Patents by Inventor On Kim

On 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: 11170993
    Abstract: Methods for selectively depositing oxide thin films on a dielectric surface of a substrate relative to a metal surface are provided. The methods can include at least one plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) cycle including alternately and sequentially contacting the substrate with a first precursor comprising oxygen and a species to be included in the oxide, such as a metal or silicon, and a second plasma reactant. In some embodiments the second plasma reactant comprises a plasma formed in a reactant gas that does not comprise oxygen. In some embodiments the second plasma reactant comprises plasma generated in a gas comprising hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Eva Tois, Viljami Pore, Suvi Haukka, Toshiya Suzuki, Lingyun Jia, Sun Ja Kim, Oreste Madia
  • Patent number: 11171136
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a division pattern, and a second transistor sequentially stacked on a substrate. The first transistor includes a first gate structure, a first source/drain layer at each of opposite sides of the first gate structure, and first semiconductor patterns spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction. Each of the first semiconductor patterns extends through the first gate structure and contacts the first source/drain layer. The division pattern includes an insulating material. The second transistor includes a second gate structure, a second source/drain layer at each of opposite sides of the second gate structure, and second semiconductor patterns spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction. Each of the second semiconductor patterns extends through the second gate structure and contacts the second source/drain layer. The first source/drain layer does not directly contact the second source/drain layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungmin Kim, Soonmoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11171195
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate. The display unit is disposed on the substrate and includes a pixel circuit and a display element electrically connected to the pixel circuit. A driving circuit is disposed outside of the display unit. The driving circuit includes a thin film transistor. An inorganic insulating layer is disposed on the driving circuit. A power supply line is disposed on the inorganic insulating layer, overlaps the driving circuit, and is connected to a common electrode of the display element. An encapsulation substrate is disposed on the power supply line and faces the substrate. A sealing material is interposed between the substrate and the encapsulation substrate and overlaps the driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongwook Kim, Wonkyu Kwak, Sunja Kwon, Seho Kim, Hansung Bae
  • Patent number: 11170683
    Abstract: An operating method of a display driving integrated circuit (DDIC) includes correcting first image data using correction data in a first operating mode. The first image data is received from a processor via an interface, and the correction data is stored in a first memory included in the DDIC. The method further includes storing second image data received from the processor in the first memory in response to a mode switching signal controlling the DDIC to switch to a second operating mode, and displaying the second image data on a display panel in the second operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Hun Han, Mi Ran Kim
  • Patent number: 11169741
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a storage device and a method of operating the same. The storage device includes a memory controller configured to generate and output a get parameter command set, including normal addresses and a dummy address, during a parameter read operation, and a memory device configured to, in response to the get parameter command set, read parameter data that is stored in a CAM block and store the read parameter data in target registers corresponding to the normal addresses. The memory device stores dummy data in a dummy register corresponding to the dummy address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Min Ho Her, Sung Ho Kim, Seung Il Kim, Jae Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11166595
    Abstract: A food processor includes: a main body; and a container that forms a food-containing space for containing food items and is detachably mounted to the main body, wherein the main body comprises a cold energy generator for transmitting cold energy to the container by coming into contact with at least part of the container, with the container mounted on the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: NUC Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim
  • Patent number: 11168191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible plastic film, and more specifically to a flexible plastic film having excellent flexibility while exhibiting high hardness. According to the present invention, the flexible plastic film exhibits flexibility, bending property, high hardness, scratch resistance and high transparency, and hardly has a risk of damaging the film even in a state of being warped for a long period of time, and thereby can be usefully applied to flexible mobile devices, display devices, front face and display unit of various instrument panels, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hye Min Kim, Hyeok Jeong, Soon Hwa Jung, Jin Young Park, Yeong Rae Chang
  • Patent number: 11171222
    Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes forming a first trench insulating film of a first depth in a substrate, forming at least one second trench insulating film that is spaced apart from the first trench insulating film and has a second depth that is greater than the first depth, forming a body region of a first conductivity type and a drift region of a second conductivity type in the substrate, forming a gate electrode overlapping the first trench insulating film, forming a source region in the body region and a drain region in the drift region, forming a silicide film on the drain region, and forming a non-silicide film between the first trench insulating film and the drain region, wherein the first trench insulating film overlaps the drift region and the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventors: Guk Hwan Kim, Jin Yeong Son
  • Patent number: 11171989
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for secure messaging integration with message apps includes identifying a trigger event within a default messaging channel established between a message aggregator and a messaging application executing at a client device. In response to the trigger event, the method sends to the client device over the default messaging channel, access data usable to access a secure channel established between the message aggregator and the client device. The access data is presented within the messaging application and communications over the secure channel are not visible to the default messaging channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Medallia, Inc.
    Inventor: Mansu Kim
  • Patent number: 11171338
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly with minimized interfacial resistance between an electrode and an electrolyte membrane. For instance, a catalyst admixture including a catalyst composite including a catalyst and a first binder, and a second binder may be applied to a porous substrate and the porous substrate may be impregnated with the second binder, thereby minimizing interfacial resistance between the electrode and the electrolyte membrane and reducing a thickness of the electrolyte membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Su Won Seol, Yong Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11168430
    Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine comprising: a tub which accommodates washing water; a drum which is disposed inside the tub, accommodates cloth, and is rotatable; a transmission coil which is disposed in the tub and supplies power wirelessly; a reception coil which is disposed in the drum and receives the power transmitted from the transmission coil; and a washing force reinforcing unit which is disposed in the drum, operated by the power delivered from the reception coil, and provides washing force to the cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sooyong Park, Kyunghwan Kim, Hwanyong Kim, Seonghun Lee, Byungsang Jung
  • Patent number: 11171183
    Abstract: A display panel including: a first display substrate and a second display substrate. The second display substrate includes: a base substrate; a light control layer disposed on the base substrate and including a first conversion part configured to convert the first color light into a second color light, a second conversion part configured to convert the first color light into a third color light, and a transmission part configured to transmit the first color light; and a nano particle layer disposed between the base substrate and the light control layer and configured to absorb at least one of a first light having an overlapping wavelength range of a wavelength range of the first color and a wavelength range of the third color and a second light having an overlapping wavelength range of a wavelength range of the second color and a wavelength range of the third color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeaheon Ahn, Jang-Il Kim, Yeogeon Yoon, Seok-Joon Hong
  • Patent number: 11167527
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum-based plated steel that is provided for vehicles by hot forming, an aluminum-based alloy plated steel manufactured using the same, and method of manufacturing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Il-Ryoung Sohn, Seong-Woo Kim, Jeom-Soo Shin
  • Patent number: 11168435
    Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine including: a gasket, wherein the gasket includes a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of port receiving pipes communicating with the plurality of nozzles, respectively; and a distribution pipe, wherein the distribution pipe includes a transport conduit and a plurality of outlet ports protruding from the transport conduit toward the gasket body. The transport conduit may include a first portion spaced apart from an outer circumferential surface of the gasket body. Among the plurality of outlet ports, a first lower outlet port protrudes from the first portion, and the first lower outlet port and the first lower port receiving pipe are coupled to each other in a space where the first portion of the transport conduit and the outer circumferential surface of the gasket body are spaced apart, so that the gasket and the distribution pipe are connected tightly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sunghoon Kim, Hwanchan Ryu, Hyunjae Lee
  • Patent number: 11169632
    Abstract: An electronic device having a touch screen or display to reduce or eliminate visibility of structures in the device due to reflected light includes a base member and a touch member disposed on one surface of the base member and including first and second sensor parts spaced apart from each other with a boundary interposed therebetween. Each of the first and second sensor parts includes first and second areas disposed adjacent to each, a plurality of first patterns in the first area spaced apart from each other and a plurality of second patterns in the second area spaced apart from the first patterns. Each of the first patterns has a first shape, and each of the second patterns has a second shape different than the first shape. Various embodiments of patterns having shapes selected to reduce or eliminate visibility are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwan-hee Jeong, Yeontae Kim, Taejoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11168386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-entropy alloy especially having excellent low-temperature tensile strength and elongation by means of having configured, through thermodynamic calculations, an alloy composition region having an FCC single-phase microstructure at 700° C. or higher, and enabling the FCC single-phase microstructure at room temperature and at an ultra-low temperature. The high-entropy alloy, according to the present invention, comprises: Co: 3-12 at %; Cr: 3-18 at %; Fe: 3-50 at %; Mn: 3-20 at %; Ni: 17-45 at %; V: 3-12 at %; and unavoidable impurities, wherein the ratio of the V content to the Ni content (V/Ni) is 0.5 or less, and the sum of the V content and the Co content is 22 at % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Byeong-joo Lee, Sung-hak Lee, Hyoung-seop Kim, Young-sang Na, Sun-ig Hong, Won-mi Choi, Chang-woo Jeon, Seung-mun Jung
  • Patent number: 11171754
    Abstract: Multiple short transmission time intervals (TTIs), each of which is shorter than 1 ms, may be configured in a subframe. A user equipment (UE) may transmit a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) which is shared among different UEs to an eNodeB (eNB). In this case, the DM-RS may be transmitted in a reference TTI, which is one short TTI among the multiple short TTIs, and the reference TTI may be indicated by downlink control information (DCI) received from the eNB. Alternatively, a UE may transmit the DM-RS which is shared among different short TTIs to the eNB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yunjung Yi, Eunsun Kim, Hyangsun You
  • Patent number: 11168389
    Abstract: Provided is a plated steel sheet having an excellent quality with fine and even plating texture, the plated steel sheet including a base steel sheet and a Zn plating layer formed on the base steel sheet, wherein a Zn crystal in the plating layer has a size of 5 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventor: Su Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11172421
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for cell reselection by ranking cells using PLMN offset in unlicensed frequency in a wireless communication system is provided. The method, by a UE, may include measuring a quality of a serving cell and a neighboring cell, receiving a PLMN offset on unlicensed frequency from a network, determining ranking of the serving cell and the neighboring cell based on the PLMN offset and the measured quality, and performing a cell reselection based on the determined ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangwon Kim, Youngdae Lee
  • Patent number: 11171288
    Abstract: A mask assembly may include a frame, first sticks, and masks. The first sticks may extend in a first direction and may be arranged in a second direction. The plurality of masks may be disposed on the frame and the first sticks. The plurality of masks may extend in the second direction and may be arranged in the first direction. Each of the first sticks may have a first edge and a second edge, which are opposite to each other in the second direction. When viewed in a plan view defined by the first and second directions, the first and second edges of an outermost stick of the first sticks may have different shapes, and linear lengths of the first and second edges of the outermost stick may be substantially equal to each other, where the linear lengths are lengths of the first and second edges in a straight state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Wonyoung Jang, Minseok Kim, Jongbum Kim, Jongdae Lee