Patents by Inventor Joung Cheul Choi

Joung Cheul Choi 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: 11929362
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device may include a semiconductor substrate, an active well, an emitter, a base, a collector, a body contact region, and a blocking well. The semiconductor substrate may have a first conductive type. The active well may be formed in the semiconductor substrate. The active well may have a second conductive type. The emitter and the base may be formed in the active well. The collector may be formed in the semiconductor substrate outside the active well. The body contact region may be formed in the semiconductor substrate to electrically connect the collector with the semiconductor substrate. The body contact region may have a conductive type substantially the same as that of the collector. The blocking well may be configured to surround an outer wall of the body contact region. The blocking well may have the second conductive type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Joung Cheul Choi, Jae Young You
  • Patent number: 11916063
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes a pad, a diode, a gate ground NMOS (GGNMOS) transistor and a thyristor. The diode includes an anode connected with the pad. The GGNMOS transistor is connected between a cathode of the diode and a ground terminal. The thyristor is formed between the diode and the ground terminal when an ESD current may flow from the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Joung Cheul Choi, Chang Seok Song
  • Patent number: 11742343
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes a pad, a diode, a gate ground NMOS (GGNMOS) transistor and a thyristor. The diode includes an anode connected with the pad. The GGNMOS transistor is connected between a cathode of the diode and a ground terminal. The thyristor is formed between the diode and the ground terminal when an ESD current may flow from the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Joung Cheul Choi, Chang Seok Song
  • Publication number: 20220085008
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device may include a semiconductor substrate, an active well, an emitter, a base, a collector, a body contact region, and a blocking well. The semiconductor substrate may have a first conductive type. The active well may be formed in the semiconductor substrate. The active well may have a second conductive type. The emitter and the base may be formed in the active well. The collector may be formed in the semiconductor substrate outside the active well. The body contact region may be formed in the semiconductor substrate to electrically connect the collector with the semiconductor substrate. The body contact region may have a conductive type substantially the same as that of the collector. The blocking well may be configured to surround an outer wall of the body contact region. The blocking well may have the second conductive type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Joung Cheul CHOI, Jae Young YOU
  • Patent number: 11201145
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device may include a semiconductor substrate, an active well, an emitter, a base, a collector, a body contact region, and a blocking well. The semiconductor substrate may have a first conductive type. The active well may be formed in the semiconductor substrate. The active well may have a second conductive type. The emitter and the base may be formed in the active well. The collector may be formed in the semiconductor substrate outside the active well. The body contact region may be formed in the semiconductor substrate to electrically connect the collector with the semiconductor substrate. The body contact region may have a conductive type substantially the same as that of the collector. The blocking well may be configured to surround an outer wall of the body contact region. The blocking well may have the second conductive type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Joung Cheul Choi, Jae Young You
  • Publication number: 20210366897
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes a pad, a diode, a gate ground NMOS (GGNMOS) transistor and a thyristor. The diode includes an anode connected with the pad. The GGNMOS transistor is connected between a cathode of the diode and a ground terminal. The thyristor is formed between the diode and the ground terminal when an ESD current may flow from the pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Joung Cheul CHOI, Chang Seok SONG
  • Publication number: 20210366898
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes a pad, a diode, a gate ground NMOS (GGNMOS) transistor and a thyristor. The diode includes an anode connected with the pad. The GGNMOS transistor is connected between a cathode of the diode and a ground terminal. The thyristor is formed between the diode and the ground terminal when an ESD current may flow from the pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Joung Cheul CHOI, Chang Seok SONG
  • Patent number: 11088133
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes a pad, a diode, a gate ground NMOS (GGNMOS) transistor and a thyristor. The diode includes an anode connected with the pad. The GGNMOS transistor is connected between a cathode of the diode and a ground terminal. The thyristor is formed between the diode and the ground terminal when an ESD current may flow from the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Joung Cheul Choi, Chang Seok Song
  • Publication number: 20200273856
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit may include a first power line, a second power line, a third power line and a protection circuit. The first power line may receive an external voltage. The second power line may receive a voltage greater than the external voltage. The third power line may receive a voltage less than the external voltage applied to the first power line and the voltage applied to the second power line. The protection circuit may from a current path between the first power line, the second power line and the third power line when a surge voltage may be applied to the first power line to discharge the surge voltage to the third power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Hwi LEE, Jung Eon MOON, Hyeng Ouk LEE, Joung Cheul CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200194424
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes a pad, a diode, a gate ground NMOS (GGNMOS) transistor and a thyristor. The diode includes an anode connected with the pad. The GGNMOS transistor is connected between a cathode of the diode and a ground terminal. The thyristor is formed between the diode and the ground terminal when an ESD current may flow from the pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Joung Cheul CHOI, Chang Seok SONG
  • Publication number: 20190378833
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device may include a semiconductor substrate, an active well, an emitter, a base, a collector, a body contact region, and a blocking well. The semiconductor substrate may have a first conductive type. The active well may be formed in the semiconductor substrate. The active well may have a second conductive type. The emitter and the base may be formed in the active well. The collector may be formed in the semiconductor substrate outside the active well. The body contact region may be formed in the semiconductor substrate to electrically connect the collector with the semiconductor substrate. The body contact region may have a conductive type substantially the same as that of the collector. The blocking well may be configured to surround an outer wall of the body contact region. The blocking well may have the second conductive type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Joung Cheul CHOI, Jae Young YOU
  • Publication number: 20170338219
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a first clamping circuit, a second clamping circuit, a third clamping circuit, a first path-changing line and a second path-changing line. The first clamping circuit may be connected between an input/output pad and a power pad. The first clamping circuit may include a plurality of diodes serially connected with each other. The second clamping circuit may be connected between the input/output pad and a ground pad. The second clamping circuit may include a plurality of diodes serially connected with each other. The third clamping circuit may be connected between the power pad and the ground pad. The third clamping circuit may include a plurality of diodes serially connected with each other. First and second path-changing lines may be configured to direct static electricity paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Joung Cheul CHOI, Jin Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20130335123
    Abstract: Provided is a driver IC chip of a liquid crystal display (LCD). The driver IC chip has a layout of power pads, which may uniformly apply an adhesive force on the entire adhesion surface of the driver IC chip, when the driver IC chip is mounted on a display panel according to a chip-on-glass (COG) technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joung Cheul CHOI, An Young Kim, Joon Ho NA, Dae Seong Kim, Dae-Keun Han
  • Patent number: 8541888
    Abstract: A pad layout structure of a driver IC chip to be mounted to a liquid crystal display panel. The pad layout structure includes power pad sections placed at respective four corners of the driver IC chip and each having a first power pad for supplying first power to the driver IC chip, a second power pad for supplying second power to the driver IC chip, a third power pad for supplying third power to the driver IC chip and a fourth power pad for supplying fourth power to the driver IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joung Cheul Choi, An Young Kim, Joon Ho Na, Dae Seong Kim, Dae Keun Han
  • Patent number: 8279617
    Abstract: A pad layout structure of a driver IC chip of a liquid crystal display device includes dummy power pads and dummy ground pads, which are disposed in corners of the driver IC chip and are connected to main power pads and main ground pads by metal lines in a chip-on-film (COF) package. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the resistance of power supply lines and ground lines, to minimize a power dip of a block located far away from the main power pads and main ground pads, and to prevent a failure in power application, which may occur due to a decrease of adhesive strength at a specific position, by dispersing the adhesion positions of the power pads and ground pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joung Cheul Choi, Joon Ho Na, Dae Seong Kim
  • Publication number: 20110169813
    Abstract: A display panel driving circuit includes N number of amplifiers configured to supply N number of output voltages to a display panel; N number of output switches configured to transmit output signals from the N number of amplifiers through N number of pads to the display panel; and a plurality of charge sharing switches configured to share charges among the N number of pads, wherein the charge sharing switches are formed in the pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Byung-Yun Jin, Jong-Geun Park, Hyun-Ho Cho, Joung-Cheul Choi, Joon-Ho Na
  • Publication number: 20110089576
    Abstract: A pad layout structure of a driver IC chip to be mounted to a liquid crystal display panel. The pad layout structure includes power pad sections placed at respective four corners of the driver IC chip and each having a first power pad for supplying first power to the driver IC chip, a second power pad for supplying second power to the driver IC chip, a third power pad for supplying third power to the driver IC chip and a fourth power pad for supplying fourth power to the driver IC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joung Cheul CHOI, An Young Kim, Joon Ho Na, Dae Seong Kim, Dae Keun Han
  • Publication number: 20110075390
    Abstract: A pad layout structure of a driver IC chip of a liquid crystal display device includes dummy power pads and dummy ground pads, which are disposed in corners of the driver IC chip and are connected to main power pads and main ground pads by metal lines in a chip-on-film (COF) package. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the resistance of power supply lines and ground lines, to minimize a power dip of a block located far away from the main power pads and main ground pads, and to prevent a failure in power application, which may occur due to a decrease of adhesive strength at a specific position, by dispersing the adhesion positions of the power pads and ground pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Joung Cheul CHOI, Joon Ho NA, Dae Seong KIM