Patents by Inventor Yoon-Geon KIM

Yoon-Geon 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: 9985340
    Abstract: A body sensor, a system including the body sensor and a method of transmitting a biosignal are provided. A wearable body sensor includes a conductive electrode configured to conduct a biosignal from a body, a main board comprising a radio frequency (RF) communication circuit to generate an RF signal based on the biosignal, and an antenna disposed on the RF communication circuit to radiate the RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Jun Hong, Won Bin Hong, Byung Hoon Ko, Byung Chul Kim, Young Soo Kim, Yoon Geon Kim, Young Ju Lee, Jae Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 9972919
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, an antenna apparatus and an electronic device having the same are provided with a circuit board comprising a plurality of layers; and a plurality of via-holes formed in the plurality of layers, wherein the plurality of via-holes in one layer are arranged in one direction (“horizontal direction”) and the plurality of via-holes respectively line up with a plurality of via-holes in another layer, thereby forming a grid-type radiation member. The antenna apparatus and the electronic device having the same according to the present invention can be realized through various different embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Bin Hong, Kwang-Hyun Baek, Yoon-Geon Kim
  • Publication number: 20180096787
    Abstract: A coil arrangement structure supporting wireless communication and a method for operating the same in a wireless terminal are provided. The coil arrangement structure includes a closed-loop metal frame and a coil arranged asymmetrically within the metal frame. The coil is arranged such that a distance between an outer side of the coil and an inner side of the metal frame is not constant and the coil is arranged integrally on a front surface of a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Yoon-Geon KIM, Seung-Tae KO, Sang-Ho LIM, Won-Bin HONG
  • Patent number: 9831031
    Abstract: A coil arrangement structure supporting wireless communication and a method for operating the same in a wireless terminal are provided. The coil arrangement structure includes a closed-loop metal frame and a coil arranged asymmetrically within the metal frame. The coil is arranged such that a distance between an outer side of the coil and an inner side of the metal frame is not constant and the coil is arranged integrally on a front surface of a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-Geon Kim, Seung-Tae Ko, Sang-Ho Lim, Won-Bin Hong
  • Publication number: 20170309995
    Abstract: An electronic device that utilizes a display as an antenna is provided. The electronic device may include a display including a conductive layer, a signal power supply part electrically coupled to the conductive layer in order to utilize the conductive layer as an antenna radiator, and a substrate electrically connected to the signal power supply part so as to receive a signal of an antenna radiator of the conductive layer through the signal power supply part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Yoon-Geon KIM, Seung-Tae KO, Sang-Ho LIM, Dong-Kyu CHOI, Won-Bin HONG
  • Patent number: 9799959
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an antenna device may include: a board unit; a power feeding unit provided in the board unit; and radiation units connected to the power feeding unit to be fed with a power feeding signal. The radiation units may be provided to face each other within a width of the board unit along a periphery of the board unit. The device as described above may be implemented more variously according to embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Tae Ko, Yoon-Geon Kim, Kwang-Hyun Baek, Won-Bin Hong
  • Patent number: 9666954
    Abstract: Provided are an antenna device and a method for operating the antenna device. The antenna device includes a horizontal polarization antenna implemented on a first layer in a multi-layer circuit board and a vertical polarization antenna implemented on a plurality of second layers that are different from the first layer in the multi-layer circuit board, in which the horizontal polarization antenna and the vertical polarization antenna are stacked spaced apart from each other at an edge of a side of the multi-layer circuit board. The antenna device and the method for operating the antenna device may be implemented variously according to embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Tae Ko, Yoon-Geon Kim, Kwang-Hyun Baek, Won-Bin Hong
  • Publication number: 20170141466
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present invention relates to an antenna structure for signal radiation in a transmission device. An apparatus for signal radiation includes a feeding unit configured to radiate a signal, and a guiding unit, that consists of a plurality of elements physically spaced from one another, configured to adjust a radiation pattern of the signal radiated by the feeding unit by generating a radio wave in a Transverse Electric (TE) mode. Further, the present invention also includes embodiments different from the above-described embodiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Won-Bin HONG, Yoon-Geon KIM
  • Patent number: 9652073
    Abstract: Provided are various embodiments related to an electronic device including an antenna device. According to an embodiment, an antenna device embedded in a display includes a film member provided between a plurality of display layers and multiple antenna portions including mesh-grid regions provided on the film member, in which a gap is formed between the multiple antenna portions such that the mesh-grid regions are discontinuously disposed in a spaced-apart relation. Other embodiments may also be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Ho Lim, Seung-Tae Ko, Yoon-Geon Kim, Won-Bin Hong
  • Publication number: 20170117093
    Abstract: A coil arrangement structure supporting wireless communication and a method for operating the same in a wireless terminal are provided. The coil arrangement structure includes a closed-loop metal frame and a coil arranged asymmetrically within the metal frame. The coil is arranged such that a distance between an outer side of the coil and an inner side of the metal frame is not constant and the coil is arranged integrally on a front surface of a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Yoon-Geon KIM, Seung-Tae KO, Sang-Ho LIM, Won-Bin HONG
  • Publication number: 20170093021
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing formed of a conductive material and a coil adjacent to the housing. The coil is configured to generate a flow of current along a first direction, and the coil may be electrically connected with the housing to generate a flow of current in a direction parallel with the first direction from a portion of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yoon-Geon KIM, Seung-Tae KO, Sang-Ho LIM, Won-Bin HONG
  • Publication number: 20170069958
    Abstract: An antenna device and an electronic device that includes the same are provided. The devices may each include a radiation conductor formed on a circuit board constituted by multiple layers, the radiation conductor being constituted by an electrically conductive pattern formed on at least one of the multiple layers constituting the circuit board or by a combination of electrically conductive patterns formed on the multiple layers, a ground conductor disposed on the circuit board to supply reference potential for the radiation conductor, a feeding line disposed on the circuit board to supply power to the radiation conductor, and a dummy conductor disposed on the circuit board, and the dummy conductor may be mounted to make contact with, or to be adjacent to, at least one of the radiation conductor, the ground conductor, and the feeding line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Seung-Tae KO, Yoon-Geon KIM, Kwang-Hyun BAEK, Won-Bin HONG
  • Publication number: 20170033451
    Abstract: A power supply device for an internal antenna of a display is provided. The power supply device includes at least two coils configured to be separated by a predetermined interval and a power supply terminal of the at least two coils to connect the at least two coils in parallel. An integrated circuit (IC) includes the power supply terminal of the at least two coils connects the at least two coils in parallel and supplies a current to the at least two coils through the included power supply terminal. Phases of the current flowing in the at least two coils are the same due to the current supplied by the IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Sang-Ho LIM, Seung-Tae KO, Yoon-Geon KIM, Won-Bin HONG
  • Publication number: 20160351634
    Abstract: Display devices are provided. The first display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged with an interval therebetween; and an antenna radiator configured with one or more conductors that are arranged between the plurality of pixels. The second display device includes a substrate; a plurality of light emitting parts arranged on the substrate with an interval therebetween; and an antenna radiator configured with one or more conductors that are arranged between the substrate and the light emitting parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Sang-Ho LIM, Seung-Tae KO, Yoon-Geon KIM, Won-Bin HONG
  • Publication number: 20160294052
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide an antenna device, which comprises: a radiator for receiving a power supply signal; multiple tuning units disposed adjacently to or on the radiator, wherein the tuning units are short-circuited to the radiator or adjacent tuning units are selectively short-circuited to each other. The antenna device as described above can be variously implemented according to embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Kwang-Hyun BAEK, Seung-Tae KO, Yoon-Geon KIM, Won-Bin HONG
  • Publication number: 20160211586
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, an antenna apparatus and an electronic device having the same are provided with a circuit board comprising a plurality of layers; and a plurality of via-holes formed in the plurality of layers, wherein the plurality of via-holes in one layer are arranged in one direction (“horizontal direction”) and the plurality of via-holes respectively line up with a plurality of via-holes in another layer, thereby forming a grid-type radiation member. The antenna apparatus and the electronic device having the same according to the present invention can be realized through various different embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Won-Bin HONG, Kwang-Hyun BAEK, Yoon-Geon KIM
  • Publication number: 20160190678
    Abstract: Provided are an antenna device and an electronic device including the same. The antenna device includes a dielectric substrate formed of a transparent material, a mesh grid comprising conducting wires formed on at least one of the plurality of surfaces of the dielectric substrate, a first portion of the mesh grid having a radiation conductor formed by a first plurality of the conducting wires, and a second portion of the mesh grid having a dummy pattern formed by a second plurality of conducting wires, in which the dummy pattern includes at least one discontinuous portions in which portions of the second conducting wires are opened to electrically open the first portion forming the radiation conductor from the mesh grid less the first portion, and the first conducting wires are formed to have a line width that is different from a line width of the second conducting wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Won-Bin HONG, Seung-Tae KO, Yoon-Geon KIM, Sang-Ho LIM
  • Publication number: 20160134008
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an antenna device may include: a base substrate; a mesh grid formed by transparent electrodes on at least one surface of the base substrate; and a power feeding port connected to the mesh grid to provide a power feeding signal. At least a part of the mesh grid may form a radiation element with at least one of the power feeding signal indicative of direct feeding, and the power feeding signal indicative of coupled feeding indirectly. Since the radiation element may be configured by forming the mesh grid using a transparent conductive material, the antenna device may be easily concealed. Even if the antenna device is attached to, for example, a window glass of a vehicle or a window of a building, the antenna device may contribute to the removal of a shadow region while sufficiently securing the visibility of the glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Yoon-Geon KIM, Seung-Tae KO, Sang-Ho LIM, Won-Bin HONG
  • Publication number: 20160126614
    Abstract: Provided are various embodiments related to an electronic device including an antenna device. According to an embodiment, an antenna device embedded in a display includes a film member provided between a plurality of display layers and multiple antenna portions including mesh-grid regions provided on the film member, in which a gap is formed between the multiple antenna portions such that the mesh-grid regions are discontinuously disposed in a spaced-apart relation. Other embodiments may also be possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Sang-Ho LIM, Seung-Tae KO, Yoon-Geon KIM, Won-Bin HONG
  • Publication number: 20160093939
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an antenna device implemented in a display device may comprise a dielectric layer provided in the display device, an antenna area disposed in a surface of the dielectric layer provided in a transparent area of the display device and having at least one or more antenna patterns transmitting or receiving an electromagnetic wave through a plurality of conductive grids, a power feeding area provided in at least one of the transparent area and an opaque area of the display device and having a power feeding pattern providing a signal current to the antenna pattern through the plurality of conductive grids, and a transmission line portion connecting a substrate portion provided in the display device with the power feeding pattern. Further, the antenna device according to the present disclosure may also be implemented in other various embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Yoon-Geon KIM, Won-Bin HONG, Seung-Tae KO