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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131228 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION OF MOBILE DEVICE An apparatus and method for executing an application within a mobile device is provided. The method includes detecting, by the mobile device, a connection with a host device through a wired interface; receiving, from the host device, a request to execute a specific appl... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129566 | UPLINK TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM An uplink power control method and apparatus of a terminal in a mobile communication system are provided. The method includes receiving, by the terminal, a location parameter corresponding to at least one antenna selected among a plurality of antennas distributed in a s... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128093 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DATA IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting/receiving data in consideration of carrier frequency in the mobile communication system using multiple transmission antennas for increasing data rate and system throughput. A number of antennas and a plurality of symbo... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120104514 | Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Manufacturing the Same Provided are a semiconductor device, which can facilitate a salicide process and can prevent a gate from being damaged due to misalign, and a method of manufacturing of the semiconductor device. The method includes forming a first insulation layer pattern on a substrate... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084773 | USER TERMINAL DEVICE AND SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF A method for providing a service in a user terminal device, in which the user terminal device downloads a service hub program, installs the service hub program, generates an icon container corresponding to the service hub program, displays the icon container, receives a... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083111 | Methods of Manufacturing a Semiconductor Device There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. In the method, a gate insulation layer including a high-k dielectric material is formed on a substrate. An etch stop layer is formed on the gate insulation layer. A metal layer is formed on the etch sto... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072743 | Hierarchical Power Management Circuit, Power Management Method Using the Same, and System on Chip Including the Hierarchical Power Management Circuit A hierarchical power management circuit includes N power management circuits respectively included in N power domains each including at least one intellectual property (IP), wherein N is a natural number greater than one. The i-th (1<i<N) power management circuit ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072505 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFERENCE MESSAGING BETWEEN UPnP ENABLED TELEPHONY DEVICES AND WAN DEVICES A system and method of conference messaging between Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) telephony devices and Wide Area Network (WAN) devices is where a conference messaging session with WAN devices is initiated by at least one Telephony Control Point (TCP) via a session req... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070975 | Methods of Forming Gate Structure and Methods of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device Including the Same A method of forming agate structure having an improved electric characteristic is disclosed. A gate insulating layer is formed on a substrate and a metal layer is formed on the gate insulating layer. Then, an amorphous silicon layer is formed on the metal layer by a phy... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070151 | Optical Modulators for Generating De-Emphasis Formatted Optical Signals and Methods of Operating the Same A de-emphasis format signal generator can be configured to combine first and second electrical non-de-emphasis formatted signals provided to first and second optical modulators, coupled in parallel with one another, to provide a combined optical signal having a de-empha... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070111 | SILICON BASED OPTICAL MODULATORS INCLUDING VERTICAL SLABS AND METHODS OF FORMING An optical modulator structure can include a core region that comprises an optical transmission path having a refractive index that is modulated via electric charge introduced into the core region. A plurality of first vertical slabs comes into contact with and is space... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068690 | BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR SENSOR A bulk acoustic wave resonator (BAWR) sensor is provided. The BAWR sensor includes a signal BAWR that measures a resonance frequency that is modified due to a reaction with a target material, a reference BAWR that measures a reference resonance frequency without reactio... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068255 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES Three-dimensional (3D) nonvolatile memory devices include a substrate having a well region of second conductivity type (e.g., P-type) therein and a common source region of first conductivity type (e.g., N-type) on the well region. A recess is provided, which extends par... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068136 | Phase Change Memory Device, Storage System Having the Same and Fabricating Method Thereof Provided are a phase change memory device and a fabricating method thereof. The phase change memory device includes a substrate, an interlayer dielectric layer formed on the substrate, first and second contact holes formed in the interlayer dielectric layer, and a memor... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120051633 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CHARACTER COLLAGE MESSAGE A method and apparatus are provided for generating a character collage message. A character is recognized from an image. A region is extracted from the image to create a character image. The region includes the recognized character. The created character image is stored... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051310 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING ACKCH RESOURCES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Methods and apparatus for receiving/transmitting an Acknowledgement (ACK)/Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) signal in a wireless communication system are provided. User data and a pilot are transmitted via a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH). An ACK/NACK resource is ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049976 | BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR STRUCTURE, A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND A DUPLEXER USING THE SAME A Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonator (BAWR), a method of manufacturing of the BAWR, and duplexer including the BAWR are provided. The BAWR may include a first substrate including a via hole formed in a predetermined area of a bottom surface of the first substrate. A first air... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049265 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING DIELECTRIC GAPS A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, can be provided by forming first and second gate patterns on a semiconductor substrate. First and second insulating spacers can be formed on first and second sidewalls of the first and second gate patterns, respectively. A... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049257 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE A DRAM device can include a plurality of capacitors that are arranged in a line in a first direction. Each of the capacitors can include an upper electrode. A contact pattern having a line shape can extend in the first direction and can be electrically connected to each... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047474 | Method for Manufacturing Semiconductor Devices A method of manufacturing semiconductor devices is disclosed. The method includes determining fractured shots that do not overlap each other based on a final pattern; determining overlapping shots that are shots that overlap each other based on the final pattern; genera... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120040528 | METHODS FOR PATTERNING MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES USING TWO SACRIFICIAL LAYERS A lower layer of a microelectronic device may be patterned by forming a first sacrificial layer on the lower layer; patterning a plurality of spaced apart trenches in the first sacrificial layer; forming a second sacrificial layer in the plurality of spaced apart trench... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040508 | Method of Forming Semiconductor Device Having Self-Aligned Plug A conductive pattern on a substrate is formed. An insulating layer having an opening exposing the conductive pattern is formed. A bottom electrode is formed on the conductive pattern and a first sidewall of the opening. A spacer is formed on the bottom electrode and a s... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120039316 | METHOD OF GENERATING MAP, AND METHOD OF MEASURING LOCATION OF TERMINAL USING THE MAP A method of generating a map in a wireless network including a target device, at least two peripheral devices, and a terminal is provided. The target device may obtain relative location information of the at least two peripheral devices with respect to the target device... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120037970 | MICROELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES HAVING FLAT STOPPER LAYERS AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME Memory devices comprise a microelectronic substrate including a cell array region and a peripheral region adjacent the cell array region, the cell array region including therein an array of memory cells and the peripheral region including therein peripheral circuits for... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120034749 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A STRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device can be provided by forming a gate structure on a substrate and forming a diffusion barrier layer on the gate structure and the substrate, A stress layer can be formed on the diffusion barrier layer comprising a metal nitr... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033961 | SHUTTER DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME A shutter device and an image capturing apparatus including the shutter device are provided. The shutter device includes at least one shutter blade assembly, each of the at least one shutter blade assembly including at least one shutter blade that opens and closes the s... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032250 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES A semiconductor device can include a first substrate and conductive patterns on the first substrate, where the conductive patterns are disposed in stacks vertically extending from the substrate. An active pillar can be on the first substrate vertically extend from the f... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032245 | Vertical Structure Non-Volatile Memory Device A vertical structure non-volatile memory device includes semiconductor regions that vertically extend on a substrate, a plurality of memory cell strings that vertically extend on the substrate along sidewalls of the semiconductor regions and include a plurality of memor... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030458 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BOOTING HOST Provided are a method and a device for booting a host embodying a downloadable conditional access system (DCAS), wherein one of a plurality of pre-determined booting modes is decided as a booting mode of the host based on first information indicating whether a host can ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110282953 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MESSAGE CONVERSATION BY GROUP IN A MESSAGING SERVICE A method and apparatus for providing a conversation within a conversation group that is conducted by exchanging messages among a plurality of terminals of the same conversation group at a communication terminal supporting a messaging service are provided. In the method ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110281415 | METHODS OF FORMING AN ISOLATION LAYER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING AN ISOLATION LAYER In a method of forming an isolation layer, first and second trenches are formed on a substrate. The first and the second trenches have first and second widths, respectively, and the second width is greater than the first width. A second isolation layer pattern partially... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20120019466 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING KEY IN TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN Provided are an apparatus and a method for inputting a key in a terminal having a touch screen. The apparatus includes a display; a touch sensor positioned above the display to sense a touch; and a controller for overlapping a semitransparent keyboard on one of a backgr... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110276812 | System On Chip, Devices Having The Same, and Method For Power Control of the SOC Disclosed is an integrated circuit device including a plurality of power domain blocks, which includes a core power domain block. A power control circuit is configured to control power supplied to each of the plurality of power domain blocks independently responsive to ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110275289 | CONDITIONER OF CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING APPARATUS Provided are a conditioner of a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus for polishing a substrate over a platen pad that rotates and a method thereof. The conditioner includes a disk holder, a piston rod, a housing, and a load sensor. The disk holder secures a condition... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110272663 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE USING VARIABLE RESISTIVE ELEMENT A nonvolatile memory device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The nonvolatile memory device includes a conductive pillar that extends from a substrate in a first direction, a variable resistor that surrounds the conductive pillar, a switching material l... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110269378 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING SYSTEM The invention relates to a chemical mechanical polishing system, comprising: at least one polishing platens rotatably installed with a platen pad mounted on its upper surface; a guide rail disposed along a predetermined path; a substrate carrier unit including a rotary ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110268176 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING A DATA RATE IN A MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMITTER An apparatus and method for allocating a data rate in a multi-antenna system are provided, wherein a noise threshold corresponding to a modulation scheme, a coding rate, or a combination of both applied to a base layer from among a plurality of layers is set as a refere... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110266608 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES HAVING GATE STRUCTURES DOPED BY NITROGEN Nonvolatile memory devices are provided including an integrated circuit substrate and a charge storage pattern on the integrated circuit substrate. The charge storage pattern has a sidewall and a tunnel insulating layer is provided between the charge storage pattern and... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110265138 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SERVICE DISCOVERY INFORMATION IN MULTIMEDIA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND FILE STRUCTURE FOR THE SAME A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting service discovery information in a multimedia transmission system. Service discovery information, including service access information for reception of a service, is generated. The service discovery information is tra... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261303 | Color filter and display devices including the same A color filter and display devices using the same are provided, the color filter includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other; and a variable filter layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The variable filter layer i... | 10/27/2011 |
