Patents by Inventor Yong Soo Kim

Yong Soo 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: 20060001115
    Abstract: A gate structure of a semiconductor memory device capable of preventing a poly void generation by forming a hard mask and maintaining a hysteresis area within a certain value. The gate structure of the semiconductor memory device includes: a gate insulation layer formed on a semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode formed on the gate insulation layer, wherein the gate electrode is formed by stacking a polysilicon layer and a metal layer; and a hard mask formed on the gate electrode, wherein a hysteresis area between the hard mask and the gate electrode materials is a equal to or less than approximately 2×1012° C.-dyne/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Hong-Seon Yang, Se-Aug Jang, Yong-Soo Kim, Kwan-Yong Lim, Heung-Jae Cho, Jae-Geun Oh
  • Patent number: 6971199
    Abstract: A structure for supporting a sign board is disclosed. The structure includes: a post clamp having a pair of arched clamping bands which are hingedly coupled and joined to each other by a fastening element, at least one clamping band having a pillar; a hanger having a socket pipe joined to the pillar of the post clamp, a support bar inserted into the socket pipe and joined by a fastening element, the support bar having an axial coupling groove; at least one connector having a first coupling plate with a coupling bulge adapted to be fitted into the coupling groove of the support bar and with a first arched hinge holder, and a second coupling plate coupled to the first coupling plate having a second arched hinge holder; and a sign board having a coupling bulge and a guide slot through which the hinge holders of the connector pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Hanyang Frame Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 6936529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a gate electrode of a semiconductor device with a double hard mask capable of preventing an abnormal oxidation of a metal layer included in the gate electrode and suppressing stress generation. The method includes the steps of: forming a gate insulation layer on a substrate; forming a gate layer structure containing at least a metal layer on the gate insulation layer; forming a hard mask oxide layer on the gate layer structure at a temperature lower than an oxidation temperature of the metal layer; forming a hard mask nitride layer on the hard mask oxide layer; patterning the hard mask oxide layer and the hard mask nitride layer as a double hard mask for forming the gate electrode; and forming the gate electrode by etching the gate layer structure with use of the double hard mask as an etch mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Kwan-Yong Lim, Heung-Jae Cho, Jung-Ho Lee, Se-Aug Jang, Yong-Soo Kim, Byung-Seop Hong, Jae-Geun Oh, Hong-Seon Yang, Hyun-Chul Sohn
  • Patent number: 6898882
    Abstract: A signboard device exhibiting information regarding roads, buildings or street names is disclosed. The device includes a post having a plurality of fitting grooves at its outer surface; a base joined to a concrete foundation, the base having a post-seating stepped recesses comprised of two concentric recesses; a post cover unit comprised a lower cover, a cylindrical intermediate cover and an upper cover; a signboard unit comprised of a signboard frame assembly and a pair of signboards attached to the stepped lines of the signboard frame assembly; and a stopper for fixing the signboard frame assembly to the post. The device enables one or more signboards to be easily installed on a post, and has excellent structural strength and an adaptable appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Hanyang Frame Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20050082846
    Abstract: The tailgate handle apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed, wherein the tailgate handle apparatus is hidden in a tailgate having an upper panel and a lower panel both mounted in a vertical manner to give the tailgate a refined appearance. The tailgate handle apparatus is structured in a simple manner to give reliability in its operation and reduce the manufacturing cost of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventor: Yong-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 6880279
    Abstract: A structure for supporting a sign board is disclosed. The structure includes: a post clamp having a pair of arched clamping bands which are hingedly coupled and joined to each other by a fastening element, at least one clamping band having a pillar; a hanger having a socket pipe joined to the pillar of the post clamp, a support bar inserted into the socket pipe and joined by a fastening element, the support bar having an axial coupling groove; at least one connector having a first coupling plate with a coupling bulge adapted to be fitted into the coupling groove of the support bar and with a first arched hinge holder, and a second coupling plate coupled to the first coupling plate having a second arched hinge holder; and a sign board having a coupling bulge and a guide slot through which the hinge holders of the connector pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Hanyang Frame Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 6839996
    Abstract: A traffic sign device is disclosed. The device includes a post clamp having at least two arched clamping bands, which are hingedly coupled to each other at their adjacent ends and joined to each other by a fastening element at their free ends to be installed on a post; a support bar having a socket pipe radially joined to an outer surface of one of the clamping bands, the socket pipe being axially provided with at least a joint hole, and a movable pipe slidably inserted into the socket pipe, the movable pipe being axially provided with a plurality of spaced holes in order to set the outward extent of the movable pipe; a sign board having an annular band frame with its peripheral edges being formed coupling grooves, and a front and rear covers with a skirt formed along the peripheral edge of the covers to be fitted into the coupling grooves; and a coupling unit for concentrically coupling the free end of the movable pipe to the center portion of the rear cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Hanyang Frame Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20040266204
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for patterning a metal wire of a semiconductor device capable of preventing an incidence of abnormal oxidation of a metal layer during a patterning of a gate electrode, a bit line or a metal lining as simultaneously as being capable of proceeding a lithography process easily. The method includes the steps of: forming stack layers having at least a metal layer as an upper most layer on a substrate; forming an anti-reflective coating layer on the stack layers by employing an atomic layer deposition technique; forming a photoresist pattern on the anti-reflective coating layer; patterning the anti-reflective coating layer by using the photoresist pattern as an etch mask; and forming a metal wire by etching the stack layers with use of the patterned anti-reflective coating layer as an etch mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Kwan-Yong Lim, Heung-Jae Cho, Jung-Ho Lee, Se-Aug Jang, Yong-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20040266154
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for fabricating a transistor with a polymetal gate electrode structure. The method includes the steps of: forming a gate insulation layer on a substrate; forming a patterned gate stack structure on the gate insulation layer, wherein the patterned stack structure includes a polysilicon layer as a bottom layer and a metal layer as an upper layer; forming a silicon oxide-based capping layer along a profile containing the patterned gate stack structure and on the gate insulation layer at a predetermined temperature that prevents oxidation of the metal layer; and performing a gate re-oxidation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Kwan-Yong Lim, Byung-Seop Hong, Heung-Jae Cho, Jung-Ho Lee, Jae-Geun Oh, Yong-Soo Kim, Se-Aug Jang, Hong-Seon Yang, Hyun-Chul Sohn
  • Publication number: 20040266151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a gate electrode of a semiconductor device with a double hard mask capable of preventing an abnormal oxidation of a metal layer included in the gate electrode and suppressing stress generation. The method includes the steps of: forming a gate insulation layer on a substrate; forming a gate layer structure containing at least a metal layer on the gate insulation layer; forming a hard mask oxide layer on the gate layer structure at a temperature lower than an oxidation temperature of the metal layer; forming a hard mask nitride layer on the hard mask oxide layer; patterning the hard mask oxide layer and the hard mask nitride layer as a double hard mask for forming the gate electrode; and forming the gate electrode by etching the gate layer structure with use of the double hard mask as an etch mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Kwan-Yong Lim, Heung-Jae Cho, Jung-Ho Lee, Se-Aug Jang, Yong-Soo Kim, Byung-Seop Hong, Jae-Geun Ho, Hong-Seon Yang, Hyun-Chul Sohn
  • Patent number: 6829853
    Abstract: A traffic sign device is disclosed. The device includes a post clamp mounted on a post installed on a roadside, a support bar radially coupled to an outer surface of the post clamp to be horizontally positioned, and a sign board coupled to one end of the support bar for exhibiting a desired road sign. The post clamp includes a pair of arched clamping bands hingedly coupled to each other. The support bar includes a socket pipe joined to the post clamp by welding, and a movable pipe slidably inserted into the socket pipe with its one end joined to the sign board. A bolt is fixed to the socket pipe through joint holes formed therein to secure the movable pipe at a desired position. The sign board includes a barrel-shaped band frame having a coupling slot through which the free end of the support bar passes and being fixed therein. Since the joint portion is positioned inside the sign board, coupling part in the sign board is effectively prevented from being exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Hanyang Frame Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20040126983
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming a capacitor in a semiconductor device. Particularly, an aluminum oxide (Al2O3) layer deposited by using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process is used for the capacitor. The inventive method for forming the capacitor, including; forming a lower electrode constituted with a poly-silicon layer on a semiconductor substrate a predetermined process on which a predetermined process has been completed; forming a uniform silicon oxide layer on the lower electrode; forming an aluminum oxide (Al2O3) film on the silicon oxide layer by performing an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process; and crystallizing the Al2O3 film by carrying out a heat treatment process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventor: Yong-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 6699398
    Abstract: A process for gas-phase etching of actinide oxides from a substrate by using plasma power comprising the steps of: a) preheating actinide oxides on the substrate within a process chamber filled with fluorine-containing gas and exposing it to plasma power, and subsequently b) etching actinide oxides from the substrate using a plasma gas-phase reactant system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Hanyang Hak Won Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20040031178
    Abstract: A signboard device exhibiting information regarding roads, buildings or street names is disclosed. The device includes a post having a plurality of fitting grooves at its outer surface; a base joined to a concrete foundation, the base having a post-seating stepped recess comprised of two concentric recesses into which a lower end of the post is seated, and the base having a plurality of radial support plates around the post-seating recess to support the post; a post cover unit, having a lower cover surrounding the support plates of the base, a cylindrical intermediate cover coupled to an upper end of the lower cover, and an upper cover coupled to an upper end of the intermediate cover; a signboard unit comprised of a signboard frame assembly having a protrusion to be fitted into the fitting grooves of the post and having stepped lines, and a pair of signboards attached to the stepped lines of the signboard frame assembly; and a stopper for fixing the signboard frame assembly to the post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventor: Yong Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20030213153
    Abstract: A traffic sign device is disclosed. The device includes a post clamp having at least two arched clamping bands, which are hingedly coupled to each other at their adjacent ends and joined to each other by a fastening element at their free ends to be installed on a post; a support bar having a socket pipe radially joined to an outer surface of one of the clamping bands, the socket pipe being axially provided with at least a joint hole, and a movable pipe slidably inserted into the socket pipe, the movable pipe being axially provided with a plurality of spaced holes in order to set the outward extent of the movable pipe; a sign board having an annular band frame with its peripheral edges being formed coupling grooves, and a front and rear covers with a skirt formed along the peripheral edge of the covers to be fitted into the coupling grooves; and a coupling unit for concentrically coupling the free end of the movable pipe to the center portion of the rear cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventor: Yong Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20030213152
    Abstract: A traffic sign device is disclosed. The device includes a post clamp mounted on a post installed on a roadside, a support bar radially coupled to an outer surface of the post clamp to be horizontally positioned, and a sign board coupled to one end of the support bar for exhibiting a desired road sign. The post clamp includes a pair of arched clamping bands hingedly coupled to each other. The support bar includes a socket pipe joined to the post clamp by welding, and a movable pipe slidably inserted into the socket pipe with its one end joined to the sign board. A bolt is fixed to the socket pipe through joint holes formed therein to secure the movable pipe at a desired position. The sign board includes a barrel-shaped band frame having a coupling slot through which the free end of the support bar passes and being fixed therein. Since the joint portion is positioned inside the sign board, coupling part in the sign board is effectively prevented from being exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventor: Yong Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 6568033
    Abstract: A hinge structure of a trunk lid for an automobile adapted to prevent a user from being hurt by a closing trunk lid due to a weakened resilience of an aged torsion bar, is provided. The structure includes a hinge bracket fixed to a package tray at a body, a hinge arm rotatably supported at one side thereof to the hinge bracket and fixed at the other side thereof to a bottom side of the trunk lid and a torsion bar mounted between the hinge arm and the hinge bracket for receiving resilience in a direction in which the hinge arm is opened. The structure also includes a guide bracket integrally formed with the hinge bracket having a trace on which the hinge arm moves, and multi-stage control structure mounted between the guide bracket and the hinge arm for resiliently controlling a position of the hinge arm at multi-stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Yong-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 6550731
    Abstract: A device capable of firmly mounting a sign of direction to a post is disclosed. A cylindrical connector is fitted into the top end of the post, while an annular locking member is fitted over the connector. The locking member has a plurality of longitudinal locking grooves on its external surface at regularly spaced positions. The locking grooves individually have a T-shaped cross-section. A sign holder is slidably and detachably locked to the locking grooves of the locking member and is used for holding the sign on the post. The sign holder is provided with both a slide insert part and a sign holding part, thus being locked to the locking member at the insert part and holding the sign at the sign holding part. A plurality of longitudinal locking grooves may be directly formed on the external surface of the post in place of a separate locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Inventor: Yong Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20030070336
    Abstract: A structure for supporting a sign board is disclosed. The structure includes: a post clamp having a pair of arched clamping bands which are hingedly coupled and joined to each other by a fastening element, at least one clamping band having a pillar; a hanger having a socket pipe joined to the pillar of the post clamp, a support bar inserted into the socket pipe and joined by a fastening element, the support bar having an axial coupling groove; at least one connector having a first coupling plate with a coupling bulge adapted to be fitted into the coupling groove of the support bar and with a first arched hinge holder, and a second coupling plate coupled to the first coupling plate having a second arched hinge holder; and a sign board having a coupling bulge and a guide slot through which the hinge holders of the connector pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventor: Yong Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 6514841
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gate structure for use in a semiconductor device including the steps of sequentially forming a gate oxide layer, a polysilicon layer, a tungsten layer and a nitride layer on top of a semiconductor substrate, patterning the nitride layer, the tungsten layer, the polysilicon layer and the gate oxide layer into a predetermined configuration, and carrying out a rapid thermal annealing (RTA) in an NH3 ambient, thereby forming a diffusion barrier layer between a patterned tungsten layer and a patterned polysilicon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Soo Kim, Su-Jin Oh