Patents by Inventor MYUNG-HOON CHOI

MYUNG-HOON 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: 20240145560
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern on a substrate extending in a first horizontal direction, a gate electrode on the active pattern extending in a second horizontal direction, a source/drain region on the active pattern, an upper source/drain region apart from the lower source/drain region, a lower source/drain between upper and lower source/drain regions and connected to the lower source/drain region, an upper source/drain connected to an upper source/drain region, an interlayer insulating layer surrounding the upper source/drain region, a through-via on opposing sidewalls in the second horizontal direction extending through the interlayer insulating layer in the vertical direction, the through-via being spaced from the upper source/drain region and upper source/drain contact in the second horizontal direction, the through-via being connected to the lower source/drain contact, and a dam structure on each of the opposing sidewalls in the horizontal direction of the upper source/drain region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Dong Hoon HWANG, Myung Il KANG, Do Young CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240097125
    Abstract: A cathode for a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode current collector. The cathode active material layer includes cathode active material particles. The cathode active material particles include a lithium metal oxide particle containing nickel and having a mole fraction of cobalt of 0.02 or less among all elements except lithium and oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yong Seok LEE, Jeong Hoon JEUN, Jae Ram KIM, Jae Yun MIN, Ki Joo EOM, Myung Ro LEE, Hyun Joong JANG, Je Nam CHOI
  • Patent number: 11256605
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell region including first metal pads, and a peripheral circuit region. The peripheral circuit region includes second metal pads, a signal storage circuit that stores control signals and a data signal received from external of the nonvolatile memory device, a debugging information generator that generates debugging information based on the stored control signals and the stored data signal, and a debugging information register that outputs the debugging information in response to a debugging information external of the nonvolatile memory device. The peripheral circuit region is vertically connected to the memory cell region by the first metal pads and the second metal pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong-Kil Jung, Hyunggon Kim, Donghoon Jeong, Myung-Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20210231419
    Abstract: Proposed is a cover structure with a double cover structure and a shooting case of munition having the same. The cover structure with a double cover structure includes: a shooting case main body having an inner space with an open upper side; a cover member seated on the open upper side of the shooting case main body to seal the open upper side; and a cover fixing member coupled to the shooting case main body to fix a position of the cover member, so that the position of the cover member is strongly fixed while simplifying a structure by the double cover structure to increase an internal pressure of the shooting case, thereby increasing a range of munition and maintaining performance of munition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: HANWHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Won Do, Myung Hoon Choi, Hyo Keun Lee, Hwan Seok Choi, Woon Soon Lee
  • Publication number: 20200379884
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell region including first metal pads, and a peripheral circuit region. The peripheral circuit region includes second metal pads, a signal storage circuit that stores control signals and a data signal received from external of the nonvolatile memory device, a debugging information generator that generates debugging information based on the stored control signals and the stored data signal, and a debugging information register that outputs the debugging information in response to a debugging information external of the nonvolatile memory device. The peripheral circuit region is vertically connected to the memory cell region by the first metal pads and the second metal pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: BONG-KIL JUNG, HYUNGGON KIM, DONGHOON JEONG, MYUNG-HOON CHOI
  • Patent number: 10761969
    Abstract: An operation method of a nonvolatile memory device includes receiving control signals and a data signal from external of the nonvolatile memory device, generating debugging information based on the control signals and the data signal, receiving a debugging information request from external of the nonvolatile memory device, and outputting the debugging information in response to the debugging information request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong-Kil Jung, Hyunggon Kim, Donghoon Jeong, Myung-Hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 10490285
    Abstract: A read method of a nonvolatile memory device includes reading data from a selected memory area of the nonvolatile memory device according to a first read voltage; detecting and correcting an error of the read data; and deciding a second read voltage for reading the selected memory area when an error of the read data is uncorrectable. The second read voltage is decided according to either the number of logical 0s or 1s included in the read data, or a ratio of logical 1s to logical 0s in the read data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangyong Yoon, Donghun Kwak, Kitae Park, Myung-Hoon Choi, Seung-Cheol Han
  • Publication number: 20190121720
    Abstract: An operation method of a nonvolatile memory device includes receiving control signals and a data signal from external of the nonvolatile memory device, generating debugging information based on the control signals and the data signal, receiving a debugging information request from external of the nonvolatile memory device, and outputting the debugging information in response to the debugging information request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: BONG-KIL JUNG, HYUNGGON KIM, DONGHOON JEONG, MYUNG-HOON CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180158140
    Abstract: Provided is a smart raw cotton total management system and more particularly, a smart raw cotton total management system which promotes efficiency of raw cotton management by providing a variety of evaluation information on the raw cotton purchased by the member to the member side and totally manages a raw cotton member and a raw cotton supplier by providing purchase prior information to the member when requesting the raw cotton purchase of the member to perform reasonable raw cotton purchase and transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: CS KOREA CO, LTD.
    Inventor: Myung Hoon CHOI
  • Patent number: 9953712
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array having memory cells, a row decoder circuit connected to the memory cells through word lines, a page buffer circuit connected to the memory cells through bit lines, and a control circuit controlling the row decoder circuit and the page buffer circuit to repeatedly perform an erase loop including an erase and an erase verification with respect to the memory cells. The control circuit is configured to select one of an increase and a decrease of an erase voltage according to a result of the erase verification of a current erase loop and apply the controlled erase voltage to the memory cells in the erase operation of a subsequent erase loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Chul Park, Seung-Bum Kim, Myung-Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20170345507
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array having memory cells, a row decoder circuit connected to the memory cells through word lines, a page buffer circuit connected to the memory cells through bit lines, and a control circuit controlling the row decoder circuit and the page buffer circuit to repeatedly perform an erase loop including an erase and an erase verification with respect to the memory cells. The control circuit is configured to select one of an increase and a decrease of an erase voltage according to a result of the erase verification of a current erase loop and apply the controlled erase voltage to the memory cells in the erase operation of a subsequent erase loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jong-Chul PARK, Seung-Bum KIM, Myung-Hoon CHOI
  • Patent number: 9773560
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array having memory cells, a row decoder circuit connected to the memory cells through word lines, a page buffer circuit connected to the memory cells through bit lines, and a control circuit controlling the row decoder circuit and the page buffer circuit to repeatedly perform an erase loop including an erase and an erase verification with respect to the memory cells. The control circuit is configured to select one of an increase and a decrease of an erase voltage according to a result of the erase verification of a current erase loop and apply the controlled erase voltage to the memory cells in the erase operation of a subsequent erase loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Chul Park, Seung-Bum Kim, Myung-Hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 9685206
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array having a plurality of memory cells, and a page buffer unit including a plurality of page buffers configured to store a plurality of pieces of data sequentially read from some of the plurality of memory cells at different read voltage levels, respectively, and to perform a logic operation on the plurality of pieces of data, respectively. The memory device further includes a counting unit configured to count the number of memory cells that exist in each of a plurality of sections defined by the different read voltage levels, based on results of the logic operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung-Hoon Choi, Jae-Yong Jeong, Ki-Tae Park
  • Patent number: 9672931
    Abstract: Provided is a method of operating a non-volatile memory device including a plurality of strings, each string including a plurality of memory cells vertically stacked on a substrate. The method includes performing an erase operation on memory cells corresponding to a plurality of string selection lines, performing an erase verification operation on first strings connected to a first string selection line from among the plurality of string selection lines, storing fail column information corresponding to a first fail string, which is erase-failed, from among the first strings, and performing an erase verification operation on second strings connected to a second string selection line from among the plurality of string selection lines, when the first strings are erase-passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Min Yoon, Myung-Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20160343444
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array having memory cells, a row decoder circuit connected to the memory cells through word lines, a page buffer circuit connected to the memory cells through bit lines, and a control circuit controlling the row decoder circuit and the page buffer circuit to repeatedly perform an erase loop including an erase and an erase verification with respect to the memory cells. The control circuit is configured to select one of an increase and a decrease of an erase voltage according to a result of the erase verification of a current erase loop and apply the controlled erase voltage to the memory cells in the erase operation of a subsequent erase loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: JONG-CHUL PARK, SEUNG-BUM KIM, MYUNG-HOON CHOI
  • Patent number: 9478295
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device receives a start command through a command line, receives an address through an address line, receives at least one setting value through the address line, receives a confirm command corresponding to the start command through the command line, sets at least one parameter of the non-volatile memory device as the setting value based on the start command, a number of the setting value, and the confirm command, and executes an operation that corresponds to the start command, on a memory cell that corresponds to the address, based on the set parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung-Hoon Choi, Jae-Woo Im, Ki-Tae Park
  • Publication number: 20160260496
    Abstract: Provided is a method of operating a non-volatile memory device including a plurality of strings, each string including a plurality of memory cells vertically stacked on a substrate. The method includes performing an erase operation on memory cells corresponding to a plurality of string selection lines, performing an erase verification operation on first strings connected to a first string selection line from among the plurality of string selection lines, storing fail column information corresponding to a first fail string, which is erase-failed, from among the first strings, and performing an erase verification operation on second strings connected to a second string selection line from among the plurality of string selection lines, when the first strings are erase-passed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: SEOK-MIN YOON, MYUNG-HOON CHOI
  • Publication number: 20160217862
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device receives a start command through a command line, receives an address through an address line, receives at least one setting value through the address line, receives a confirm command corresponding to the start command through the command line, sets at least one parameter of the non-volatile memory device as the setting value based on the start command, a number of the setting value, and the confirm command, and executes an operation that corresponds to the start command, on a memory cell that corresponds to the address, based on the set parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: MYUNG-HOON CHOI, JAE-WOO IM, KI-TAE PARK
  • Patent number: 9305657
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device receives a start command through a command line, receives an address through an address line, receives at least one setting value through the address line, receives a confirm command corresponding to the start command through the command line, sets at least one parameter of the non-volatile memory device as the setting value based on the start command, a number of the setting value, and the confirm command, and executes an operation that corresponds to the start command, on a memory cell that corresponds to the address, based on the set parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung-Hoon Choi, Jae-Woo Im, Ki-Tae Park
  • Publication number: 20150332777
    Abstract: A read method of a nonvolatile memory device includes reading data from a selected memory area of the nonvolatile memory device according to a first read voltage; detecting and correcting an error of the read data; and deciding a second read voltage for reading the selected memory area when an error of the read data is uncorrectable. The second read voltage is decided according to either the number of logical 0s or 1s included in the read data, or a ratio of logical 1s to logical 0s in the read data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: SANGYONG YOON, DONGHUN KWAK, KITAE PARK, MYUNG-HOON CHOI, SEUNG-CHEOL HAN