Patents by Inventor Yong Son
Yong Son 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).
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Patent number: 8428193Abstract: A broadband wireless system includes an antenna receiving a broadband wireless signal, a reception unit receiving and processing the broadband wireless signal from the antenna and converting the broadband wireless signal into a first intermediate frequency signal, a signal distribution unit converting a first intermediate frequency signal into second intermediate frequency signals which are equal to one another, a parallel amplification unit generating third intermediate frequency signals which are obtained by amplifying the individual second intermediate frequency signals provided from the signal distribution unit with different amplification rates, a parallel analog-to-digital conversion unit performing analog-to-digital conversion of the individual third intermediate frequency signals from the parallel amplification unit and generating discrete intermediate frequency signals, and an execution system selecting any one of the individual discrete intermediate frequency signals by analyzing the individual discType: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Nextwill Co., Ltd.Inventors: Won Gi Seo, Seock Yong Son, Dong Hwan Shin
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Patent number: 8378744Abstract: There is provided a multi-mode power amplifier operable in a low power mode having a preset power range and in a high power mode having a power range higher than the power range of the low power mode. The multi-mode power amplifier includes: a high power amplifying unit including at least one cascode amplifier to amplify an input signal to a high power level having a preset power range; a low power amplifying unit sharing a common source node of the at least one cascode amplifier to amplify the input signal to a low power level having a power range lower than the high power level; and a coupling unit coupling a transfer path of a signal output from the high power amplifying unit and a transfer path of a signal output from the low power amplifying unit to each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Bon Hoon Koo, Byeong Hak Jo, Ki Yong Son, Yoo Sam Na, Song Cheol Hong
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Patent number: 8354883Abstract: There is provided a power amplifier capable of supplying variable bias to an amplifier circuit by accurately transferring the envelope components of an input signal during the supply of active bias power to the amplifier circuit. The power amplifier includes: an envelope detector detecting an envelope of an input signal; a bias power generator including at least one P-type MOSFET and one N-type MOSFET connected to each other in an inverter manner between a driving power terminal supplying driving power having a preset voltage level and a reference bias power terminal supplying preset reference bias power to generate bias power varied according to detection results from the envelope detector; and an amplifier amplifying the input signal according to the bias power level from the bias power generator.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Bon Hoon Koo, Ki Yong Son, Song Cheol Hong, Gyu Suck Kim, Yoo Sam Na
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Publication number: 20130002951Abstract: A broadcast receiving device and a method for receiving a broadcast thereof are provided. The broadcast receiving device includes a channel receiving unit which receives a channel broadcasting signal, generates a first parallel signal from the received channel broadcasting signal, converts the parallel signal into a serial signal, and outputs the serial signal; and a main body unit which receives the serial signal output from the channel receiving unit, reconverts the received serial signal into a second parallel signal, processes the second parallel signal, and outputs a video signal, an audio signal, and an additional data signal extracted from the processed second parallel signal. Since the channel receiving unit is provided as a separate unit from the main body unit, the thickness of the broadcast receiving device can be further reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Tae-yong SON
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Patent number: 8340962Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal. According to the present application, a signal of a high frequency band above a preset frequency band is adaptively encoded or decoded in the time domain or in the frequency domain by using a signal of a low frequency band below the preset frequency band. As such, the sound quality of a high frequency signal is not deteriorate even when an audio signal is encoded or decoded by using a small number of bits and thus coding efficiency may be maximized.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: SAMSUMG Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang-yong Son, Eun-mi Oh, Ki-hyun Choo, Jung-hoe Kim
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Patent number: 8330604Abstract: Disclosed is a handheld salinity analyzer including a body, in which a circuit board and a battery are installed, a cell block provided with one end inserted into one end of the body and the other end on which a projecting part provided with a salinity sensor hole and a depressed part provided with a temperature sensor hole are formed, a salinity sensor inserted into the salinity sensor hole and provided with one end connected to the circuit board, a temperature sensor inserted into the temperature sensor hole and provided with one end connected to the circuit board, an ON/OFF switch installed on the end of the body, a light emitting lamp connected to the circuit board, and a body cover connected to the end of the body provided with the ON/OFF switch or to the cell block, and provided with an operating piece to operate the ON/OFF switch.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignees: Dae Yoon Scale Industrial Co., Ltd., Republic of Korea (Management: Rural Development Administration)Inventors: Gil mo Yang, Eun gi Cho, Kang jin Lee, Gi young Kim, Jae yong Son, Suk won Kang, Chang yeun Mo, Jai gyu Kim, In ho Seo
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Patent number: 8327413Abstract: A digital cable broadcast processing apparatus and a method thereof. A power supply supplies power, and an out-of-band (OOB) receiver receives additional OOB information from a transmission system. A cable card to descramble the received OOB information is mounted in an interface, and a controller controls the power supply in accordance with the presence and absence of the cable card, and accordingly controls the power supply to the OOB receiver. Whether or not the cable card is mounted is determined, and power is cut off or supplied in accordance with the result of the determination. As a result, unnecessary power consumption can be prevented when the cable card is not mounted.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2005Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tae-yong Son
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Publication number: 20120299657Abstract: There is provided a multi-mode power amplifier operable in a low power mode having a preset power range and in a high power mode having a power range higher than the power range of the low power mode. The multi-mode power amplifier includes: a high power amplifying unit including at least one cascode amplifier to amplify an input signal to a high power level having a preset power range; a low power amplifying unit sharing a common source node of the at least one cascode amplifier to amplify the input signal to a low power level having a power range lower than the high power level; and a coupling unit coupling a transfer path of a signal output from the high power amplifying unit and a transfer path of a signal output from the low power amplifying unit to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Bon Hoon KOO, Byeong Hak Jo, Ki Yong Son, Yoo Sam Na, Song Cheol Hong
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Publication number: 20120286877Abstract: There is provided a power amplifier including an amplifying unit having at least two cascode amplifiers connected in parallel to amplify an input signal; and a bias supply unit supplying bias power to a common gate node of the two cascode amplifiers, and removing a signal of a pre-set frequency band corresponding to a baseband at the common gate node by controlling impedance of the common gate node.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventors: Bon Hoon KOO, Byeong Hak Jo, Ki Yong Son, Yoo Sam Na, Song Cheol Hong
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Publication number: 20120278089Abstract: An error concealment method and apparatus for an audio signal and a decoding method and apparatus for an audio signal using the error concealment method and apparatus. The error concealment method includes selecting one of an error concealment in a frequency domain and an error concealment in a time domain as an error concealment scheme for a current frame based on a predetermined criteria when an error occurs in the current frame, selecting one of a repetition scheme and an interpolation scheme in the frequency domain as the error concealment scheme for the current frame based on a predetermined criteria when the error concealment in the frequency domain is selected, and concealing the error of the current frame using the selected scheme.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eun-mi OH, Ki-hyun Choo, Ho-sang Sung, Chang-yong Son, Jung-heo Kim, Kang-eun Lee
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Patent number: 8219393Abstract: An error concealment method and apparatus for an audio signal and a decoding method and apparatus for an audio signal using the error concealment method and apparatus. The error concealment method includes selecting one of an error concealment in a frequency domain and an error concealment in a time domain as an error concealment scheme for a current frame based on a predetermined criteria when an error occurs in the current frame, selecting one of a repetition scheme and an interpolation scheme in the frequency domain as the error concealment scheme for the current frame based on a predetermined criteria when the error concealment in the frequency domain is selected, and concealing the error of the current frame using the selected scheme.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eun-mi Oh, Ki-hyun Choo, Ho-sang Sung, Chang-yong Son, Jung-hoe Kim, Kang-eun Lee
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Patent number: 8129654Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasmatron structure for heating working gas in a DC arc discharge at the atmospheric or lowered pressures and can be used for different electronic, engineering, or vehicle-building industries and for medicine. An object of the invention is to provide improved effectiveness of process gas activation and increased completeness of plasma-chemical reactions. These objects are achieved in a DC arc plasmatron comprising a rod cathode, a nozzle anode having a body member and a through axial orifice, a power supply unit connected to both electrodes, and a gas system for feeding plasma-forming gas into inter-electrode space and supplying suitably selected technologic gas or gas mixture into the anode orifice through an internal opening communicating with said orifice and positioned between its inlet and outlet parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2006Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Cheju National University Industry Academic Cooperation FoundationInventors: Heon-Ju Lee, Yong-Son Mok, Valentin Anatolievich Riaby, Valdim Yu Plaksin
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Publication number: 20120025907Abstract: There is provided a power amplifier capable of supplying variable bias to an amplifier circuit by accurately transferring the envelope components of an input signal during the supply of active bias power to the amplifier circuit. The power amplifier includes: an envelope detector detecting an envelope of an input signal; a bias power generator including at least one P-type MOSFET and one N-type MOSFET connected to each other in an inverter manner between a driving power terminal supplying driving power having a preset voltage level and a reference bias power terminal supplying preset reference bias power to generate bias power varied according to detection results from the envelope detector; and an amplifier amplifying the input signal according to the bias power level from the bias power generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicants: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Bon Hoon KOO, Ki Yong SON, Song Cheol HONG, Gyu Suck KIM, Yoo Sam Na
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Publication number: 20120007674Abstract: There is provided a power amplifier reducing a gain mismatch in order to reduce a gain mismatch between an N MOS amplifier and a P MOS amplifier by cross-connecting outputs from a two-stage amplification unit in a power amplifier having amplification units with a stacked structure in which the N MOS amplifier and the P MOS amplifier are connected in series with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicants: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ki Yong SON, Bon Hoon KOO, Song Cheol HONG, Gyu Suck KIM, Yoo Sam NA
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Publication number: 20110313778Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal. According to the present application, a signal of a high frequency band above a preset frequency band is adaptively encoded or decoded in the time domain or in the frequency domain by using a signal of a low frequency band below the preset frequency band. As such, the sound quality of a high frequency signal is not deteriorate even when an audio signal is encoded or decoded by using a small number of bits and thus coding efficiency may be maximized.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Chang-yong Son, Eun-mi Oh, Ki-hyun Choo, Jung-hoe Kim
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Publication number: 20110305343Abstract: Provided is an audio data decoding system and method that may selectively transfer compressed audio data from a top system to at least one audio input buffer of a separately provided and/or separately power management controlled subsystem, restore the compressed audio data to digital pulse code modulation (PCM) data using an audio decoding unit of the subsystem, convert the digital PCM data to analog PCM data or an audio output signal, and output the converted audio output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kang Eun Lee, Do-Hyung Kim, Chang Yong Son
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Publication number: 20110304395Abstract: Disclosed is a power amplifier. A power amplifier according to an aspect of the invention may include: a first amplification section having a first N metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) amplifier and a second N MOS amplifier connected in a cascode configuration and amplifying an input signal; a second amplification section having a first P MOS amplifier and a second P MOS amplifier connected in a cascode configuration and amplifying the input signal; and a power combining section combining respective output signals of the first amplification section and the second amplification section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicants: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Bon Hoon KOO, Ki Yong SON, Song Cheol HONG, Gyu Suck KIM, Yoo Sam NA
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Patent number: 8050913Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing fixed codebooks as a common module are provided. In the method of implementing fixed codebooks of a plurality of speech codecs as a common module, it is possible to include only a part excluding fixed codebooks in a communication terminal or communication system, support various speech codecs without using a chip with high price and high performance, and reduce a memory space that is occupied by the speech codecs by generating a track of a fixed codebook corresponding to a speech codec based on information on the speech codec among the plurality of speech codecs and selecting a codebook vector corresponding to a target signal among codebook vectors constructed with combinations of pulses represented by the generated track. In addition, it is possible to reduce processing complexity as compared with a case of embodying the common fixed codebook module in software by embodying the common fixed codebook module in hardware.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kang-eun Lee, Do-hyung Kim, Chang-yong Son
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Publication number: 20110249761Abstract: Disclosed is a broadband wireless system which has a high bit resolution and a wide operating range, enables measurement and use of signal specifications such as an arrival time, strength, frequency, pulse width, modulation type of a signal, has a simple configuration with high reliability, and enables easy use of the processed signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventors: Won Gi Seo, Seock Yong Son, Dong Hwan Shin
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Patent number: 8010352Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal. According to the present application, a signal of a high frequency band above a preset frequency band is adaptively encoded or decoded in the time domain or in the frequency domain by using a signal of a low frequency band below the preset frequency band. As such, the sound quality of a high frequency signal is not deteriorate even when an audio signal is encoded or decoded by using a small number of bits and thus coding efficiency may be maximized.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang-yong Son, Eun-mi Oh, Ki-hyun Choo, Jung-hoe Kim