Patents by Inventor Tae-Joong Song

Tae-Joong Song 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: 11955471
    Abstract: An integrated circuit may include a first active region and a second active region, and the first and second active regions may extend on a substrate in a first horizontal direction in parallel to each other and have different conductivity types from each other. A first gate line may extend in a second horizontal direction crossing the first horizontal direction, and may form a first transistor with the first active region. The first transistor may include a gate to which a first input signal is applied. The first gate line may include a first partial gate line that overlaps the first active region in a perpendicular direction and that has an end on a region between the first and second active regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Do, Dal-Hee Lee, Jin-Young Lim, Tae-Joong Song, Jong-Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11887914
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions extending in a first direction, a first gate line extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the first and second active regions, and a first contact jumper including a first conductive pattern intersecting the first gate line above the first active region and a second conductive pattern extending in the second direction above the first gate line and connected to the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Do, Tae-Joong Song, Seung-Young Lee, Jong-Hoon Jung
  • Publication number: 20230223319
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions extending in a first direction, a first gate line extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the first and second active regions, and a first contact jumper including a first conductive pattern intersecting the first gate line above the first active region and a second conductive pattern extending in the second direction above the first gate line and connected to the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: JUNG-HO DO, TAE-JOONG SONG, SEUNG-YOUNG LEE, JONG-HOON JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230207429
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions extending in a first direction, a first gate line extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the first and second active regions, and a first contact jumper including a first conductive pattern intersecting the first gate line above the first active region and a second conductive pattern extending in the second direction above the first gate line and connected to the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: JUNG-HO DO, TAE-JOONG SONG, SEUNG-YOUNG LEE, JONG-HOON JUNG
  • Patent number: 11626348
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions extending in a first direction, a first gate line extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the first and second active regions, and a first contact jumper including a first conductive pattern intersecting the first gate line above the first active region and a second conductive pattern extending in the second direction above the first gate line and connected to the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Do, Tae-Joong Song, Seung-Young Lee, Jong-Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11335673
    Abstract: An integrated circuit may include a first active region and a second active region, and the first and second active regions may extend on a substrate in a first horizontal direction in parallel to each other and have different conductivity types from each other. A first gate line may extend in a second horizontal direction crossing the first horizontal direction, and may form a first transistor with the first active region. The first transistor may include a gate to which a first input signal is applied. The first gate line may include a first partial gate line that overlaps the first active region in a perpendicular direction and that has an end on a region between the first and second active regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Do, Dal-Hee Lee, Jin-Young Lim, Tae-Joong Song, Jong-Hoon Jung
  • Publication number: 20220149032
    Abstract: An integrated circuit may include a first active region and a second active region, and the first and second active regions may extend on a substrate in a first horizontal direction in parallel to each other and have different conductivity types from each other. A first gate line may extend in a second horizontal direction crossing the first horizontal direction, and may form a first transistor with the first active region. The first transistor may include a gate to which a first input signal is applied. The first gate line may include a first partial gate line that overlaps the first active region in a perpendicular direction and that has an end on a region between the first and second active regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Do, Dal-Hee Lee, Jin-Young Lim, Tae-Joong Song, Jong-Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11239151
    Abstract: A standard cell of an IC includes a cell area including a transistor configured to determine a function of the standard cell; a first dummy area and a second dummy area respectively adjacent to two sides of the cell area in a first direction; and an active area extending in the first direction across the cell area, the first dummy area, and the second dummy area. The active area includes a first active area and a second active area spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and extend parallel to each other in the first direction. At least one of the first active area and the second active area provided in the first dummy area is biased, and at least one of the first active area and the second active area provided in the second dummy area is biased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-gyum Kim, Ha-young Kim, Tae-joong Song, Jong-hoon Jung, Gi-young Yang, Jin-young Lim
  • Patent number: 11188704
    Abstract: A method of designing an integrated circuit includes receiving input data defining the integrated circuit, receiving information from a standard cell library including a plurality of standard cells, receiving information from a modified cell library including at least one modified cell having a same function as a corresponding standard cell among the plurality of standard cells and having a higher routability than the corresponding standard cell and generating output data by performing placement and routing in response to the input data, the information from the standard cell library and the information from the modified cell library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Tae Kim, Jung-Ho Do, Tae-Joong Song, Doo-Hee Cho, Seung-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11189639
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a first conductive pattern in a first conductive layer, a second conductive pattern in a second conductive layer over the first conductive layer, and a via electrically connected with the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern to allow a first current flowing from the first conductive pattern to the second conductive pattern and a second current flowing from the second conductive pattern to the first conductive pattern to pass through at different times. The via is placed on the first conductive pattern so that a path of the first current does not overlap with a path of the second current in the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ha-young Kim, Chang-beom Kim, Hyun-jeong Roh, Tae-joong Song, Dal-hee Lee, Sung-we Cho
  • Patent number: 11164863
    Abstract: An integrated circuit having a vertical transistor includes first through fourth gate lines extending in a first direction and sequentially arranged in parallel with each other, a first top active region over the first through third gate lines and insulated from the second gate line, and a second top active region. The first top active region forms first and third transistors with the first and third gate lines respectively. The second top active region is over the second through fourth gate lines and insulated from the third gate line. The second top active region forms second and fourth transistors with the second and fourth gate lines respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-ho Do, Sang-hoon Baek, Tae-joong Song, Jong-hoon Jung, Seung-young Lee
  • Patent number: 11042686
    Abstract: Provided is an integrated circuit including a plurality of standard cells each including a front-end-of-line (FEOL) region and a back-end-of-line (BEOL) region on the FEOL region, the FEOL region including at least one gate line extending in a first horizontal direction. A BEOL region of a first standard cell among the plurality of standard cells includes an eaves section not overlapping an FEOL region of the first standard cell in a vertical direction, the eaves section protruding in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-ho Do, Jong-hoon Jung, Ji-Su Yu, Seung-young Lee, Tae-joong Song, Jae-boong Lee
  • Patent number: 11031385
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including a first standard cell including, first transistors, the first transistors being first unfolded transistors, a first metal pin, a second metal pin, and a third metal pin on a first layer, the first metal pin and the second metal pin having a first minimum metal center-to-metal center pitch therebetween less than or equal to 80 nm, a fourth metal pin and a fifth metal pin at a second layer, the fourth metal pin and the fifth metal pin extending in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, a first via between the first metal pin and the fourth metal pin, and a second via between the third metal pin and the fifth metal pin such that a first via center-to-via center space between the first via and the second via is greater than double the first minimum metal center-to-metal center pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Woo Seo, Jin Tae Kim, Tae Joong Song, Hyoung-Suk Oh, Keun Ho Lee, Dal Hee Lee, Sung We Cho
  • Patent number: 10990740
    Abstract: An integrated circuit may include a first standard cell including first and second active regions extending in a first horizontal direction and a first gate line extending in a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction; and a second standard cell including third and fourth active regions extending in the first horizontal direction and a second gate line aligned in parallel to the first gate in the second horizontal direction and being adjacent to the first standard cell. A distance between the second active region of the first standard cell and the third active region of the second standard cell may be greater than a distance between the first and second active regions of the first standard cell, and may be greater than a distance between the third and fourth active regions of the second standard cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventors: Jin-Tae Kim, Sung-We Cho, Tae-Joong Song, Seung-Young Lee, Jin-Young Lim
  • Publication number: 20210057310
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions extending in a first direction, a first gate line extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the first and second active regions, and a first contact jumper including a first conductive pattern intersecting the first gate line above the first active region and a second conductive pattern extending in the second direction above the first gate line and connected to the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: JUNG-HO DO, TAE-JOONG SONG, SEUNG-YOUNG LEE, JONG-HOON JUNG
  • Publication number: 20210013149
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including: a power rail including first and second conductive lines spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction, wherein the first and second conductive lines extend in parallel to each other in a first horizontal direction, and are electrically connected to each other, to supply power to a first standard cell, wherein the first and second conductive lines are disposed at a boundary of the first standard cell; and a third conductive line between the first and second conductive lines and extending in a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction, to transfer an input signal or an output signal of the first standard cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jae-Boong Lee, Jung-Ho Do, Tae-Joong Song, Seung-Young Lee, Jong-Hoon Jung, Ji-Su Yu
  • Patent number: 10832988
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions extending in a first direction, a first gate line extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the first and second active regions, and a first contact jumper including a first conductive pattern intersecting the first gate line above the first active region and a second conductive pattern extending in the second direction above the first gate line and connected to the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Do, Tae-Joong Song, Seung-Young Lee, Jong-Hoon Jung
  • Publication number: 20200334407
    Abstract: A method of designing an integrated circuit includes receiving input data defining the integrated circuit, receiving information from a standard cell library including a plurality of standard cells, receiving information from a modified cell library including at least one modified cell having a same function as a corresponding standard cell among the plurality of standard cells and having a higher routability than the corresponding standard cell and generating output data by performing placement and routing in response to the input data, the information from the standard cell library and the information from the modified cell library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: JIN-TAE KIM, JUNG-HO DO, TAE-JOONG SONG, DOO-HEE CHO, SEUNG-YOUNG LEE
  • Patent number: 10811357
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including: a power rail including first and second conductive lines spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction, wherein the first and second conductive lines extend in parallel to each other in a first horizontal direction, and are electrically connected to each other, to supply power to a first standard cell, wherein the first and second conductive lines are disposed at a boundary of the first standard cell; and a third conductive line between the first and second conductive lines and extending in a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction, to transfer an input signal or an output signal of the first standard cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Boong Lee, Jung-Ho Do, Tae-Joong Song, Seung-Young Lee, Jong-Hoon Jung, Ji-Su Yu
  • Patent number: 10803971
    Abstract: A device for supporting a test mode for memory testing according to an example embodiment of the inventive concepts may include a memory configured to receive and store writing data and output reading data from the stored writing data; an error correction code (ECC) engine configured to generate the writing data by encoding input data and to generate output data by correcting error bits of N bits or less included in receiving data when N is a positive integer; and an error insertion circuit configured to provide the reading data to the ECC engine as the receiving data in a normal mode and to provide data obtained by inverting at least one bit of less than N bits of the reading data to the ECC engine as the receiving data in the test mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk-soo Pyo, Hyun-taek Jung, Tae-joong Song