Patents by Inventor Jin Wook Kim

Jin Wook 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).

  • Patent number: 10784376
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second active patterns protruding upward from a substrate, a gate electrode crossing the first and second active patterns and extending in a first direction, a first source/drain region on the first active pattern and on at least one side of the gate electrode, and a second source/drain region on the second active pattern and on at least one side of the gate electrode. The first and second source/drain regions have a conductivity type different from each other, and the second source/drain region has a bottom surface in contact with a top surface of the second active pattern and at a lower level than that of a bottom surface of the first source/drain region in contact with a top surface of the first active pattern. The first active pattern has a first width smaller than a second width of the second active pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Hwan Kim, Gigwan Park, Junggun You, DongSuk Shin, Jin-Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 10763156
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region, a first fin-isolation insulating portion in each of the first region and the second region and having a first width in a first direction, a pair of fin-type active regions spaced apart from each other in each of the first region and the second region with the first fin-isolation insulating portion therebetween, and extending in a straight line in the first direction, a pair of second fin-isolation insulating portions contacting, in each of the first region and the second region, two side walls of the first fin-isolation insulating portion, respectively, each of the two side walls facing the opposite sides in the first direction, and a plurality of gate structures extending in the second direction and comprising a plurality of dummy gate structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-yup Chung, Il-ryong Kim, Ju-youn Kim, Jin-wook Kim, Kyoung-hwan Yeo, Yong-gi Jeong
  • Patent number: 10733995
    Abstract: A voice recognition electronic device is provided which includes a housing including a first face that faces a first direction, a second face that faces a second direction opposite to the first direction, a third face disposed between the first face and the second face, and a translucent cover that forms at least a portion of the third face, a voice reception unit disposed below the first face of the housing and including a plurality of microphones that receive a voice input from a user, a light source unit disposed inside the housing to emit light, a driving unit connected to the light source unit to control the light source unit to move according to a preset operation, and a control unit that controls the driving unit in response to the voice input of the user, which is delivered from the voice reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jin-Wook Kim, Jae-Hyung Kim, Gi-Ha Woo
  • Patent number: 10719906
    Abstract: A graph processing system may include at least one auxiliary memory configured to store graph data including phase data and attribute data, a main memory configured to store a portion of the graph data, a plurality of graphics processing units (GPUs) configured to process the graph data received from the main memory and perform synchronization and including cores and device memories, and a central processing unit (CPU) configured to manage query processing associated with the graph data performed by the GPUs and store, in the auxiliary memory, updatable attribute data of a result of the query processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Min Soo Kim, Kyu Hyeon An, Him Chan Park, Jin Wook Kim, Se Yeon Oh
  • Publication number: 20200227112
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a latch circuit and a code comparison circuit. The latch circuit latches an output code generated based on an active command. The latch circuit outputs the latched output code as a latch code in response to a write command. The code comparison circuit compares the latch code with a write code to generate a detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Jin Wook KIM
  • Patent number: 10700544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery charging system using wireless power transmission, including a charging power supply device that comprises: a power supply unit that supplies power for wireless power transmission; a power transmission unit that comprises at least one power transmission coil and wirelessly transmits power for charging a battery; and a transmission impedance matching unit that matches the impedance between the power supply unit and the power transmission unit; and a battery charging device that receives power wirelessly transmitted from the charging power supply device through power reception coils individually corresponding to one or more batteries and charges the batteries. According to the present invention, a plurality of unit batteries can be simultaneously charged by one charging power supply device, that is, one transmission module. With this advantage, a plurality of battery cells can be simultaneously charged wirelessly without wires, and quick charging is also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young Jin Park, Jin Wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20200180603
    Abstract: A charging control method for a battery of a vehicle charges a high-voltage battery even when a current sensor fails in the eco-friendly vehicle. The method includes performing a fault diagnosis of a current sensor before starting to charge the battery in the vehicle and determining whether the current sensor has failed from the fault diagnosis result. Constant current (CC) charging control of charging the battery is then performed with a constant current in response to determining that the current sensor has failed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Jin Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 10633829
    Abstract: A spool valve includes a valve block; a first spool, which is mounted onto one side on the inside of the valve block so as to be moved forward and backward in the lengthwise direction and includes a first notch formed on the outer circumferential surface, for controlling the connection between a first pump flow path and a first cylinder flow path through the first notch which is aligned with the first pomp flow path and the first cylinder flow path formed on the inside of the valve block, when moved according to a change in stroke; and a second spool, which is mounted onto the other side on the inside of the valve block so as to be moved forward and backward in the lengthwise direction and includes a second notch formed on the outer circumferential surface, for controlling the connection between a second cylinder flow path and a first tank flow path through the second notch which is aligned with the second cylinder flow path and the first tank flow path formed on the inside of the valve block, when moved acco
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment AB
    Inventors: Jin Wook Kim, Min Heuk Kang
  • Patent number: 10636478
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a latch circuit and a code comparison circuit. The latch circuit latches an output code generated based on an active command. The latch circuit outputs the latched output code as a latch code in response to a write command. The code comparison circuit compares the latch code with a write code to generate a detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Jin Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 10614871
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a delay circuit and a column signal generation circuit. The delay circuit delays a write signal by a sum of a write latency time and a burst operation time to generate a write pulse, delays a read signal to generate a read pulse, and generates a pre-charge signal which is enabled after a predetermined period elapses from a time when the write signal is generated. The column signal generation circuit generates a column signal from a chip selection signal and a command/address signal when the write pulse or the read pulse is inputted to the column signal generation circuit. The column signal is a signal for selecting at least one memory cell included in one of a plurality of banks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Ho Kang, Jin Wook Kim, Yang Uk Son
  • Publication number: 20200083726
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless charging device including a first cover, at least a portion of a surface of which has a frictional force of a specific magnitude, a second cover disposed under the first cover and having an elastic force of a specific magnitude, an upper housing disposed under the second cover, a lower housing coupled to the upper housing, at least one charging coil disposed between the upper housing and the lower housing and configured to supply electric power to an electronic device positioned on an upper surface of the first cover, a power source part connected to the at least one charging coil, and a holding state changing part configured to help change holding states of the upper housing and the lower housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jin Wook KIM, Jae Hyung KIM
  • Publication number: 20200066325
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a delay circuit and a column signal generation circuit. The delay circuit delays a write signal by a sum of a write latency time and a burst operation time to generate a write pulse, delays a read signal to generate a read pulse, and generates a pre-charge signal which is enabled after a predetermined period elapses from a time when the write signal is generated. The column signal generation circuit generates a column signal from a chip selection signal and a command/address signal when the write pulse or the read pulse is inputted to the column signal generation circuit. The column signal is a signal for selecting at least one memory cell included in one of a plurality of banks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Ho KANG, Jin Wook KIM, Yang Uk SON
  • Publication number: 20200058748
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active region, a gate structure on the active region, the gate structure including a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode layer, and the gate electrode layer having a rounded upper corner, and gate spacer layers on side surfaces of the gate structure, the gate spacer layers having an upper surface at a lower height level than an upper surface of the gate electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Deok Han BAE, Jin Wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20200043128
    Abstract: A graph processing system may include at least one auxiliary memory configured to store graph data including phase data and attribute data, a main memory configured to store a portion of the graph data, a plurality of graphics processing units (GPUs) configured to process the graph data received from the main memory and perform synchronization and including cores and device memories, and a central processing unit (CPU) configured to manage query processing associated with the graph data performed by the GPUs and store, in the auxiliary memory, updatable attribute data of a result of the query processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Min Soo KIM, Kyu Hyeon AN, Him Chan PARK, Jin Wook KIM, Se Yeon OH
  • Patent number: 10553693
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having first and second active regions with a field insulating layer therebetween that contacts the first and second active regions, and a gate electrode on the substrate and traversing the first active region, the second active region, and the field insulating layer. The gate electrode includes a first portion over the first active region, a second portion over the second active region, and a third portion in contact with the first and second portions. The gate electrode includes an upper gate electrode having first through third thicknesses in the first through third portions, respectively, where the third thickness is greater than the first thickness, and smaller than the second thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Ki Hong, Ju Youn Kim, Jin-Wook Kim, Tae Eung Yoon, Tae Won Ha, Jung Hoon Seo, Seul Gi Yun
  • Patent number: 10539295
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a lighting device. The lighting device includes a body including a side wall and a base disposed on the side wall; a light source which is disposed below the base of the body; a power supply which is disposed on the base of the body to supply a power to the light source; and a clip including a connection portion and an extension portion extending from the connection portion and disposed on the side wall of the body, wherein the extension portion of the clip has at least one bent portion which is bent toward the side wall of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Wook Kim, Ki Woong Kim, Young Sik Kim, Chang Hyuk Im, Sang Jun Hong, Ji Hwan Jeon
  • Publication number: 20200006341
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having first and second regions, a first gate electrode layer on the first region, and including a first conductive layer, and a second gate electrode layer on the second region, and including the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer, and a barrier metal layer on the second conductive layer, wherein an upper surface of the first gate electrode layer is at a lower level than an upper surface of the second gate electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Se Ki HONG, Ju Youn KIM, Jin Wook KIM
  • Patent number: 10494791
    Abstract: A flow control valve for a construction machine includes a boom valve block connected to a hydraulic pump; a boom spool coupled to the boom valve block so as to be slidably moved, and switched on by the supply of pilot signal pressure in order to carry out a boom-up or boom-down operation, thereby controlling the hydraulic oil supplied from the hydraulic pump to a boom cylinder; a boom-up flow control arrangement for supplying the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump to the large chamber of the boom cylinder through the boom spool, when switching on the boom spool in order to carry out the boom-up operation; and a boom-down flow control arrangement for returning a part of the hydraulic oil, which returns from the large chamber of the boom cylinder, to the hydraulic tank through the boom spool only at a predetermined pressure or higher, when the boom spool is switched on in order to carry out the boom-down operation, wherein the part of the hydraulic oil, which returns from the large chamber of the boom cylin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment AB
    Inventors: Min-Heuk Kang, Jin-Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 10491019
    Abstract: A battery management system (BMS) may include a battery, a relay configured to electrically connect and disconnect the battery for supplying a voltage (an electric power) to an electric load to and from the electric load, the electric load configured to receive the voltage (the electric power) from the battery, to compare the received voltage (the electric power) with a reference value and to output a wakeup signal according to the compared result, when the relay is electrically connected, and a controller configured to wake up by the wakeup signal, to monitor a state of the battery and to control a state of the relay. It is possible to prevent overdischarge and overcharge of the battery by monitoring the battery through the electric load in a state in which a vehicle is turned off and switching the BSM to a wakeup state only if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyo Sik Moon, Jun Ho Bang, Woo Sung Kim, Kyung In Min, Jae Hoon Choi, Jin Wook Kim, Dong II Kim, Ji Won Nam, Yong Hwan Choi, Yoon Jun Lee, Jeong Hun Seo, Hui Tae Yang, Jun Seok Choi, Yu Seok Kim, Jung Je Woo, Byung Su Kim, Yong Jae Kim, Kyung Ho Kim, Suk Hyung Kim, Hae Kyu Lim
  • Patent number: 10471839
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting fusion of a relay are provided to more accurately diagnose fusion of a relay by adjusting relay OFF order when a vehicle engine is turned off using data regarding whether fusion of a relay was detected when the vehicle engine was turned on. The method includes detecting whether first and second relays have been fused when a vehicle engine was turned on and adjusting OFF order of the first and second relays when the vehicle engine is turned off based on whether the first and second relays have been fused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Kyung Ho Kim, Kyung In Min, Jae Hoon Choi, Dong Gun Kim, Do Kyoung Lim, Jin Wook Kim, Jun Ho Bang, Yoon Jun Lee, Hee Tae Yang, Yu Seok Kim, Hyo Sik Moon, Kyun Young Ahn, Suk Hyung Kim, Dong Il Kim