shielding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungbo Shim, Junghoon Park, Dongil Son
  • Patent number: 11974433
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a third insulating pattern and a first insulating pattern on a substrate, the third insulating pattern and the first insulating pattern being spaced apart from each other in a first direction that is perpendicular to the substrate such that a bottom surface of the third insulating pattern and a top surface of the first insulating pattern face each other, a gate electrode between the bottom surface of the third insulating pattern and the top surface of the first insulating pattern, and including a first side extending between the bottom surface of the third insulating pattern and the top surface of the first insulating pattern, and a second insulating pattern that protrudes from the first side of the gate electrode by a second width in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Heon Kang, Tae Hun Kim, Jae Ryong Sim, Kwang Young Jung, Gi Yong Chung, Jee Hoon Han, Doo Hee Hwang
  • Patent number: 11974300
    Abstract: A system and method of generating a control message of a digital unit (DU) of a base station in a wireless communication system supporting lower layer function division, and a system and method of processing a control message of a radio unit (RU) of the base station are provided. The system and method provide an RU of the base station that does not need to analyze the subframe structure in association with other control plane sections, such that processing time and processing complexity can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonwoo Rhim, Daejoong Kim, Jaeyoel Kim, Namryul Jeon, Sunguk Huh
  • Patent number: 11974456
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of display elements arranged in a display area, an opening, a multi-layer including a first layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer, and a groove. Each display element includes a pixel electrode, an emission layer disposed on the pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode disposed on the emission layer. The display area surrounds the opening. The groove is located between the opening and the display area. The groove has an undercut cross-section that is concave in a thickness direction of the multi-layer, the second layer includes a pair of tips that protrude toward a center of the groove, and a length of each tip is less than about 2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonwoo Choi, Wooyong Sung, Sooyoun Kim, Junghan Seo, Seoyeon Lee, Hyoungsub Lee, Moonwon Chang, Seunggun Chae
  • Patent number: 11974331
    Abstract: A method for PUSCH repetition or PRACH aggregation. In some embodiments, the method includes transmitting, by a User Equipment (UE), in a first slot, a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission including a set of coded bits selected from a circular buffer of the UE based on a first redundancy version (RV); determining, by the UE, that a second slot is available for an earliest repetition of the first PUSCH transmission, the second slot being later than the slot immediately following the first slot; determining, by the UE, based on the second slot, a second redundancy version; and transmitting, by the UE, in the second slot, a second PUSCH transmission including a set of coded bits selected from the circular buffer of the UE based on the second redundancy version, the second PUSCH transmission being a repetition of the first PUSCH transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Bae, Mohammed Karmoose
  • Patent number: 11974406
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungjoon Lee, Youngmin Kang, Sangmin Kim, Daeyoung Noh, Moonchul Shin, Byounguk Yoon, Yeonggyu Yoon, Jongchul Choi
  • Patent number: 11974282
    Abstract: A method of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), a downlink signal including position information for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of a short physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), determining, based on the position information, a position of the OFDM symbols of the short PUCCH included in a slot, and transmitting, to the BS, the short PUCCH using the OFDM symbols based on the determined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Han Nam, Sudhir Ramakrishna, Li Guo, Boon Loong Ng
  • Patent number: 11974455
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate; a light-emitting element layer on the substrate; a first thin-film encapsulation layer that is on the light-emitting element layer, has an upper surface conforming an upper surface of the light-emitting element layer, and includes a recessed portion; a bank layer on the first thin-film encapsulation layer and having an opening overlapping the recessed portion; a wavelength conversion layer in the opening on the first thin-film encapsulation layer and at least partially in the recessed portion; a first inorganic layer on the bank layer and the wavelength conversion layer; an organic layer on the first inorganic layer; and a second inorganic layer on the organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Chul Yeo, Yong Tack Kim, Eung Seok Park, Hee Wook Yoon, Yoon Hyeung Cho
  • Patent number: 11974420
    Abstract: A solid state drive apparatus includes a case including a base and side walls extending upward along a circumference of the base, an electrostatic prevention structure of a metal pillar spaced apart from the side walls and protruding from at least a partial surface of the base and an electrostatic absorbing member on at least a partial surface of the metal pillar, a package substrate module mounted on the electrostatic prevention structure in the case, and a cover covering the case and the package substrate module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-ki Lee, In-sub Kwak, Il-han Yun
  • Patent number: 11974440
    Abstract: A memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; and a page buffer circuit provided in a page buffer region including a main region and a cache region provided in a first horizontal direction, and including a first page buffer unit and a second page buffer unit adjacent to each other in a second horizontal direction in the main region. A first sensing node of the first page buffer unit includes a first lower metal pattern, and a first upper metal pattern, and electrically connected to the first lower metal pattern. A second sensing node of the second page buffer unit includes a second lower metal pattern, and a second upper metal pattern, electrically connected to the second lower metal pattern, and not adjacent to the first upper metal pattern in the second horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongsung Cho, Inho Kang, Ansoo Park, Jeunghwan Park, Dongha Shin, Jeawon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11974452
    Abstract: A protection film for an electronic device includes an adhesive layer including a first surface to which an electronic device is attached, and a film layer which contacts a second surface of the adhesive layer and includes at least one member, where a thickness of the adhesive layer satisfies Inequality 1: z?(5.1x+57.4)·ln(y)?(14.7x+140.5), where z is the thickness of the adhesive layer in terms of micrometers, x is a modulus of a member of the film layer which directly contacts the adhesive layer in terms of gigapascals, and y is a total thickness of the film layer in terms of micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Eun Oh, Jai Ku Shin, Han Sun Ryou, So Dam Ahn, Jang Doo Lee
  • Patent number: 11974449
    Abstract: A light-emitting element may include a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, a first hole transport layer disposed above the first electrode, a first electron transport layer disposed between the first hole transport layer and the second electrode. A first light-emitting part and a second light-emitting part that emit different light may be disposed between the first hole transport layer and the first electron transport layer. The first light-emitting part may include a first blue emission layer, a second electron transport layer, a charge generation layer, and a second blue emission layer, and the first blue emission layer may be disposed above the first hole transport layer. At least one of the first electron transport layer and the second electron transport layer may be directly disposed above at least one of the first blue emission layer and the second blue emission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seokjae Lee, Yunjae Kim, Jungkyun Kim, Hyungu Kim, Bohun Park, Jin Woo Park, Jungjin Yang, Bum Suk Lee, Sunhye Lee, Jaejin Lee
  • Patent number: 11974405
    Abstract: An electronic device housing, and an electronic device including the same are provided. The electronic device housing includes a substrate including glass, an insert portion which is bonded to the substrate at a surface of the insert portion, and at which a functional component of an electronic device having the electronic device housing is disposed, and an elastic layer which is between the substrate and the insert portion and extends along the surface of the insert portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngmin Moon, Jaehyun Bae, Hyunsuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11974453
    Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing the display device are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a substrate including a display region and a peripheral region. A first block member is in the peripheral region and surrounding display structures, the first block member having a first height. A second block member is spaced apart from the first block member in a first direction extending from the display region to the peripheral region, the second block member surrounding the first block member, the second block member having a second height that is greater than the first height. A first encapsulation layer is over the display structures, the first block member, and the second block member. A second encapsulation layer is over the first encapsulation layer, the second encapsulation layer overlapping at least a portion of the first block member in the depth dimension of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Young Shin
  • Patent number: 11974437
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a vertical pattern in a first direction, interlayer insulating layers, spaced apart, a side surface of each of the interlayer insulating layers facing a side of the vertical pattern, a gate electrode between the interlayer insulating layers, a side of the gate electrode facing the side of the vertical pattern, a dielectric structure between the vertical pattern and the interlayer insulating layers with the gate electrode between the interlayer insulating layers, and data storage patterns between the gate electrode and the vertical pattern, the data storage patterns spaced apart. The dielectric structure includes a first and a second dielectric layers, the second dielectric layer between the first dielectric layer and the vertical pattern. The data storage patterns are between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer includes portions between the data storage patterns and the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yonghoon Son
  • Patent number: 11974434
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a plurality of conductive lines extending in a horizontal direction parallel to a main surface of a substrate and overlapping one another in a vertical direction vertical to the main surface, on the substrate, a plurality of insulation layers each between two adjacent conductive lines of the plurality of conductive lines to extend in the horizontal direction, a channel layer extending in the vertical direction in a channel hole passing through the plurality of conductive lines and the plurality of insulation layers, and a plurality of outer blocking dielectric layers between the plurality of conductive lines and the channel layer, in at least some of the plurality of conductive lines, wherein a width of each of the plurality of outer blocking dielectric layers in the horizontal direction increases toward the main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangyong Park, Hyunseok Na, Jaeduk Lee
  • Patent number: 11974438
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first stack group having first interlayer insulating layers and first gate layers, alternately and repeatedly stacked on a substrate and a second stack group comprising second interlayer insulating layers and second gate layers, alternately and repeatedly stacked on the first stack group. Separation structures pass through the first and second stack groups and include a first separation region and a second separation region. A vertical structure passes through the first and second stack groups and includes a first vertical region and a second vertical region. A conductive line is electrically connected to the vertical structure on the second stack group. A distance between an upper end of the first vertical region and an upper surface of the substrate is greater than a distance between an upper end of the first separation region and an upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haemin Lee, Jongwon Kim, Shinhwan Kang, Kohji Kanamori, Jeehoon Han
  • Patent number: 11974450
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel including a first substrate, pixels arranged on the first substrate and configured to define a display area, a second substrate facing the first substrate, an insulating layer on the first substrate and including an edge that is closer to the display area than an edge of the first substrate, a conductive layer on the insulating layer, and a sealing member between the first substrate and the second substrate and surrounding the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungjae Lee, Hyesoo Jee, Wongeun Lee, Hansoo Kim, Kyungmin Park
  • Patent number: 11967045
    Abstract: An image processing method comprises obtaining an input image; converting the input image or a feature map of the input image into a plurality of target input images or target feature maps, wherein a resolution of each of the target input images or the target feature maps is smaller than a resolution of the feature map of the input image or the input image, and pixels at the same position in each of the target input images or the target feature maps are of a neighborhood relationship with the input image or the feature map of the input image; processing at least a part of the plurality of target input images or target feature maps by one or more convolution blocks in a convolutional neural network; and increasing a resolution of a feature map output from the one or more convolution blocks in the convolutional neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zikun Liu, Chunying Li, Han Qiu, Yinglu Liu
  • Patent number: 11967529
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor chip are provided. The methods may include providing a semiconductor substrate including integrated circuit regions and a cut region. The cut region may be between the integrated circuit regions. The methods may also include forming a modified layer by emitting a laser beam into the semiconductor substrate along the cut region, polishing an inactive surface of the semiconductor substrate to propagate a crack from the modified layer, and separating the integrated circuit regions along the crack. The cut region may include a plurality of multilayer metal patterns on an active surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is opposite to the inactive surface of the semiconductor substrate. The plurality of multilayer metal patterns may form a pyramid structure when viewed in cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-moon Bae, Yoon-sung Kim, Yun-hee Kim, Hyun-su Sim, Jun-ho Yoon, Jung-ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11967462
    Abstract: A capacitor component includes a body, including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer, and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode layer. At least one hole is formed in the internal electrode layer, and a region, containing at least one selected from the group consisting of indium (In) and tin (Sn), is disposed in the hole. A method of manufacturing a capacitor component includes forming a dielectric green sheet, forming a conductive thin film, including a first conductive material and a second conductive material, on the dielectric green sheet, and sintering the conductive thin film to form an internal electrode layer. The internal electrode layer includes the first conductive material, and a region, including the second conductive material, is formed in the internal electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Sung Kang, Su Yeon Lee, Won Jun Na, Byung Kun Kim, Yu Hong Oh, Sun Hwa Kim, Jae Eun Heo, Hoe Chul Jung