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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7963735 | Holder manufacturing method for loading substrate of semiconductor manufacturing device, batch type boat having holder, loading/unloading method of semiconductor substrate using the same, and semiconductor manufacturing device having the same A holder manufacturing method for loading a substrate of a semiconductor manufacturing device, a batch type boat having the holder, a loading/unloading method of a semiconductor substrate using the same, and a semiconductor manufacturing device having the same are d... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7928008 | Method for fabricating semiconductor device A fabricating method of a polysilicon layer is disclosed which can be applied for fabricating a semiconductor device such as a SRAM and so on. The method for fabricating the semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a transistor included in the semiconduct... | 04/19/2011 |
| D635815 | Electric oven | 04/12/2011 |
| D635602 | Distributing disk of packing machine | 04/05/2011 |
| D635601 | Packaging machine | 04/05/2011 |
| 7889809 | Weight vector calculation unit for beamforming using received and/or integrated signal without training signal Disclosed is a weight vector computing unit using a symbol-rate, a chip-rate and/or a mixed-rate in a Smart Antenna System. The weight vector computing unit is useful in a wireless communication network having a reverse pilot channel. Further, by using such the weig... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7865931 | Universal authorization and access control security measure for applications The invention provides a system that includes: a web server, an application server, and a data server all connected to each other. The system is intended to protect web based applications. A web server receives a request and transmits it as a message to the applicat... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7863075 | Method for manufacturing solar cell A manufacturing method of a polycrystalline solar cell is disclosed. A polycrystalline silicon solar cell in accordance with the present invention performs crystallization-annealing amorphous silicon with a metal catalyst so as to reduce a crystallization temperatur... | 01/04/2011 |
| D630250 | Stick-type glue dispenser | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861152 | Display apparatus for automatically visualizing an application landscape A visualization system effectively presents even extraordinarily complex systems in a readily understandable manner. The visualization system generates and displays a process-product matrix that includes the applications assigned to each matrix coordinate, arranged ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860812 | Advanced insurance record audit and payment integrity Methods and systems for identifying and resolving payment integrity issues are provided. Analytic techniques that may include a query component, an artificial intelligence engine, and a text mining component are integrated into a payment integrity system. One or mor... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7831630 | Automation tool for providing access to an electronic database for business intelligence A method for providing access to an electronic database for business intelligence is provided. The method includes receiving a request to create a new universe to interface with the electronic database to access the electronic database for business intelligence, rec... | 11/09/2010 |
| D626537 | Charger for microphones | 11/02/2010 |
| D626175 | Writing instrument | 10/26/2010 |
| 7813720 | Mobile micro-band information distribution Methods and systems for providing information to mass localized mobile users over a limited bandwidth are described. Short text messaging system messages, e.g., SMS, may be used to transmit coded data between mobile terminals and content providers, while a client ap... | 10/12/2010 |
| D624905 | Microphone stand | 10/05/2010 |
| D620954 | Portable karaoke device | 08/03/2010 |
| D619619 | Portable karaoke device | 07/13/2010 |
| D613216 | Pedal for automobiles | 04/06/2010 |
| 7602224 | Semiconductor device having delay locked loop and method for driving the same A delay locked loop includes: a control voltage generator configured to generate a voltage control signal having a voltage level corresponding to a phase difference between an external clock and a feedback clock; a voltage controlled delay line configured to generat... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599245 | Output controller capable of generating only necessary control signals based on an activated selection signal An output controller includes: an output enable signal generator for generating corresponding ones among a plurality of output enable signals based on a preset column address strobe (CAS) latency, each of the output enable signals having information relating to a de... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7599243 | Sense amplifier over driver control circuit and method for controlling sense amplifier of semiconductor device A semiconductor memory device includes a bit line sense amplifying block that senses and amplifies bit line data. A first driving block drives a pull up power line of the bit line sense amplifying block using a voltage applied to a normal driving voltage terminal. A... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7599240 | Internal voltage generator of semiconductor memory device An internal voltage generator of a semiconductor memory device controls generating an internal voltage according to an increase of the internal voltage during an active mode, to thereby decrease current consumption. The internal voltage generator of a semiconductor ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7599238 | Semiconductor memory device and driving method thereof A semiconductor memory device, for performing a writing operation faster without expanding a driver for the writing operation, includes a bit line sense amplifier (BLSA) for sensing and amplifying a value in a bit line pair, a supply line driver for driving a supply... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7598785 | Apparatus and method for adjusting slew rate in semiconductor memory device A slew-rate adjusting apparatus for use in a semiconductor memory device includes: a slew-rate modulation signal generator for generating a slew-rate modulation signal according to the number of control codes having a first logic level among a plurality of control c... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596049 | Semiconductor memory device with a plurality of bank groups each having a plurality of banks sharing a global line group The semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of bank groups each including a plurality of banks sharing one of a plurality of global input/output line groups, a data input unit configured to transfer external data to data input global lines in response to wr... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7593285 | Semiconductor memory device with delay locked loop It is provided a semiconductor device with the ability to carry out data output operation using a reference clock of which the duty cycle is substantially 50%. The semiconductor device includes a clock buffer for receiving the external clock to generate an internal ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7593283 | Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes: a global input/output line; a first global core line; a second global core line; a global core line controller disposed between the first global core line and the second global core line; a first bank coupled to the global cor... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7593280 | Semiconductor memory device operating with a lower voltage for peripheral area in power saving mode A semiconductor memory device reduces power consumption during a refresh operation. The semiconductor memory device comprises a voltage generator, a sensing controller, an output driver and a data transmitter. The voltage generator is configured to generate an inter... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7592862 | Digital temperature sensing device using temperature depending characteristic of contact resistance A digital temperature sensing device uses temperature depending characteristic of contact resistance of a MOS transistor and a self-refresh driving device adjusts its self-refresh period depending on temperature using the digital temperature sensing device. The self... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7590023 | Semiconductor memory device with internal voltage generator and method for driving the same A semiconductor memory device can stably supply a high voltage even if not only the PVT (Process, Voltage, and Temperature) fluctuations but also the level fluctuations of the external voltage are caused by the variation of the external environments. The driving for... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7586798 | Write circuit of memory device A write circuit of a semiconductor memory device includes a global data input/output (I/O) line; an amplifying block for receiving and amplifying write data and transmitting the amplified write data as global data onto the global data I/O line; and a control block f... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7586796 | Core voltage discharge driver A core voltage discharge driver prevents a core voltage discharging operation from interrupting the core voltage generating operation. The core voltage discharge driver includes a comparing unit configured to compare a core voltage generating control signal for cont... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7583547 | Over-driving circuit in semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory over-driving scheme for a semiconductor memory device makes it possible to secure a high-speed sensing operation of a memory sense amplifier, regardless of a change of a power supply voltage. Over-driving efficiency is improved by controlling ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7580313 | Semiconductor memory device for reducing cell area A semiconductor memory device with a reduced cell area and a high-speed data transfer by modifying a circuit layout. The semiconductor memory device includes: a cell area with a first and a second cell areas; a plurality of Y decoders of which one Y decoder selects ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7580310 | Self refresh control device Disclosed herein is a self refresh control device for reducing a current leakage of transistors in off-state. The apparatus for controlling a voltage used in a semiconductor memory device includes a first voltage supplying block for supplying a first voltage to the ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579821 | Voltage generator A voltage generator includes a bias signal generator generating first to fourth bias signals using a reference voltage, the first to fourth bias signals having different voltage levels. A driving signal generator receives the first and third bias signals to generate... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579255 | Semiconductor device and method for isolating the same The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a method for isolating the same. The semiconductor device includes: a silicon substrate provided with a trench including at least one silicon pillar at a bottom portion of the trench, wherein the silicon pi... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7577050 | Semiconductor memory device for measuring internal voltage A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of internal voltage measuring units, each for driving data input from a memory bank to output the data when a test signal is deactivated, and outputting a corresponding one of internal voltages used in the semicondu... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7577038 | Data input/output multiplexer of semiconductor device There is provided an input/output multiplexer capable of reducing a layout area in designing a device by disposing first and second multiplexers at either side of a specific data input/output (I/O) pad. An apparatus for multiplexing data inputted or outputted to a g... | 08/18/2009 |
