Samsung Electronics Patents

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a Korean electronics manufacturer and a part of the Samsung Group. Samsung Electronics manufactures and sells consumer electronics, including cell phones, televisions, tablets, digital cameras, computers, home appliances and home theater and audio components.

Samsung Electronics Patents by Type
  • Publication number: 20210105464
    Abstract: Provided are a video decoding method and a video decoding device, which, during video encoding and decoding processes, obtain most probable mode (MPM) information indicating whether to use MPMs of a current block determined based on at least two of a prediction mode of a left neighboring block adjacent to a left side of the current block, a prediction mode of an upper neighboring block adjacent to an upper side of the current block, and a right neighboring block adjacent to a right side of the current block, obtain extended intra mode set information indicating whether to use an extended intra mode set configured based on the MPMs, and determine an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the MPM information and the extended intra mode set information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae CHOI, Bora JIN, Yinji PIAO, Minwoo PARK
  • Publication number: 20210104672
    Abstract: A coating composition includes a graphene oxide and a solvent. At least one of a carboxyl group and an epoxide group of the graphene oxide is functionalized by an amine. The amine has an activation energy to an epoxide group of the graphene oxide of about ?3 kcal/mol to about 8 kcal/mol. A method of forming a stacked structure using the coating composition is provided. A method of manufacturing a display device using the coating composition is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicants: Samsung Display Co., LTD., DONGJIN SEMICHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Kyun SHIN, Dong Kyun SEO, Jun Ho SIM, Woo Jin CHO, Byung Hoon KANG, Seung Jun MOON, Sun Chan PARK, Hee Won SEO, Ji Eun CHO, Kyu Soon SHIN
  • Publication number: 20210104898
    Abstract: A battery charging method and corresponding apparatus include charging a battery based on an initial charging operation, and verifying whether a change event, with respect to a charging operation, occurs based on the charging of the battery. The battery charging method and corresponding apparatus also include changing the charging operation to an adjusted charging operation in response to verifying that the change event, with respect to the charging operation, occurs. The change event includes a physical quantity event in which a physical quantity of the battery sensed during a charging rest time of the initial charging operation is greater than or equal to a threshold physical quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daeryong JUNG
  • Publication number: 20210105465
    Abstract: Provided are a video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus which determine whether to use a Most Probable Mode (MPM) list, based on encoding information of a current block, obtain, from a bitstream, intra prediction mode index information indicating one of candidate intra prediction modes included in the MPM list, and determine an intra prediction mode of the current block by using the obtained intra prediction mode index information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae CHOI, Minwoo PARK, Chanyul KIM, Minsoo PARK, Yumi SOHN, Seungsoo JEONG, Kiho CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Anish TAMSE, Yinji PIAO
  • Publication number: 20210105068
    Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes: an optical communication interface configured to communicate with an electronic device through an optical cable; and a processor for, when an optical signal including at least one signal among an image signal and a sound signal is received from the electronic device through the optical communication interface, measuring a strength of the received optical signal, and controlling an operation of the display apparatus related to a state of the optical cable, on the basis of the measured strength of the optical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jaewoong JUNG
  • Publication number: 20210105578
    Abstract: A location-aware electronic device is provided. The electronic device trains feature extraction layers, reconstruction layers, and classification layers. The training may be based on a reconstruction loss and/or a clustering loss. The electronic device processes a fingerprint to obtain an augmented fingerprint using randomization based on statistics of the fingerprint. The feature extraction layers provide feature data to both the reconstruction layers and the classification layers. The classification layers operate on the codes to obtain an estimated location label. An application processor operates on the estimated location label to provide a location-aware application result to a person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xi CHEN, Hang Li, Chenyi ZHOU, Xue LIU, Di WU, Gregory L. Dudek
  • Publication number: 20210104588
    Abstract: A display device includes a base substrate including a display area and a non-display area around the display area are defined, a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the base substrate, a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer, a first semiconductor layer disposed on the second interlayer insulating layer and including an oxide, and a first gate insulating layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, wherein the material of the first interlayer insulating layer and the material of the second interlayer insulating layer are different from each other. Methods of manufacturing a display device are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hye HAN, Chul Min BAE, Chang Ok KIM
  • Publication number: 20210105430
    Abstract: An audio-visual system may include a housing comprising an open upper end and a storage space, an audio-visual device installed inside the housing and exposable through the open upper end, and a lifting device configured to expose or store the audio-visual device inside the housing through the open upper end. The audio-visual device may include a display, a speaker, and a processor configured to control the audio-visual system to operate in a first mode for outputting media art content while the display is stored in the housing according to a first event, operate in a second mode for outputting audio content through the speaker while part of the display is exposed through the open upper end according to a second event, and operate in a third mode for outputting a visual content while the entire display is exposed through the open upper end according to a third event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ha-Na KIM, Jee-hoon PARK, Hyun-yong CHOI, You-na CHOO, Soo-hyun WHANG
  • Publication number: 20210104651
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate and a display element layer disposed on the substrate and emitting light. The display element layer includes a first electrode electrically connected to a portion of a first light emitting element, a second electrode electrically connected to another portion of the first light emitting element, and at least one insulating structure disposed on the substrate and having a convex shape protruding from the substrate. The first light emitting element is disposed in a space of the at least one insulating structure. A method of manufacturing the display device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Soo Bae, Dong Uk Kim, Beom Soo Park, Min Jeong Oh, Young Je Cho
  • Publication number: 20210104381
    Abstract: A gas supply assembly for a substrate processing apparatus includes a gas introduction part, a gas distribution plate connected to the gas introduction part, the gas distribution plate including a plurality of through holes, and a shower head disposed under the gas distribution plate, the shower head including a plurality of distribution holes in fluid communication with the plurality of through holes. One through hole is in fluid communication with at least two distribution holes, and each of the plurality of distribution holes has a first diameter and a second diameter differing from each other in the shower head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kangmin JEON, Dougyong SUNG, Jongwoo SUN, Minkyu SUNG, Kimoon JUNG, Seongha JEONG, Ungyo JUNG, Jewoo HAN
  • Publication number: 20210104622
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, the first and the second regions being disposed in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate; an etch-stop layer disposed on the first region and the second region; a separation layer disposed on an upper portion of the etch-stop layer, the separation layer being disposed on the first region; a high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) element disposed on an upper portion of the separation layer in a second direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate; a light-emitting element disposed on the second region between the substrate and the etch-stop layer; and a plurality of first insulating patterns covering side surfaces of the HEMT element, the plurality of first insulating patterns extending to the etch-stop layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinjoo Park, Junhee Choi, Kiho Kong, Joohun Han, Nakhyun Kim, Junghun Park
  • Publication number: 20210100456
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to extract a feature from a bio-signal is disclosed. The apparatus includes a bio-signal acquirer configured to acquire the bio-signal, and a processor configured to analyze concavity and convexity of a waveform of the bio-signal in intervals of the bio-signal, and extract the feature from the bio-signal based on the analyzed concavity and the analyzed convexity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Soon PARK, Ui Kun KWON, Young Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20210104615
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a peripheral circuit region comprising a first substrate, circuit elements on the first substrate, a first insulating layer covering the circuit elements, and a contact plug passing through the first insulating layer and disposed to be connected to the first substrate; and a memory cell region comprising a second substrate, gate electrodes on the second substrate and stacked in a vertical direction, and channel structures passing through the gate electrodes, wherein the contact plug comprises a metal silicide layer disposed to contact the first substrate and having a first thickness, a first metal nitride layer on the metal silicide layer to contact the metal silicide layer and having a second thickness, greater than the first thickness, a second metal nitride layer on the first metal nitride layer, and a conductive layer on the second metal nitride layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunsu KIM, Seonghun PARK, Sunjung LEE, Hun KIM, Namgil YOU
  • Publication number: 20210104671
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first conductive lines disposed on a substrate, a plurality of second conductive lines intersecting the plurality of first conductive lines, and a plurality of cell structures interposed between the plurality of first conductive lines and the plurality of second conductive lines. At least one among the plurality of cell structures includes a first electrode, a switching element disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the switching element, a first metal pattern disposed on the second electrode, a variable resistance pattern interposed between the first metal pattern and at least one among the plurality of second conductive lines, and a first spacer disposed on a sidewall of the variable resistance pattern, a sidewall of the first metal pattern and a sidewall of the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seulji SONG, Jonguk KIM, Kyusul PARK, Woohyun PARK, Jonghyun PAEK
  • Publication number: 20210104586
    Abstract: A display device includes a first base substrate including a light-emitting area and a non-light-emitting area around the light-emitting area, a wavelength conversion pattern on the first base substrate in the light-emitting area, and a light-emitting element layer on the wavelength conversion pattern. The light-emitting element layer includes a pixel electrode including a first conductive pattern between the wavelength conversion pattern and the first base substrate, and a second conductive pattern on the wavelength conversion pattern and spaced apart from the first conductive pattern, an organic light-emitting layer on the second conductive pattern, and a common electrode on the organic light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung In BAEK, Gun Shik KIM, Mi Ra GWON, Young Jun YOO, Young Eun PARK, Jung Hwan YI, Su Jin CHOI, Youn Ho HAN, Jong Beom HONG
  • Publication number: 20210104538
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may comprise a stack structure on a substrate, the stack structure including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of transparent conductive oxide layers, the dielectric layers and the transparent conductive oxide layers are alternately stacked, each of the dielectric layers and a corresponding one of the transparent conductive oxide layer adjacent to each other in a vertical direction have equal horizontal widths, and a channel structure extending through the stack structure, the channel structure including an information storage layer, a channel layer inside the information storage layer, and a buried dielectric layer inside the channel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changsoo LEE, Jongmyeong LEE, Iksoo KIM, Jiwoon IM
  • Publication number: 20210100704
    Abstract: A standing-up assistance method and apparatus may measure a pressure applied to a part of a body of a user, acquire information about a torque corresponding to the measured pressure, and provide an assistance force to the body of the user based on the information about the torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyung-Rock Kim
  • Publication number: 20210104489
    Abstract: Provided are a wafer level package and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein an underfill sufficiently fills a space between a redistribution substrate and a semiconductor chip, thereby reducing warpage. The wafer level package includes a redistribution substrate including at least one redistribution layer (RDL), a semiconductor chip on the redistribution substrate, and an underfill filling a space between the redistribution substrate and the semiconductor chip. The underfill covers side surfaces of the semiconductor chip. The redistribution substrate includes a trench having a line shape and extending in a first direction along a first side surface of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinwoo PARK, Jungho PARK, Dahye KIM, Minjun BAE
  • Publication number: 20210104140
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a plurality of different types of gas sensors configured to output sensing values based on sensing a gas, and a processor configured to determine a gas type corresponding to a plurality of sensing values respectively output from the plurality of different types of gas sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang-pyo PARK, Sang-hun LEE, Yong-won JEONG, Jeong-eun LEE
  • Publication number: 20210104520
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device including a pair of first fin type active areas protruding from a substrate in a vertical direction and extending in parallel with each other, a gate interposed between the pair of first fin type active areas, spaced apart from each of the pair of first fin type active areas in a first horizontal direction, and longitudinally extending in parallel with the pair of first fin type active areas, a gate insulating layer filling a first space between one of the pair of first fin type active areas and the gate and a second space between the other of the pair of first fin type active areas and the gate, and a pair of source/drain areas at both sides of the gate, respectively, in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction and on the pair of first fin type active areas may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seungju HWANG
  • Publication number: 20210100715
    Abstract: A walking assistance method may include receiving at least one abnormal gait type selected from a plurality of abnormal gait types, and differently controlling a walking assistance apparatus based on the at least one abnormal gait type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bokman LIM, Kyung-Rock KIM, Youngbo SHIM, Jusuk LEE, Jun-Won JANG
  • Publication number: 20210104291
    Abstract: A memory system including a first central processing unit, a first memory module connected to the first central processing unit by a first channel, a second memory module connected to the first central processing unit by a second channel, and a third memory module connected to the first central processing unit by a third channel may be provided. Each of the first memory module, the second memory module, and the third memory module may be configured to write the same data in a data area thereof and a mirroring data area thereof in response to an address in a mirroring mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoungsul KIM, Hokyong LEE, Dongjun KIM, Byungmin CHOI, Kideok HAN
  • Publication number: 20210103495
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory system including a memory device, including reading data from the memory device based on a first physical address received from a host according to a read request received from the host; detecting a read error of the read data; correcting the read data based on the detecting; transmitting the corrected data to the host; asynchronously transmitting to the host an error occurrence signal for the read error; generating information about the read error; transmitting the information about the read error to the host; and rewriting the corrected data based on a second physical address received from the host according to a write request of the host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chansol KIM, Suman Prakash BALAKRISHNAN, Seokhwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20210100485
    Abstract: A biological component estimation apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a light detector array including a plurality of light detectors; a plurality of light sources disposed on both ends of the light detector array; and a processor configured to calculate a blood vessel alignment index, which indicates a degree of alignment of the biological component estimation apparatus with respect to blood vessels, by using an intensity of a first light that is measured by the plurality of light detectors after the first light is emitted to a user's skin from a first light source disposed on one end of the light detector array among the plurality of light sources, and an intensity of a second light that is measured by the plurality of light detectors after the second light is emitted to the user's skin from a second light source disposed on the other end of the light detector array among the plurality of light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Yong Nam, Kun Sun Eom, Joon Hyung Lee, Ki Young Chang
  • Publication number: 20210102324
    Abstract: A washing machine including a door provided to open and close an inlet, a tub having an opening corresponding to the inlet, a drum rotatably provided inside the tub and in which laundry is accommodatable, a door cleaning nozzle provided to spray washing water toward the door, a pump chamber provided at a lower portion of the tub to store the washing water discharged from the tub, a drain pump provided to pump the washing water stored in the pump chamber and discharge the washing water to the outside, and a controller provided to rotate the drum in order to tumble the laundry, spray washing water through the door cleaning nozzle, operate the drain pump to discharge the washing water stored in the pump chamber, and supply the washing water to a water supply pipe connected to a detergent supply device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Ha PARK, Su Jin SEONG, Joo Yeon PARK, Bo-Kyung LEE, Sang Yeon PYO, Ja Yeon SEO, Woo Kyung JUNG, Jeong Su HAN
  • Publication number: 20210103085
    Abstract: A beam steering method and device are provided. The beam steering method includes outputting, from a hologram recording medium on which a plurality of signal light beams having different steering information are recorded, signal light beam having specific steering information, by making reference light having a specific characteristic incident on the hologram recording medium. The method further includes o obtaining information about an object existing in the external environment based on the output signal light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Wonjae Joo, Mark L. Brongersma, Junghyun Park
  • Publication number: 20210102841
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate processing apparatus includes a transfer chamber disposed between process chambers performing processing of a semiconductor substrate, a transfer robot disposed inside the transfer chamber to load the semiconductor substrate into the process chamber and unload the semiconductor substrate whose processing has been performed in the process chamber, an optical assembly irradiates irradiation light having multiple wavelengths onto the semiconductor substrate, the optical assembly splitting measurement light reflected from a surface of the semiconductor substrate into first and second measurement light and collecting interference light caused by first reflected light and second reflected light, a light detector detecting the interference light and converting the interference light into an electric signal to produce an interference signal, and a controller extracting spectrum information for each wavelength of the measurement light from the interference signal and calculating distribution
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoonseop KIM, Vladmir PROTOPOPOV, Minju KIM
  • Publication number: 20210103145
    Abstract: An augmented reality device may include: a light source; a display device comprising a plurality of pixels and configured to generate a first image based on light incident from the light source; and an optical combiner comprising a plurality of optical combining units each including a first area and a second area, wherein the first area reflects a plurality of beams constituting the first image at different reflection angles according to wavelengths and incident angles and transfers the reflected plurality of beams to a predetermined viewer position, and the second area transmits a beam of a second image received from outside and transfers the beam of the second image to the predetermined viewer position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jangwoo YOU, Byonggwon SONG, Wontaek SEO, Changkun LEE, Hongseok LEE
  • Publication number: 20210102736
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion device, an indoor heat exchanger, and a noise reduction device configured to reduce flow noise of a refrigerant. The noise reduction device includes a housing including a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet, and a plurality of baffles disposed inside the housing. The baffles include a first baffle and a second baffle that partition an inside of the housing into a plurality of spaces in a flow direction of the refrigerant. Each of the first baffle and the second baffle includes a hole through which the refrigerant passes. The holes of the first and second baffles are respectively disposed at centers of the first and second baffles at positions corresponding to each other in the flow direction of the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munsub KIM, Jaewoo CHOI, Hyeongjoon SEO, Duhan JUNG
  • Publication number: 20210103517
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory system including a memory device, including in response to a write request of a host, storing write data and a physical address received from the host in a buffer; performing a write operation on the memory device based on the write data and the physical address; based on a write error corresponding to the write data occurring, asynchronously providing the host with error occurrence information; and providing the host with the write data having the write error and information used for a recovery from the write error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongjin KIM, Suman Prakash BALAKRISHNAN, Seokhwan KIM, Chansol KIM, Eunhee RHO, Jaeyoon CHOI, Hyejeong JANG
  • Publication number: 20210103011
    Abstract: A magnetic property measuring system may include a stage configured to load a sample and to rotate the sample about a rotation axis such that the stage rotates the sample by a rotation angle, the rotation axis extending normal to a top surface of the sample. The magnetic property measuring system may further include a polarizer having a first polarization axis, and an analyzer having a second polarization axis. The polarizer and the analyzer may enable the first and second polarization axes to be independently rotated based on the rotation angle of the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eunsun NOH
  • Publication number: 20210103407
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of non-volatile memories and an interface circuit connected to each of the plurality of non-volatile memories, and a memory controller connected to the interface circuit and configured to transmit/receive data according to a first clock, wherein the interface circuit is configured to divide the first clock into a second clock, according to the number of the plurality of non-volatile memories, and transmit/receive data to/from each of the plurality of non-volatile memories, according to the second clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daehoon NA, Jeongdon IHM, Jangwoo LEE, Byunghoon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20210103075
    Abstract: A meta lens includes a first lens surface, and a second lens surface provided opposite to the first lens surface, wherein at least one of the first lens surface and the second lens surface is a metasurface including a plurality of nanostructures having a sub-wavelength dimension that is less than a central wavelength ?0 in an operation wavelength band of the meta lens, and wherein a deflection property of the first lens surface and a deflection property of the second lens surface based on positions of incident light are opposite to each other in at least some regions of each of the first lens surface and the second lens surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunsung Park, Hyeonsoo Park, Seunghoon Han
  • Publication number: 20210103420
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a receiver configured to receive a broadcast signal having a plurality of channels; a communication interface configured to communicate with a server; and a processor configured to control the display to display an image of a first channel among the plurality of channels based on the broadcast signal received through the receiver, execute an application to receive content data for content selected by a user from content provided from the executed application from the server through the communication interface and to control the display to display a content image, and allocate the content corresponding to the displayed content image to a second channel among the plurality of channels based on an execution of an operation of allocating a virtual channel based on a predetermined user input while the content image is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minchul Jung, Kwansik Yang
  • Publication number: 20210103394
    Abstract: A host system configured to communicate with a storage system, including a host flash translation layer (FTL) configured to manage a plurality of blocks included in the storage system, wherein the host FTL includes a block assignment module configured to generate priority information indicating priorities of free blocks from among the plurality of blocks based on erase count values of the free blocks, and wherein the host FTL is configured to assign a free block having a lowest erase count value, from among the free blocks, for a data write operation based on the priority information; a counting circuit configured to count a number of erase operations performed on each of the plurality of blocks; and an interface circuit configured to transmit to the storage system a block address along with an access request to the storage system, the block address indicating a position of the assigned free block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eunhee RHO, Suman Prakash BALAKRISHNAN, Dongjin KIM, Seokhwan KIM, Chansol KIM, Jaeyoon CHOI, Hyejeong JANG
  • Publication number: 20210104188
    Abstract: A display device includes a first light source configured to emit first pixel light in each of which lights of a plurality of different wavelengths are mixed with one another, a second light source configured to emit a plurality of second pixel lights in each of which lights of a plurality of different wavelengths are mixed with one another, and an optical scanner configured to output an image including the plurality of first pixel lights and the plurality of second pixel lights to an external space by sequentially changing travelling paths of the plurality of first pixel lights and the plurality of second pixel lights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonjun LEE, Kyusub KWAK, Jeongbong BAE, Janghoon YOO, Jeonggeun YUN, Kyookeun LEE, Sangchul JUNG, Myongjo CHOI, Jongchul CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210103130
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a negative refractive power, a convex object-side surface, and a concave image-side surface; a second lens having a positive refractive power; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; and a sixth lens having a positive refractive power and an image-side surface having an inflection point. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Il Yong PARK
  • Publication number: 20210104231
    Abstract: A processor-implemented response inference method and apparatus are disclosed. The response inference apparatus receives an input, generates a latent variable vector in a latent variable region space by encoding the input, generates a validation vector with a predetermined phase difference from the latent variable vector, generates an output response by decoding the latent variable vector, generates a validation response by decoding the validation vector, and validates the output response by comparing the output response to the validation response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jehun JEON, Misuk KIM, Jeong-Hoon PARK, GyuBum HAN
  • Publication number: 20210103393
    Abstract: A method disclosed herein includes transferring, by a Universal Flash Storage (UFS) device, data to a UFS host without checking for first credit information at the UFS host on initiating a read command by the UFS host. The first credit information includes information about an available size of a host UFS Interconnect (UIC) Reception (Rx) buffer of a host UIC module. The method includes transferring, by the UFS host, data to the UFS device based on second credit information received from the UFS device on initiating a write command by the UFS host. The second credit information includes information about a size of a device UIC Rx buffer of a device UIC module, wherein the size of the device UIC Rx buffer is associated with a maximum size defined by a UFS system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dipak Prafulkumar ABHANI, Rengaraja Sudarmani, Vasudevan Subramaniam, Ken Joseph Kannampuzha
  • Publication number: 20210104062
    Abstract: A pose tracking method and apparatus are disclosed. The pose tracking method includes obtaining an image of a trackable target having a plurality of markers, detecting first points in the obtained image to which the markers are projected, matching the first points and second points corresponding to positions of the markers in a coordinate system set based on the trackable target based on rotation information of the trackable target, and estimating a pose of the trackable target based on matching pairs of the first points and the second points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuangqi TANG, Yuguang LI, Zhuo LI
  • Publication number: 20210103095
    Abstract: A beam steering device and a system using the same are provided. The beam steering device includes a plurality of transmission type optical modulation devices provided to steer an incident beam in different directions, wherein each of the plurality of transmission type optical modulation devices includes: a phase modulator including a nanoantenna in which a plurality of nanostructure rows are arranged. Each of the nanostructure rows includes a plurality of nanostructures connected to each other. A meta surface includes the plurality of nanostructure rows. Each of the transmission type optical modulation devices also includes a plurality of drivers provided which independently apply an electric signal to each of the nanostructure rows to control a phase change thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunil KIM, Junghyun PARK, Byounglyong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210104575
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate that has a first region and a second region, a plurality of lower conductive patterns on the substrate, the plurality of lower conductive patterns including a first conductive pattern in the first region of the substrate and a second conductive pattern in the second region of the substrate, a magnetic tunnel junction on the first conductive pattern, a contact between the magnetic tunnel junction and the first conductive pattern, a through electrode on the second conductive pattern, and a plurality of upper conductive patterns on the magnetic tunnel junction and the through electrode. The contact includes a first contact on the lower conductive patterns, a second contact on the first contact, and a first barrier layer that covers a bottom surface and a lateral surface of the second contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kilho LEE, Gwanhyeob KOH
  • Publication number: 20210104462
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of middle interconnections and a plurality of middle plugs, which are disposed in an interlayer insulating layer and on a substrate. An upper insulating layer is disposed on the interlayer insulating layer. A first upper plug, a first upper interconnection, a second upper plug, and a second upper interconnection are disposed in the upper insulating layer. Each of the plurality of middle interconnections has a first thickness. The first upper interconnection has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness. The second upper interconnection has a third thickness that is greater than the first thickness. The third thickness is twice to 100 times the first thickness. The second upper interconnection includes a material different from the second upper plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juik LEE, Joongwon SHIN, Jihoon CHANG, Junghoon HAN, Junwoo LEE
  • Publication number: 20210104611
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first and second active pattern extending in a first direction on a substrate, a first and second gate electrode extending in a second direction to intersect the first and second active pattern, a first source/drain contact extending in the second direction and connected to a first and source/drain region of the first and second active patterns, respectively, a first source/drain via connected to the first source/drain contact, a first cell separation film extending in the second direction and crosses the first active pattern and the second active pattern, between the first source/drain contact and the second gate electrode, a first gate via connected to the second gate electrode and arranged with the first source/drain via along the first direction, and a first connection wiring which extending in the first direction and connects the first source/drain via and the first gate via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Su YU, Hyeon Gyu YOU, Seung Man LIM
  • Publication number: 20210104550
    Abstract: A vertical field effect transistor (VFET) cell implementing a VFET circuit over a plurality of gate grids includes: a 1st circuit including at least one VFET and provided over at least one gate grid; and a 2nd circuit including at least one VFET and provided over at least one gate grid formed on a left or right side of the 1st circuit, wherein a gate of the VFET of the 1st circuit is configured to share a gate signal or a source/drain signal of the VFET of the 2nd circuit, and the 1st circuit is an (X?1)-contacted poly pitch (CPP) circuit, which is (X?1) CPP wide, converted from an X-CPP circuit which is X CPP wide and performs a same logic function as the (X?1)-CPP circuit, X being an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung Ho DO
  • Publication number: 20210104267
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array configured to store data; and a data output circuit configured to transmit status data to an external device through at least one data line in a latency period in response to a read enable signal received from the external device and transmit the data read from the memory cell array to the external device through the at least one data line in a period subsequent to the latency period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byunghoon JEONG, Kyungtae KANG, Jangwoo LEE, Jeongdon IHM
  • Publication number: 20210104529
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device includes: over a substrate, forming first hard mask patterns extending in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate and arranged at a first pitch in a second direction; forming a plurality of first trenches in the substrate using the first hard mask patterns as etching masks; forming a plurality of first gate electrodes on inner walls of the plurality of first trenches; over the substrate, forming second hard mask patterns extending in the first direction and arranged at a second pitch in the second direction; forming a plurality of second trenches in the substrate using the second hard mask patterns as etching masks, each of the plurality of second trenches being disposed between two adjacent first trenches; and forming a plurality of second gate electrodes on inner walls of the plurality of second trenches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaybok CHOI, Yongseok AHN, Seunghyung LEE
  • Publication number: 20210104526
    Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same. The method including forming a mold structure by alternately stacking a plurality of first insulating layers and a plurality of second insulating layers on a substrate, patterning the mold structure to form a first trench that exposes a first inner sidewall of the mold structure, growing a vertical semiconductor layer in the first trench such that a vertical semiconductor layer covers the first inner sidewall, using the substrate as a seed to, patterning the mold structure to form a second trench that exposes a second inner sidewall of the mold structure, forming a plurality of recesses by selectively removing the second insulating layers from the mold structure through the second trench, and horizontally growing a plurality of horizontal semiconductor layers in corresponding recesses, using the vertical semiconductor layer as a seed may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-hoon SON
  • Publication number: 20210104498
    Abstract: A semiconductor die may include a first delay circuit formed on a substrate and configured to delay a test signal, the first delay circuit including first delay stages connected in series, a second delay circuit formed on the substrate and configured to delay the test signal, the second delay circuit including second delay stages connected in series, at least one through silicon via connected to at least one output terminal of output terminals of the first delay stages, the at least one through silicon via penetrating through the substrate, and a load determinator configured to compare a first delay signal output from one of the first delay stages with a second delay signal output from one of the second delay stages and determine a load of the at least one through silicon via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SeungHan WOO, Je Min RYU, Reum OH, Moonhee OH, BumSuk LEE
  • Patent number: 10967319
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air cleaner capable of being coupled or separated in a vertical direction to improve space utilization. An air cleaner may include a first air cleaning module provided with a first connection unit, and a second air cleaning module detachably coupled to the first air cleaning module and provided with a second connection unit, wherein the second connection unit is configured to be detachably coupled to the first connection unit, and configured to be rotatable with respect to the first connection unit when the second connection unit is coupled to the first connection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Euy Sung Chu, Nak Hyun Kim, Ju Young Kim, Jee Ho Park, Moon Sun Shin, Sang Ho Shin, Seung Won Oh, Jeong Kyo Oh, Jun Hwa Lee, Tae Yong Lee