Samsung Electronics Patents

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a Korean electronics manufacturer and a part of the Samsung Group. Samsung Electronics manufactures and sells consumer electronics, including cell phones, televisions, tablets, digital cameras, computers, home appliances and home theater and audio components.

Samsung Electronics Patents by Type
  • Patent number: 11792515
    Abstract: An image acquisition apparatus includes a display layer including hole regions through which external light is received and pixel regions arranged between the hole regions, an image sensor disposed under the display layer and configured to generate a raw image by sensing the external light received through the hole regions, and a processor configured to perform image processing on the raw image based on blur information based on an arrangement of the hole regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sujin Lee, Eunhee Kang, Kinam Kwon, Hyong Euk Lee
  • Patent number: 11792921
    Abstract: A module substrate for a semiconductor module including a wiring substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other and including a wiring formed therein, the wiring substrate having at least one through groove in at least one sidewall and extending in a thickness direction, and a through-groove test terminal including at least one contact pad, a surface of the contact pad being exposed from an inner wall of the through-groove, the contact pad being spaced apart from a vertical plane extending from the sidewall of the wiring substrate may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunki Yun, Kwangkyu Bang, Jihong Kim, Eunji Yu, Kyungjae Kim, Yusuf Cinar
  • Patent number: 11791369
    Abstract: A method of aligning light-emitting elements, a method of fabricating a display device, and a display device are provided. The method of aligning light-emitting elements comprises providing a base substrate and a plurality of conductive patterns on the base substrate and spaced apart from one another, spraying ink in which a plurality of light-emitting elements are dispersed on the base substrate, positioning the plurality of light-emitting elements on the conductive pattern and orienting one end of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyun Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11790820
    Abstract: An electronic device including a rollable display is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a main body, a first planar part disposed at one end of the main body, and a second planar part disposed at another end of the main body and disposed in parallel to the first planar part, a rollable display drawn out from an interior of the housing or inserted into the interior of the housing through a slit formed in a direction perpendicular to the first planar part, and a handler member combined with an end of the rollable display and including a first magnet. A second magnet having a polarity different from a polarity of the first magnet disposed within the main body so that the handler member is attached to a surface of the main body in a state in which a part of the rollable display has been drawn out from the interior of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myunghoon Kwak, Songyi Lee, Junyoung Choi, Yangwook Kim, Yangsoo Choi, Hyunju Hong
  • Patent number: 11792729
    Abstract: A method, performed by a base station (BS), of supporting access to network slices in a wireless communication system includes: receiving a registration request message including requested network slice identification information of a user equipment (UE) and network slice group identification information corresponding to the requested network slice identification information; selecting an access and mobility management function (AMF) to which the registration request message is to be transmitted based on the registration request message and network slice group information and network slice information supported by at least one AMF stored in the BS; transmitting the registration request message to the AMF; receiving a registration accept message in response to the registration request message; and transmitting the registration accept message to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoyeon Lee, Jungje Son
  • Patent number: 11789773
    Abstract: A computing device and a method for operating the computing device are provided. The computing device includes a task classifying module and a task allocating and managing module. The task classifying module classifies a task scheduled to be processed by a multi-core processor into an expectable task or a normal task. The task allocating and managing module selects one core of the multi-core processor as a target core and allocates the task scheduled to be processed to the target core. In response to the task scheduled to be processed being classified as the normal task, the task allocating and managing module determines whether to allocate the normal task to the target core depending on whether the target core processes a previously allocated expectable task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Tae Lee, Soo Hyun Kim, Jong-Lae Park, Choong Hoon Park
  • Patent number: 11791314
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor package comprising a first semiconductor chip on a substrate, a second semiconductor chip between the substrate and the first semiconductor chip, and a spacer between the substrate and the first semiconductor chip. The substrate includes a first substrate pad between the second semiconductor chip and the spacer. The second semiconductor chip includes a chip pad and a signal wire. The spacer includes a first dummy pad on the spacer and a first dummy wire coupled to the first dummy pad. The first dummy pad is adjacent to the second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip is attached to the second semiconductor chip and the spacer by an adhesive layer on the first semiconductor chip. A portion of each of the signal wire and the first dummy wire are in the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seoeun Kyung, Inhee Yoo
  • Patent number: 11792982
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor memory device comprising a second substrate on a first substrate and including a lower semiconductor layer and an upper semiconductor layer on the lower semiconductor layer, an electrode structure on the upper semiconductor layer and including a plurality of stacked electrodes, a vertical channel structure that penetrates the electrode structure and is connected to the second substrate, an interlayer dielectric layer that covers the electrode structure, and a cutting structure that penetrates the interlayer dielectric layer and the upper semiconductor layer. The upper semiconductor layer has a first sidewall defined by the cutting structure. The lower semiconductor layer has a second sidewall adjacent to the first sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall are horizontally offset from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woosung Yang, Hojun Seong, Joonhee Lee, Joon-Sung Lim, Euntaek Jung
  • Patent number: 11791211
    Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor devices including through vias and methods of fabricating the same. The methods may include forming a first structure including a metal pattern and a second structure on the first structure. The metal pattern includes an upper surface facing the second structure. The methods may also include etching the second structure to form a via hole exposing the metal pattern, oxidizing a first etch residue in the via hole to convert the first etch residue into an oxidized first etch residue, and removing the oxidized first etch residue. After removing the oxidized first etch residue, the upper surface of the metal pattern may include a first portion that includes a recess and has a first surface roughness and a second portion that is different from the first portion and has a second surface roughness. The first surface roughness may be greater than the second surface roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Koan Hong, Taeseong Kim, Kwangjin Moon
  • Patent number: 11786227
    Abstract: Provided is a tongue separation device including: a body unit including a contact surface fixing a tongue; a support unit arranged at one end portion of the body unit and supporting the body unit from outside a mouth; a tooth mounting unit arranged at one surface of the support unit adjacent to a first region of the body unit, mounting the teeth in a state where the body unit is inserted into the mouth, and including an upper surface mounting upper teeth among the teeth and a lower surface mounting lower teeth among the teeth; and a tongue position checking unit including an opening formed at the support unit to check a position of the tongue from outside the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation
    Inventors: Sang Gyu Ju, Chae-Seon Hong
  • Patent number: 11793029
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device including a lower substrate; a lower structure including an inorganic multilayer; and an upper encapsulation structure, in which the lower structure includes a display region inside an outline of the inorganic multilayer, and a light transmitting region having a non-through-hole structure having at least a portion surrounded by the display region; the lower structure has an inorganic surface portion surrounding the display and light transmitting regions, the upper encapsulation structure has an inorganic lower surface forming an inorganic-inorganic encapsulation contact region; the electroluminescent device does not have a hole formed through both the lower substrate and the lower structure, a portion of the upper encapsulation structure corresponding to the light transmitting region is not removed, and a portion of the pixel definition layer, the portion corresponding to the light transmitting region, is not present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myoung Seo Park
  • Patent number: 11793025
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate and a protection film disposed on a rear side of the substrate. The substrate includes a first portion including a display area and having a first width, and a second portion extending from the first portion and having a second width narrower than the first width. The protection film includes a cavity at a border portion of the first portion and the second portion of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Seok Lee, Seung Wook Kwon, Jae Sik Kim, Woo Yong Sung, Seo Yeon Lee, Ung-Soo Lee, Se Hoon Jeong, Seung Gun Chae, Seung-Yeon Chae
  • Patent number: 11791400
    Abstract: A method includes forming an active pattern on a substrate, the active pattern comprising first semiconductor patterns and second semiconductor patterns, which are alternately stacked, forming a capping pattern on a top surface and a sidewall of the active pattern, performing a deposition process on the capping pattern to form an insulating layer, and forming a sacrificial gate pattern intersecting the active pattern on the insulating layer. The capping pattern has a crystalline structure and is in physical contact with sidewalls of the first semiconductor patterns and sidewalls of the second semiconductor patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaemun Kim, Gyeom Kim, Seung Hun Lee, Dahye Kim, Ilgyou Shin, Sangmoon Lee, Kyungin Choi
  • Patent number: 11790853
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of first pixels connected to first scan lines and a first data line, a plurality of second pixels connected to second scan lines and the first data line, a plurality of third pixels connected to the first scan lines or the second scan lines and a second data line, and a scan driver including a plurality of stages which supplies scan signals to one of the first scan lines and the second scan lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Jae Jeong, Hyun Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 11787822
    Abstract: An aromatic compound which improves emission efficiency and an organic electroluminescence device including the same are provided. The organic electroluminescence device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode opposite to the first electrode; and a plurality of organic layers between the first electrode and the second electrode, where at least one organic layer among the plurality of organic layers includes the aromatic compound. The aromatic compound is represented by Formula 1 below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heechoon Ahn, Soo-byung Ko, Mieun Jun, Sungbum Kim, Mina Jeon, Youngkook Kim, Seokhwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 11793031
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels. Each of the pixels includes: a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to a first node, a first electrode connected to a second node, and a second electrode connected to a third node; a second transistor including a gate electrode connected to a first scan line, a first electrode connected to a data line, and a second electrode connected to the second node; a first sub-transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first scan line, a first electrode connected to the first node, and a second electrode connected to a fourth node; and a second sub-transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first scan line, a first electrode connected to the fourth node, and a second electrode connected to the third node. A channel width of the second sub-transistor is wider than a channel width of the first sub-transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young In Hwang, Ji Hye Kong, Suk Hoon Ku, Sung Wook Kim, Jin A Lee, Yun Sik Joo
  • Patent number: 11793012
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode, including a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode, the second electrode including magnesium; an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electron injection layer between the second electrode and the emission layer, the electron injection layer including a dipole material including a first component and a second component having different polarities, the dipole material including halide, and a content of the magnesium included in the second electrode being in a range of from 10 to 40 volume %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Chan Kim, Won Jong Kim, Eung Do Kim, Dong Kyu Seo, Da Hea Im, Sang Hoon Yim, Chang Woong Chu
  • Patent number: 11790855
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of first scan lines, a plurality of second scan lines, and a plurality of data lines, where the pixels are arranged in a plurality of rows, a plurality of first stages connected to the first scan lines, a plurality of second stages connected to the second scan lines, and a data driver connected to the data lines. Each of the first scan lines is connected to pixels arranged in a corresponding row among the rows. Each of the second scan lines is commonly connected to pixels arranged in corresponding 8h rows among the plurality of rows, where h is a natural number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang-Hwa Choi, Hyuk Kim, Junghwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 11791194
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus including a process chamber; a susceptor in the process chamber; and an inner edge ring and an outer edge ring on the susceptor, wherein the inner edge ring includes a semiconductor, the outer edge ring includes an insulator, an upper surface of the outer edge ring is at a higher level than an upper surface of the inner edge ring, and the outer edge ring has an overhang extending onto the inner edge ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Woo Sun, Sung Moon Park, Je Woo Han, Kwang Nam Kim, Ho Chang Lee, Young Hoon Jeong, Masayuki Tomoyasu
  • Patent number: 11791318
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a display element layer disposed on a first surface of the substrate and including a light emitting element that emits light, and a pixel circuit layer disposed on the display element layer and including a transistor electrically connected to the light emitting element. The display element layer includes a first contact electrode electrically connected to a first end of the light emitting element, and a second contact electrode electrically connected to a second end of the light emitting element. The pixel circuit layer includes a reflective layer disposed on the display element layer and overlapping the light emitting element. One of the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode is electrically connected to the transistor. The reflective layer reflects the light emitted from the light emitting element toward a second surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Min Lee, Jin Yeong Kim, Sang Ho Park, Tae Hoon Yang, Sung Jin Lee, Jin Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11789479
    Abstract: A low drop-out (LDO) regulator includes a power transistor, an error amplifier and a droop adjusting circuit. The power transistor regulates a driving voltage based on a gate voltage of a gate node to provide an output voltage at an output node. The error amplifier outputs the gate voltage by amplifying a voltage difference between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage proportional to the output voltage. The droop adjusting circuit is connected between the gate node and the output node, is coupled to the output voltage, and adjusts the gate voltage to compensate for a change of the output voltage based on a change of a load current which is provided to a load from the output node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jungmoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11788223
    Abstract: A front-loading washing machine includes a housing; a washing tub including one or more locking holes on a lateral side; and one or more lifters lifting up laundry based on spinning of the washing tub. The lifter includes a locking member passing through the locking hole, bent at an outside of the washing tub and extended in a spinning axis direction of the washing tub. The locking hole includes a first edge to which the locking member is locked to couple the lifter and the washing tub, and a second edge and a third edge adjacent to opposite ends of the first edge and surrounding the locking member to face with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongkwon Kim, Youngjin Cho, Sangyoung Kweon, Jonghun Sung, Jihoon Choi
  • Patent number: 11791282
    Abstract: A semiconductor package comprises a substrate; an interposer on the substrate; a first underfill between the substrate and the interposer; at least one logic chip and at least one memory stack on the interposer; and a molding material on the interposer while surrounding a side surface of the at least one logic chip and a side surface of the at least one memory stack. The molding material includes areas having different heights. The first underfill covers a portion of the molding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaekyung Yoo, Yeongkwon Ko, Jayeon Lee, Jaeeun Lee, Teakhoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11790963
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a system-on-chip (SoC) including a processor, a near-memory controller controlled by the processor, and a far-memory controller controlled by the processor; a near-memory device including a first memory channel configured to communicate with the near-memory controller and operate in a first mode of a plurality of modes, and a second memory channel configured to communicate with the near-memory controller and operate in a second mode different from the first mode from among the plurality of modes; and a far-memory device configured to communicate with the far-memory controller. The first memory channel is further configured to, based on a command from the near-memory controller, change an operation mode from the first mode to the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ki-Seok Oh
  • Patent number: 11791267
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first electrode including a first hole, a first dielectric layer on an upper surface of the first electrode and on an inner surface of the first hole, a second electrode on the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer on the second electrode, a third electrode on the second dielectric layer and including a second hole, and a first contact plug extending through the second electrode and the second dielectric layer and extending through the first hole and the second hole. A sidewall of the first contact plug is isolated from direct contact with the sidewall of the first hole and a sidewall of the second hole, and has a step portion located adjacent to an upper surface of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinho Park, Shaofeng Ding, Yongseung Bang, Jeong Hoon Ahn
  • Patent number: 11793028
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including: a substrate; an organic light emitting diode formed on the substrate; a metal oxide layer formed on the substrate and covering the organic light emitting diode; a first inorganic layer formed on the substrate and covering the organic light emitting diode; a second inorganic layer formed on the first inorganic layer and contacting the first inorganic layer at an edge of the second inorganic layer; an organic layer formed on the second inorganic layer and covering a relatively smaller area than the second inorganic layer; and a third inorganic layer formed on the organic layer, covering a relatively larger area than the organic layer, and contacting the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer at an edge of the third inorganic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Kwang Kim, Sang-Joon Seo, Seung-Hun Kim, Seongmin Wang
  • Patent number: 11791184
    Abstract: The program code, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to input fabrication data including a plurality of parameters associated with a semiconductor fabricating process to a framework to generate a first class for analyzing the fabrication data, to extract a first parameter targeted for analysis and a second parameter associated with the first parameter from the plurality of parameters and generate a second class for analyzing the first parameter as a sub class of the first class, to modify the first parameter and the second parameter into a data structure having a format appropriate to store in the second class, so as to be stored in the second class, to perform data analysis on the first parameter and the second parameter, to transform the first parameter and the second parameter into corresponding tensor data, and to input the tensor data to the machine learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiho Kim, Minhyeok Kwon, Shigenobu Maeda, Jooyeok Seo, Minuk Lee
  • Patent number: 11791322
    Abstract: A display module is provided. The display module includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor (TFT) layer formed on one surface of the substrate; and a plurality of micro LEDs disposed on the TFT layer. The plurality of micro LEDs are transferred from a transfer substrate to the TFT layer by a laser beam radiated to the transfer substrate through openings of a mask. The openings correspond to regions in which the respective micro LEDs of the transfer substrate are arranged and the openings correspond to a width, a length, or a unit area of each of the micro LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doyoung Kwag, Byungchul Kim, Eunhye Kim, Sangmoo Park, Minsub Oh, Dongyeob Lee, Yoonsuk Lee
  • Patent number: 11788835
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring thickness includes: a chamber; a sound wave transmitter transmitting a sound wave in the chamber; a sound wave receiver receiving the sound wave transmitted from the sound wave transmitter in the chamber; and a supporter between the sound wave transmitter and the sound wave receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seonghyeon Cheon
  • Patent number: 11791259
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a lower layer, a plurality of first interconnection lines extending in a first direction on the lower layer, a plurality of second interconnection lines extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction between the first interconnection lines and connecting the first interconnection lines, the second direction intersecting the first direction, first insulating patterns between the second interconnection lines, and second insulating patterns disposed in the first interconnection lines may be provided. The first interconnection lines include connection regions, to each of which at least one of the second interconnection lines is connected. The second insulating patterns extend into the connection regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min Chui Han
  • Patent number: 11788005
    Abstract: Quantum dots and a composite and a display device including the quantum dots. The quantum dots comprise a semiconductor nanocrystal core comprising indium and phosphorous, and optionally zinc, a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell comprising zinc, selenium, and sulfur, wherein the quantum dots are configured to exhibit a maximum photoluminescence peak in a green light wavelength region, and in an ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption spectrum of the quantum dots, a ratio A450/Afirst, of an absorption value at 450 nm to an absorption value at a first excitation peak is greater than or equal to about 0.7, and a valley depth (VD) defined by the following equation is greater than or equal to about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Gon Kim, Shin Ae Jun, Taek hoon Kim, Hyeyeon Yang, Nayoun Won, Jongmin Lee, Mi Hye Lim
  • Patent number: 11791165
    Abstract: A method of etching a copper (Cu) thin film and a Cu thin film prepared therefrom, the method including patterning a hard mask layer on the Cu thin film to form a hard mask on the Cu thin film; forming a plasma of a mixed gas, the mixed gas including an inert gas and an organic chelator material including an amine group, the mixed gas not including a halogen gas or a halide gas; and etching the Cu thin film through the hard mask using the plasma generated in the forming of the plasma of the mixed gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheewon Chung, Jaesang Choi
  • Patent number: 11791845
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A channel encoding method in a communication or broadcasting system includes identifying an input bit size, determining a block size (Z), determining an LDPC sequence for LDPC encoding, and performing the LDPC encoding based on the LDPC sequence and the block size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seokki Ahn, Kyungjoong Kim, Seho Myung, Hongsil Jeong, Min Jang
  • Patent number: 11792549
    Abstract: An image sensor including: a pixel array including pixels each pixel including a photoelectric conversion element, a transmission transistor to transmit photocharges generated by the photoelectric conversion element to a floating diffusion node, and a reset transistor to reset the floating diffusion node based on a pixel power voltage; and a row driver to control the pixels, wherein the row driver includes a transmission control signal generator to provide a transmission control signal to the transmission transistor, wherein the transmission control signal generator includes: a first transistor to which a first voltage is applied; a second transistor connected to the first transistor; a third transistor to which a second voltage is applied, the second voltage being higher than the first voltage; and a fourth transistor connected to the third transistor, wherein an ON resistance of the second transistor is different from an ON resistance of the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eunsub Shim
  • Patent number: 11790854
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel including pixels respectively connected to scan lines, scan stages corresponding to the scan lines, where each of the scan stages receives a carry signal, and outputs a scan signal, masking circuits electrically connected to some of the scan stages, respectively, where each of the masking circuits outputs a masking carry signal in response to a masking signal and the scan signal, and transmission circuits electrically connected to others of the scan stages, respectively, where each of the transmission circuits outputs the scan signal output from a corresponding scan stage among the scan stages. A j-th (j is an integer greater than 1) scan stage among the scan stages receives one of the scan signal output from a (j?1)-th scan stage and the masking carry signal as the carry signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heerim Song, Gyungsoon Park, Jinseok Jeong
  • Patent number: 11789107
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments relating to a method and device for estimating the angle of a base station transmission beam by calculating the time difference between reception signals acquired through simultaneous beam sweeping to multiple antenna arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sungchul Park
  • Patent number: 11792993
    Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor device including a conductive layer disposed on a substrate and including a first conductivity-type impurity; an insulating base layer disposed on the conductive layer; a stack structure including a lower insulating film disposed on the insulating base layer, and a plurality of gate electrodes and a plurality of mold insulating layers alternately stacked on the lower insulating film, wherein the insulating base layer includes a high dielectric material; a vertical structure including a vertical channel layer penetrating through the stack structure and a vertical insulating layer disposed between the vertical channel layer and the plurality of gate electrodes, the vertical structure having an extended area extending in a width direction in the insulating base layer; and an isolation structure penetrating through the stack structure, the insulating base layer and the conductive layer, and extending in a direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, wherein the conduc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunggil Kim, Sungjin Kim, Seulye Kim, Junghwan Kim, Chanhyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11791325
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a processor, a lower memory including a plurality of lower memory chips that are vertically stacked, an interposer mounted on the processor and the lower memory, and an upper memory mounted on the interposer, the upper memory including a plurality of upper memory chips that are vertically stacked. The interposer includes a first physical layer (PHY) transmitting and receiving a signal between the processor and the lower memory and transmitting and receiving a signal between the processor and the upper memory, and the processor includes a second PHY communicating with the first PHY and a first through silicon via (TSV) electrically connecting the first PHY to the second PHY.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD.
    Inventor: Kiwon Baek
  • Patent number: 11791262
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a pattern structure; a stack structure including gate layers stacked in a first region on the pattern structure and extending into a second region; a memory vertical structure penetrating the stack structure in the first region; gate contact plugs electrically connected to the gate layers in the second region; and a first peripheral contact plug spaced apart from the gate layers, the gate layers including a first gate layer, the gate contact plugs including a first gate contact plug electrically connected to the first gate layer, side surfaces of the first gate contact plug and the first peripheral contact plug having different numbers of upper bending portions, and the number of upper bending portions of the side surface of the first gate contact plug being greater than the number of upper bending portions of the side surface of the first peripheral contact plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungyoon Kim, Jeongyong Sung, Sanghun Chun, Jihwan Kim, Sunghee Chung, Jeehoon Han
  • Patent number: 11793021
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a display device, the method comprising: preparing a mother substrate having a first cell region and a second cell region, and a first target region and a second target region in the first cell region and the second cell region, respectively; providing an encapsulation material on a first printing region in the first target region to form a first encapsulation layer; and providing the encapsulation material on a second printing region in the second target region to form a second encapsulation layer, wherein a center of the second printing region is shifted from a center of the second target region in a specific direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JoongHyun Kim, Dongjin Lee, Juin Park, Taeyoun Won, Kyong-Taeg Lee, Seok Choo
  • Patent number: 11789526
    Abstract: According to an aspect, an electronic system for outputting video data and audio data includes a terminal device which generates the audio data and the video data; a wearable audio device which communicatively connects to the terminal device through a first wireless communication scheme; and a wearable augmented reality (AR) device which communicatively connects to the terminal device through a second wireless communication scheme. The wearable AR device receives the audio data and the video data from the terminal device, outputs the video data through a display of the wearable AR device, and outputs the audio data through a speaker of the wearable AR device, and the wearable audio device receives the audio data output from the wearable AR device using a microphone of the wearable audio device and outputs the audio data received from the wearable AR device through a speaker of the wearable audio device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nammin Jo, Jinchoul Lee, Minjung Park, Juyoung Yu
  • Patent number: 11791098
    Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a plurality of dielectric layers, and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked with one of the dielectric layers interposed therebetween, and external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the body and connected to the internal electrodes, respectively. The plurality of dielectric layers include a dielectric expressed by empirical formula BaM1aTi1-xSnxM2bO3 (0.008?x?0.05, 0.006?a?0.03, and 0.0006?b<0.006) in which M1 includes a rare earth element, and M2 includes at least one of Mn or V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Kim, Jong Suk Jeong, Jong Hoon Yoo, Chun Hee Seo, Jeong Wook Seo, Dong Geon Yoo, Dong Hun Kim, Su Been Kim
  • Patent number: 11793017
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a cover member disposed on the display panel, and an adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the cover member. The adhesive layer has a first surface facing the cover member and a second surface facing the display panel, and includes a first area and a second area disposed at positions different from each other in a first direction from the first surface toward the second surface. A modulus of the first area is different from a modulus of the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kukbin Lim
  • Patent number: 11792609
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of key-management by a group management server in Mission Critical Systems (MCX) between an initiating party and a receiving party is provided. The method comprises generating a master key, the master key being designated for an ad-hoc communication, allocating an identifier to the generated master key, and transmitting a transmission message signed by an initiating MCX entity including the master key to a receiving MCX entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Siva Prasad Gundur, Vengataraaman Ramamoorthy, Karthik Narayanan
  • Patent number: 11791381
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern on a substrate, the active pattern extending in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, a gate structure on the active pattern, the gate structure extending in a second direction parallel to the upper surface of the substrate and crossing the first direction, channels spaced apart from each other in a third direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate, each of the channels extending through the gate structure, a source/drain layer on a portion of the active pattern adjacent the gate structure, the source/drain layer contacting the channels, and a sacrificial pattern on an upper surface of each of opposite edges of the portion of the active pattern in the second direction, the sacrificial pattern contacting a lower portion of a sidewall of the source/drain layer and including silicon-germanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soojin Jeong, Sunwook Kim, Junbeom Park, Seungmin Song
  • Patent number: 11793051
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel comprising a transmission area, a display area, and a middle area that includes at least one groove and is located between the transmission area and the display area; an input sensing layer stacked on the display panel, wherein a metal layer that overlaps the at least one groove in a plan view is in one of the display panel and the input sensing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyungjun Park, Wonkyu Kwak, Jintae Jeong
  • Patent number: 11790858
    Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display panel that includes a first display region and a second display region, a data driving circuit configured to drive a plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit configured to drive a plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller configured to control the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit so as to operate the first display region and the second display region at different frequencies when an operation mode is a multi-frequency mode, wherein the driving controller changes the operation mode to a normal mode when a difference between an image signal of a current frame of the first display region and an image signal of a previous frame of the first display region is equal to or greater than a reference value during the multi-frequency mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim, Hui Nam, Junhee Moon, Eun Sil Yun, Changnoh Yoon
  • Patent number: 11792835
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing feedback regarding a wireless communication channel is disclosed. A responding processor is configured to estimate condition of the wireless communication channel and generate a data field. The data field includes a communication parameter based on the estimated condition of the wireless communication channel. The data field is attached to a control frame, and the control frame is transmitted with the attached data field. A transmitting processor is configured to receive the control frame, and determine whether the control frame includes the data field. The transmitting processor retrieves the data field from the control frame, and selects, based on the communication parameter in the data field, a transmit parameter for transmitting data over the wireless communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ruchen Duan, Mostafa Sayed Roshdy Ibrahim, Wook Bong Lee, Srinivas Kandala, Ashok Ranganath
  • Patent number: 11790985
    Abstract: Disclosed are a first memory cell, a second memory cell, and an amplification circuit. The first memory cell outputs a first voltage through a first bit line or a second voltage through a second bit line, based on first input data received through a first word line and a second word line and a first weight. The second memory cell outputs a third voltage through the first bit line or a fourth voltage through the second bit line, based on second input data received through a third word line and a fourth word line and a second weight. The amplification circuit generates an output voltage having a level corresponding to a sum of a level of a voltage received through the first bit line and a level of a voltage received through the second bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinseok Kim, Yulhwa Kim, Jae-Joon Kim, Hyungjun Kim
  • Patent number: D1001754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungjin Ann, Taeyeon Won, Wonchul Hwang