Patents by Inventor Min-Gu Kang

Min-Gu 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).

  • Publication number: 20240136359
    Abstract: Provided is a synaptic array structure. The synaptic array structure includes: an isolation insulating layer positioned in a predetermined area on a semiconductor substrate to isolate devices; TFT-type synaptic devices arranged in an array on an isolation insulating layer; and CMOS peripheral circuits provided on the semiconductor substrate. The TFT-type synaptic device includes: a source and a drain positioned on the isolation insulating layer; a semiconductor body positioned between the source and the drain; oxide layers positioned between the semiconductor body and the source/drain; a semiconductor layer for channel; a TFT gate insulating layer; and a TFT gate electrode. The present invention, based on CMOS integration technology, processes TFT-type synaptic devices and CMOS peripheral circuits together, thereby reducing the number of masks and fabrication steps used during the fabricating process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jong-Ho LEE, Min Kyu PARK, Joon HWANG, Ryunhan GU, Won Mook KANG
  • Patent number: 11962006
    Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lithium composite oxide particle that contains lithium and transition metals including an excess amount of nickel. The lithium composite oxide particle satisfies a predetermined XRD peak area relation. A lithium secondary battery using the cathode active material and providing improved stability and durability is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Ho Kim, Min Gu Kang, Min Suk Kang
  • Patent number: 11909030
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode formed from a cathode active material including a first cathode active material particle and a second cathode active material particle, an anode and a separation layer interposed between the cathode and the anode. The first cathode active material particle includes a lithium metal oxide in which at least one metal forms a concentration gradient. The second cathode active material particle includes primary particles having different shapes or crystalline structures from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Gu Kang, Soo Ho Kim, Young Hoon Do, Yong Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 11909431
    Abstract: A capsule-type endoscope capable of two-way communication includes an RFID receiving antenna receiving an RFID signal, a first matching circuit for impedance matching with the RFID receiving antenna, a human body communication electrode comprised of a ground electrode and a signal electrode transmitting a signal for human body communication, and a second matching circuit for impedance matching with the human body communication electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Chosun University
    Inventors: Youn Tae Kim, Jong Jin Baek, Ji Won Park, Min Gu Kang
  • Patent number: 11877852
    Abstract: An apparatus for classifying stress includes an electrocardiogram (ECG) measurement module configured to measure an ECG signal in a first state, an idle state, and an ECG signal in a second state in which noise, having various magnitudes, is generated, a feature point extraction module configured to extract a feature point of each of the measured ECG signal in the first state and the measured ECG signal in the second state, and a clustering module configured to perform K-means clustering on the ECG signals in the first and second states based on the extracted feature points to classify stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Chosun University
    Inventors: Youn Tae Kim, Jae Hyo Jung, Kyeung Ho Kang, Si Ho Shin, Min Gu Kang
  • Publication number: 20230359393
    Abstract: A memory system includes a non-volatile memory device and a performance manager. The performance manager activates a plurality of sub-controllers according to a setting of a host device, allocates memory regions respectively to the plurality of sub-controllers, the memory regions being included in the non-volatile memory device, and determines, according to maximum performance values and a size ratio of the memory regions, credit sets to be allocated respectively to the plurality of sub-controllers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Se Ho LEE, Min Gu KANG
  • Publication number: 20230337482
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device is disclosed that uses a hybrid type thin film transistor. The organic light emitting display device includes a conductive pattern with a higher etch resistance compared to an inorganic thin film in an upper edge of a semiconductor pattern, and is thereby capable of simplifying a manufacturing process of a substrate on which an array of hybrid type thin film transistors each including multiple layers is disposed, and improving the performance of thin film transistors formed on the array substrate. The organic light emitting display device can represent a variety of grayscale images at low grayscales as a driving thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor pattern is designed to have an increased s-factor value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Min-Gu Kang, SeungChan Choi, Younghyun Ko, Uyhyun Choi, Jaeman Jang
  • Patent number: 11730065
    Abstract: Provided is a magnetic device including a conductive layer extended in a first direction and providing a spin Hall effect on a placement plane defined by the first direction and a second direction, a free layer disposed on the conductive layer, a fixed layer disposed on a portion of the free layer, a tunnel barrier layer disposed between the free layer and the fixed layer, a first electrode disposed on the fixed layer, a first charge storage layer disposed on the free layer so as not to overlap the fixed layer, and a first gate electrode disposed on the first charge storage layer. The first electrode and the first gate electrode are arranged in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Advanced institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Byong Guk Park, Min-Gu Kang, Jong-Guk Choi
  • Publication number: 20230231106
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode including a cathode current collector, and a first cathode active material layer and a second cathode active material layer sequentially formed on the cathode current collector, an anode, and a separation layer interposed between the cathode and the anode. The first cathode active material layer and the second cathode active material layer include a first cathode active material particle and a second cathode active material particle, respectively, which have different compositions or crystalline structures from each other, and the first cathode active material particle and the second cathode active material particle include lithium metal oxides containing nickel. The second cathode active material particle has a single particle structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Soo Ho KIM, Min Gu KANG
  • Publication number: 20230223527
    Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle having a lattice strain (?) of 0.18 or less, which is calculated by applying Williamson-Hall method defined by Equation 1 to XRD peaks measured through XRD analysis, and having an XRD peak intensity ratio of 8.9% or less, which is defined by Equation 2. By controlling the lattice strain and XRD peak intensity ratio of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle, a lithium secondary battery with improved life-span characteristics as well as output characteristics is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Han LEE, Min Gu KANG, Jeong Bae YOON, Yong Hyun CHO
  • Publication number: 20230197924
    Abstract: A cathode for a lithium secondary battery is provided. The cathode for a lithium secondary battery includes a current collector, and a first cathode active material layer formed by being pressed on at least one surface of the current collector. The first cathode active material layer includes first lithium-transition metal composite oxide particles. A pressed ratio of the current collector is 25% or less, and an electrode density is 3.4 g/cc or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Min Gu KANG, Sang Han Lee, Yong Hyun Cho
  • Publication number: 20230189524
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device may include a substrate including a first and a second block region, and a stacked structure including insulating films and gate electrodes alternately stacked on the substrate. A vertical channel structure, a word line cut structure, and a block cut structure may penetrate the stacked structure. The word line cut structure may extend in a second direction. The block cut structure may extend in a first direction, connect to the word line cut structure, and define the first and second block regions. The block cut structure may include a first portion connected to the word line cut structure and a second portion connected to the first portion. From a planar viewpoint, the first portion may include at least a part not overlapping the second portion in the first direction and at least a region not overlapping the word line cut structure in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Gu KANG, Sang Don ZOO, Joon Sung KIM, Junghwan PARK, Seorim MOON, Seok Cheon BAEK, Cheol RYOU, Sun Young LEE, Cheol-Min LIM
  • Patent number: 11646404
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode including a cathode current collector, and a first cathode active material layer and a second cathode active material layer sequentially formed on the cathode current collector, an anode, and a separation layer interposed between the cathode and the anode. The first cathode active material layer and the second cathode active material layer include a first cathode active material particle and a second cathode active material particle, respectively, which have different compositions or crystalline structures from each other, and the first cathode active material particle and the second cathode active material particle include lithium metal oxides containing nickel. The second cathode active material particle has a single particle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Ho Kim, Min Gu Kang
  • Publication number: 20230134901
    Abstract: A thin film transistor and a display device comprising the same is disclosed. The thin film transistor comprises an active layer on a substrate, and a first gate electrode at least partially overlapped with the active layer, wherein the active layer includes a channel portion, a first connection portion that is in contact with one side of the channel portion, and a second connection portion that is in contact with the other side of the channel portion, and an effective gate voltage applied to a first area of the channel portion, which is in contact with the first connection portion, is greater than that applied to a second area of the channel portion, which is in contact with the second connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Younghyun Ko, Jaeman Jang, SeungChan Choi, Min-Gu Kang, Sungju Choi
  • Publication number: 20230127842
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate and a display device including the same are provided. The thin film transistor substrate includes a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor on a base substrate, wherein the first thin film transistor includes a first active layer on the base substrate, a first conductive material layer on the first active layer, and a first gate electrode spaced apart from the first active layer and at least partially overlapped with the first active layer, and the second thin film transistor includes a second active layer on the base substrate, a second conductive material layer on the second active layer, and a second gate electrode spaced apart from the second active layer and at least partially overlapped with the second active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Gu KANG, Younghyun KO, HongRak CHOI
  • Patent number: 11637282
    Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle having a lattice strain (?) of 0.18 or less, which is calculated by applying Williamson-Hall method defined by Equation 1 to XRD peaks measured through XRD analysis, and having an XRD peak intensity ratio of 8.9% or less, which is defined by Equation 2. By controlling the lattice strain and XRD peak intensity ratio of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle, a lithium secondary battery with improved life-span characteristics as well as output characteristics is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Han Lee, Min Gu Kang, Jeong Bae Yoon, Yong Hyun Cho
  • Publication number: 20230111218
    Abstract: A thin film transistor and a display device comprising the same are provided. The thin film transistor comprises an active layer, and a gate electrode at least partially overlapped with the active layer, wherein the active layer includes a channel portion overlapped with the gate electrode, a first connection portion that is in contact with one side of the channel portion, and a second connection portion that is in contact with the other side of the channel portion, the channel portion includes a first channel area and a second channel area, each of the first channel area and the second channel area is extended from the first connection portion to the second connection portion, and a length of the first channel area is shorter than that of the second channel area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Min-Gu KANG, Younghyun KO, SeungChan CHOI, Jaeman JANG
  • Publication number: 20230099126
    Abstract: An apparatus for classifying mental stress includes a sequence folding layer configured to convert a sequence image of an electrocardiogram signal into an image in an array form; a CNN layer configured to generate a feature map by performing a convolution operation on the image in an array form; a sequence unfolding layer configured to convert the generated feature map into a sequence image; a flatten layer configured to convert the converted sequence image into one-dimensional data; and a long-short term memory network layer configured to extract feature values using a weighted value on the converted one-dimensional data; and a classification module configured to classify stress according to the extracted feature values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Youn Tae KIM, Jae Hyo JUNG, Min Gu KANG, Si Ho SHIN
  • Publication number: 20230097939
    Abstract: Provided is a table tennis racket comprising a blade, a handle, and a thumb support part at which at least a portion of a thumb contact part of a blade flat surface protrudes upward from the flat surface of the blade so as to form a protruding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Min Gu KANG
  • Patent number: 11604734
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a memory system and an operating method thereof. The memory system is configured to select, among the plurality of memory blocks, one or more target memory blocks operable to store user data to be accessed by a host which requests the memory system to write data, and determine whether to control a point of execution time of a command received from the host, based on valid page counts of respective target memory blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Min Gu Kang