Patents by Inventor JONG GI KIM

JONG GI 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: 12568623
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device may include: forming a stack comprising first material layers and second material layers that are alternately stacked; forming an opening in the stack; forming a first seed layer in the opening; forming a first buffer layer by surface-treating the first seed layer; and forming a blocking layer by oxidizing the first seed layer through the first buffer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Gi Kim, Young Jin Noh, Jae O Park, Jin Ho Bin, Dong Chul Yoo, Yoo Il Jeon
  • Publication number: 20250331181
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a vertical semiconductor device may include forming a lower-level stack including a source sacrificial layer over a semiconductor substrate; forming an upper-level stack including dielectric layers and sacrificial layers over the lower-level stack; forming a vertical channel structure including a channel layer that penetrates the upper-level stack and the lower-level stack; forming a slit that penetrates the upper-level stack while exposing the source sacrificial layer; forming a lateral recess that extends from the slit by removing the source sacrificial layer; forming a first contact layer which is coupled to a portion of the channel layer while filling the lateral recess; selectively forming a second contact layer over an exposed surface of the first contact layer; and selectively forming a chemical barrier layer over the second contact layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2025
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Inventors: Wan Sup SHIN, Jong Gi KIM, Seung Wook RYU, Jun Seok OH, Heung Ju LEE
  • Patent number: 12369320
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a vertical semiconductor device may include forming a lower-level stack including a source sacrificial layer over a semiconductor substrate; forming an upper-level stack including dielectric layers and sacrificial layers over the lower-level stack; forming a vertical channel structure including a channel layer that penetrates the upper-level stack and the lower-level stack; forming a slit that penetrates the upper-level stack while exposing the source sacrificial layer; forming a lateral recess that extends from the slit by removing the source sacrificial layer; forming a first contact layer which is coupled to a portion of the channel layer while filling the lateral recess; selectively forming a second contact layer over an exposed surface of the first contact layer; and selectively forming a chemical barrier layer over the second contact layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Wan Sup Shin, Jong Gi Kim, Seung Wook Ryu, Jun Seok Oh, Heung Ju Lee
  • Publication number: 20240121955
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device may include: forming a stack comprising first material layers and second material layers that are alternately stacked; forming an opening in the stack; forming a first seed layer in the opening; forming a first buffer layer by surface-treating the first seed layer; and forming a blocking layer by oxidizing the first seed layer through the first buffer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Gi KIM, Young Jin NOH, Jae O PARK, Jin Ho BIN, Dong Chul YOO, Yoo Il JEON
  • Patent number: 11617931
    Abstract: A portable golf swing exerciser includes: a main body of a shaft shape; a head shaft including a head, and one or more connection shafts, of which one end is detachably coupled to the head, and the other end is detachably coupled to a front end of the main body; and an antenna stick guide extended from or retracted into a rear end of the main body in a form of an antenna having multiple sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: Jong gi Kim
  • Publication number: 20230040214
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a vertical semiconductor device may include forming a lower-level stack including a source sacrificial layer over a semiconductor substrate; forming an upper-level stack including dielectric layers and sacrificial layers over the lower-level stack; forming a vertical channel structure including a channel layer that penetrates the upper-level stack and the lower-level stack; forming a slit that penetrates the upper-level stack while exposing the source sacrificial layer; forming a lateral recess that extends from the slit by removing the source sacrificial layer; forming a first contact layer which is coupled to a portion of the channel layer while filling the lateral recess; selectively forming a second contact layer over an exposed surface of the first contact layer; and selectively forming a chemical barrier layer over the second contact layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Wan Sup SHIN, Jong Gi Kim, Seung Wook Ryu, Jun Seok Oh, Heung Ju Lee
  • Publication number: 20220040549
    Abstract: A portable golf swing exerciser includes: a main body of a shaft shape; a head shaft including a head, and one or more connection shafts, of which one end is detachably coupled to the head, and the other end is detachably coupled to a front end of the main body; and an antenna stick guide extended from or retracted into a rear end of the main body in a form of an antenna having multiple sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventor: Jong gi KIM
  • Patent number: 11179614
    Abstract: A putting training device includes a fixing hub including a shaft retainer combined with a putter shaft; a first rotary support and a second rotary support coupled to the block part at both sides of the putter shaft, respectively; a first support bar having an upper end supposed to be held in an underarm of a user and the other end rotatably coupled to the first rotary support; a second support bar having an upper end supposed to be held in the underarm of the user and the other end rotatably coupled to the second rotary support; and an angle adjuster coupled to the first support bar and the second support bar over the first rotary support and the second rotary support to be able to adjust an angle between the first support bar and the second support bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventor: Jong gi Kim
  • Publication number: 20210274761
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technology designed to prevent obstacles from getting caught in a fishing needle by covering the fishing needle using a weedless guard, and more particularly, to a weedless fishing needle including: needle covers in which wires formed of a plasticity material and having one fixed end are arranged to be expanded at a predetermined angle; and a fixture integrally formed with the fixed end of the needle covers and coupled to a fishing needle neck, wherein the fixture is coupled to the fishing needle neck of the fishing needle so as to be detachably inserted into the fishing needle neck, in which the fixture is formed of a flexible material and has a tubular or O-ring shape, and the needle cover includes needle covers arranged side by side, and is disposed to cover a periphery of a hook of the fishing needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: JONG GI KIM
  • Publication number: 20210046371
    Abstract: A putting training device includes a fixing hub including a shaft retainer combined with a putter shaft; a first rotary support and a second rotary support coupled to the block part at both sides of the putter shaft, respectively; a first support bar having an upper end supposed to be held in an underarm of a user and the other end rotatably coupled to the first rotary support; a second support bar having an upper end supposed to be held in the underarm of the user and the other end rotatably coupled to the second rotary support; and an angle adjuster coupled to the first support bar and the second support bar over the first rotary support and the second rotary support to be able to adjust an angle between the first support bar and the second support bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventor: Jong gi KIM
  • Patent number: 10714499
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device include: forming conductive patterns in interlayer spaces between interlayer insulating layers, the conductive patterns being separated from each other by a slit passing through the interlayer insulating layers, wherein the conductive patterns include a first by-product; generating a second by-product of a gas phase by reacting the first by-product remaining in the conductive patterns with source gas; and performing an out-gassing process to remove the second by-product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Won Joon Choi, Min Sung Ko, Kyeong Bae Kim, Jong Gi Kim, Dong Sun Sheen, Jung Myoung Shim, Young Ho Yang, Hyeng Woo Eom, Kwang Wook Lee, Woo Jae Chung
  • Publication number: 20190319045
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device include: forming conductive patterns in interlayer spaces between interlayer insulating layers, the conductive patterns being separated from each other by a slit passing through the interlayer insulating layers, wherein the conductive patterns include a first by-product; generating a second by-product of a gas phase by reacting the first by-product remaining in the conductive patterns with source gas; and performing an out-gassing process to remove the second by-product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Won Joon CHOI, Min Sung KO, Kyeong Bae KIM, Jong Gi KIM, Dong Sun SHEEN, Jung Myoung SHIM, Young Ho YANG, Hyeng Woo EOM, Kwang Wook LEE, Woo Jae CHUNG
  • Patent number: 10373973
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device include: forming conductive patterns in interlayer spaces between interlayer insulating layers, the conductive patterns being separated from each other by a slit passing through the interlayer insulating layers, wherein the conductive patterns include a first by-product; generating a second by-product of a gas phase by reacting the first by-product remaining in the conductive patterns with source gas; and performing an out-gassing process to remove the second by-product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Won Joon Choi, Min Sung Ko, Kyeong Bae Kim, Jong Gi Kim, Dong Sun Sheen, Jung Myoung Shim, Young Ho Yang, Hyeng Woo Eom, Kwang Wook Lee, Woo Jae Chung
  • Publication number: 20190081066
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device include: forming conductive patterns in interlayer spaces between interlayer insulating layers, the conductive patterns being separated from each other by a slit passing through the interlayer insulating layers, wherein the conductive patterns include a first by-product; generating a second by-product of a gas phase by reacting the first by-product remaining in the conductive patterns with source gas; and performing an out-gassing process to remove the second by-product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Won Joon CHOI, Min Sung KO, Kyeong Bae KIM, Jong Gi KIM, Dong Sun SHEEN, Jung Myoung SHIM, Young Ho YANG, Hyeng Woo EOM, Kwang Wook LEE, Woo Jae CHUNG
  • Patent number: 9146446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an auto focus control apparatus and a continuous auto focus control method. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an auto focus control apparatus including: a focal value calculation unit for calculating a focal value from a signal of an image frame; a focus lens driving unit for moving a focus lens to a desired position; and a control unit for determining position movement of a subject based on the focal value calculated by the focal value calculation unit, executing pre-scan according to the movement of the focus lens by controlling the focus lens driving unit to move the focus lens at set frame intervals when the position of the subject is moved, and skipping a lens moving frame corresponding to the time when the focus lens moves during the pre-scan is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Gi Kim, Young Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20140339490
    Abstract: A nonvolatile resistive switching memory (ReRAM) device having no selection device is provided. The ReRAM device includes a lower electrode that is formed on on a substrate; a metal oxide layer that is formed on the lower electrode, the metal oxide layer having a resistive switching characteristic; an upper electrode that is formed on the metal oxide layer; and a tunnel barrier oxide film that is formed between the lower electrode and the metal oxide layer, thereby forming a double oxide film structure, the tunnel barrier oxide film being made of a material, a band energy gap and a conduction band offset of which are lower than those of the metal oxide layer, and which does not cause interface switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Hyun Chul SOHN, Dae Hong Ko, Jong Gi Kim, Jin Ho Oh, Young Jae Kim
  • Publication number: 20140184879
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an auto focus control apparatus and a continuous auto focus control method. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an auto focus control apparatus including: a focal value calculation unit for calculating a focal value from a signal of an image frame; a focus lens driving unit for moving a focus lens to a desired position; and a control unit for determining position movement of a subject based on the focal value calculated by the focal value calculation unit, executing pre-scan according to the movement of the focus lens by controlling the focus lens driving unit to move the focus lens at set frame intervals when the position of the subject is moved, and skipping a lens moving frame corresponding to the time when the focus lens moves during the pre-scan is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Gi KIM, Young Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20120328786
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a metal surface treatment solution that can provide superior corrosion resistance and paint adhesion. The metal surface treatment solution includes 9˜13 wt % of an epoxy-based silane coupling agent, 5˜9 wt % of an amino-based silane coupling agent, 0.5˜1 wt % of a vanadium compound, 0.5˜1 wt % phosphoric acid; 0.5˜1 wt % of an organic acid, 0.1˜10 wt % of a Ti-Alkoxide, 0.1˜2 wt % of a chelating agent, 0.1˜5 wt % of a calcium phosphate-based compound,. 0.2˜10 wt % of a colloidal silica, and the balance of solvents. A method of manufacturing a surface treated steel sheet using the same is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Hyundai Hysco
    Inventors: JONG GI KIM, Sang Jin Park, Man Been Moon, Hyun Woon Oh
  • Publication number: 20100068396
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a metal surface treatment solution that can provide superior corrosion resistance and paint adhesion and method for treating the surface of a steel sheet using the metal surface treatment solution. The metal surface treatment solution includes 9˜13 wt % of an epoxy-based silane coupling agent, 5˜9 wt % of an amino-based silane coupling agent, 0.5˜1 wt % of a vanadium compound, 0.5˜1 wt % phosphoric acid; 0.5˜1 wt % of an organic acid, 0.1˜10 wt % of a Ti-Alkoxide, 0.1˜2 wt % of a chelating agent, 0.1˜5 wt % of a calcium phosphate-based compound, 0.2˜10 wt % of a colloidal silica, and the balance of solvents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: JONG GI KIM, SANG JIN PARK, MAN BEEN MOON, HYUN WOON OH