Patents by Inventor Hoon Ahn

Hoon Ahn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9864983
    Abstract: A payment server that includes a payment request receiving unit configured to receive a payment request code including a first partial payment code, and a payment code determination unit configured to determine a second partial payment code based on the received payment request code. The payment server also includes a payment code generation unit configured to generate a payment code based on the first and second partial payment codes, the payment code being payable by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG CNS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tae Hoon Ahn
  • Patent number: 9853289
    Abstract: Disclosed is an anode active material for lithium secondary batteries that includes natural graphite particles consisting of spherical particles of agglomerated graphite sheets, outer surfaces of which are not coated with a carbon-based material, wherein the surfaces of the particles have a degree of amorphization of at least 0.3 within a range within which an R value [R=I1350/I1580] (I1350 is the intensity of Raman around 1350 cm?1 and I1580 is the intensity of Raman around 1580 cm?1) of a Raman spectrum is in the range of 0.30 to 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung Hoon Ahn, Chang-Wan Koo, Joon Sung Bae, Jae Bin Chung
  • Patent number: 9833593
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catheter for treating ectopic pregnancy, of which one end is inserted into the fallopian tube through the vaginal cavity, and the other end is exposed to the outside of the body, wherein the catheter comprises: at least one passage portion forming a liquid passage entering through the one end or the other end; a penetrative portion connected to the one end, and including a foremost end for penetrating the gestational sac; and a connecting portion connected to the other end, and capable of being coupled to at least one syringe tool for injecting or suctioning the liquid. Accordingly, side effects from open surgery can be prevented, and excellent treatment effects can be obtained by more safely and quickly treating ectopic pregnancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sun Haeng Kim, Young Tae Kim, Ki Hoon Ahn
  • Patent number: 9831139
    Abstract: A test structure for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a test element, a first pad connected to the test element, and a second pad connected to the test element. A first wire is connected to the test element, and the first wire and the test element are part of a first layer disposed on a semiconductor substrate. A second wire is connected to the first wire, and is part of a second layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and the second layer is different from the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaofeng Ding, Junjung Kim, Jeong HOON Ahn
  • Patent number: 9826990
    Abstract: Disclosed is a reamer for implant surgery including: cutting front end portions each of which has a sharp front end; cut edges of a horizontal line form, the cutting front end portions and the cut edges being arranged radially and alternately, wherein one side of the cutting front end portion having the sharp front end has a triangular depressed face inclined downwardly toward a rotation central axis of the cutting part, and one side of the cut edge having the horizontal line form has a triangular inclined face inclined downwardly toward the outer circumferential surface of the cutting part, wherein an inclination angle of a side inclined edge inclined downwardly at the sides of the outer circumferences of the cutting front end portion and the cut edge becomes gradually smaller in the rotation direction of the cutting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventor: Sang-Hoon Ahn
  • Patent number: 9824560
    Abstract: Provided is a device and method for controlling the activation of crime prevention equipment, which are capable of fundamentally blocking the accidental use of the crime prevention equipment and varying operation modes of the crime prevention equipment in response to dangerous situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Inventor: Tae Hoon Ahn
  • Publication number: 20170331437
    Abstract: A power amplifying radiator is disclosed that includes an electric field receiver or radiofrequency (RF) energy coupling and impedance matching element, a capacitive coupler, a cavity combiner including a coaxial-cavity section providing electromagnetic communication with the capacitive coupler, and a phased-array antenna/one or more phased-array antennas. The RF energy coupling and impedance matching element is in electromagnetic communication with the one or more phased-array antennas via the cavity combiner. The cavity combiner includes a center conductor configured and disposed to project from the coaxial-cavity section such that the cavity combiner defines a co-axial cross-sectional configuration. The power amplifying radiator may be included within a high power microwave system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Hoon Ahn, Erich Enrique Kunhardt (Deceased)
  • Patent number: 9812450
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of wiring structures spaced apart from each other, and an insulating interlayer structure. Each of the wiring structures includes a metal pattern and a barrier pattern covering a sidewall, a bottom surface, and an edge portion of a top surface of the metal pattern and not covering a central portion of the top surface of the metal pattern. The insulating interlayer structure contains the wiring structures therein, and has an air gap between the wiring structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Min Baek, Sang-Hoon Ahn, Woo-Kyung You, Byung-Hee Kim, Young-Ju Park, Nae-in Lee, Kyung-Min Chung
  • Patent number: 9812353
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming grooves in a first dielectric layer on a substrate, the first dielectric layer including a first part between the grooves, forming a first barrier layer and an interconnect layer in each groove, recessing the interconnect layer and the first barrier layer, forming a capping pattern on the recessed interconnect layer, etching at least a portion of the first part by a first etching process, sequentially etching the capping pattern and the at least a portion of the IMD part by a second etching process to form a trench, conformally forming a second barrier layer in the trench and on the recessed interconnection layer, and forming a second dielectric layer on the second barrier layer not to fill the trench such that an air gap is formed in the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Ahn, Jong Min Baek, Myung Geun Song, Woo Kyung You, Byung Kwon Cho, Byung Hee Kim, Na Ein Lee
  • Publication number: 20170306934
    Abstract: Disclosed is a loop linked smart morphing actuator. The actuator includes a first area morphed in a first pattern and a second area morphed in a second pattern according to an external signal. The first area includes a first unit cell morphed in a first direction. The second area includes a second unit cell morphed in a second direction. The first unit cell and the second unit cell may be configured in a loop type knit structure. The second direction is opposite to the first direction, the second pattern is a pattern which has a symmetrical relationship with the first pattern and is provided opposite to the first pattern. In regard to a structure or a shape, provided is an actuator including a knit structure for realizing various driving forms which cannot be predicted through predetermined first and second patterns or a simple combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Sung Hoon AHN, Min Woo HAN
  • Patent number: 9798834
    Abstract: There are disclosed an apparatus for assembling a 3D model including a key input unit configured to generate a variety of key inputs for 3D model assembling or key data based on touch input on a screen; a control unit configured to drive an application to implement 3D model assembling based on the key input from the key input unit; a 3D model unit configured to provide a menu screen for 3D model assembling, when driven by the control unit, to display a screen of parts for a 3D model selected as an assembling object based on the touch or key input on the menu screen and to assemble parts selected from the part screen in successive steps to finish the 3D model; and a display unit configured to display successive screens based on the 3D model assembling performed by the 3D model unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SEMS GAMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Sik Ahn, Jeong Hoon Ahn, Je Young Hong, Jin Seung Jo
  • Patent number: 9799606
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first conductive pattern on a substrate, an insulating diffusion barrier layer conformally covering a surface of the first conductive pattern, the insulation diffusion barrier layer exposed by an air gap region adjacent to a sidewall of the first conductive pattern, and a second conductive pattern on the first conductive pattern, the second conductive pattern penetrating the insulating diffusion barrier layer so as to be in contact with the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Ahn, Sangho Rha, Jongmin Baek, Wookyung You, Nae-In Lee
  • Patent number: 9793347
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a conductive pattern, a side spacer, and an air gap. The substrate includes an interlayer insulating layer and a trench penetrating the interlayer insulating layer. The conductive pattern is disposed within the trench of the substrate. The side spacer is disposed within the trench. The side spacer covers an upper side surface of the conductive pattern. The air gap is disposed within the trench. The air gap is bounded by a sidewall of the trench, the side spacer, and a lower side surface of the conductive pattern. A level of a bottom surface of the conductive pattern is lower than a level of bottom surfaces of the side spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo-Jin Lee, Sang-Hoon Ahn, Gil-Heyun Choi, Jong-Won Hong
  • Publication number: 20170294337
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices may include a diffusion prevention insulation pattern, a plurality of conductive patterns, a barrier layer, and an insulating interlayer. The diffusion prevention insulation pattern may be formed on a substrate, and may include a plurality of protrusions protruding upwardly therefrom. Each of the conductive patterns may be formed on each of the protrusions of the diffusion prevention insulation pattern, and may have a sidewall inclined by an angle in a range of about 80 degrees to about 135 degrees to a top surface of the substrate. The barrier layer may cover a top surface and the sidewall of each if the conductive patterns. The insulating interlayer may be formed on the diffusion prevention insulation pattern and the barrier layer, and may have an air gap between neighboring ones of the conductive patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Jin-Nam KIM, Rak-Hwan Kim, Byung-Hee Kim, Jong-Min Baek, Sang-Hoon Ahn, Nae-In Lee, Jong-Jin Lee, Ho-Yun Jeon, Eun-Ji Jung
  • Patent number: 9787111
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery protection module package (PMP). The battery PMP according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lead frame provided with a plurality of external terminals thereon, a printed circuit board stacked on the lead frame, and a plurality of internal terminals, a protection integrated chip (IC), a field effect transistor (FET), resistors, and capacitors disposed on the printed circuit board and electrically connected to each other, wherein the resistors and the capacitors are mounted on a pattern of the printed circuit board using surface mount technology (SMT), and wherein the plurality of internal terminals are electrically connected to the plurality of external terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: ITM SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hyeok Hwi Na, Ho Suk Hwang, Young Seok Kim, Sung Beum Park, Sang Hoon Ahn, Tae Hwan Jung, Seung Uk Park, Jae Ku Park, Hyun Mok Cho, Min Ho Park, Young Geun Yoon, Seong Ho Ju, Young Nam Ji, Myoung Ki Moon, Hyun Suck Lee, Ji Young Park
  • Publication number: 20170272995
    Abstract: A mobile device is provided. The mobile device includes a memory configured to store a plurality of applications, a communication circuit including a first communication module and a second communication module, and a processor electrically connected with the communication circuit. The processor is configured to execute an application among the plurality of applications, determine a communication state of the first network and a communication state of the second network in response to executing the application, select one of the first network and the second network based on the communication state of the first network, the communication state of the second network, a tariff applied to the mobile device, a service policy applied to the application, performance criteria applied to the application, and network selection criteria, and download data from a server associated with the application using the selected network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Hye Jeong KIM, Jung Hoon Ahn, Sang Hoon Kim, Han Sung Leem, Ju Hee Jang
  • Patent number: 9767450
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna module package including a substrate, a wireless card payment antenna structure mounted on the substrate and including a first antenna chip and wireless card payment matching elements electrically connected to the first antenna chip, a near field communication (NFC) antenna structure mounted on the substrate, sharing the first antenna chip, and including an extended NFC antenna loop and NFC matching elements electrically connected to the first antenna chip, and a wireless charging antenna structure mounted on the substrate and including a second antenna chip, and an extended wireless charging antenna loop and wireless charging matching elements electrically connected to the second antenna chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: ITM SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeok Hwi Na, Ho Seok Hwang, Young Seok Kim, Seong Beom Park, Sang Hoon Ahn, Sun Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20170252063
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laparoscopic port unit module in which one end thereof and the other end are placed inside and outside the human body, respectively, through the vaginal inlet, and provides a vaginal endoscopic port unit module comprising: an outer unit of which the end is exposed to the outside of the vaginal inlet and which comprises one or more outer ports allowing the entry of a surgical instrument including an endoscope; an inner unit formed at the inner wall of the vaginal canal so as to be placed at an incision region connected to the abdominal cavity and allowing the surgical instrument entering through the outer port to come in and out of the abdominal cavity; and a runner unit for connecting the outer unit and the inner unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Ki Hoon AHN
  • Patent number: 9728604
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices may include a diffusion prevention insulation pattern, a plurality of conductive patterns, a barrier layer, and an insulating interlayer. The diffusion prevention insulation pattern may be formed on a substrate, and may include a plurality of protrusions protruding upwardly therefrom. Each of the conductive patterns may be formed on each of the protrusions of the diffusion prevention insulation pattern, and may have a sidewall inclined by an angle in a range of about 80 degrees to about 135 degrees to a top surface of the substrate. The barrier layer may cover a top surface and the sidewall of each if the conductive patterns. The insulating interlayer may be formed on the diffusion prevention insulation pattern and the barrier layer, and may have an air gap between neighboring ones of the conductive patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Nam Kim, Rak-Hwan Kim, Byung-Hee Kim, Jong-Min Baek, Sang-Hoon Ahn, Nae-In Lee, Jong-Jin Lee, Ho-Yun Jeon, Eun-Ji Jung
  • Patent number: 9722550
    Abstract: A power amplifying radiator is disclosed that includes an electric field receiver or radio frequency (RF) energy coupling and impedance matching element, a capacitive coupler, a cavity combiner including a coaxial-cavity section providing electromagnetic communication with the capacitive coupler, and a phased-array antenna/one or more phased-array antennas. The RF energy coupling and impedance matching element is in electromagnetic communication with the one or more phased-array antennas via the cavity combiner. The cavity combiner includes a center conductor configured and disposed to project from the coaxal-cavity section such that the cavity combiner defines a co-axial cross-sectional configuration. The power amplifying radiator may be included within a high power microwave system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventor: Hoon Ahn