Patents by Inventor Ji-hoon Cha

Ji-hoon Cha 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: 20240132010
    Abstract: Disclosed are airbag integrated moving display and a control method where the airbag-integrated display includes a display movable to a forward or rearward position according to a driving mode of a vehicle, and an airbag mounted to the rear of the display and being configured to move along with a movement of the display, vary a level of inflation of the airbag based on at least one of a position of the display or a distance from a driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jun AN, Shin Jik LEE, Jun LEE, Sung Joon AHN, Ji Soo SHIN, Seok Hoon KO, Kyung Hoon KIM, Jae Seong CHA
  • Publication number: 20240124301
    Abstract: Disclosed is a single process for producing hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon from methane by forming gas products comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide, and solid products comprising carbon and an iron-based catalyst from methane in a methane-containing feedstock through pyrolysis route involving auto-thermal reduction in a rotary kiln-type reactor in the presence of an iron-based catalyst and separating and recovering respective products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Dong Min YUN, Jung Geun JANG, Ji Hoon LEE, Ye Rhee CHA
  • Publication number: 20240089859
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication circuit, a second communication circuit, a processor configured to be electrically connected with the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and a memory configured to be electrically connected with the processor. The memory includes instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to obtain location information of the electronic device, transmit a first message for requesting to change a state of the electronic device to a network, receive a first response message to the transmitted first message from the network, transmit a second message for requesting a parameter for an operation cycle of the second communication circuit to the network, receive a second response message to the second message from the network, and change the operation cycle of the second communication circuit to a value corresponding to a current state of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ji Young CHA, Hye Jeong KIM, Jung Hoon AHN
  • Patent number: 11922883
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a pixel circuit, and first and second transistors. The OLD includes a cathode electrode connected to a second power source. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor having a gate electrode initialized by a third power source. The driving transistor controls the amount of current flowing from a first power source to the second power source via the OLED. The first transistor is connected between a fourth power source and the second power source and an anode electrode of the OLED. The first transistor is turned on based on a scan signal is supplied to a scan line. The second transistor is connected between a data line and the pixel circuit. The second transistor is turned on when the scan signal is supplied to the ith scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Tae Jeong, Min Ku Lee, Ji Hyun Ka, Tae Hoon Kwon, Seung Kyu Lee, Seung Ji Cha
  • Publication number: 20240055428
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a substrate including NMOSFET and PMOSFET regions, first and second channel patterns on the NMOSFET and PMOSFET regions, respectively, and each including respective semiconductor patterns spaced apart from and vertically stacked on each other, first and second source/drain patterns on the NMOSFET and NMOSFET regions and connected to the first and second channel patterns, respectively, and a gate electrode on the first and second channel patterns. The gate electrode includes a first inner electrode between neighboring semiconductor patterns of the first channel pattern, and a second inner electrode between neighboring semiconductor patterns of the second channel pattern. A top surface of the first inner electrode is more convex than a top surface of the second inner electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Kwan YU, Sunyoung LEE, Hayoung JEON, Hwiseok JUN, Ji Hoon CHA
  • Publication number: 20230343613
    Abstract: A multi-chamber apparatus for processing a wafer, the apparatus including a high etch rate chamber to receive the wafer and to etch silicon nitride with a phosphoric acid solution; a rinse chamber to receive the wafer and to clean the wafer with an ammonia mixed solution; and a supercritical drying chamber to dry the wafer with a supercritical fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Yong Jun CHOI, Seok Hoon KIM, Young-Hoo KIM, In Gi KIM, Sung Hyun PARK, Seung Min SHIN, Kun Tack LEE, Jinwoo LEE, Hun Jae JANG, Ji Hoon CHA
  • Patent number: 11742221
    Abstract: A dry cleaning apparatus includes a chamber, a substrate support supporting a substrate within the chamber, a shower head arranged in an upper portion of the chamber to supply a dry cleaning gas toward the substrate, the shower head including an optical window transmitting a laser light therethrough toward the substrate support, a plasma generator generating plasma from the dry cleaning gas, and a laser irradiator irradiating the laser light on the substrate through the optical window and the plasma to heat the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Min Shin, Seok-Hoon Kim, Young-Hoo Kim, In-Gi Kim, Tae-Hong Kim, Sung-Hyun Park, Jin-Woo Lee, Ji-Hoon Cha, Yong-Jun Choi
  • Publication number: 20230249230
    Abstract: A wafer cleaning apparatus is provided. The wafer cleaning apparatus includes comprising a chamber configured to be loaded with a wafer, a nozzle on the wafer and configured to provide liquid chemicals on an upper surface of the wafer, a housing under the wafer, a laser module configured to irradiate laser on the wafer, a transparent window disposed between the wafer and the laser module, and a controller configured to control on/off of the laser module, wherein the controller is configured to control repetition of turning the laser module on and off, and retain temperature of the wafer within a temperature range, and a ratio of time when the laser module is on in one cycle including on/off of the laser module is 30% to 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Min SHIN, Hun Jae Jang, Seok Hoon Kim, Young-Hoo Kim, In Gi Kim, Tae-Hong Kim, Kun Tack Lee, Ji Hoon Cha, Yong Jun Choi
  • Publication number: 20230253218
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a spinner configured to hold a wafer, a nozzle configured to supply a liquid chemical onto an upper surface of the wafer, and a laser module configured to heat the wafer by radiating a laser beam to a lower surface of the wafer while the nozzle supplies the liquid chemical onto the upper surface of the wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Ji Hoon CHA, Jinwoo LEE, Seok Hoon KIM, In Gi KIM, Seung Min SHIN, Yong Jun CHOI
  • Patent number: 11721565
    Abstract: A multi-chamber apparatus for processing a wafer, the apparatus including a high etch rate chamber to receive the wafer and to etch silicon nitride with a phosphoric acid solution; a rinse chamber to receive the wafer and to clean the wafer with an ammonia mixed solution; and a supercritical drying chamber to dry the wafer with a supercritical fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Jun Choi, Seok Hoon Kim, Young-Hoo Kim, In Gi Kim, Sung Hyun Park, Seung Min Shin, Kun Tack Lee, Jinwoo Lee, Hun Jae Jang, Ji Hoon Cha
  • Publication number: 20230231049
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active pattern, a channel pattern on the active pattern and including semiconductor patterns, a source/drain pattern connected to the semiconductor patterns, a gate electrode on the semiconductor patterns, and a gate dielectric layer between the gate electrode and the semiconductor patterns. An inner spacer of the gate dielectric layer includes a horizontal portion between the high-k dielectric layer and the second semiconductor pattern, a vertical portion between the high-k dielectric layer and the source/drain pattern, and a corner portion between the horizontal portion and the vertical portion. A first thickness of the horizontal portion is less than a second thickness of the vertical portion. The second thickness of the vertical portion is less than a third thickness of the corner portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongsuk SHIN, Hyun-Kwan Yu, Sunyoung Lee, Ji Hoon Cha, Kyungyeon Hwang
  • Patent number: 11648594
    Abstract: A wafer cleaning apparatus is provided. The wafer cleaning apparatus includes comprising a chamber configured to be loaded with a wafer, a nozzle on the wafer and configured to provide liquid chemicals on an upper surface of the wafer, a housing under the wafer, a laser module configured to irradiate laser on the wafer, a transparent window disposed between the wafer and the laser module, and a controller configured to control on/off of the laser module, wherein the controller is configured to control repetition of turning the laser module on and off, and retain temperature of the wafer within a temperature range, and a ratio of time when the laser module is on in one cycle including on/off of the laser module is 30% to 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Min Shin, Hun Jae Jang, Seok Hoon Kim, Young-Hoo Kim, In Gi Kim, Tae-Hong Kim, Kun Tack Lee, Ji Hoon Cha, Yong Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 11631599
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a spinner configured to hold a wafer, a nozzle configured to supply a liquid chemical onto an upper surface of the wafer, and a laser module configured to heat the wafer by radiating a laser beam to a lower surface of the wafer while the nozzle supplies the liquid chemical onto the upper surface of the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hoon Cha, Jinwoo Lee, Seok Hoon Kim, In Gi Kim, Seung Min Shin, Yong Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 11605545
    Abstract: A wafer cleaning equipment includes a housing to be positioned adjacent to a wafer, a hollow region in the housing, a laser module that outputs a laser beam having a profile of the laser beam includes a first region having a first intensity and a second region having a second intensity greater than the first intensity, the laser beam being output into the hollow region, and a transparent window that covers an upper part of the hollow region and transmits the laser beam to be incident on an entirety of a lower surface of the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hun Jae Jang, Seung Min Shin, Seok Hoon Kim, In Gi Kim, Tae-Hong Kim, Kun Tack Lee, Jinwoo Lee, Ji Hoon Cha, Yong Jun Choi
  • Publication number: 20220319878
    Abstract: A wet etching apparatus includes a process bath having an internal space configured to receive an etchant and having a support unit, on which a wafer is disposed to be in contact with the etchant. A laser unit is disposed above the process bath and is configured to direct a laser beam to the wafer and to heat the wafer thereby. An etchant supply unit is configured to supply the etchant to the internal space of the process bath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: JIN WOO LEE, YONG JUN CHOI, SEOK HOON KIM, SEUNG MIN SHIN, JI HOON CHA
  • Patent number: 11189503
    Abstract: Disclosed are substrate drying methods, photoresist developing methods, and/or photolithography methods. The substrate drying method including providing a drying liquid on a substrate, increasing a pressure of the drying liquid to produce a supercritical fluid, and removing the supercritical fluid to dry the substrate may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Hoo Kim, Kuntack Lee, Yong-Jhin Cho, Chawon Koh, Sunghyun Park, Hyosan Lee, Ji Hoon Cha, Soo Young Choi
  • Publication number: 20210343552
    Abstract: A dry cleaning apparatus includes a chamber, a substrate support supporting a substrate within the chamber, a shower head arranged in an upper portion of the chamber to supply a dry cleaning gas toward the substrate, the shower head including an optical window transmitting a laser light therethrough toward the substrate support, a plasma generator generating plasma from the dry cleaning gas, and a laser irradiator irradiating the laser light on the substrate through the optical window and the plasma to heat the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Seung-Min SHIN, Seok-Hoon KIM, Young-Hoo KIM, In-Gi KIM, Tae-Hong KIM, Sung-Hyun PARK, Jin-Woo LEE, Ji-Hoon CHA, Yong-Jun CHOI
  • Patent number: 11087996
    Abstract: A dry cleaning apparatus includes a chamber, a substrate support supporting a substrate within the chamber, a shower head arranged in an upper portion of the chamber to supply a dry cleaning gas toward the substrate, the shower head including an optical window transmitting a laser light therethrough toward the substrate support, a plasma generator generating plasma from the dry cleaning gas, and a laser irradiator irradiating the laser light on the substrate through the optical window and the plasma to heat the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Min Shin, Seok-Hoon Kim, Young-Hoo Kim, In-Gi Kim, Tae-Hong Kim, Sung-Hyun Park, Jin-Woo Lee, Ji-Hoon Cha, Yong-Jun Choi
  • Publication number: 20210060625
    Abstract: A wafer cleaning apparatus is provided. The wafer cleaning apparatus includes comprising a chamber configured to be loaded with a wafer, a nozzle on the wafer and configured to provide liquid chemicals on an upper surface of the wafer, a housing under the wafer, a laser module configured to irradiate laser on the wafer, a transparent window disposed between the wafer and the laser module, and a controller configured to control on/off of the laser module, wherein the controller is configured to control repetition of turning the laser module on and off, and retain temperature of the wafer within a temperature range, and a ratio of time when the laser module is on in one cycle including on/off of the laser module is 30% to 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Min SHIN, Hun Jae JANG, Seok Hoon KIM, Young-Hoo KIM, In Gi KIM, Tae-Hong KIM, Kun Tack LEE, Ji Hoon CHA, Yong Jun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200343113
    Abstract: A multi-chamber apparatus for processing a wafer, the apparatus including a high etch rate chamber to receive the wafer and to etch silicon nitride with a phosphoric acid solution; a rinse chamber to receive the wafer and to clean the wafer with an ammonia mixed solution; and a supercritical drying chamber to dry the wafer with a supercritical fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yong Jun CHOI, Seok Hoon KIM, Young-Hoo KIM, In Gi KIM, Sung Hyun PARK, Seung Min SHIN, Kun Tack LEE, Jinwoo LEE, Hun Jae JANG, Ji Hoon CHA