Patents by Inventor Youn-Sik CHOI

Youn-Sik CHOI 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: 20240086603
    Abstract: A method of reinforcement learning of a neural network device for generating a verification vector for verifying a circuit design comprising a circuit block includes inputting a test vector to the circuit block, generating one or more rewards based on a coverage corresponding to the test vector, the coverage being determined based on a state transition of the circuit block based on the test vector, and applying the one or more rewards to a reinforcement learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD.
    Inventors: In HUH, Jeong-hoon KO, Hyo-jin CHOI, Seung-ju KIM, Chang-wook JEONG, Joon-wan CHAI, Kwang-II PARK, Youn-sik PARK, Hyun-sun PARK, Young-min OH, Jun-haeng LEE, Tae-ho LEE
  • Patent number: 11789515
    Abstract: A system on chip (SoC) includes a plurality of intellectual property (IP) blocks and a clock management unit (CMU) configured to perform clock gating on at least one of the IP blocks. The IP blocks and the CMU interface with one another using a full handshake method. The full handshake method may include at least one of the IP blocks sending a request signal to the CMU to begin providing a clock signal or to stop providing the clock signal, and the CMU sending an acknowledgement signal to the corresponding IP block in response to receipt of the request signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Gon Lee, Ah Chan Kim, Jin Ook Song, Jae Young Lee, Youn Sik Choi
  • Publication number: 20220261061
    Abstract: A system on chip (SoC) includes a plurality of intellectual property (IP) blocks and a clock management unit (CMU) configured to perform clock gating on at least one of the IP blocks. The IP blocks and the CMU interface with one another using a full handshake method. The full handshake method may include at least one of the IP blocks sending a request signal to the CMU to begin providing a clock signal or to stop providing the clock signal, and the CMU sending an acknowledgement signal to the corresponding IP block in response to receipt of the request signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: JAE GON LEE, AH CHAN KIM, JIN OOK SONG, JAE YOUNG LEE, YOUN SIK CHOI
  • Patent number: 11340685
    Abstract: A system on chip (SoC) includes a plurality of intellectual property (IP) blocks and a clock management unit (CMU) configured to perform clock gating on at least one of the IP blocks. The IP blocks and the CMU interface with one another using a full handshake method. The full handshake method may include at least one of the IP blocks sending a request signal to the CMU to begin providing a clock signal or to stop providing the clock signal, and the CMU sending an acknowledgement signal to the corresponding IP block in response to receipt of the request signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Gon Lee, Ah Chan Kim, Jin Ook Song, Jae Young Lee, Youn Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 11275708
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the clock management circuitry includes a first master clock controller configured to provide a first command to a first slave clock controller via a first channel based on a received first clock request. The clock management circuitry also includes the first slave clock controller configured to control outputting a first clock signal based on the first command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-yeon Jeon, Jae-Gon Lee, Youn-Sik Choi, Min-joung Lee, Jin-ook Song
  • Publication number: 20210247834
    Abstract: A system on chip (SoC) includes a plurality of intellectual property (IP) blocks and a clock management unit (CMU) configured to perform clock gating on at least one of the IP blocks. The IP blocks and the CMU interface with one another using a full handshake method. The full handshake method may include at least one of the IP blocks sending a request signal to the CMU to begin providing a clock signal or to stop providing the clock signal, and the CMU sending an acknowledgement signal to the corresponding IP block in response to receipt of the request signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: JAE GON LEE, AH CHAN KIM, JIN OOK SONG, JAE YOUNG LEE, YOUN SIK CHOI
  • Patent number: 10969854
    Abstract: A system on chip (SoC) includes a plurality of intellectual property (IP) blocks and a clock management unit (CMU) configured to perform clock gating on at least one of the IP blocks. The IP blocks and the CMU interface with one another using a full handshake method. The full handshake method may include at least one of the IP blocks sending a request signal to the CMU to begin providing a clock signal or to stop providing the clock signal, and the CMU sending an acknowledgement signal to the corresponding IP block in response to receipt of the request signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Gon Lee, Ah Chan Kim, Jin Ook Song, Jae Young Lee, Youn Sik Choi
  • Publication number: 20210073166
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the clock management circuitry includes a first master clock controller configured to provide a first command to a first slave clock controller via a first channel based on a received first clock request. The clock management circuitry also includes the first slave clock controller configured to control outputting a first clock signal based on the first command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-yeon JEON, Jae-Gon LEE, Youn-Sik CHOI, Min-joung LEE, Jin-ook SONG
  • Patent number: 10901452
    Abstract: A system-on-chip (SoC) comprises a clock management unit (CMU) including a first clock generator and a second clock generator, the first and second clock generators being configured to generate clock signals. The SoC comprises at least one logic block configured to request the clock signals from the CMU according to a full handshake method and receive the clock signals from the CMU in response to the request. The first clock generator and the second clock generator are configured to communicate according to the full handshake method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youn-Sik Choi, Jin-Ook Song, Ho-Yeon Jeon, Jae-Gon Lee
  • Patent number: 10853304
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the clock management circuitry includes a first master clock controller configured to provide a first command to a first slave clock controller via a first channel based on a received first clock request. The clock management circuitry also includes the first slave clock controller configured to control outputting a first clock signal based on the first command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-yeon Jeon, Jae-Gon Lee, Youn-Sik Choi, Min-joung Lee, Jin-ook Song
  • Publication number: 20200089310
    Abstract: A mobile system includes a SOC and PMIC. The SOC includes a first signal processing circuit and a second signal processing circuit, and generates a dynamic voltage scaling (DVS) control signal based on operating states of the first signal processing circuit and the second signal processing circuit. The PMIC generates a supply voltage whose magnitude is controlled in response to the DVS control signal, and provides the supply voltage to the first signal processing circuit and the second signal processing circuit through a single power rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: JUNGHUN HEO, MYUNGCHUL CHO, YOUN-SIK CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190361837
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the clock management circuitry includes a first master clock controller configured to provide a first command to a first slave clock controller via a first channel based on a received first clock request. The clock management circuitry also includes the first slave clock controller configured to control outputting a first clock signal based on the first command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HO-YEON JEON, JAE-GON LEE, YOUN-SIK CHOI, MIN-JOUNG LEE, JIN-OOK SONG
  • Patent number: 10488913
    Abstract: A mobile system includes a SOC and PMIC. The SOC includes a first signal processing circuit and a second signal processing circuit, and generates a dynamic voltage scaling (DVS) control signal based on operating states of the first signal processing circuit and the second signal processing circuit. The PMIC generates a supply voltage whose magnitude is controlled in response to the DVS control signal, and provides the supply voltage to the first signal processing circuit and the second signal processing circuit through a single power rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junghun Heo, Myungchul Cho, Youn-Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 10475501
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first serializer configured to collect at least one event in a first domain to generate a first serial data stream and transmit the first serial data stream periodically at a first period, a first de-serializer configured to receive the first serial data stream to restore the first serial data stream into first parallel data streams, the first parallel data stream encoding first parallel data items, a timer configured to provide a clock signal having a second period, a direct memory access (DMA) configured to capture the first parallel data items periodically at a second period using the clock signal to generate capture data items, and a first memory configured to store the capture data items. The addresses of the first memory at which the respective capture data items are stored are arranged in an order that the respective capture data items are captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-Yeon Jeon, Ah Chan Kim, Min Joung Lee, Youn-Sik Choi
  • Publication number: 20190339732
    Abstract: A system-on-chip (SoC) comprises a clock management unit (CMU) including a first clock generator and a second clock generator, the first and second clock generators being configured to generate clock signals. The SoC comprises at least one logic block configured to request the clock signals from the CMU according to a full handshake method and receive the clock signals from the CMU in response to the request. The first clock generator and the second clock generator are configured to communicate according to the full handshake method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youn-Sik CHOI, Jin-Ook SONG, Ho-Yeon JEON, Jae-Gon LEE
  • Patent number: 10430372
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the clock management circuitry includes a first master clock controller configured to provide a first command to a first slave clock controller via a first channel based on a received first clock request. The clock management circuitry also includes the first slave clock controller configured to control outputting a first clock signal based on the first command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-yeon Jeon, Jae-gon Lee, Youn-sik Choi, Min-joung Lee, Jin-ook Song
  • Publication number: 20190278357
    Abstract: A system on chip (SoC) includes a plurality of intellectual property (IP) blocks and a clock management unit (CMU) configured to perform clock gating on at least one of the IP blocks. The IP blocks and the CMU interface with one another using a full handshake method. The full handshake method may include at least one of the IP blocks sending a request signal to the CMU to begin providing a clock signal or to stop providing the clock signal, and the CMU sending an acknowledgement signal to the corresponding IP block in response to receipt of the request signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: JAE GON LEE, AH CHAN KIM, JIN OOK SONG, JAE YOUNG LEE, YOUN SIK CHOI
  • Patent number: 10382659
    Abstract: A surveillance camera system includes a camera portion; a base portion supporting the camera portion to be rotatable, and including a main circuit board; a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connecting the camera portion to the main circuit board, and including a first end portion connected to the camera portion, a second end portion connected to the main circuit board, and a conductive line extension portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion, wherein a plurality of slits are arranged in the conductive line extension portion; and a first binding member and a second binding member respectively surrounding a part of the conductive line extension portion and being spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youn Sik Choi, Chang Bok Lee, Mee Jee Jeong
  • Patent number: 10372156
    Abstract: A system-on-chip (SoC) comprises a clock management unit (CMU) including a first clock generator and a second clock generator, the first and second clock generators being configured to generate clock signals. The SoC comprises at least one logic block configured to request the clock signals from the CMU according to a full handshake method and receive the clock signals from the CMU in response to the request. The first clock generator and the second clock generator are configured to communicate according to the full handshake method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youn-Sik Choi, Jin-Ook Song, Ho-Yeon Jeon, Jae-Gon Lee
  • Patent number: 10296065
    Abstract: A system on chip (SoC) includes a plurality of intellectual property (IP) blocks and a clock management unit (CMU) configured to perform clock gating on at least one of the IP blocks. The IP blocks and the CMU interface with one another using a full handshake method. The full handshake method may include at least one of the IP blocks sending a request signal to the CMU to begin providing a clock signal or to stop providing the clock signal, and the CMU sending an acknowledgement signal to the corresponding IP block in response to receipt of the request signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Gon Lee, Ah Chan Kim, Jin Ook Song, Jae Young Lee, Youn Sik Choi