Patents by Inventor Sung In Kim

Sung In 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: 12191332
    Abstract: An image sensor includes: a first device isolation part in a substrate and defining an active region; a first gate electrode having a first and second gate sidewalls; and a first impurity region and a second impurity region adjacent to the first and second gate sidewalls, wherein the active region includes: a first active central part; a first active protrusion; and a second active protrusion, wherein the first device isolation part has a first isolation sidewall overlapping the first active central part, and wherein a first straight line is at least partially spaced apart from the first isolation sidewall, wherein the first straight line links a first point, at which the first active protrusion meets the first active central part, to a second point, at which the second active protrusion meets the first active central part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taeyoung Song, Sung In Kim, Haesung Jung
  • Patent number: 12000979
    Abstract: Provided are a polarizer protective film comprising a polymeric film and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the polymeric film, where the coating layer has a plurality of concave embossed patterns and has a surface roughness of 2.0 nm to 20.0 nm, and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Wuk Park, Yi Rang Lim, Sung In Kim, Kyoung Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20240038809
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate including a first face and a second face, the second face being opposite the first face in a first direction; a photoelectric conversion area disposed in the substrate; an active area disposed in the substrate and on the photoelectric conversion area; an element isolation pattern extending from the first face of the substrate into the substrate and defining the active area; and a transfer gate electrode including: a first portion extending from the first face of the substrate and extending through the element isolation pattern; and a second portion disposed on the active area, wherein the first portion extends through a bottom face of the element isolation pattern, wherein a vertical level of a bottom face of the first portion is lower than a vertical level of the bottom face of the element isolation pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Ja Meyung Kim, Sung In Kim, Yeon Soo Ahn
  • Patent number: 11837615
    Abstract: An image sensor may include a substrate having first and second surfaces opposite to each other and including unit pixel regions and impurity regions near the first surface, a device isolation pattern provided on the first surface to define the impurity regions, and an interconnection layer including an insulating layer covering the first surface of the substrate, interconnection lines on the insulating layer, and a penetration structure penetrating the insulating layer. The penetration structure may include a first pattern connected to one of the impurity regions and in contact with at least a portion of the device isolation pattern, a second pattern provided on the first pattern and in contact with the interconnection lines, and a third pattern provided between the first and second patterns. A top surface of the first pattern may be higher than that of the device isolation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taeyoung Song, Sung In Kim, Kwansik Cho
  • Publication number: 20230352510
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel separation part in a substrate and configured to separate pixels, the pixels including a first pixel, the pixel separation part including first to fourth sidewalls that at least partially define the first pixel, a first source follower gate electrode on the first pixel and adjacent to the first sidewall and the second sidewall, a first impurity region adjacent to a first corner where the first sidewall and the second sidewall meet, a second impurity region adjacent to a second corner where the second sidewall and the third sidewall meet, and a third impurity region adjacent to a third corner where the first sidewall and the fourth sidewall meet. The first to third impurity regions are adjacent to the first source follower gate electrode. The second impurity region and the third impurity region are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junghye Kim, Donghyun Kim, Sung In Kim, Kyoungeun Chang, Jae Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20220208818
    Abstract: An image sensor includes: a first device isolation part in a substrate and defining an active region; a first gate electrode having a first and second gate sidewalls; and a first impurity region and a second impurity region adjacent to the first and second gate sidewalls, wherein the active region includes: a first active central part; a first active protrusion; and a second active protrusion, wherein the first device isolation part has a first isolation sidewall overlapping the first active central part, and wherein a first straight line is at least partially spaced apart from the first isolation sidewall, wherein the first straight line links a first point, at which the first active protrusion meets the first active central part, to a second point, at which the second active protrusion meets the first active central part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: TAEYOUNG SONG, SUNG IN KIM, HAESUNG JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220085085
    Abstract: An image sensor may include a substrate having first and second surfaces opposite to each other and including unit pixel regions and impurity regions near the first surface, a device isolation pattern provided on the first surface to define the impurity regions, and an interconnection layer including an insulating layer covering the first surface of the substrate, interconnection lines on the insulating layer, and a penetration structure penetrating the insulating layer. The penetration structure may include a first pattern connected to one of the impurity regions and in contact with at least a portion of the device isolation pattern, a second pattern provided on the first pattern and in contact with the interconnection lines, and a third pattern provided between the first and second patterns. A top surface of the first pattern may be higher than that of the device isolation pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: TAEYOUNG SONG, SUNG IN KIM, KWANSIK CHO
  • Publication number: 20210327930
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate which includes a plurality of unit pixels. Each of the plurality of unit pixels includes a photoelectric conversion layer. A pixel separation pattern is disposed in the substrate and has a and shape that includes a plurality of grid points. The pixel separation pattern is configured to separate each of the plurality of unit pixels from each other. A support structure is disposed in the substrate and is positioned to correspond to the plurality of grid points of the pixel separation pattern. The support structure is configured to support adjacent unit pixels of the plurality of unit pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: KangMook LIM, Yeo Seon CHOI, Sung In KIM, Chang Hwa KIM
  • Patent number: 11044201
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method for traffic control, and an electronic device therefor. An operation method of an electronic device may comprise the steps of: measuring the temperature of the electronic device through at least one sensor; checking an operation state of at least one application being executed in the electronic device; and controlling data throughput for each of the at least one application on the basis of the operation state of the at least one application if the measured temperature is equal to or greater than a reference value. Other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaewon Jang, Sung-In Kim, Hakgyu Kim, Hong-Shik Kim
  • Publication number: 20210018665
    Abstract: Provided are a polarizer protective film comprising a polymeric film and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the polymeric film, where the coating layer has a plurality of concave embossed patterns and has a surface roughness of 2.0 nm to 20.0 nm, and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Jun Wuk PARK, Yi Rang LIM, Sung In KIM, Kyoung Won KIM
  • Patent number: 10763294
    Abstract: An image sensor chip may include a first sub-chip, a second sub-chip on the first sub-chip, and an interconnector between the first and second sub-chips. The first sub-chip may include a first substrate, a bottom electrode on a first region of the first substrate, and a first capacitor on the bottom electrode. The first capacitor may include a plurality of first electrodes vertically extending from a top surface of the bottom electrode, a second electrode on the first electrodes, and a first dielectric layer between the second electrode and the first electrodes. The second sub-chip may include a pixel array configured to convert incident light into an electrical signal. The pixel array may be electrically connected through the interconnector to the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaekyu Lee, Sung In Kim, Byung-Joon Baek
  • Patent number: 10654982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a polarizer protecting film. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for preparing a polarizer protecting film capable of exhibiting excellent physical and optical properties and of preventing damages of a lower polarizer plate caused by a prism sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Rang Lim, Jun Wuk Park, Kyoung Won Kim, Sung In Kim
  • Patent number: 10582435
    Abstract: A method and system for handling a wireless communication in a Voice over Wireless Fidelity (VoWiFi) system including a plurality of nodes is provided. The method includes detecting, by a VoWiFi controller, a wireless connection between an electronic device and a first node from among the plurality of nodes; determining, by the VoWiFi controller, a performance of each of the plurality of nodes; detecting, by the VoWiFi controller, that a first performance of the first node is less than a second performance of a second node from among the plurality of nodes; and performing, by the VoWiFi controller, a handover of the electronic device from the first node to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sandesh Kumar Srivastava, Harikrishnan Natarajan, Suneel Kumar Parmeshwar Diggi, Hong-Shik Kim, Madhan Raj Kanagarathinam, Siva Naga Kumar Venkata Atmakuri, Sung-In Kim
  • Patent number: 10559613
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, first and second recesses spaced apart from each other in a first direction within the substrate, a first gate electrode filling the first recess and protruding above the substrate, a second gate electrode filling the second recess and protruding above the substrate, a first source/drain formed between the first and second recesses, a second source/drain formed in an opposite direction to the first source/drain with respect to the first recess, and a third source/drain formed in an opposite direction to the first source/drain with respect to the second recess and electrically connected to the second source/drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung In Kim, Jae Kyu Lee, Jae Rok Kahng
  • Publication number: 20200036643
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method for traffic control, and an electronic device therefor. An operation method of an electronic device may comprise the steps of: measuring the temperature of the electronic device through at least one sensor; checking an operation state of at least one application being executed in the electronic device; and controlling data throughput for each of the at least one application on the basis of the operation state of the at least one application if the measured temperature is equal to or greater than a reference value. Other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jaewon JANG, Sung-In KIM, Hakgyu KIM, Hong-Shik KIM
  • Publication number: 20190267423
    Abstract: An image sensor chip may include a first sub-chip, a second sub-chip on the first sub-chip, and an interconnector between the first and second sub-chips. The first sub-chip may include a first substrate, a bottom electrode on a first region of the first substrate, and a first capacitor on the bottom electrode. The first capacitor may include a plurality of first electrodes vertically extending from a top surface of the bottom electrode, a second electrode on the first electrodes, and a first dielectric layer between the second electrode and the first electrodes. The second sub-chip may include a pixel array configured to convert incident light into an electrical signal. The pixel array may be electrically connected through the interconnector to the first capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Jaekyu Lee, Sung In Kim, Byung-Joon Baek
  • Publication number: 20190037465
    Abstract: A method and system for handling a wireless communication in a Voice over Wireless Fidelity (VoWiFi) system including a plurality of nodes is provided. The method includes detecting, by a VoWiFi controller, a wireless connection between an electronic device and a first node from among the plurality of nodes; determining, by the VoWiFi controller, a performance of each of the plurality of nodes; detecting, by the VoWiFi controller, that a first performance of the first node is less than a second performance of a second node from among the plurality of nodes; and performing, by the VoWiFi controller, a handover of the electronic device from the first node to the second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sandesh Kumar SRIVASTAVA, Harikrishnan NATARAJAN, Suneel Kumar Parmeshwar DIGGI, Hong-Shik KIM, Madhan Raj KANAGARATHINAM, Siva Naga Kumar Venkata ATMAKURI, Sung-In KIM
  • Publication number: 20180182795
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, first and second recesses spaced apart from each other in a first direction within the substrate, a first gate electrode filling the first recess and protruding above the substrate, a second gate electrode filling the second recess and protruding above the substrate, a first source/drain formed between the first and second recesses, a second source/drain formed in an opposite direction to the first source/drain with respect to the first recess, and a third source/drain formed in an opposite direction to the first source/drain with respect to the second recess and electrically connected to the second source/drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: SUNG IN KIM, Jae Kyu Lee, Jae Rok Kahng
  • Patent number: 10008539
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) device including a substrate including a plurality of active patterns arranged along a first direction, each of the active patterns extending in a diagonal direction with respect to the first direction; a plurality of gate structures on the substrate, the gate structures extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; a source line structure electrically connected to source regions of the respective active patterns, the source line structure extending in the first direction; a plurality of magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structures electrically connected to drain regions of the respective active patterns, the MTJ structures being spaced apart from each other; and a bit line structure electrically connected to the MTJ structures in respective memory cells, the memory cells sharing with the source line structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Kyu Lee, Sung-In Kim, Ki-Seok Suh
  • Publication number: 20180112050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a polarizer protecting film. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for preparing a polarizer protecting film capable of exhibiting excellent physical and optical properties and of preventing damages of a lower polarizer plate caused by a prism sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Yi Rang Lim, Jun Wuk Park, Kyoung Won Kim, Sung In Kim