Patents by Inventor Hyunae KIM

Hyunae KIM 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).

  • Publication number: 20250203760
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area where a plurality of display elements are disposed, and a display circuit board disposed outside the display area. The display circuit board includes a first pad and a second pad, which are disposed on the display circuit board and connected to the substrate, and an insulating layer disposed between the first pad and the second pad, and the first pad overlaps the second pad and a thickness of at least a portion of the second pad is different from a thickness of the first pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Jaesuk LEE, Hyunae KIM
  • Patent number: 12300325
    Abstract: A method of operating a non-volatile memory device, which is configured to communicate with a storage controller includes: receiving a first request indicating a read reclaim determination and including environment information from the storage controller, performing a first on-chip read operation for generating first distribution information based on the first request, determining whether a read reclaim is required based on the first distribution information, and providing the storage controller with a determination result having a first bit value in response to determining that the read reclaim is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woohyun Kang, Jin-Young Kim, Hyuna Kim, Se Hwan Park, Youngdeok Seo, Hyunkyo Oh, Heewon Lee, Donghoo Lim
  • Patent number: 12300335
    Abstract: Disclosed is a storage controller which includes a history table and communicates with a non-volatile memory device. A method of operating the storage controller includes determining whether history data of a target memory block are registered at the history table, providing a history read request for the target memory block based on the history data when it is determined that the history data are registered, receiving first raw data corresponding to the history read request from the non-volatile memory device, generating skew information of the target memory block based on the first raw data and the history data, and determining whether to perform a read reclaim operation of the target memory block, based on the skew information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuna Kim, Woohyun Kang, Youngdeok Seo, Hyunkyo Oh, Donghoo Lim
  • Publication number: 20250094062
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a storage controller which communicates with a non-volatile memory device. The method includes providing a read command to the non-volatile memory device, receiving first read data and first distribution information corresponding to the read command from the non-volatile memory device, determining whether an error of the first read data is uncorrectable, and updating offset information of a history table in the storage controller based on the first distribution information, in response to determining that the error of the first read data is correctable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Woohyun Kang, Su Chang Jeon, Suhyun Kim, Hyuna Kim, Youngdeok Seo, Hyunkyo Oh, Donghoo Lim, Byungkwan Chun
  • Patent number: 12183225
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a base substrate including a display region in which an image is displayed and a peripheral region that is a non-display region adjacent to the display region, a plurality of pixels disposed on the base substrate in the display region, each of the pixels including a thin film transistor that includes an oxide semiconductor pattern, a data driver disposed in the peripheral region and configured to provide a data voltage to the pixels, and a plurality of test patterns disposed on the base substrate in the peripheral region, each of the test patterns including a test thin film transistor that includes a test oxide semiconductor pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cha-dong Kim, Youngdae Kim, Hyunae Kim, Chongsup Chang, Eui-kang Heo
  • Patent number: 12182419
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a storage controller which communicates with a non-volatile memory device. The method includes providing a read command to the non-volatile memory device, receiving first read data and first distribution information corresponding to the read command from the non-volatile memory device, determining whether an error of the first read data is uncorrectable, and updating offset information of a history table in the storage controller based on the first distribution information, in response to determining that the error of the first read data is correctable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woohyun Kang, Su Chang Jeon, Suhyun Kim, Hyuna Kim, Youngdeok Seo, Hyunkyo Oh, Donghoo Lim, Byungkwan Chun
  • Patent number: 11941293
    Abstract: A storage controller communicates with a non-volatile memory device, and an operation method of the storage controller includes determining whether a first read voltage is registered at a history table, when it is determined that the first read voltage is registered at the history table, performing a first direct memory access (DMA) read operation on data stored in the non-volatile memory device, based on the first read voltage, obtaining a page count value, based on the first DMA read operation, determining a second read voltage different from the first read voltage based on a difference between the page count value and an idle count value, without an additional read operation for the data stored in the non-volatile memory device, and updating the first read voltage of the history table based on the second read voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woohyun Kang, Hyuna Kim, Minkyu Kim, Donghoo Lim, Sanghyun Choi
  • Patent number: 11934701
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a storage controller which communicates with a non-volatile memory device. The method includes outputting a first command including a request for on-chip valley search (OVS) count data of a memory region of the non-volatile memory device to the non-volatile memory device, wherein the OVS count data includes a first count value and a second count value of a first read voltage and a third count value and a fourth count value of a second read voltage, receiving the OVS count data from the non-volatile memory device, determining a distribution type of the memory region to be a predicted distribution type, from among a plurality of distribution types, based on the OVS count data, and determining a subsequent operation, based on the predicted distribution type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woohyun Kang, Youngdeok Seo, Hyuna Kim, Hyunkyo Oh, Donghoo Lim
  • Publication number: 20240046993
    Abstract: A method of operating a non-volatile memory device, which is configured to communicate with a storage controller includes: receiving a first request indicating a read reclaim determination and including environment information from the storage controller, performing a first on-chip read operation for generating first distribution information based on the first request, determining whether a read reclaim is required based on the first distribution information, and providing the storage controller with a determination result having a first bit value in response to determining that the read reclaim is required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: WOOHYUN KANG, JIN-YOUNG KIM, HYUNA KIM, SE HWAN PARK, YOUNGDEOK SEO, HYUNKYO OH, HEEWON LEE, DONGHOO LIM
  • Publication number: 20240012569
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a storage controller which communicates with a non-volatile memory device. The method includes providing a read command to the non-volatile memory device, receiving first read data and first distribution information corresponding to the read command from the non-volatile memory device, determining whether an error of the first read data is uncorrectable, and updating offset information of a history table in the storage controller based on the first distribution information, in response to determining that the error of the first read data is correctable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Woohyun Kang, Su Chang Jeon, Suhyun Kim, Hyuna Kim, Youngdeok Seo, Hyunkyo Oh, Donghoo Lim, Byungkwan Chun
  • Patent number: 11837583
    Abstract: A display device including a pixel circuit, an insulation layer covering the pixel circuit, an etching prevention layer disposed on the insulation layer, a first guide layer, a second guide layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light emitting element. The first guide layer and the second guide layer may be disposed on the etching prevention layer and spaced apart from each other. The first electrode may be disposed on the first guide layer and electrically connected to the pixel circuit. The second electrode may be disposed on the first guide layer and insulated from the first electrode. The light emitting element may be in contact with the top surface of the etching prevention layer, disposed between the first guide layer and the second guide layer on a plane, and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Euikang Heo, Cha-Dong Kim, Hyunae Kim, Chongsup Chang
  • Patent number: 11817170
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a storage controller which communicates with a non-volatile memory device. The method includes outputting a first command including a request for on-chip valley search (OVS) count data of a memory region of the non-volatile memory device to the non-volatile memory device, wherein the OVS count data include a first count value of a first read voltage and a second count value of a second read voltage, receiving the OVS count data from the non-volatile memory device, determining a first error count value for the first read voltage and a second error count value for the second read voltage, based on the OVS count data, and determining a subsequent operation, based on the first and second error count values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woohyun Kang, Youngdeok Seo, Hyuna Kim, Hyunkyo Oh, Heewon Lee, Donghoo Lim
  • Patent number: 11705540
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a second electrode disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first electrode, a plurality of first protruding electrodes disposed on the first electrode, a plurality of second protruding electrodes disposed on the second electrode, and a plurality of light emitting elements electrically connected to the plurality of first protruding electrodes and the plurality of second protruding electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chongsup Chang, Youngdae Kim, Hyunae Kim, Euikang Heo
  • Patent number: 11705481
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a second electrode disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first electrode, a plurality of first sub-insulating layers extending in a first direction, disposed on the substrate and on the first and second electrodes, and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a plurality of light emitting elements disposed between the first sub-insulating layers and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunae Kim, Youngdae Kim, Cha-dong Kim, Chongsup Chang, Euikang Heo
  • Publication number: 20230187002
    Abstract: Disclosed is a storage controller which includes a history table and communicates with a non-volatile memory device. A method of operating the storage controller includes determining whether history data of a target memory block are registered at the history table, providing a history read request for the target memory block based on the history data when it is determined that the history data are registered, receiving first raw data corresponding to the history read request from the non-volatile memory device, generating skew information of the target memory block based on the first raw data and the history data, and determining whether to perform a read reclaim operation of the target memory block, based on the skew information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Hyuna KIM, Woohyun KANG, Youngdeok SEO, Hyunkyo OH, Donghoo LIM
  • Patent number: 11637094
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel circuit, a first insulating layer covering the pixel circuit, a first electrode disposed on the first insulating layer, a second electrode disposed on the first insulating layer and spaced apart from the first electrode in a first direction, and a light emitting element electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode and disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. A recess is provided in a first region of the first insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode when viewed in a plan view, and a width of the recess in the first direction is greater than a length of the light emitting element in the first direction. The first electrode and the second electrode do not overlap the recess when viewed in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Euikang Heo, Cha-dong Kim, Hyunae Kim, Chongsup Chang
  • Publication number: 20230103694
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a storage controller which communicates with a non-volatile memory device. The method includes outputting a first command including a request for on-chip valley search (OVS) count data of a memory region of the non-volatile memory device to the non-volatile memory device, wherein the OVS count data include a first count value of a first read voltage and a second count value of a second read voltage, receiving the OVS count data from the non-volatile memory device, determining a first error count value for the first read voltage and a second error count value for the second read voltage, based on the OVS count data, and determining a subsequent operation, based on the first and second error count values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Woohyun KANG, Youngdeok SEO, Hyuna KIM, Hyunkyo OH, Heewon LEE, Donghoo LIM
  • Publication number: 20230086157
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a storage controller which communicates with a non-volatile memory device. The method includes outputting a first command including a request for on-chip valley search (OVS) count data of a memory region of the non-volatile memory device to the non-volatile memory device, wherein the OVS count data includes a first count value and a second count value of a first read voltage and a third count value and a fourth count value of a second read voltage, receiving the OVS count data from the non-volatile memory device, determining a distribution type of the memory region to be a predicted distribution type, from among a plurality of distribution types, based on the OVS count data, and determining a subsequent operation, based on the predicted distribution type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Woohyun KANG, Youngdeok SEO, Hyuna KIM, Hyunkyo OH, Donghoo LIM
  • Publication number: 20230065735
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a second electrode disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first electrode, a plurality of first protruding electrodes disposed on the first electrode, a plurality of second protruding electrodes disposed on the second electrode, and a plurality of light emitting elements electrically connected to the plurality of first protruding electrodes and the plurality of second protruding electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Chongsup CHANG, Youngdae KIM, Hyunae KIM, Euikang HEO
  • Patent number: 11476392
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a second electrode disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first electrode, a plurality of first protruding electrodes disposed on the first electrode, a plurality of second protruding electrodes disposed on the second electrode, and a plurality of light emitting elements electrically connected to the plurality of first protruding electrodes and the plurality of second protruding electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chongsup Chang, Youngdae Kim, Hyunae Kim, Euikang Heo