Patents by Inventor Min-Kyu Kim

Min-Kyu 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).

  • Publication number: 20100328525
    Abstract: A camera module and a method of manufacturing the camera module are provided. The camera module includes a substrate having an opening through which light passes, a circuit pattern for transmitting an electrical signal, and first and second terminals connected to the circuit pattern; an image sensor combined with the substrate so as to receive the light through the opening, and electrically connected to the first terminals; a lead frame disposed around the image sensor and electrically connected to the second terminals of the substrate; a housing combined on a surface of the substrate opposite to another surface on which the image sensor and the lead frame are combined; and a lens disposed in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo-bong LEE, Ha-cheon JEONG, Min-kyu KIM
  • Patent number: 7847583
    Abstract: An output amplifier is provided for use in a bidirectional communications interface, for example, connecting a transmitter and a receiver to a transmission line. The output amplifier includes a differential amplifier pair connected to output circuitry. The differential amplifier pair receives differential data signal pairs from each of a transmission line and a transmitter. The output circuitry receives signals from the differential amplifier pair and, in response, forms single-ended output logic signals. The output amplifier suppresses electronic input noise throughput using an asymmetric transfer characteristic that offsets output signal logic levels with respect to input noise signal levels. The asymmetric transfer characteristic is produced by skewing a transfer characteristic of the differential amplifier pair using an asymmetrical transistor configuration at an output side of the differential amplifier pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Silicon Image, Inc.
    Inventors: Gyudong Kim, Min-Kyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20100293626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing the efficiency of offspring production in producing animals belonging to the family Canidae (canines) by somatic cell nuclear transfer. More specifically, relates to a method for increasing the efficiency of production of cloned canines by a method for cloning canines comprising enucleating the oocyte of a canine to prepare an enucleated oocyte, fusing a nuclear donor cell with the enucleated oocyte to prepare a nuclear transfer embryo and transferring the nuclear transfer embryo into the oviduct of a surrogate mother, wherein the nuclear donor cell is cultured in a medium containing a specific cell cycle synchronization-inducing substance such as roscovitine in the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Byeong Chun Lee, Min Kyu Kim, Goo Jang, Hyun Ju Oh, So Gun Hong, Jung Eun Park, Jung Taek Kang
  • Patent number: 7835001
    Abstract: A method of aligning a substrate includes forming a first alignment hole in the substrate, preparing a mask with a second alignment hole narrower than the first alignment hole, modifying a surface reflectance around either the first alignment hole or the second alignment hole to form a treatment region, positioning the mask below the substrate, such that the first and second alignment holes overlap, and operating a sensor unit above the first alignment hole to examine alignment of the first and second alignment holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Kwack, Tae-Kyung Ahn, Min-Kyu Kim, Se-Yeoul Kwon
  • Publication number: 20100287635
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a cloned canine and a production method thereof. The method comprises the steps of enucleating the oocyte of a canine to prepare an enucleated recipient oocyte, conducting nuclear transfer into the enucleated oocyte using a canine somatic cell as a nuclear donor cell under optimized conditions so as to prepare a nuclear transfer embryo, and transferring the nuclear transfer embryo into the oviduct of a surrogate mother. The present invention provides a method for producing cloned canines and thus, can contribute to the development of studies in veterinary medicine, anthropology and medical science such as the propagation of superior canines, the conservation of rare or nearly extinct canines, xenotransplantation and disease animal models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Woo Suk Hwang, Byeong Chun Lee, Sung Keun Kang, Min Kyu Kim, Goo Jang, Hyun Ju Oh, Hye Jin Kim, Joung Ju Kim, Shamim Hossein Mohammad, Heru Fibrianto Yuda
  • Patent number: 7813175
    Abstract: A smart card is formed of a memory having light-sensing cells to sense externally supplied light and generate a detection signal in response to the externally supplied light being sensed by the light-sensing cells, and a reset control circuit generating a reset signal in response to the detection signal, the reset signal operating to reset the smart card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min-Kyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20100181563
    Abstract: A thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor as an active layer, and its method of manufacture. The thin film transistor includes: a substrate; an active layer formed of an oxide semiconductor; a gate insulating layer formed of a dielectric on the active layer, the dielectric having an etching selectivity of 20 to 100:1 with respect to the oxide semiconductor; a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating layer; an insulating layer formed on the substrate including the gate electrode and having contact holes to expose the active layer; and source and drain electrodes connected to the active layer through the contact holes. Since the source and drain electrodes are not overlapped with the gate electrode, parasitic capacitance between the source and drain electrodes and the gate electrode is minimized. Since the gate insulating layer is formed of dielectric having a high etching selectivity with respect to oxide semiconductor, the active layer is not deteriorated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Kyu KIM, Jin-Seong PARK, Tae-Kyung AHN, Hyun-Joong CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20100176383
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light emitting display device includes the thin film transistor of the drive unit that has the activation layer formed in a structure where the first oxide semiconductor layer and the second oxide semiconductor layer are stacked, the thin film transistor of the pixel unit that has the activation layer formed of the second oxide semiconductor layer, and the organic light emitting diode coupled to the thin film transistor of the pixel unit. The thin film transistor of the drive unit has channel formed on the first oxide semiconductor layer having a higher carrier concentration than the second oxide semiconductor layer, having a high charge mobility, and the thin film transistor of the pixel unit has a channel formed on the second oxide semiconductor layer, having a stable and uniform functional property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Seong Park, Yeon-Gon Mo, Jae-Kyeong Jeong, Min-Kyu Kim, Hyun-Joong Chung, Tae-Kyung Ahn
  • Publication number: 20100176394
    Abstract: An oxide semiconductor thin film transistor and a flat panel display device incorporating the same oxide semiconductor thin film transistor. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode formed on the substrate, a gate insulating layer formed on the substrate and covering the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating layer and covering the gate electrode, a titanium layer formed in a source region and a drain region of the oxide semiconductor layer, and source and drain electrodes respectively coupled to the source region and the drain region through the titanium layer and made of copper. The titanium layer reduces the contact resistance between the source and drain electrodes made of copper and the oxide semiconductor layer, forms a stable interface junction therebetween, and blocks a diffusion of copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Seong Park, Yeon-Gon Mo, Jae-Kyeong Jeong, Min-Kyu Kim, Hyun-Joong Chung, Tae-Kyung Ahn, Eun-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 7748637
    Abstract: A smart card includes a plurality of function blocks, and a laser attack detector configured to detect an external laser attack on at least one of the plurality of function blocks. The laser attack detector may include a plurality of chain blocks connected in a chain configuration, and each of the chain blocks is configured to change the level of a detection value stored therein in response to an external laser attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Myung Na, Min-Kyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20100142419
    Abstract: A bidirectional communications interface is provided that connects a transmitter and a receiver, or a transceiver, to a transmission line. Under an embodiment, the bidirectional interface generates positive and negative polarity data signals using two separate differential amplifiers that receive differential signal pairs from each side of a differential link to the transmission line and the transmitter. The bidirectional interface controls common mode rejection in each of the separate differential amplifiers using bias signals generated in response to an output common mode feedback voltage from each of the differential amplifiers. An output amplifier combines the positive and negative polarity data signals to form single-ended output logic signals. The output logic signals represent data received on the transmission line, and are provided to the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Silicon Image, Inc.
    Inventors: Gyudong Kim, Min-Kyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20100134477
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a power consumption reduction portion that analyzes a histogram of first image data of an image and generates second image data and a first luminance control signal, wherein, when the image includes an irrelevance region which is substantially irrelevant to degradation of display quality, the power consumption reduction portion analyzes a histogram of first image data of other region of the image except for an excluded region, and wherein the excluded region includes at least the irrelevance region; a timing controller that is supplied with the second image data and the first luminance control signal and generates gate control signals, data control signals and a second luminance control signal; a gate driving portion that generates gate voltages using the gate control signals; a data driving portion that generates data voltages using the second image data and the data control signals; a liquid crystal panel that displays the image using the gate voltages and the data v
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Min-Kyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20100044699
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) including a gate electrode, an active layer, and source and drain electrodes. The active layer includes contact regions that contact the source and drain electrodes, which are thinner than a remaining region of the active layer. The contact regions reduce the contact resistance between the active material layer and the source and drain electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Joong CHUNG, Min-Kyu Kim, Jong-Han Jeong, Yeon-Gon Mo
  • Publication number: 20100006833
    Abstract: A thin film transistor, a method of manufacturing the thin film transistor, and a flat panel display device including the thin film transistor. The thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode formed on a substrate; a gate insulating film formed on the gate electrode; an activation layer formed on the gate insulating film; a passivation layer including a compound semiconductor oxide, formed on the activation layer; and source and drain electrodes that contact the activation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Heung Ha, Young-Woo Song, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Jong-Han Jeong, Min-Kyu Kim, Yeon-Gon Mo, Jae-Kyeong Jeong, Hyun-Joong Chung, Kwang-Suk Kim, Hui-Won Yang, Chaun-Gi Choi
  • Publication number: 20090323830
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a chip includes transmitters to transmit differential signals on conductors; and current mode circuitry to selectively modulate a common mode voltage of the differential signals to communicate data. In other embodiments, a system includes a first chip to transmit first and second differential signals on conductors, and a second chip. The second chip includes receivers to receive the first and second differential signals from the conductors and provide received signals representative thereof, and current mode circuitry to selectively modulate a common mode voltage of either the first or second differential signals to communicate data and wherein the first chip includes common mode detection circuitry to detect changes in the common mode voltage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Daeyun Shim, Min-Kyu Kim, Gyudong Kim, Keewook Jung, Seung Ho Hwang
  • Publication number: 20090321732
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) using an oxide semiconductor as an active layer, a method of manufacturing the TFT, and a flat panel display device having the TFT include source and drain electrodes formed on a substrate; an active layer formed of an oxide semiconductor disposed on the source and drain electrodes; a gate electrode; and an interfacial stability layer formed on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the active layer. In the TFT, the interfacial stability layer is formed of an oxide having a band gap of 3.0 to 8.0 eV. Since the interfacial stability layer has the same characteristics as a gate insulating layer and a passivation layer, chemically high interface stability is maintained. Since the interfacial stability layer has a band gap equal to or greater than that of the active layer, charge trapping is physically prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Kyu Kim, Jong-Han Jeong, Tae-Kyung Ahn, Jae-Kyeong Jeong, Yeon-Gon Mo, Jin-Seong Park, Hyun-Joong Chung, Kwang-Suk Kim, Hul-Won Yang
  • Publication number: 20090321731
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) using an oxide semiconductor as an active layer, a method of manufacturing the TFT, and a flat panel display device having the TFT include a gate electrode formed on a substrate; an active layer made of an oxide semiconductor and insulated from the gate electrode by a gate insulating layer; source and drain electrodes coupled to the active layer; and an interfacial stability layer formed on one or both surfaces of the active layer. In the TFT, the interfacial stability layer is formed of an oxide having a band gap of 3.0 to 8.0 eV. Since the interfacial stability layer has the same characteristic as a gate insulating layer and a passivation layer, chemically high interface stability is maintained. Since the interfacial stability layer has a band gap equal to or greater than that of the active layer, charge trapping is physically prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Kyeong JEONG, Jong-Han Jeong, Min-Kyu Kim, Tae-Kyung Ahn, Yeon-Gon Mo, Hui-Won Yang
  • Patent number: 7627044
    Abstract: A battery powered computing device has a channel configured as a single direct current balanced differential channel. A signal transmitter is connected to the channel. The signal transmitter is configured to apply clock edge modulated signals to the channel, where the clock edge modulated signals include direct current balancing control signals. A signal receiver is connected to the channel. The signal receiver is configured to recover the direct current balancing control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Silicon Image, Inc.
    Inventors: Gyudong Kim, Won Jun Choe, Deog-Kyoon Jeong, Jaeha Kim, Bong-Joon Lee, Min-Kyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20090256147
    Abstract: A thin film transistor, including a transparent channel pattern, a transparent gate insulating layer in contact with the channel pattern, a passivation film pattern disposed on the channel pattern, a source/drain coupled to the channel pattern through a via hole in the passivation film pattern, and a gate facing the channel pattern, the gate insulating layer interposed between the gate and the channel pattern, wherein the passivation film pattern includes at least one of polyimide, photoacryl, and spin on glass (SOG).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Min-Kyu Kim, Tae-Kyung Ahn, Jae-Kyeong Jeong
  • Patent number: 7599316
    Abstract: A bidirectional communications interface is provided that connects a transmitter and a receiver, or a transceiver, to a transmission line. Under an embodiment, the bidirectional interface generates positive and negative polarity data signals using two separate differential amplifiers that receive differential signal pairs from each side of a differential link to the transmission line and the transmitter. The bidirectional interface controls common mode rejection in each of the separate differential amplifiers using bias signals generated in response to an output common mode feedback voltage from each of the differential amplifiers. An output amplifier combines the positive and negative polarity data signals to form single-ended output logic signals. The output logic signals represent data received on the transmission line, and are provided to the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Silicon Image
    Inventors: Gyudong Kim, Min-Kyu Kim