Patents by Inventor Myeung Su Kim

Myeung Su 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).

  • Patent number: 11527993
    Abstract: An oscillator circuit includes an initial level setting circuit configured to operate in an on-state during an initial operation of the oscillator circuit to supply a first level voltage to a first node and a second level voltage to a second node, a switching circuit configured to connect a power supply voltage terminal and a ground terminal to the first or second node in response to first and second clock signals having different phases after the initial operation, a signal generation circuit connected between the first and second nodes and configured to perform charging and discharging operations based on a potential difference between the first and second nodes, and generate first and second voltages determined by the charging and discharging operations, and an inverter circuit configured to generate the first clock signal based on the first voltage, and generate the second clock signal based on the second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myeung Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20220166382
    Abstract: An oscillator circuit includes an initial level setting circuit configured to operate in an on-state during an initial operation of the oscillator circuit to supply a first level voltage to a first node and a second level voltage to a second node, a switching circuit configured to connect a power supply voltage terminal and a ground terminal to the first or second node in response to first and second clock signals having different phases after the initial operation, a signal generation circuit connected between the first and second nodes and configured to perform charging and discharging operations based on a potential difference between the first and second nodes, and generate first and second voltages determined by the charging and discharging operations, and an inverter circuit configured to generate the first clock signal based on the first voltage, and generate the second clock signal based on the second voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myeung Su KIM
  • Patent number: 11156800
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens barrel, a driving coil disposed to face a target detection unit disposed on one side of the lens barrel, a driving device to provide a driving signal to the driving coil, and a position calculating unit including a capacitor, constituting an oscillation circuit together with the driving coil, to calculate a position of the lens barrel from an oscillation signal output by the oscillation circuit. The position calculating unit generates an alternating current (AC) signal according to a comparison result of a peak of the oscillation signal and a reference peak and calculates a position of the lens barrel according to a frequency of the AC signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myeung Su Kim, Sung Man Pang
  • Patent number: 10718992
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens barrel, a driving coil disposed to face a target detection unit prepared on one side of the lens barrel, a driving device configured to provide a driving signal to the driving coil, and a position calculating unit including a first capacitor, configured to provide a ground for an alternating current (AC) signal to the driving coil, a second capacitor, connected to the driving coil to constitute oscillation circuit together with the driving coil, and a position calculating circuit configured to calculate a position of the lens barrel from a frequency of the oscillation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Man Pang, Youn Joong Lee, Je Hyeon Yu, Kwang Mook Lee, Myeung Su Kim, Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20200018922
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens barrel, a driving coil disposed to face a target detection unit disposed on one side of the lens barrel, a driving device to provide a driving signal to the driving coil, and a position calculating unit including a capacitor, constituting an oscillation circuit together with the driving coil, to calculate a position of the lens barrel from an oscillation signal output by the oscillation circuit. The position calculating unit generates an alternating current (AC) signal according to a comparison result of a peak of the oscillation signal and a reference peak and calculates a position of the lens barrel according to a frequency of the AC signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myeung Su KIM, Sung Man PANG
  • Publication number: 20190324348
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens barrel, a driving coil disposed to face a target detection unit prepared on one side of the lens barrel, a driving device configured to provide a driving signal to the driving coil, and a position calculating unit including a first capacitor, configured to provide a ground for an alternating current (AC) signal to the driving coil, a second capacitor, connected to the driving coil to constitute oscillation circuit together with the driving coil, and a position calculating circuit configured to calculate a position of the lens barrel from a frequency of the oscillation circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Man PANG, Youn Joong LEE, Je Hyeon YU, Kwang Mook LEE, Myeung Su KIM, Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20160105170
    Abstract: A reset signal generator may include a voltage divider dividing a voltage level of a driving voltage, a reference voltage generator generating a reference voltage by performing a switching operation on the driving voltage depending on a voltage level of the divided driving voltage from the voltage divider, and a comparator comparing the voltage level of the divided driving voltage and the reference voltage to output a reset signal depending on the comparison result. The integrated circuit includes the reset signal generator and a controller resetting a control operation depending on the reset signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon Hyung LIM, Ji Buem CHUN, Myeung Su KIM
  • Publication number: 20150188552
    Abstract: A phase locked loop may include: a phase detector receiving a reference signal from the outside and detecting a phase difference between the reference signal and a divided signal, a voltage controlled oscillator generating an oscillation signal corresponding to a result detected by the phase detector, a first divider providing the divided signal generated by dividing the oscillation signal depending on a first division ratio to the phase detector, and a delta sigma modulator receiving the reference signal and the oscillation signal to perform delta sigma modulation. The delta sigma modulator may be operated depending on a clock corresponding to a frequency of the oscillation signal in a first section and operated depending on a clock corresponding to a frequency of the reference signal in a second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Myeung Su KIM
  • Patent number: 8630217
    Abstract: A wireless communications terminal includes: an RF wake-up detection unit detecting a first RF signal including an RF ID for waking up; and a wireless communications unit waking up when the RF ID included in the first RF signal detected by the RF wake-up detection unit matches a pre-set reference ID in a sleep mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Jin Cho, Jae Hyung Lee, Myeung Su Kim, Joon Hyung Lim, Tah Joon Park
  • Publication number: 20130163289
    Abstract: There are provided a power switching driving apparatus able to reduce a circuit area and increase a driving speed, and a power factor correction device and a power supply device having the same. The power switching driving apparatus includes: a first driving unit providing a switching signal in response to a control signal from the outside; a second driving unit including first and second NMOS FETs cascode-connected between an operational power source terminal supplying pre-set operation power and a ground, and performing switching complimentarily in response to the switching signal to provide a switching control signal controlling power switching; a current supply unit supplying a current for driving the second driving unit; and a voltage maintaining unit maintaining a voltage for driving the second driving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Myeung Su KIM, Koon Shik CHO, Jae Hyung LEE, Kwang Mook LEE
  • Publication number: 20130107775
    Abstract: A wireless communications terminal includes: an RF wake-up detection unit detecting a first RF signal including an RF ID for waking up; and a wireless communications unit waking up when the RF ID included in the first RF signal detected by the RF wake-up detection unit matches a pre-set reference ID in a sleep mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Han Jin CHO, Jae Hyung Lee, Myeung Su Kim, Joon Hyung Lim, Tah Joon Park
  • Publication number: 20130082672
    Abstract: There is provided a low drop-out regulator. The low drop-out regulator includes an amplifier including an odd number of operational amplifiers connected to one another in series, and an output unit including a pass transistor operated by an output from the amplifier and generating an output voltage to be applied to a load, wherein the pass transistor is an N-channel transistor, and the amplifier controls a feedback loop gain between an output terminal of one of the odd number of operational amplifiers and the output unit. The feedback loop gain may be controlled independently from the trans-conductance of the pass transistor, whereby the stable output voltage may be generated, even in the case that the load and the input voltage are changed, and the design parameter may be simplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Myeung Su KIM, Joon Hyung LIM, Sang Hoon HWANG, Sang Hyun MIN, Han Jin CHO, Tah Joon PARK
  • Patent number: 8374565
    Abstract: An antenna diversity receiver includes a plurality of antennas, an antenna selector unit, an RF module unit, a logic gate unit, a power detector unit, and a selection controller unit. The antenna selector unit selects one of the antennas. The RF module unit converts an RF RX signal received from the antenna selector unit into a baseband RX signal. The logic gate unit controls a power detection mode for detecting the power levels of RX signals and an operation mode for selecting one of the antennas. The power detector unit detects the power level of the RX signal. The selection controller unit controls the antenna selector unit to sequentially select the antennas in the power detection mode, and controls the antenna selector unit to select the antenna with a relatively good RX sensitivity among the antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Il Kwon, Myeung Su Kim, Tah Joon Park
  • Publication number: 20120235801
    Abstract: A wireless apparatus having a non-electric power-type wake-up function that operates a wake-up circuit waking-up a microprocessor for communications without power. There is provided a wireless apparatus having a wake-up function, including: a wake-up unit that has a rectifying circuit having elements configured as passive elements and rectifies preset first wireless signals to transmit wake-up signals; and a wireless communications unit that is woken-up by the wake-up signals from the wake-up unit to perform communications using preset second wireless signals, in a sleep mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Jin Cho, Joon Hyung Lim, Gyung Hee Hong, Yong Il Kwon, Tah Joon Park, Myeung Su Kim
  • Patent number: 8188801
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a delay circuit for a low power ring oscillator. The delay circuit includes: a pair of N type transistors that receive first differential input signals Vin1+ and Vin1?; a pair of P type transistors that receive second differential input signals Vin2+ and Vin2?; a differential output terminal that outputs differential output signals Vout+ and Vout? generated from the pair of N type transistors and the pair of P type transistors; an N type detector that supplies a body voltage to the pair of N type transistors; and a P type detector that supplies a body voltage to the pair of P type transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myeung Su Kim, Han Jin Cho, Joon Hyung Lim, Kyung Hee Hong, Yong Il Kwon
  • Patent number: 8184565
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless communication apparatus having a self sensing function, which can detect an object by use of a wake-up function without employing a separate sensor. The wireless communication apparatus includes a communication unit wirelessly communicating with a server forming a wireless network, and a wake-up unit waking up the communication unit under the control of the server when the communication unit is in sleep mode, and sensing the presence of an object within a preset communication range according to a reflection signal, which is a signal reflected by the object after being transmitted from the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon Hyung Lim, Tah Joon Park, Han Jin Cho, Myeung Su Kim, Sang Hoon Hwang, Kyung Hee Hong, Yong Il Kwon
  • Publication number: 20110309885
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a delay circuit for a low power ring oscillator. The delay circuit includes: a pair of N type transistors that receive first differential input signals Vin1+ and Vin1?; a pair of P type transistors that receive second differential input signals Vin2+ and Vin2?; a differential output terminal that outputs differential output signals Vout+ and Vout? generated from the pair of N type transistors and the pair of P type transistors; an N type detector that supplies a body voltage to the pair of N type transistors; and a P type detector that supplies a body voltage to the pair of P type transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myeung Su KIM, Han Jin CHO, Joon Hyung LIM, Kyung Hee HONG, Yong Il KWON
  • Publication number: 20110280334
    Abstract: The present invention provides a digital amplitude modulator and polar transmitter using the same. The polar transmitter includes: a polar converter for converting an input signal into an amplitude information signal and a phase information signal, and outputting the converted amplitude and phase information signal; a sigma-delta modulator for receiving a fractional part of the amplitude information signal, and generating a correcting value for an integer part of the amplitude information signal; a phase-modulator for upward-modulating the phase information signal outputted from the polar converter, and outputting carrier waves including the upward-modulated phase information signal; and a digital power amplifier for generating an output signal whose amplitude corresponds to the integer part of the amplitude information signal which is subjected to correction by the correcting value, and outputting combining the output signal with an output value of the phase-modulator to output the combined signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon Hyung Lim, Han Jin Cho, Yong Il Kwon, Kyung Hee Hong, Koon Shik Cho, Myeung Su Kim
  • Patent number: 7907026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a broadband voltage controlled oscillator and a method for generating a broadband oscillation frequency; and, more particularly, to a broadband voltage controlled oscillator and a method for generating a broadband oscillation frequency capable of operating over a wide frequency band by including a weighted current cell to select two frequency band modes, generating various levels of total 64 oscillation frequencies by including a variable frequency tank and a capacitor bank, and further facilitating adjustment of the total 64 oscillation frequencies distributed over the wide frequency band by including a control signal generator for generating control signals each of which is applied to the weighted current cell, the variable frequency tank and the capacitor bank by a BDD (Binary Decision Diagram) technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Hwang, Tah Joon Park, Myeung Su Kim, Kyung Hee Hong, Joon Hyung Lim, Yong Il Kwon
  • Publication number: 20100150041
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless communication apparatus having a self sensing function, which can detect an object by use of a wake-up function without employing a separate sensor. The wireless communication apparatus includes a communication unit wirelessly communicating with a server forming a wireless network, and a wake-up unit waking up the communication unit under the control of the server when the communication unit is in sleep mode, and sensing the presence of an object within a preset communication range according to a reflection signal, which is a signal reflected by the object after being transmitted from the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon Hyung LIM, Tah Joon Park, Han Jin Cho, Myeung Su Kim, Sang Hoon Hwang, Kyung Hee Hong, Yong Il Kwon