Patents by Inventor Jai-kwang Shin

Jai-kwang Shin 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: 8513705
    Abstract: Power electronic devices including 2-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) channels and methods of manufacturing the same. A power electronic device includes lower and upper material layers for forming a 2DEG channel, and a gate contacting an upper surface of the upper material layer. A region below the gate of the 2DEG channel is an off region where the density of a 2DEG is reduced or zero. The entire upper material layer may be continuous and may have a uniform thickness. A region of the upper material layer under the gate contains an impurity for reducing or eliminating a lattice constant difference between the lower and upper material layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-seob Kim, Ki-ha Hong, Jae-joon Oh, Hyuk-soon Choi, In-jun Whang, Jai-kwang Shin
  • Patent number: 8508194
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device that may include a switching device having a negative threshold voltage, and a driving unit between a power terminal and a ground terminal and providing a driving voltage for driving the switching device. The switching device may be connected to a virtual ground node having a virtual ground voltage that is greater than a ground voltage supplied from the ground terminal and may be turned on when a difference between the driving voltage and the virtual ground voltage is greater than the negative threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-jung Kim, Jong-seob Kim, Jai-kwang Shin, Jae-joon Oh, Ki-ha Hong, In-jun Hwang, Hyuk-soon Choi
  • Patent number: 8509004
    Abstract: A nonvolatile logic circuit includes a latch unit including a pair of first and second latch nodes; and a pair of first and second nonvolatile memory cells electrically connected to the first and second of latch nodes, respectively. A write operation is performed on the first and second nonvolatile memory cells according to a direction of a current flowing through the first and second nonvolatile memory cells when a write enable signal is activated. The direction of flow of current determined based on data on the respective first and second latch nodes, and a logic value written on the first nonvolatile memory cells is different from a logic value written on the second nonvolatile memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-jung Kim, Jai-kwang Shin, Kwang-seok Kim, Kee-won Kim
  • Patent number: 8509430
    Abstract: A storage device may include a storage unit that stores data transmitted via a plurality of first wires; and a security control unit that controls connection between each of a plurality of second wires connected to an external device and each of the plurality of first wires by programming a plurality of switching devices according to an encryption key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-jung Kim, In-kyeong Yoo, Jai-kwang Shin
  • Publication number: 20130200427
    Abstract: A transistor includes a device portion and a collector layer. The device portion is in a first side of a semiconductor substrate, and includes a gate and an emitter. The collector layer is on a second side of the semiconductor substrate, which is opposite to the first side. The collector layer is an impurity-doped epitaxial layer and has a doping profile with a non-normal distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung-su Jeong, Jai-kwang Shin, Nam-young Lee, Ji-hoon Lee, Min-kwon Cho, Yong-cheol Choi, Hyuk-soon Choi
  • Patent number: 8503220
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a memory cell array having at least one memory cell disposed in a region at which at least one bit line and at least one word line cross. A sensing unit senses data stored in the at least one memory cell. The sensing unit includes a connection control unit configured to control a connection between the at least one bit line and a sensing line based on a control signal, the control signal having a voltage level that varies based on a value of data being sensed by the sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-jung Kim, Jai-kwang Shin, Hyun-sik Choi, Hyung-su Jeong
  • Patent number: 8497703
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide a reconfigurable logic device including at least two logic blocks having a first logic block and a second logic block, a global wire group including at least a plurality of first global wires connected to the first logic block and a plurality of second global wires connected to the second logic block, and a global controller including a plurality of first nonvolatile memory devices associated with at least one first global wire and one second global wire, the global controller configured to selectively couple the pluralities of first and second global wires based on first data stored in the associated first nonvolatile memory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-jung Kim, Jai-kwang Shin, Hyun-sik Choi
  • Patent number: 8487358
    Abstract: Provided are spin field effect logic devices, the logic devices including: a gate electrode; a channel formed of a magnetic material above the gate electrode to selectively transmit spin-polarized electrons; a source on the channel; and a drain and an output electrode on the channel outputting electrons transmitted from the source. The gate electrode may control a magnetization state of the channel in order to selectively transmit the electrons injected from the source to the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-ha Hong, Jong-seob Kim, Jai-kwang Shin
  • Publication number: 20130175538
    Abstract: According to example embodiments, a substrate structure may include a GaN-based third material layer, a GaN-based second material layer, a GaN-based first material layer, and a buffer layer on a non-GaN-based substrate. The GaN-based first material layer may be doped with a first conductive type impurity. The GaN-based second material layer may be doped with a second conductive type impurity at a density that is less than a density of the first conductive type impurity in the first GaN-based material layer. The GaN-based third material layer may be doped with a first conductive type impurity at a density that is less than the density of the first conductive type impurity of the GaN-based first material layer. After a second substrate is attached onto the substrate structure, the non-GaN-based substrate may be removed and a GaN-based vertical type semiconductor device may be fabricated on the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyuk-soon CHOI, Jong-seob KIM, Jai-kwang SHIN, Chang-yong UM, Jae-joon OH, Jong-bong HA, In-jun HWANG, Ki-ha HONG
  • Publication number: 20130175539
    Abstract: According to example embodiments, a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes a channel supply layer and a channel layer. The channel layer may include an effective channel region and a high resistivity region. The effective channel region may be between the high resistivity region and the channel supply layer. The high resistivity region may be a region into which impurities are ion-implanted. According to example embodiments, a method of forming a HEMT includes forming a device unit, including a channel layer and a channel supply layer, on a first substrate; adhering a second substrate to the device unit; removing the first substrate; and forming a high resistivity region by ion-implanting impurities into at least a portion of the channel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyuk-soon CHOI, Jong-seob KIM, Jai-kwang SHIN, Chang-yong UM, Jae-joon OH, Jong-bong HA, Ki-ha HONG, In-jun HWANG
  • Patent number: 8480959
    Abstract: Provided is a chemical sensor that may include a first electrode on a substrate, a sensing member covering the first electrode on the substrate, and a plurality of second electrodes on a surface of the sensing member exposing the surface of the sensing member. The chemical sensor may be configured to measure the change in electrical characteristics when a compound to be sensed is adsorbed on the sensing member. Provided also is a chemical sensor array including an array of chemical sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-ha Hong, Hyuk-soon Choi, Jong-seob Kim, Jai-kwang Shin
  • Patent number: 8471640
    Abstract: Oscillators and methods of operating the oscillators are provided, the oscillators include an oscillating unit including at least one magnetic layer having a magnetization direction that varies according to at least one selected from the group consisting of an applied current, an applied voltage and an applied magnetic field. The oscillating unit is configured to generate an oscillation signal having a set frequency. The oscillators further include an output stage that provides an output signal by differentially amplifying the oscillation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-sik Choi, Ho-jung Kim, Jai-kwang Shin
  • Publication number: 20130121059
    Abstract: A multi-valued logic device having an improved reliability includes a conversion unit configured to convert a multi level signal into a plurality of partial signals; and a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices configured to individually store the plurality of partial signals, wherein a number of bits of each of the plurality of partial signals individually stored in the plurality of nonvolatile memory devices is less than the number of bits of the multi level signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicants: University of Seoul Foundation of Industry Academic Cooperation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-jung Kim, Joong-ho Choi, Jai-kwang Shin, Hyun-sik Choi
  • Publication number: 20130105946
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a silicon (Si) substrate including a hole, a hard mask around the hole on the Si substrate, a first material layer filling the hole and on a portion of the hard mask, an upper material layer on the first material layer, and a device layer on the upper material layer. The first material layer may be a Group III-V material layer. The Group III-V material layer may be a Group III-V compound semiconductor layer. The upper material layer may be a portion of the first material layer. The upper material layer may include one of a same material as the first material layer and a different material from the first material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-moon LEE, Jai-kwang SHIN, Young-jin CHO
  • Publication number: 20130069714
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of operating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a voltage generator configured to generate a test voltage, a graphene transistor configured to receive a gate-source voltage based on the test voltage, and a detector configured to detect whether the gate-source voltage is a Dirac voltage of the graphene transistor, and output a feedback signal applied to the voltage generator indicating whether the gate-source voltage is the Dirac voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-jung Kim, U-in Chung, Jai-kwang Shin
  • Publication number: 20130049802
    Abstract: A logic device may include a first functional block, the first functional block including, a first storage block, a second storage block, and a first function controller. In a first operation time period, the first function controller may be configured to receive a first configuration selection signal and a first configuration command signal that instructs a first function be configured, select the first storage block as a configured storage block in the first operation time period based on the first configuration selection signal, and configure the first function in the first storage block based on the first configuration command signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: University of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-sik CHOI, Ho-jung KIM, Ki-chul KIM, Jai-kwang SHIN, Joong-ho CHOI, Hyung-su JEONG
  • Patent number: 8385098
    Abstract: A ferroelectric memory device having a NAND array of a plurality of ferroelectric memory cells includes: a fully depleted channel layer; a gate electrode layer; and a ferroelectric layer located between the channel layer and the gate electrode layer. The data of the plurality of ferroelectric memory cells is erased by applying a first erase voltage to a bit line and a common source line and applying a second erase voltage to a string selection line and a ground selection line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-ha Hong, Jeong-seob Kim, Jai-kwang Shin
  • Publication number: 20130032816
    Abstract: High electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) including a substrate and a HEMT stack on the substrate, the HEMT stack including a compound semiconductor layer that includes a 2-dimensional electron gas (2DEG), an upper compound semiconductor layer that has a polarization index higher than a polarization index of the compound semiconductor layer, and a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate that are disposed on the upper compound semiconductor layer. The substrate may be a nitride substrate that has a dielectric constant and a thermal conductivity higher than a dielectric constant and a thermal conductivity of a silicon substrate. The substrate may include an insulating layer that has a dielectric constant and a thermal conductivity higher than a dielectric constant and a thermal conductivity of the silicon substrate, a metal layer that is deposited on the insulating layer, and a plate that is attached to the metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-jun Hwang, Hyuk-soon Choi, Jae-joon Oh, Jong-bong Ha, Jong-seob Kim, Ki-ha Hong, Jai-kwang Shin
  • Publication number: 20130001587
    Abstract: High electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) including a cavity below a drain and methods of manufacturing HEMTS including removing a portion of a substrate below a drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-jun Hwang, Ki-ha Hong, Jae-joon Oh, Jong-bong Ha, Jong-seob Kim, Hyuk-soon Choi, Jai-kwang Shin
  • Publication number: 20120326747
    Abstract: A logic device that includes a plurality of non-volatile memory cells configured to store possible output results related to the input signal. The logic device generating an output signal by selecting and accessing one of the plurality of non-volatile memory cells based on the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-su Jeong, Ho-jung Kim, Jai-kwang Shin, Hyun-sik Choi