Patents by Inventor Kyu Kang

Kyu Kang 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).

  • SOLAR CELL MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160118522
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a solar cell module and a method for manufacturing the same. The solar cell module comprises: a substrate; and a plurality of solar cells located on the substrate, each solar cell comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoactive layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least a portion of a second electrode is located on a photoactive layer of a neighboring solar cell, and a conductive channel is located between the second electrode and a first electrode of the neighboring solar cell. Therefore, a solar cell module having a structure in which every layer except for electrodes is entirely formed as a thin film may be provided. In addition, a solar cell module the module efficiency of which is improved by increasing the active area of each solar cell may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Kwang Hee LEE, Hong Kyu KANG
  • Scan driving device and method of driving the same
    Patent number: 9324269
    Abstract: A scan driving device includes scan driving blocks, each including: a first node receiving a signal that is input to a first driving signal input terminal according to a clock signal input to a first clock signal input terminal; a second node receiving a second power source voltage according to the clock signal input to the first clock signal input terminal and a signal input to a second driving signal input terminal; a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to the second node and an electrode receiving an output control signal; a second transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first node and an electrode connected to a second clock signal input terminal; and a third transistor including a gate electrode connected to the second node, an electrode connected to a first power source voltage, and another electrode connected to the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo-Yong Chung, Yong-Jae Kim, Chul-Kyu Kang
  • SOUND GENERATING DEVICE FOR VIHICLE
    Publication number: 20160107568
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sound generating device for vehicle, more particularly, in case of fastening a sound generating device for outputting artificial engine sound (for example, start-up, or accelerating etc.) onto the automobile vehicle's surface, for example the bonnet, the sound generating device's sound transfer face is pressed to the bonnet, and the sound or vibration of the sound generator is dispersed and output outwardly through the bonnet without attenuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Yoon Kyu KANG
  • METHODS OF OPERATING A NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160111165
    Abstract: An operating method of a nonvolatile memory device is provided which sequentially performs a plurality of erase loops to erase at least one of a plurality of memory blocks. The operating method comprises performing at least one of the plurality of erase loops; performing a post-program operation on the at least one memory block after the at least one erase loop is executed; and performing remaining erase loops of the plurality of erase loops. The post-program operation is not performed when each of the remaining erase loops is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Sunil SHIM, Joon-sung LIM, Jin-Kyu KANG, Euido KIM, Jang-Gn YUN
  • Semiconductor devices having through-electrodes and methods for fabricating the same
    Patent number: 9312171
    Abstract: The present inventive concepts provide semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating the same. The method includes forming an inter-metal dielectric layer including a plurality of dielectric layers on a substrate, forming a via-hole vertically penetrating the inter-metal dielectric layer and the substrate, providing carbon to at least one surface, such as a surface including carbon in the plurality of dielectric layers exposed by the via-hole, forming a via-dielectric layer covering an inner surface of the via-hole, and forming a through-electrode surrounded by the via-dielectric layer in the via-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu-Hee Han, Pil-Kyu Kang, Taejin Yim, Naein Lee
  • Silicon oxide for anode of secondary battery, method for preparing the same and anode of secondary battery using the same
    Patent number: 9312535
    Abstract: Provided is a silicon oxide for an anode of a secondary battery, having a good mechanical lifespan and electrical properties, and a method for preparing the same and an anode of a secondary battery using the silicon oxide. According to the method, a mixture is prepared by mixing SiCl4 and ethylene glycol, a gel is manufactured by stirring the mixture, and the gel is heat treated to prepare silicon oxide for an anode of a secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Yeil Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun-Kyu Kang
  • ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160099299
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate comprising a major surface; a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region when viewed in a viewing direction perpendicular to the major surface; an array of a plurality of pixels disposed in the display region; and a first power line extending from the peripheral region into the display region, the first power line being electrically connected to the array of pixels at a contact point in the display region. When viewed in the viewing direction, the first power line includes: a first extension extending from the peripheral region to the display region; and a second extension connected to the first extension; and a third extension connected to the second extension and extending from a location in the display region toward the peripheral region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon CHUNG, Chul-Kyu Kang, Jung-Mi Choi
  • Pixel and organic light emitting display device using the same
    Patent number: 9299289
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device is capable of securing sufficient compensation period such that a threshold voltage of a driving transistor may be compensated. A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a second transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode; a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor; a first transistor coupled between a second terminal of the first capacitor and a data line, and being configured to turn on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; and a third transistor coupled between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the second transistor and having a turning-on period that is not overlapped with that of the first transistor. The third transistor is configured to turn on for a longer time than the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Wook Park, Chul-Kyu Kang, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Method for determining transmission power in MIMO system based on cooperative transmission
    Patent number: 9301263
    Abstract: A method for determining a transmission power in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system based on a cooperative transmission is provided. The method includes setting a power constraint condition of a transmitter and target quality information of a receiver. The method further includes determining the transmission power to be allocated to the transmitter to transmit the data to the receiver based on the power constraint condition and the target quality information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Byung Moo Lee, Jin Kyu Kang, Joon Hyuk Kang, Nam Jeong Lee, Byung Chang Kang, Jong Ho Bang, Jin Hyeock Choi
  • Securing structure of sound output mechanism and sound processing means of mobile device capable of outputting visual and sound signals
    Patent number: 9301035
    Abstract: A sound output mechanism of a mobile device capable of outputting visual and sound signals, for example, a smart phone, tablet PC, MP4 (including MP3) has an image output unit and a sound processing unit. The image output unit of the mobile device is arranged on the entire surface of a main body and the sound processing unit for outputting vibration power and sound is firmly secured at the inside thereof without increasing the volume or the area thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: YEIL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon Kyu Kang, Hyeon Cheol Park
  • Memory device, memory module including the memory device, method of fabricating the memory module, and method of repairing the memory module
    Patent number: 9286956
    Abstract: A memory module is provided. A plurality of DRAMs is mounted on a PCB. At least one DRAM has an operating parameter different from other DRAMs according to a position where the at least one DRAM is mounted on the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dan-Kyu Kang, Sang-Seok Kang, Young-Man Ahn
  • Display device and driving method thereof
    Patent number: 9285913
    Abstract: In a touch display device, a controller generates a touch sync signal for controlling timing of a touch sensing period and a display period in each of a plurality of frames. A touch panel has a plurality of touch electrodes in a display area to generate touch sensing signals indicating whether or not a touch occurs during the touch sensing period. A touch sensing circuit supplies a touch drive signal to the plurality of touch electrodes during the touch sensing period and detects if the touch occurred based on the touch sensing signals received from the plurality of touch electrodes. A touch assistance line surrounds the display area and is disposed in the non-display area of the touch panel. A touch assistance signal supply circuit generates a touch assistance signal on the touch assistance line. The touch assistance signal mimics the touch drive signal during the touch sensing period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Kyu Kang, Hoon Bae Kim, Sung Yub Lee
  • Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
    Patent number: 9287251
    Abstract: In a method, a first opening is formed in a first insulating interlayer on a first substrate. A first conductive pattern structure contacting a first diffusion prevention insulation pattern and having a planarized top surface is formed in the first opening. Likewise, a second conductive pattern structure contacting a second diffusion prevention insulation pattern is formed in a second insulating interlayer on a second substrate. A plasma treatment process is performed on at least one of the first and second substrates having the first and second conductive pattern structures thereon, respectively. The first and second conductive pattern structures are contacted to each other to bond the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pil-Kyu Kang, Seok-Ho Kim, Tae-Yeong Kim, Hyo-Ju Kim, Byung-Lyul Park, Yeun-Sang Park, Jin-Ho An, Ho-Jin Lee, Joo-Hee Jang, Deok-Young Jung
  • DEGRADATION COMPENSATING PIXEL CIRCUIT AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160063943
    Abstract: A degradation compensating pixel circuit includes: an organic light emitting diode (OLED); a driving circuit including a first capacitor and a first transistor, the first capacitor being configured to be charged in response to a data signal and a scan signal, the first transistor being configured to drive the OLED according to a first voltage between first and second terminals of the first capacitor, the first terminal of the first capacitor being configured to receive a supply voltage, the second terminal of the first capacitor being coupled to a gate terminal of the first transistor; and a degradation compensating circuit coupled to a source terminal of the first transistor and the gate terminal of the first transistor, the degradation compensating circuit being configured to change the first voltage according to a first current of the first transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Tak-Young Lee, Yong-Sung Park, Young-In Hwang, Chul-Kyu Kang
  • Pixel and organic light emitting display using the same
    Patent number: 9275567
    Abstract: A pixel may include an organic light emitting diode (OLED) with a cathode electrode coupled to a second power source, a first transistor with a first electrode coupled to a data line, with a second electrode coupled to a first node, the first transistor being turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line, a first capacitor coupled between the first node and a third power source to charge a first capacitor voltage corresponding to a data signal supplied from the data line, and a pixel circuit charged by the first capacitor voltage to supply current corresponding to a charged first power source voltage from a first power source to the second power source via the OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chul-Kyu Kang
  • Method of Manufacturing a Semiconductor Device
    Publication number: 20160020197
    Abstract: In a method, a first opening is formed in a first insulating interlayer on a first substrate. A first conductive pattern structure contacting a first diffusion prevention insulation pattern and having a planarized top surface is formed in the first opening. Likewise, a second conductive pattern structure contacting a second diffusion prevention insulation pattern is formed in a second insulating interlayer on a second substrate, plasma treatment process is performed on at least one of the first and second substrates having the first and second conductive pattern structures thereon, respectively. The first and second conductive pattern structures are contacted to each other to bond the first and second substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Pil-Kyu Kang, Seok-Ho Kim, Tae-Yeong Kim, Hyo-Ju Kim, Byung-Lyul Park, Yeun-Sang Park, Jin-Ho An, Ho-Jin Lee, Joo-Hee Jang, Deok-Young Jung
  • WAFER-TO-WAFER BONDING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20160013160
    Abstract: A wafer-to-wafer bonding structure may include: a first wafer including a first insulating layer on a first substrate and on a first copper (Cu) pad that penetrates the first insulating layer and has portions protruding from an upper surface of the first insulating layer, and a first barrier metal layer on a lower surface and sides of the first Cu pad; a second wafer including a second insulating layer on a second substrate and on a second copper (Cu) pad that penetrates the second insulating layer, has portions protruding from an upper surface of the second insulating layer, and is bonded to the first Cu pad, and a second barrier metal layer on a lower surface and sides of the second Cu pad; and a polymer layer covering protruding sides of the first and second barrier metal layers and disposed between the first and second wafers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jin-ho CHUN, Pil-kyu Kang, Byung-Iyul Park, Jae-hwa Park, Ju-il Choi
  • Semiconductor device including through via structures and redistribution structures
    Patent number: 9236349
    Abstract: Semiconductor device including through via structure and redistribution structures is provided. The semiconductor device may include internal circuits on a first side of a substrate, a through via structure vertically penetrating the substrate to be electrically connected to one of the internal circuits, a redistribution structure on a second side of the substrate and electrically connected to the through via structure, and an insulating layer between the second side of the substrate and the redistribution structure. The redistribution structure may include a redistribution barrier layer and a redistribution metal layer, and the redistribution barrier layer may extend on a bottom surface of the redistribution metal layer and may partially surround a side of the redistribution metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu-Ha Lee, Pil-Kyu Kang, Tae-Yeong Kim, Ho-Jin Lee, Byung-Lyul Park, Gil-Heyun Choi
  • PIXEL, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE PIXEL, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150364116
    Abstract: A pixel, a display device including a plurality of pixels, and a method of driving the display device. The display device includes: an emission pixel comprising an emission device, the emission pixel being in a display area; a dummy pixel in a non-display area outside the display area; and a repair line that is connectable to the emission device of the emission pixel and the dummy pixel, wherein the dummy pixel includes: a first dummy driver for receiving a same data signal as the data signal applied to the emission pixel for each of a plurality of subfields of one frame and controlling emission of the emission device of the emission pixel via the repair line; and a second dummy driver for resetting the repair line in one of the subfields in which the emission device does not emit light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Ji-Hye Kong, Chul-Kyu Kang, Yong-Jae Kim, Young-In Hwang, So-Young Kang
  • Forklift
    Patent number: D756059
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Doosan Corporation
    Inventor: Sung Kyu Kang