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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8031027 | Voltage-controlled oscillator, phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit, and clock generator A voltage-controlled oscillator includes a voltage regulator, and a delay unit. The voltage regulator independently receives a first oscillation control signal and a second oscillation control signal to provide a regulated voltage signal which is represented by a re... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8022455 | Method of fabricating semiconductor device for reducing parasitic capacitance between bit lines and semiconductor device fabricated thereby In a method of fabricating a semiconductor device capable of reducing parasitic capacitance between bit lines and a semiconductor device fabricated by the method, the semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having buried contact landing pads and dire... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8013939 | Video decoder for decreasing noise included in chrominance signal A video decoder removes noise caused by a luminance signal component when separating a chrominance signal from a composite video baseband signal. The video decoder includes a first signal generator generating a first signal, a second signal generator generating a se... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8013628 | Circuit having an active clock shielding structure and semiconductor intergrated circuit including the same A circuit having an active clock shielding structure includes a logic circuit that receives a clock signal and performs a logic operation based on the clock signal, a power gating circuit that switches a mode of the logic circuit between an active mode and an sleep ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009494 | Semiconductor memory device implementing full-VDD bit line precharge scheme using bit line sense amplifier A semiconductor memory device using a full-VDD bit line precharge scheme by using a bit line sense amplifier includes a precharge unit precharging a bit line and a complementary bit line from a power voltage to a voltage that is less than the power voltage by a pred... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8008172 | Methods of forming semiconductor devices including multistage planarization and crystalization of a semiconductor layer A method of forming a semiconductor device includes: forming a pattern having trenches on a semiconductor substrate; forming a semiconductor layer on the semiconductor device that fills the trenches; planarizing the semiconductor layer using a first planarization pr... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8008164 | Wafer bonding method and wafer structure A wafer bonding method includes providing a primary wafer and a plurality of secondary wafers, wherein the primary wafer is larger than the secondary wafers. An intermediate material layer is formed on at least one of a bonding surface of the primary wafer and bondi... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8008141 | Method of fabricating a semiconductor device with multiple channels A semiconductor device with multiple channels includes a semiconductor substrate and a pair of conductive regions spaced apart from each other on the semiconductor substrate and having sidewalls that face to each other. A partial insulation layer is disposed on the ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004667 | Inspection apparatus for containers An inspection apparatus for containers, comprising a first illumination device which directs light having first characteristic properties onto the base of the container, a second illumination device which directs light having second characteristic properties, which ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8003429 | Method of fabricating image sensor A method of fabricating an image sensor includes forming a photoelectric transformation device on a substrate and forming a dielectric layer structure on the substrate. The dielectric layer structure includes multi-layer interlayer dielectric layers and multi-layer ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8003414 | Light emitting elements and methods of fabricating the same Methods of fabricating light emitting elements and light emitting devices, light emitting elements and light emitting devices are provided. In some embodiments, the methods of fabricating a light emitting element includes forming a buffer layer on at least one first... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7994582 | Stacked load-less static random access memory device In a stacked load-less static random access memory (SRAM) device in which a pair of transmission transistors is stacked on a pair of driving transistors, the stacked load-less SRAM device includes first and second transistors arranged in first and second active regi... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991604 | Method and apparatus for indirectly simulating a semiconductor integrated circuit A method and an apparatus for indirectly simulating a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) are described. A circle chain is formed using input pins and output pins to provide an intellectual property (IP) core model that substitutes for a real IP core circuit. A te... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990441 | Image sensor having temperature sensor and driving method thereof A method for driving an image sensor includes the steps of: sensing temperature from the image sensor; selecting a voltage level of a control signal in accordance with the sensed temperature; and detecting an image in response to the control signal having the select... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990304 | Double data rate (DDR) counter, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) using the same, CMOS image sensor using the same and methods in DDR counter, ADC and CMOS image sensor In a double data rate (DDR) counter and counting method used in, for example, an analog-to-digital conversion in, for example, a CMOS image sensor and method, a first stage of the counter generates a least significant bit (LSB) of the value in the counter. The first... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990205 | Semiconductor integrated circuit with switching variable resistance device A semiconductor integrated circuit having a switching variable resistance device with combined functions of a switching device and a variable resistance device is provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a supply voltage input terminal that receives a... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989335 | Methods of forming insulation layer patterns and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices including insulation layer patterns In a method of forming an insulation layer pattern, an insulation layer is formed on a substrate. An organic layer and a hard mask layer are successively formed on the insulation layer. A preliminary hard mask pattern having first openings is formed by patterning th... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989123 | Photomask including ion trapping layer and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the photomask A photomask includes an ion trapping layer and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device uses the photomask. The photomask includes a transparent substrate and an ion trapping layer formed on a first region of the transparent substrate to trap ions present ne... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7985029 | Multi-electrode system with vibrating electrodes A multi-electrode system includes a fiber holder that holds at least one optical fiber, a plurality of electrodes arranged to generate a heated field to heat the at least one optical fiber, and a vibration mechanism that causes at least one of the electrodes from th... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7981784 | Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device Isolation regions are formed on a substrate to define an active region. A gate electrode is formed on the active region. A spacer structure is formed on a sidewall of the gate electrode. A gate silicide layer is formed on the gate electrode and a source/drain silici... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978584 | Pattern recognition type optical memory and optical read/write device and method for reading and writing data from or to the memory There is provided a method and device for reading, writing, or both, data from or to a pattern recognition type optical memory having a light transmittable substrate. Patterns can be formed in the pattern recognition type optical memory from light images representin... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977724 | Capacitor and method of manufacturing the same comprising a stabilizing member A capacitor includes a cylindrical storage electrode formed on a substrate. A ring-shaped stabilizing member encloses an upper portion of the storage electrode to structurally support the storage electrode and an adjacent storage electrode. The ring-shaped stabilizi... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977257 | Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices In a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a lower electrode is formed on a semiconductor substrate. A first zirconium oxide layer is formed on the lower electrode by performing a first deposition process using a first zirconium ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973343 | Multibit electro-mechanical memory device having cantilever electrodes A multibit electro-mechanical memory device comprises a substrate, a bit line on the substrate, a first interlayer insulating film on the bit line, first and second lower word lines on the first interlayer insulating film, the first and second lower word lines separ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972914 | Semiconductor device with FinFET and method of fabricating the same A FinFET semiconductor device has an active region formed of a semiconductor substrate and projecting from a surface of the substrate. A fin having a first projection and a second projection composed of the active region are arranged in parallel and at each side of ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971478 | Wind sensor A wind sensor includes first and second elements in an orthogonal axis arrangement and a calibration data array comprising first calibration data associated with the first element and second calibration array data associated with second element. An anemometric proce... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7968447 | Semiconductor device and methods of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device may include plugs disposed in a zigzag pattern, interconnections electrically connected to the plugs and a protection pattern which is interposed between the plugs and the interconnections to selectively expose the plugs. The interconnections ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7968442 | Fin field effect transistor and method of fabricating the same A fin field effect transistor includes a fin protruding from a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating layer formed so as to cover upper and lateral surfaces of the fin, and a gate electrode formed across the fin so as to cover the gate insulating layer. An upper... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7968410 | Method of fabricating a semiconductor device using a full silicidation process A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a first polysilicon layer having a first thickness in a peripheral circuit region formed on a substrate; forming a stack structure comprising a first tunneling insulating layer, a charge trap layer, an... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7968356 | Light-emitting element with improved light extraction efficiency, light-emitting device including the same, and methods of fabricating light-emitting element and light-emitting device Provided are a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device including the same, and methods of fabricating the light-emitting element and the light-emitting device. The light-emitting element includes a substrate on which a dome pattern is formed and a light-emit... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7968355 | Luminous devices, packages and systems containing the same, and fabricating methods thereof The present invention is directed to a vertical-type luminous device and high through-put methods of manufacturing the luminous device. These luminous devices can be utilized in a variety of luminous packages, which can be placed in luminous systems. The luminous de... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965910 | Beam combination using interleaved optical plates In a system and method, the emitted beams of multiple diode bar array assemblies are combined to achieve an increase in the resulting power density in the combined output beam, while addressing the need for heat distribution in each of the individual assemblies. The... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962326 | Semantic answering system and method Answering System enables a user to input a query and responds with answers. Server stores an indexed database of a plurality of S-A-O's (subject-action-object). User generates the query that includes query elements (A-O), (S-A), or (S-X-O), or element (S). The serve... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960780 | Vertical-type semiconductor device In a vertical-type semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the same and a method of operating the same, the vertical-type semiconductor device includes a single-crystalline semiconductor pattern having a pillar shape provided on a substrate, a gate surroundi... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960655 | Printed circuit board, method of manufacturing the printed circuit board, memory module having the printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the memory module A PCB can include an insulating member, a cooling member, and a circuit pattern. The cooling member can be built into the insulating member. The cooling member can have a cooling passageway through which a cooling fluid can flow. The circuit pattern can be formed on... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960196 | Light-emitting device, light-emitting element and method of manufacturing same Provided are a light-emitting element and a light-emitting device, and methods of fabricating the same. The method of fabricating a light-emitting element includes forming a buffer layer on a substrate and forming photonic crystal patterns and a pad pattern on the b... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959172 | Push-in-bung assembly and suspension system using same A push-in-bung assembly is provided that improves vibration and lateral movement control for vehicle suspension systems. The push-in-bung assembly includes a bung formed of rigid material and having a first end configured to connect to a vehicle frame and a second e... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7956420 | Low noise and high performance LSI device, layout and manufacturing method In semiconductor devices in which both NMOS devices and PMOS devices are used to perform in different modes such as analog and digital modes, stress engineering is selectively applied to particular devices depending on their required operational modes. That is, the ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955879 | Method of forming LED semiconductor device having annealed encapsulant layer and annealed luminescence conversion material layer In a method of forming an LED semiconductor device, and in an LED semiconductor device, an LED is provided on a substrate. A first encapsulant material layer is provided on the LED, and the first encapsulant material layer is firstly annealed. A luminescence convers... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955869 | Nonvolatile memory devices and methods of fabricating the same Nonvolatile memory devices and methods of fabricating the same are provided. In some embodiments, a nonvolatile memory device includes a lower conductive member formed on an upper part of or inside a substrate, a ferroelectric organic layer formed on the lower condu... | 06/07/2011 |
