Patents by Inventor Kee Joon Choi

Kee Joon 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).

  • Publication number: 20240072069
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device including: a first middle-voltage element disposed in a substrate and configured to receive a first level middle-voltage; a second middle-voltage element disposed in the substrate and configured to receive a second level middle-voltage greater than the first level middle-voltage; and a deep well disposed in the substrate so as to surround the first middle-voltage element and the second middle-voltage element, wherein the second middle-voltage element includes: a second-first middle-voltage well doped with a first type dopant; and a second-second middle-voltage well doped with a second type dopant different from the first type dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kee Joon CHOI
  • Patent number: 11482187
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a driver integrated circuit (IC), which can be miniaturized and includes a plurality of circuits, including a first substrate, a first circuit driven at a first level voltage and mounted on the first substrate, a second substrate bonded to the first substrate, and a second circuit including one or more sub-circuits driven at a second level voltage that is higher than the first level voltage, wherein at least one among the one or more sub-circuits is mounted on the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kee Joon Choi
  • Publication number: 20220122561
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a driver integrated circuit (IC), which can be miniaturized and includes a plurality of circuits, including a first substrate, a first circuit driven at a first level voltage and mounted on the first substrate, a second substrate bonded to the first substrate, and a second circuit including one or more sub-circuits driven at a second level voltage that is higher than the first level voltage, wherein at least one among the one or more sub-circuits is mounted on the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Kee Joon CHOI
  • Patent number: 11250807
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a driver integrated circuit (IC), which can be miniaturized and includes a plurality of circuits, including a first substrate, a first circuit driven at a first level voltage and mounted on the first substrate, a second substrate bonded to the first substrate, and a second circuit including one or more sub-circuits driven at a second level voltage that is higher than the first level voltage, wherein at least one among the one or more sub-circuits is mounted on the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kee Joon Choi
  • Publication number: 20220005897
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light-emitting display device including a first substrate and a second substrate, a first circuit layer provided on one surface of the first substrate, a second circuit layer provided on one surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate, a first pad layer provided on one surface of the first circuit layer, a second pad layer provided on one surface of the second circuit layer and electrically connected to the first pad layer, and a light-emitting element layer provided on the other surface of the second substrate that does not face the first substrate, and a method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: Kee Joon CHOI
  • Patent number: 11195957
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Schottky barrier diode which may be applied to an application that requires a low off current (Ioff), such as a mobile integrated circuit. The Schottky barrier diode can improve a blocking characteristic for a backward current flow while maintaining an advantage of a turn-on current, by improving the structure of a contact surface that is pinched off by depletion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kee Joon Choi
  • Publication number: 20210193075
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a driver integrated circuit (IC), which can be miniaturized and includes a plurality of circuits, including a first substrate, a first circuit driven at a first level voltage and mounted on the first substrate, a second substrate bonded to the first substrate, and a second circuit including one or more sub-circuits driven at a second level voltage that is higher than the first level voltage, wherein at least one among the one or more sub-circuits is mounted on the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Kee Joon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210036164
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Schottky barrier diode which may be applied to an application that requires a low off current (Ioff), such as a mobile integrated circuit. The Schottky barrier diode can improve a blocking characteristic for a backward current flow while maintaining an advantage of a turn-on current, by improving the structure of a contact surface that is pinched off by depletion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kee Joon Choi
  • Patent number: 10482824
    Abstract: A voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of voltage groups, each of the plurality of voltage groups including a plurality of reference voltages, and a decoder having an output node configured to output one of the plurality of reference voltages is disclosed. The decoder includes switch blocks that correspond to the plurality of voltage groups. Each of the switch blocks includes transistors that are turned on or off by or in response to a control signal, and each transistor in one of the switch blocks has a channel width different from a channel width of each transistor in another one of the switch blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: DB HiTek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kee Joon Choi, Hae Taek Kim, Sang Gi Lee
  • Publication number: 20190088780
    Abstract: A DEMOS transistor includes a semiconductor substrate defining a field region and an active region, a gate pattern disposed on the semiconductor substrate, the gate pattern being positioned over both the active region and the field region, drift regions disposed in the active region and positioned adjacent to both sides of the gate pattern, high concentration ion regions disposed in the drift regions, and being spaced apart from the gate pattern, and a silicide blocking layer having a exposure hole exposing one of an upper surface of the gate pattern and the high concentration ion regions, the silicide blocking layer having a ring shape to at least partially surround one of the upper surface of the gate pattern and the high concentration ion regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Kee Joon CHOI, Bon Sug KOO, Bum Seok KIM, Mi Hye JUN, Hae Taek KIM, Duk Joo WOO
  • Publication number: 20180342210
    Abstract: A voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of voltage groups, each of the plurality of voltage groups including a plurality of reference voltages, and a decoder having an output node configured to output one of the plurality of reference voltages is disclosed. The decoder includes switch blocks that correspond to the plurality of voltage groups. Each of the switch blocks includes transistors that are turned on or off by or in response to a control signal, and each transistor in one of the switch blocks has a channel width different from a channel width of each transistor in another one of the switch blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Kee Joon CHOI, Hae Taek KIM, Sang Gi LEE
  • Patent number: 10008594
    Abstract: A high voltage semiconductor device includes a gate electrode structure disposed on a substrate, a source region disposed in the substrate to be adjacent to one side of the gate electrode structure, a first drift region disposed in the substrate to be adjacent to another side of the gate electrode structure, a drain region electrically connected with the first drift region, and a device isolation region disposed on one side of the drain region. Particularly, the first drift region is spaced apart from the device isolation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: DB HITEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kee Joon Choi, Bum Seok Kim, Bon Sug Koo, Mi Hye Jun, Hae Taek Kim, Duk Joo Woo
  • Publication number: 20170278922
    Abstract: A high voltage semiconductor device includes a gate electrode structure disposed on a substrate, a source region disposed in the substrate to be adjacent to one side of the gate electrode structure, a first drift region disposed in the substrate to be adjacent to another side of the gate electrode structure, a drain region electrically connected with the first drift region, and a device isolation region disposed on one side of the drain region. Particularly, the first drift region is spaced apart from the device isolation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Kee Joon Choi, Bum Seok Kim, Bon Sug Koo, Mi Hye Jun, Hae Taek Kim, Duk Joo Woo
  • Publication number: 20150162346
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a substrate formed with transistors, power metal lines formed on the substrate, data metal lines formed on the substrate to transmit and receive data to and from the transistors, and an insulating layer formed on the substrate, the power metal lines, and the data metal lines. Herein, the insulating layer has openings partially exposing the power metal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Kee Joon Choi, Bum Seok Kim, Moon Young Lee, Sun Young Lee
  • Patent number: 8338281
    Abstract: Provided is a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes: forming a photoresist pattern having a first opening over a substrate; forming a first impurity region inside the substrate exposed to the first opening; partially etching the photoresist pattern by a plasma ashing process using oxygen (O2) gas to form a second opening having a width broader than that of the first opening; and forming a second impurity region inside the substrate exposed through the second opening, wherein the width of the second opening varies according to a plasma ashing time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kee-Joon Choi, Il-Kyoo Park
  • Patent number: 7723716
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a lower electrode, a contact connected to the lower electrode to have a double trench structure, a phase change material layer accommodated in the double trench to cause a phase change between a crystalline state and an amorphous state in accordance with a change in heat transmitted by the contact, and an upper electrode connected to the phase change material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Dongbu Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kee Joon Choi
  • Publication number: 20100035388
    Abstract: Provided is a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes: forming a photoresist pattern having a first opening over a substrate; forming a first impurity region inside the substrate exposed to the first opening; partially etching the photoresist pattern by a plasma ashing process using oxygen (O2) gas to form a second opening having a width broader than that of the first opening; and forming a second impurity region inside the substrate exposed through the second opening, wherein the width of the second opening varies according to a plasma ashing time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Kee-Joon CHOI, Il-Kyoo PARK
  • Publication number: 20090090991
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, a second insulation layer, a buffer insulation layer adjacent to the second insulation layer, a third insulation layer and transistors. A high voltage device region and a low voltage device region are defined in the semiconductor substrate. The second and third insulation layers are formed in the high and low voltage device regions, respectively. The transistors are formed on the second and third insulation layers, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventor: Kee Joon Choi
  • Patent number: 7476592
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, a second insulation layer, a buffer insulation layer adjacent to the second insulation layer, a third insulation layer and transistors. A high voltage device region and a low voltage device region are defined in the semiconductor substrate. The second and third insulation layers are formed in the high and low voltage device regions, respectively. The transistors are formed on the second and third insulation layers, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Dongbu Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kee Joon Choi
  • Publication number: 20080057637
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method may be capable of simplifying the formation of wells by reducing the number of process steps. In the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a high voltage device and a low voltage device, a P-well is formed simultaneously with a P-drift region, and an N-well is formed simultaneously with an N-drift region, so that the wells and drift regions are formed in one process, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost and time, and improving the yield rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Kee Joon Choi