Patents by Inventor Yong-hoon Kim

Yong-hoon 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).

  • Publication number: 20150255381
    Abstract: A semiconductor package having a structure in which a decoupling capacitor is disposed to be adjacent with a semiconductor chip using a vertical chip interconnection (VCI) to improve power integrity. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor substrate including a first finger pad and a second finger pad, a semiconductor chip mounted on the semiconductor substrate and including a first chip pad and a second chip pad, a bonding tape electrically connecting the first finger pad and the first chip pad, and a bonding wire electrically connecting the second finger pad and the second chip pad. Here, the bonding tape is formed to make contact with a sidewall of the semiconductor chip in a vertical direction of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: Yong-Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20150188529
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a common delay circuit configured to delay an input signal in response to a delay control code to output a first delayed input signal and a second delayed input signal; a first delay circuit configured to delay the first delayed input signal in response to the delay control code and to output a first output signal; and a second delay circuit configured to delay the second delayed input signal in response to the delay control code and to output a second output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Yong-Hoon KIM, Hyun-Woo LEE
  • Patent number: 9065396
    Abstract: Provided is a method in which a Digital Pre-Distorter (DPD) performs digital pre-distortion on a received In-phase (I) signal, a received Quadrature-phase (Q) signal, a feedback I signal, and a feedback Q signal; a mixer mixes a signal output from the DPD with a frequency signal output from an oscillator; each of n phase shifters phase-shifts a signal output from the mixer according to a preset beamforming pattern; each of n Power Amplifiers (PAs) amplifies a signal output from an associated phase shifter according to a gain, the PAs connected to the associated phase shifter on a one-to-one basis; each of n envelope detectors detects an envelope signal from a signal output from an associated PA, the envelope detector connected to the associated PA on a one-to-one basis; and a control unit determines whether the n PAs operate normally, using the envelope signals output from the n envelope detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
    Inventors: Mi-Hyun Son, Yong-Hoon Kim, Byung-Tae Yoon, Jong-Wook Zeong, Dong-Geun Lee, Jae-Hun Lee, Song-Cheol Hong
  • Publication number: 20150147197
    Abstract: An apparatus circulates a coolant in a turbocharger, which includes a first coolant line for supplying the coolant to the turbocharger from a water pump and configured to form a first flow resistance member to increase flow resistance to the coolant flowing through the first coolant line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Dong Ho CHU, Seon Yeong KIM, Yong Hoon KIM, Kwang Sik YANG, Hyung Ick KIM, Yung Hee HAN
  • Publication number: 20150123115
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for producing an oxide film using a low temperature process, an oxide film and an electronic device. The method for producing an oxide film according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of coating a substrate with an oxide solution, and irradiating the oxide solution coat with ultraviolet rays under an inert gas atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicants: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, CHUNG-ANG UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yong Hoon Kim, Sung Kyu Park, Min Suk Oh, Ji Wan Kim
  • Patent number: 9000820
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a common delay circuit configured to delay an input signal in response to a delay control code to output a first delayed input signal and a second delayed input signal; a first delay circuit configured to delay the first delayed input signal in response to the delay control code and to output a first output signal; and a second delay circuit configured to delay the second delayed input signal in response to the delay control code and to output a second output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Yong-Hoon Kim, Hyun-Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 8981581
    Abstract: A package stack structure may an upper package include an upper package substrate having a first edge and a second edge opposite to the first edge. The upper package substrate has a first region arranged near the first edge and a second region arranged near the second edge. A first upper semiconductor device is mounted on the upper package substrate. The package stack structure may also include a lower package having a lower package substrate and a lower semiconductor device. The lower package is connected to the upper package through a plurality of inter-package connectors. The plurality of the inter-package connectors may include first inter-package connectors configured to transmit data signals; second inter-package connectors configured to transmit address/control signals; third inter-package connectors configured to provide a supply voltage for an address/control circuit; and fourth inter-package connectors configured to provide a supply voltage for a data circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heung-Kyu Kwon, Seong-Ho Shin, Yun-Seok Choi, Yong-Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 8970042
    Abstract: A circuit board is provided including a core insulation film having a thickness and including a first surface and an opposite second surface, an upper stack structure and a lower stack structure. The upper stack structure has a thickness and has an upper conductive pattern having a thickness and an overlying upper insulation film stacked on the first surface of the core insulation film. The lower stack structure has a thickness and has a lower conductive pattern having a thickness and an overlying lower insulation film stacked on the second surface of the core insulation film. A ratio P of a sum of the thicknesses of the upper conductive pattern and the lower conductive pattern to a sum of the thicknesses of the core insulation film, the upper stack structure and the lower stack structure is in a range from about 0.05 to about 0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bok-Sik Myung, Chul-Woo Kim, Kyung-Tae Na, Young-Bae Kim, Yong-Hoon Kim, Hee-Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20150024545
    Abstract: A stacked package structure is provided. The stacked package structure includes a stacked package including a lower semiconductor package, an upper semiconductor package disposed on the lower semiconductor package and spaced a predetermined distance apart from the lower semiconductor package, an inter-package connecting portion electrically connecting the lower semiconductor package and the upper semiconductor package while supporting a space therebetween, and an insulation layer disposed at least outside the inter-package connecting portion and filling the space between the lower semiconductor package and the upper semiconductor package, and an electromagnetic shielding layer surrounding lateral and top surfaces of the stacked package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yong-Hoon KIM, Hee-Seok LEE, Seong-Ho SHIN, Se-Ho YOU, Yun-Hee LEE
  • Patent number: 8921993
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a substrate, a semiconductor chip located on a top surface of the substrate, signal lines formed on the top surface of the substrate and configured to allow different types of signals to input/output thereto/therefrom, a ground line unit formed on the top surface of the substrate and configured to divide the signal lines into signal lines to/from which the same types of signals are input/output to be isolated from one another, barrier walls configured to contact the ground line unit, and a heat dissipation unit disposed on the semiconductor chip, wherein the ground line unit includes diagonal ground lines located in diagonal directions of the substrate about the semiconductor chip, and the heat dissipation unit includes a thermal interface material (TIM) located on a top surface of the semiconductor chip, and a heat dissipation plate configured to cover the TIM and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Ho Choi, Yong-Hoon Kim, Seong-Ho Shin
  • Publication number: 20140339692
    Abstract: A semiconductor package stack, comprising: a lower semiconductor package including a lower semiconductor chip mounted on a lower package board; an upper semiconductor package stacked on the lower semiconductor package and including an upper semiconductor chip mounted on an upper package board, wherein the upper package board includes an opening configured to expose a lower surface of the upper semiconductor chip; and a first heat slug disposed within the opening, contacting the lower surface of the upper semiconductor chip, and contacting an upper surface of the lower semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: YONG-HOON KIM, JI-CHUL KIM, SEONG-HO SHIN, IN-HO CHOI
  • Patent number: 8884421
    Abstract: A multi-chip package may include a package substrate, an interposer chip, a first semiconductor chip, a thermal dissipation structure and a second semiconductor chip. The interposer chip may be mounted on the package substrate. The first semiconductor chip may be mounted on the interposer chip. The first semiconductor chip may have a size smaller than that of the interposer chip. The thermal dissipation structure may be arranged on the interposer chip to surround the first semiconductor chip. The thermal dissipation structure may transfer heat in the first semiconductor chip to the interposer chip. The second semiconductor chip may be mounted on the first semiconductor chip. Thus, the heat in the first semiconductor chip may be effectively transferred to the interposer chip through the thermal dissipation line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Un-Byoung Kang, Jong-Joo Lee, Yong-Hoon Kim, Tae-Hong Min
  • Publication number: 20140328023
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a substrate, a semiconductor chip located on a top surface of the substrate, signal lines formed on the top surface of the substrate and configured to allow different types of signals to input/output thereto/therefrom, a ground line unit formed on the top surface of the substrate and configured to divide the signal lines into signal lines to/from which the same types of signals are input/output to be isolated from one another, barrier walls configured to contact the ground line unit, and a heat dissipation unit disposed on the semiconductor chip, wherein the ground line unit includes diagonal ground lines located in diagonal directions of the substrate about the semiconductor chip, and the heat dissipation unit includes a thermal interface material (TIM) located on a top surface of the semiconductor chip, and a heat dissipation plate configured to cover the TIM and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: IN-HO CHOI, YONG-HOON KIM, SEONG-HO SHIN
  • Publication number: 20140325100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a data management system and a data management method for data communications. The system and method can reduce load of a data control device, minimize costs for interworking and costs such as time and technologies needed for product commercialization, and enhance stability and extensibility of the product by adding a data management device between the data control device and a plurality of peripheral devices and controls the data control device to use a single unified standard protocol in order to control the plurality of peripheral devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd., Vault Micro, Inc.
    Inventors: Tae Wook JUNG, Yong Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20140319701
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip including a substrate, a first data pad arranged on the substrate, and a first control/address pad arranged on the substrate, wherein the first data pad is arranged in an edge region of the substrate, and the first control/address pad is arranged in a center region of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Yong-hoon Kim, Hyo-soon Kang, Hee-seok Lee, Jang-ho Cho
  • Publication number: 20140325096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method of data management for controlling a plurality of peripheral devices. In an example embodiment, a data management device for managing data communications between a data control device and the plurality of peripheral devices is added between them, and the data management device controls the plurality of peripheral devices by grouping them according to their characteristics, whereby various protocols can be integrated into minimized optimal protocols by the grouping, and the data control device can reduce technical and temporal overheads due to detection and control of the plurality of peripheral devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: Intellectual Discovery, Vault Micro, Inc.
    Inventors: Tae Wook JUNG, Yong Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 8872319
    Abstract: A stacked package structure is provided. The stacked package structure includes a stacked package including a lower semiconductor package, an upper semiconductor package disposed on the lower semiconductor package and spaced a predetermined distance apart from the lower semiconductor package, an inter-package connecting portion electrically connecting the lower semiconductor package and the upper semiconductor package while supporting a space therebetween, and an insulation layer disposed at least outside the inter-package connecting portion and filling the space between the lower semiconductor package and the upper semiconductor package, and an electromagnetic shielding layer surrounding lateral and top surfaces of the stacked package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Hoon Kim, Hee-Seok Lee, Seong-Ho Shin, Se-Ho You, Yun-Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 8873245
    Abstract: An embedded chip-on-chip package includes a printed circuit board having a recessed semiconductor chip mounting unit constituted by a recess in the printed circuit board and a circuit pattern at the bottom of the recess, a first semiconductor chip embedded in the recessed semiconductor chip mounting unit and electrically connected to the circuit pattern at the bottom of the recess, and a second semiconductor chip mounted to the recessed semiconductor chip mounting unit and electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip and the printed circuit board independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-hoon Kim, Hee-seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20140225236
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, a semiconductor package, and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first semiconductor package disposed on a circuit substrate. A second semiconductor package is provided on the circuit substrate and spaced apart from the first semiconductor package. An insulating electromagnetic shielding structure is provided on the top and the lateral surfaces of the first semiconductor package. A conductive electromagnetic shielding structure is provided on the circuit substrate to cover the first and second semiconductor packages and the insulating electromagnetic shielding structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Yong-Hoon KIM, In-Ho CHOI, Keung-Beum KIM
  • Patent number: 8791559
    Abstract: A semiconductor package of a package on package structure reducing an overall thickness of the package and simplifying design complexity of wiring paths is provided. The package includes a first package including a first substrate and a first semiconductor chip portion mounted thereon, a second package disposed on the first package and including a second substrate and a second semiconductor chip portion mounted thereon, and a connection member connecting the first and second substrates. The second semiconductor chip portion includes at least one semiconductor chip including a group of chip pads corresponding to one channel, and the group of chip pads is concentrated on a first edge of the semiconductor chip. An intellectual property core corresponding to the one channel is formed on an edge of the first semiconductor chip portion and the IP core corresponds to the edge on which the group of chip pads is concentrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-hoon Kim, Hyo-soon Kang, Jin-kyung Kim