Samsung Electronics Patents Granted

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

  • Patent number: 11977703
    Abstract: A touch detection module, includes: a plurality of driving electrodes arranged side by side; a plurality of sensing electrodes staggered with respect to the driving electrodes; and a touch driving circuit configured to supply touch driving signals to the plurality of driving electrodes and to detect touch detection signals through the plurality of sensing electrodes to identify touch position coordinates, wherein the touch driving circuit is configured: to vary frequency modulation parameter set values in response to a change in a frequency of reference clocks, and to generate and supply a frequency of the touch driving signals by using the reference clocks and a varied frequency modulation parameter set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Park, Min Hong Kim, Tae Joon Kim, Il Ho Lee, Wan Kee Jun
  • Patent number: 11977329
    Abstract: A photosensitive composition including a quantum dot dispersion, a reactive compound having at least two thiol groups, a photopolymerizable monomer having a carbon-carbon double bond, and a photoinitiator, wherein the quantum dot dispersion includes a carboxylic acid group-containing polymer and a quantum dot dispersed in the carboxylic acid group containing polymer, and wherein the carboxylic acid group-containing polymer includes a copolymer of a monomer combination including a first monomer having a carboxylic acid group and a carbon-carbon double bond and a second monomer having a carbon-carbon double bond and a hydrophobic moiety and not having a carboxylic acid group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shang Hyeun Park, Hojeong Paek, Eun Joo Jang, Shin Ae Jun
  • Patent number: 11977485
    Abstract: A method of cache management includes: acquiring attributes of at least one file currently opened; extracting a first attribute subset related to a predetermined analysis target from among the attributes of the at least one file; determining region numbers of corresponding universal flash storage (UFS) device storage regions to be cached, based on the first attribute subset; and caching data of the corresponding UFS device storage regions to be cached into a cache memory, based on the region numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhonggang Chen
  • Patent number: 11977338
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes selecting a diffraction based focus (DBF) mark that is unaffected by a pattern of a lower layer; manufacturing a mask including a mark pattern for forming the DBF mark; forming the DBF mark in a cell region of a wafer by using the mask; measuring the DBF mark and monitoring defocus; correcting the defocus on the basis of a result of the monitoring; and forming a pattern in the cell region of the wafer, after correcting the defocus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jieun Park, Youngmin Seo, Inbeom Yim
  • Patent number: 11978135
    Abstract: A method for recommending a color of a home appliance is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of panel graphic objects corresponding to each of a plurality of panels of the home appliance, providing a plurality of color graphic objects each representing a plurality of colors, receiving a selection for one of the plurality of color graphic objects, applying a color represented by the selected color graphic object to one of the plurality of panel graphic objects, and providing information on a color scheme corresponding to the color represented by the selected color graphic object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jidam Hong, Seongjun Kim, Sohee Kim, Jieun Kim, Hyejin Kim, Jaeyoung Ro, Soyoung Yun, Sunhye Lee, Yejin Jeon, Kibeom Hwang
  • Patent number: 11977409
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a folding area and a non-folding area, and a plate which faces the display panel. The plate includes first surface and a second surface which is opposite to the first surface, and a pattern hole which is defined in the plate and corresponding to the folding area of the display panel. The pattern hole is defined by a side surface of the plate, and a first inclined surface of the plate which connects the first surface and the side surface to each other. With respect to the first surface, the first inclined surface forms a first angle and the side surface forms a second angle, and the first angle of the first inclined surface with respect to the first surface is different from the second angle of the side surface with respect to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Myungan Min
  • Patent number: 11979763
    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 relates to a method for channel measurement and device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yiyan Zhang, He Wang
  • Patent number: 11977418
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an electronic device including a flexible display having an expandable display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chungha Kim, Sungkwon Kim, Sangmin Hyun, Geunyong Park
  • Patent number: 11979781
    Abstract: A method for selecting cell using a fifth generation (5G) user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes detecting an event, when the 5G UE is camped on a serving cell; detecting availability of one or more voice over new radio (VoNR) cells and one or more non-VoNR cells in vicinity of the serving cell in response to detecting the event; based on the event, performing one of (i) selecting a VoNR cell when only one VoNR cell is available, (ii) identifying and selecting a VoNR cell based on a plurality of cell parameters, when a plurality of VoNR cells are available, and (iii) identifying and selecting a non-VoNR cell from the one or more non-VoNR cells, based on the plurality of cell parameters, when one of the one or more non-VoNR cells is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shanthossh Nagarajan, Rishav Agarwal, Shouvik Guha, Sumit Verma
  • Patent number: 11977240
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to reduce an offset of a Hall sensor includes a voltage-current conversion circuit and a current mirror circuit. The voltage-current conversion circuit is configured to generate a current configured to decrease when a voltage of an input terminal to which a bias current of a Hall sensor is input increases and increase when the voltage of the input terminal decreases. The current mirror circuit has a current mirror structure configured to feedback the bias current based on the current generated by the voltage-current conversion circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hwan Kim, Koon Shik Cho, Youn Joong Lee
  • Patent number: 11979931
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Embodiments herein disclose a wireless network and methods to maintain a MA PDU session at a NSACF entity. The method includes determining, by a SMF entity, that a PDU session is the MA PDU session based on an indication from a UE. Further, the method includes indicating, by the SMF entity, that the PDU session is the MA PDU session to the NSACF entity in response to determination. The wireless network may maintain the count accurately even though the PDU session is a MA PDU session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koustav Roy, Lalith Kumar, Arijit Sen, Danish Ehsan Hashmi, Ashok Kumar Nayak, Hoyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 11977699
    Abstract: Provided is a method of identifying a touch type of a user touch input with respect to an electronic device, the method including: obtaining touch data from a touch input received from a user; determining a touch recognition model set consisting of touch recognition models to be used to identify a touch type of the touch input of the user from among a plurality of touch recognition models corresponding to a plurality of partial time periods included in a time in which the touch input is maintained; obtaining touch type probability values with respect to the touch input of the user by applying the touch data to the touch recognition models included in the touch recognition model set; and identifying a touch type of the touch input, based on the obtained touch type probability values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinyoung Hwang, Dongchan Kim, Dongnam Byun
  • Patent number: 11979831
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system. A method performed by a terminal includes receiving, from a base station, first system information including information indicating that an extended DRX mode is allowed in a cell; transmitting, to an entity for managing mobility of the terminal, a request message including first information on a first DRX cycle for an operation in the extended DRX mode; receiving, from the entity, a response message based on the request message; identifying whether the response message includes second information on a second DRX cycle for the operation in the extended DRX mode; performing the operation in the extended DRX mode based on the second information, when the response message includes the second information; and performing an operation in a regular DRX mode based on third information on a default cycle, when the response message does not include the second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sangbum Kim, Soenghun Kim, Himke Van Der Velde, Jaehyuk Jang
  • Patent number: 11977735
    Abstract: An operating method of a storage device includes detecting whether a reclaim event has occurred on a source memory area including a plurality of memory areas, setting a reclaim priority value to each of the plurality of memory areas, and performing a reclaim operation on the source memory area according to the reclaim priority value of each of the plurality of memory areas. The reclaim operation moves data stored in the source memory area to a destination memory area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sangsoo Cha
  • Patent number: 11979853
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a method performed by a relay user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprising: receiving, from a base station (BS), a paging configuration including at least one of a number of total paging frame, a number of paging occasion for a paging frame, an offset for paging frame, a first DRX cycle of a remote UE, or paging search space; transmitting, to a remote UE, the paging configuration; receiving, from the remote UE, information related the remote UE including at least one of identity of the remote UE, paging identity of the remote UE or a second DRX cycle of the remote UE; identifying a paging occasion of the remote UE based on the information related the remote UE and the paging configuration; and monitoring the paging occasion of the remote UE for receiving a paging message for the remote UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anil Agiwal, Hyunjeong Kang
  • Patent number: 11977743
    Abstract: A storage unit is disclosed. The storage unit may include storage for a component codeword. The component codeword may be stored in a block in the storage. The block may also store a block codeword. An interface may receive a read request for a chunk of data from a host and may send the chunk of data to the host. A circuit may read the component codeword from the block in the storage. An error correcting code (ECC) decoder may determine the chunk of data based at least in part on the component codeword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zongwang Li, Jing Yang, Marie Mai Nguyen, Mehran Elyasi, Rekha Pitchumani
  • Patent number: 11979863
    Abstract: A user equipment for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system may include a transceiver configured to receive, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI), and at least one processor configured to, based on a configuration state of a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier indicated to the user equipment by the base station, determine whether information indicating activation or inactivation of the SUL carrier is present in the DCI, and based on a result of the determining of whether the information indicating activation or inactivation of the SUL carrier is present, determine a carrier to transmit uplink data scheduled by using the DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Seunghoon Choi, Youngbum Kim, Taehyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11977746
    Abstract: A data backup method of a storage device which includes a storage controller, a buffer memory, and a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices, the method including: detecting a power-off event of an external power provided to the storage device; deactivating a host interface of the storage controller in response to the detection of the power-off event; moving data stored in the buffer memory to a static random access memory (SRAM) in the storage controller; blocking or deactivating a power of the buffer memory; setting an interleaving mode of the plurality of nonvolatile memory devices to a minimum power mode; and programming the data moved to the SRAM to at least one of the plurality of nonvolatile memory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Changsik Kwon
  • Patent number: 11980073
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first area, a second area, and a bending area. A plurality of first wires are positioned in the first area. A plurality of second wires are positioned in the second area. An insulating layer is positioned in the bending area. A plurality of connecting wires are disposed on the insulating layer. Each of the connecting wires is connected with at least one of the first wires and at least one of the second wires. Each of the connecting wires includes a first portion and a second portion alternatingly arranged along an extending direction of the connecting wires. A width of the first portion is wider than a width of the second portion in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction each of the connecting wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Suk Lee, Seong Ryong Lee
  • Patent number: 11977981
    Abstract: A device and method of operating the device for automatically creating photos or videos of a certain moment are provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of image frames sequentially captured through a camera for a preset time interval; detecting at least one image frame among the plurality of image frames in which a main object corresponding to a preset main object or an action of the main object corresponding to a preset action is recognized; determining a type of composition of the at least one image frame; cropping a region including the main object from the at least one image frame based on placement of objects in the at least one image frame and the determined type of composition; and creating the photo using the cropped region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gunill Lee, Jiwon Jeong, Taehyuk Kwon, Deokho Kim, Byeongwook Yoo, Wonwoo Lee, Jaewoong Lee, Sunghoon Yim
  • Patent number: 11980050
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate that includes an opening and a display area that surrounds the opening; a plurality of grooves formed in the substrate between the opening and the display area; a display element layer on the substrate and that includes a plurality of display elements in the display area; a thin-film encapsulation layer disposed on the display element layer, the thin-film encapsulation layer including a first inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer which are sequentially stacked; a planarization layer disposed over the plurality of grooves and that includes an organic insulating material, wherein the planarization layer is disposed over the second inorganic encapsulation layer, and the organic encapsulation layer is disposed below the second inorganic encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wooyong Sung, Wonwoo Choi, Sooyoun Kim, Junghan Seo, Seoyeon Lee, Hyoungsub Lee, Moonwon Chang, Seunggun Chae, Seungyong Song
  • Patent number: 11977780
    Abstract: A method for operating a Near Memory Processing (NMP) Dual In-line Memory Module (DIMM) for DIMM-to-DIMM communication is provided. The NMP DIMM includes one or more ports for communicative connection to other NMP DIMMs. The method includes parsing, by one NMP DIMM, a NMP command received from a processor of a host platform, identifying data dependencies on one or more other NMP DIMMs based on the parsing, establishing communication with the one or more other NMP DIMMs through one or more ports of the one NMP DIMM, receiving data from the one or more other NMP DIMMs through one or more ports of the one NMP DIMM, processing the NMP command using the data received from one of the one or more other NMP DIMMs and data present in the one NMP DIMM, and sending a NMP command completion notification to the processor of the host platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eldho Mathew Pathiyakkara Thombra, Prashant Vishwanath Mahendrakar, Jin In So, Jong-Geon Lee
  • Patent number: 11980063
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area. The non-display area includes a blocking region. An organic layer is disposed on the substrate. An emission layer is disposed in the display area of the substrate. An auxiliary pattern is disposed in the blocking region of the non-display area of the substrate. A thin film encapsulation layer is disposed on the substrate and overlaps the emission layer and the blocking region. The organic layer has a groove penetrating an entire thickness of the organic layer in the blocking region. The auxiliary pattern overlaps the groove. The auxiliary pattern includes a same material as a gate electrode disposed in the display area of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hoon Kim, Deuk Jong Kim, Jae Hak Lee
  • Patent number: 11978371
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling presentation on a foldable display of an electronic device is provided. A foldable electronic device comprises a foldable housing including a hinge structure, a first housing structure and a second housing structure foldable and unfoldable with respect to the first housing structure about the hinge structure. The electronic device includes a processor and a memory to store instructions that cause the processor to receive a first user input to select an application program; detect a change from a folded state to an unfolded state; determine whether the selected application program has user interface size restrictions; and in the unfolded state, display a user interface of the selected application on at least a portion of the foldable display, based in part on the screen size restriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duncan Knarr, Andrew R McHugh, Seokhyun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11980052
    Abstract: A metasurface includes a substrate with a first surface area having first surface energy, and a second surface area formed to surround the first surface area and having second surface energy less than the first surface energy, a polymer layer provided on the substrate at a position corresponding to the first surface area and including a polymer material and a metal reflective layer provided on the polymer layer and having a phase modulation surface including metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunghoon Lee, MyongJong Kwon, Wonjae Joo
  • Patent number: 11978765
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a conductive region on a substrate and a lower electrode structure including a main electrode part spaced apart from the conductive region and a bridge electrode part between the main electrode part and the conductive region. A dielectric layer contacts an outer sidewall of the main electrode part. To manufacture the integrated circuit device, a preliminary bridge electrode layer is formed in a hole of a mold pattern on the substrate, and the main electrode part is formed on the preliminary bridge electrode layer in the hole. The mold pattern is removed to expose a sidewall of the preliminary bridge electrode layer, and a portion of the preliminary electrode part is removed to form the bridge electrode part. The dielectric layer is formed to contact the outer sidewall of the main electrode part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-goo Kang, Hyun-suk Lee, Gi-hee Cho
  • Patent number: 11980060
    Abstract: A display device includes a first lower electrode disposed on a base substrate, a first upper electrode disposed on the first lower electrode, overlapping the first lower electrode in a plan view, including a silicon semiconductor, and constituting a first capacitor together with the first lower electrode, a second lower electrode disposed on the first upper electrode, and a second upper electrode disposed on the second lower electrode, overlapping the second lower electrode in a plan view, including an oxide semiconductor, and constituting a second capacitor together with the second lower electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myeongho Kim, Yeonhong Kim, Jaybum Kim, Kyoung Seok Son, Sunhee Lee, Seungjun Lee, Seunghun Lee, Jun Hyung Lim
  • Patent number: 11980028
    Abstract: A semiconductor includes a lower structure and a stack structure having interlayer insulating layers and horizontal layers alternately stacked on the lower structure. A first dam vertical structure penetrates the stack structure. The first dam vertical structure divides the stack structure into a gate stack region and an insulator stack region. The horizontal layers include gate horizontal layers in the gate stack region and insulating horizontal layers in the insulator stack region. A memory vertical structure and a supporter vertical structure penetrate the gate stack region. Separation structures penetrate the gate stack region. One separation structure includes a first side surface, a second side surface not perpendicular to the first side surface, and a connection side surface extending from the first side surface to the second side surface. The connection side surface is higher than an uppermost gate horizontal layer of the gate horizontal layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geunwon Lim, Minjun Kang, Byunggon Park, Joongshik Shin
  • Patent number: 11980084
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprising a substrate; an organic light emitting element disposed on the substrate; an encapsulation substrate disposed on the organic light emitting element; and an adhesive layer formed on the substrate, covering the organic light emitting element, and bonding the substrate on which the organic light emitting element is formed with the encapsulation substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hyun Son, Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11979996
    Abstract: A memory device and an electronic device is provided. The memory device may include a memory module including a module board and a memory connector located on one side of the module board, a first enclosure placed above the memory module and a second enclosure placed below the memory module, wherein the first enclosure includes a first main cover which covers upper faces of the module board and the memory connector, at least one clamping hole which penetrates the main cover at a position overlapping the memory connector, an inter-device fastening pillar protruding downward from a lower face of the first main cover, and a coupling hole which is located inside the inter-device fastening pillar on a plane and penetrates the inter-device fastening pillar and the main cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuf Cinar, Jae Hong Park, Han Hong Lee, Seon Gyun Baek, Won-Gi Hong
  • Patent number: 11980077
    Abstract: A pixel arrangement structure of an OLED display is provided. The pixel arrangement structure includes: a first pixel having a center coinciding with a center of a virtual square; a second pixel separated from the first pixel and having a center at a first vertex of the virtual square; and a third pixel separated from the first pixel and the second pixel, and having a center at a second vertex neighboring the first vertex of the virtual square.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Shin Lee
  • Patent number: 11980023
    Abstract: A capacitor comprises a first electrode, a second electrode provided on the first electrode, a ferroelectric film provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a dielectric film provided between the ferroelectric film and the second electrode, impedance of the ferroelectric film and impedance of the dielectric film are determined such that a control voltage applied between the first electrode and the second electrode is equal to a capacitance boosting operating voltage, and the capacitance boosting operating voltage is determined by the following equation: V MAX = ( 1 + ? "\[LeftBracketingBar]" Z 2 ? "\[RightBracketingBar]" ? "\[LeftBracketingBar]" Z 1 ? "\[RightBracketingBar]" ) ? t F ? E FM where VMAX is a capacitance boosting operating voltage, Z1 is impedance of the ferroelectric film, Z2 is impedance of the dielectric film, tF is a thickness of the ferroelectric film, and EFM is an electric field applied to the ferroelectric film having a maximum
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeho Lee, Boeun Park, Yongsung Kim, Jooho Lee
  • Patent number: 11979999
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a housing, a flexible display configured to be at least partially rolled around a rotation axis in a substantially circular shape in an internal space of the housing, a battery located in the internal space in which the flexible display is rolled, a first printed circuit board located on one surface of the battery that is oriented in a direction of the rotation axis, the first printed circuit board being electrically connected to the flexible display and including a first wireless communication circuitry, and a second printed circuit board located inside the housing to face the first printed circuit board and including a second wireless communication circuitry. The first printed circuit board may be configured to be rotatable about the rotation axis in a state of being electrically connected to the second printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongwan Shim, Bumhee Bae, Soohyun Seo, Minwoo Yoo, Byounguk Yoon, Sinhyung Jeon, Jongchul Choi
  • Patent number: 11980025
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes; an active region defined by an isolation film on a substrate, a word line in the substrate, the word line extending in a first direction and crossing the active region, a bit line above the word line and extending in a second direction, a contact between bit lines adjacent in the first direction, the contact connecting the active region and extending in a vertical direction, and a contact fence disposed on each of opposing side surfaces of the contact in the second direction and extending in the vertical direction, wherein the active region has a bar shape extending oblique to the first direction, and the contact fence includes a carbon-containing insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junhyeok Ahn, Huijung Kim, Kiseok Lee, Myeongdong Lee
  • Patent number: 11980082
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a manufacturing method of a display device, including: forming a pixel circuit portion overlapping a display area on a substrate; forming a first electrode that is electrically connected to the pixel circuit portion; forming a partition wall overlapping a portion of the first electrode; forming a dummy line overlapping a peripheral area surrounding the display area by using a dispenser; and forming at least a portion of an intermediate layer in the partition wall by an inkjet process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seul Gi Han, Seok Soon Back
  • Patent number: 11980083
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor includes: forming an active pattern on a substrate; forming an insulating layer and a gate electrode layer on the active pattern in order; forming a photoresist pattern on the gate electrode layer; forming a preliminary gate electrode by wet etching the gate electrode layer using the photoresist pattern; forming an insulating pattern by dry etching the insulating layer using the photoresist pattern and the preliminary gate electrode; and forming a gate electrode by wet etching a side surface of the preliminary gate electrode using the photoresist pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keum Hee Lee, Joongeol Kim, Kap Soo Yoon, Woo Geun Lee, Seung-Ha Choi, Jiyun Hong
  • Patent number: 11978403
    Abstract: A display device for performing a sensing operation according to an embodiment of the present inventive concept includes a pixel unit including pixel circuits each including a light emitting element, a driving transistor, a switching transistor, and a sensing control transistor connected between an anode electrode and an initialization power source; a scan driver connected to the pixel circuits through horizontal lines and sequentially outputting scan signals and sensing control signals; and a sensing unit configured to sense voltages or current of first nodes each disposed between an anode electrode and a driving transistor. The scan driver simultaneously outputs the sensing control signals to the horizontal lines at every predetermined discharge cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jin Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11980049
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a display panel, a folding line extending in a first direction, a first non-folding area disposed on a first side of the folding line and which extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a second non-folding area disposed on a second side of the folding line opposite the first side and which extends in the second direction, and a through hole defined in the first non-folding area and which penetrates the display panel in a thickness direction. In a plan view, a first maximum width of the through hole in the first direction is smaller than a second maximum width of the through hole in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yun Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 11980085
    Abstract: A display device includes a sensing line and a data driver. The sensing line is in a display panel. The data driver includes a plurality of integrated circuits. Each of the integrated circuits includes an interface, which includes a mobile industry processor interface (MIPI) and a crack detector. The crack detector detects cracks of the panel based on the sensing line and transmits and receives information corresponding to the crack to and from adjacent ones of the integrated circuits using a transmission terminal and a reception terminal in the MIPI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ho Seok Han
  • Patent number: 11980064
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area and a sensor area, the display area including main pixels and the sensor area including auxiliary pixels and a transmission portion; a first pixel electrode and a first emission layer in each of the main pixels; a second pixel electrode and a second emission layer in each of the auxiliary pixels; an opposite electrode integrally arranged in the display area and the sensor area; and a metal layer at least partially surrounding the transmission portion, wherein the opposite electrode has an opening corresponding to the transmission portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eonseok Oh, Woosik Jeon, Sangyeol Kim
  • Patent number: 11979699
    Abstract: A speaker device configured to be embedded in a refrigerator door includes a body including an exposed surface that is exposed to an exterior, a side surface having an area that is greater than an area of the exposed surface, and a groove formed in the side surface and connected to the exposed surface, a first speaker provided on the exposed surface of the body, and a second speaker provided in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kidu Kim, Jongyuk Lee, Suho Jo, Jonghun Ha
  • Patent number: 11980075
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area; a pad disposed on the substrate in the peripheral area; a first conductive pattern disposed on one side of the display area in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the pad; a second conductive pattern disposed on the substrate in the peripheral area and disposed on an opposite side of the first conductive pattern; a first connection electrode disposed on the first conductive pattern in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the first conductive pattern; and a second connection electrode disposed on the second conductive pattern in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the second conductive pattern. A cathode electrode of a light emitting diode is disposed on the first and second connection electrodes and electrically connected to the first and second connection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Moo Choi, Mi Hae Kim, Sang Won Seok, Hwan Soo Jang, Su Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11979756
    Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprising: triggering, by medium access control (MAC) layer, a beam failure recovery for at least one serving cell, identifying, by MAC layer, whether evaluation of candidate beams is completed for the at least one serving cell for which the failure recovery is triggered and not cancelled, and generating, by MAC layer, a MAC control element (CE) for beam failure recovery based on a identified result, wherein detection information in the MAC CE is set to 1 for the at least one serving cell for which a beam failure is detected and evaluation of candidate beams is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anil Agiwal, Jaehyuk Jang, Seungri Jin
  • Patent number: 11980078
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: a substrate, a first display area in which a plurality of main sub-pixels are arranged on the substrate, and a second display area in which a basic unit is arranged, the basic unit including an auxiliary light-emitting area, in which a plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels are arranged on the substrate, and a transmission portion, wherein each of the plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels includes a pixel electrode on the substrate, an intermediate layer on the pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode on the intermediate layer, wherein intermediate layers of auxiliary sub-pixels for emitting light of a same color from among the plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongwon Chae, Moosoon Ko, Jinseock Ma, Sunghoon Moon, Sewan Son, Sangshin Lee, Yongje Jeon, Jingoo Jung
  • Patent number: 11979973
    Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor manufacturing apparatuses and operating methods thereof. The semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes an oscillation unit that includes a first seed laser, a second seed laser, and a seed module, wherein the first seed laser oscillates a first pulse, and wherein the second seed laser oscillates a second pulse, and an extreme ultraviolet generation unit configured to use the first and second pulses to generate extreme ultraviolet light. The seed module includes a plurality of mirrors configured to allow the first and second pulses to travel along first and second paths, respectively, and a pulse control optical system including a first optical element, a second optical element, and a third optical element. The pulse control optical system is on the second path that does not overlap the first path. The third optical element includes a lens between the first optical element and the second optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dohyung Kim, Seongchul Hong, Insung Kim, Jinhong Park, Jungchul Lee
  • Patent number: 11980088
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes a first electrode, a hole transport region on the first electrode, a light-emitting layer on the hole transport region, an electron transport region on the light-emitting layer, and a second electrode on the electron transport region. The hole transport region includes an amine compound represented by Formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sohee Jo, Eunjae Jeong, Dongjun Kim, Minji Kim, Hankyu Pak, Sanghyun Han
  • Patent number: 11980091
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device of an embodiment includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the emission layer includes a compound represented by Formula 1 below, and thus the organic electroluminescence device may exhibit high luminous efficiency characteristics and improved service life characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Lapto Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongchan Lee, Eu-gene Oh, SeulOng Kim, Yunjee Park, Munsoo Kim, JuWan Maeng, Kap-jong Han
  • Patent number: 11979671
    Abstract: A wearable apparatus including a camera and a method of controlling the same is provided. The method includes determining a vision processing process to be performed on each of image frames obtained at a first frame rate, determining a dummy image frame on which the vision processing process is not to be performed, applying, to a camera, a camera setting corresponding to a vision processing process to be performed on a current image frame, obtaining the current image frame according to the applied camera setting, outputting the obtained current image frame from the camera, and setting an exposure time of the camera setting to be less than or equal to an threshold value or changing the first frame rate to a second frame rate in response to the current image frame being the dummy image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jina Jeon, Doukyoung Song, Joonyoung Song
  • Patent number: 11979987
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic component including a pad region including a plurality of pads extending along corresponding extension lines and arranged in a first direction, and a signal wire configured to receive a driving signal from the pad region, wherein the plurality of pads include a plurality of first pads arranged continuously and a plurality of second pads arranged continuously, and extension lines of the plurality of first pads substantially converge into a first point and extension lines of the plurality of second pads substantially converge into a second point different from the first point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han-Sung Bae, Wonkyu Kwak, Cheolgeun An
  • Patent number: 11979991
    Abstract: A display apparatus including an improved chassis and a manufacturing method thereof. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a chassis including a plate provided to cover the display panel and a coupling part on the plate, and stacked structures 3D printed on the plate coupled to the coupling art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seo Joon Lee