公开(公告)号：US20200370951A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-26

申请号：US16574916

申请日：2019-09-18

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sungchan KANG ,  Hyunwook KANG ,  Yongseop YOON ,  Jaehyung JANG

IPC: G01H11/06 ,  G01H13/00

Abstract: Provided are a directional acoustic sensor and a method of detecting a distance from a sound source using the same. The directional acoustic sensor may include a plurality of resonators arranged in different directions; and a processor configured to calculate a time difference between a first signal that is received by the plurality of resonators directly from a sound source and a second signal that is received by the plurality of resonators from the sound source after being reflected on a wall surface around the sound source, and determine a distance between the sound source and the directional acoustic sensor based on the time difference.

公开(公告)号：US20200212885A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16599275

申请日：2019-10-11

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Cheheung KIM ,  Sungchan KANG ,  Choongho RHEE ,  Yongseop YOON ,  Hyeokki HONG

IPC: H03H9/56

Abstract: Provided are a resonator, a method of manufacturing the resonator, and a strain sensor and a sensor array including the resonator. The resonator is provided to extend in a lengthwise direction from a support. The resonator includes a single crystal material and is provided to extend in a crystal orientation that satisfies at least one from among a Young's modulus and a Poisson's ratio, from among crystal orientations of the single crystal material.

公开(公告)号：US20190072635A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-07

申请号：US15908116

申请日：2018-02-28

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sungchan KANG ,  Cheheung KIM ,  Sangha PARK ,  Yongseop YOON ,  Choongho RHEE ,  Hyeokki HONG

IPC: G01S3/808 ,  G10K11/178 ,  G10K11/36

CPC classification number: G01S3/8086 ,  G01S3/805 ,  G10K11/1781 ,  G10K11/36

Abstract: Provided is a sound direction detection sensor capable of detecting a direction from which sound is coming by using a multi-resonator array. The disclosed sound direction detection sensor includes two resonator arrays, each including a plurality of resonators having different resonance frequencies. The two resonator arrays have different directivities. Each resonator array serves as an audio sensor, and the sound direction detection sensor detects a direction from which sound is incident, regardless of a distance between audio sensors.

公开(公告)号：US20250125221A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-17

申请号：US18658593

申请日：2024-05-08

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sungchan KANG ,  Dongkyun KIM ,  Daehyuk SON ,  Hotaik LEE ,  Seogwoo HONG

IPC: H01L23/473 ,  H01L23/367

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip including a semiconductor integrated circuit; a heat transfer member covering an upper surface of the semiconductor chip; and a plurality of microstructures on an upper surface of the heat transfer member and configured to generate a capillary force to cause a flow of a coolant, wherein a first capillary channel is provided between adjacent microstructures of the plurality of microstructures, and at least one of the plurality of microstructures may include a hollow microstructure in which a second capillary channel is provided.

公开(公告)号：US20240203825A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18206472

申请日：2023-06-06

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seogwoo HONG ,  Sungchan KANG ,  Daehyuk SON ,  Jeongyub LEE

IPC: H01L23/473 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L25/065

CPC classification number: H01L23/473 ,  H01L24/16 ,  H01L25/0655 ,  H01L2224/16221 ,  H01L2924/16151 ,  H01L2924/16152

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip including a semiconductor integrated circuit; a cooling channel including a surface of the semiconductor chip and configured to provide a passage for a coolant to cool the semiconductor chip; and a plurality of flexible capillary patterns on the surface of the semiconductor chip inside the cooling channel and configured to move the coolant by capillary action, wherein each capillary pattern of the plurality of flexible capillary patterns may include a first portion in a length direction of the capillary pattern that contacts and is supported by the surface of the semiconductor chip, and a second portion in the length direction that is spaced apart from and unsupported by the surface of the semiconductor chip, and a curvature of the second portion of each capillary pattern of the plurality of flexible capillary patterns changes according to temperature.

公开(公告)号：US20240203824A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18198506

申请日：2023-05-17

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Daehyuk SON ,  Sungchan KANG ,  Seogwoo HONG

IPC: H01L23/473 ,  H10N30/20

CPC classification number: H01L23/473 ,  H10N30/2047

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip including a semiconductor integrated circuit, and a cooling channel formed in the semiconductor chip and providing a moving path for a coolant. An ultrasonic vibrator may be arranged in the cooling channel. The ultrasonic vibrator may vibrate the coolant. By doing so, the stagnation of vapors and/or generation of a vapor film may be reduced or prevented.

公开(公告)号：US20220240005A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-28

申请号：US17717920

申请日：2022-04-11

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Cheheung KIM ,  Sungchan KANG ,  Hyeokki HONG ,  Hyunwook KANG ,  Yongseop YOON ,  Choongho RHEE

IPC: H04R1/32 ,  H04R3/00 ,  H04R17/10

Abstract: A compact directional acoustic sensor having an improved signal-to-noise ratio is disclosed. The disclosed directional acoustic sensor includes a first sensing device configured to generate different output gains based on different input directions of external energy, and configured to generate at least one first output signal having a first polarity based on external energy received from an input direction; a second sensing device configured to generate different output gains based on different input directions of external energy, and configured to generate at least one second output signal having a second polarity, that is different than the first polarity, based on the external energy received from the input direction; and at least one signal processor configured to generate at least one final output signal based on the at least one first output signal and the at least one second output signal.

公开(公告)号：US20220099828A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17187097

申请日：2021-02-26

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sungchan KANG ,  Cheheung KIM ,  Daehyuk SON

IPC: G01S15/08

Abstract: Provided is a distance measurement system, including: at least one sound source configured to generate an acoustic signal; an acoustic sensor including a plurality of directional acoustic sensors arranged to have directionalities different from one another; and at least one processor configured to: obtain a directionality of the acoustic signal in a particular direction based on at least one of a sum of output signals of the plurality of directional acoustic sensors or a difference between the output signals of the plurality of directional acoustic sensors, the at least one of the sum or the difference being based on applying a weight to at least one of the output signals; and determine a distance between the acoustic sensor and a reflection surface based on a time for the acoustic signal to arrive at the acoustic sensor in the particular direction after being generated and then reflected from the reflection surface.

公开(公告)号：US20220086570A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：US17182911

申请日：2021-02-23

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyunwook KANG ,  Sungchan KANG ,  Cheheung KIM ,  Choongho RHEE ,  Hyeokki HONG

IPC: H04R17/10 ,  H01L27/20 ,  H01L41/113 ,  H04R17/02

Abstract: Provided is a sensor interface including a first cantilever beam bundle including at least one resonator and a first output terminal, a second cantilever beam bundle including at least one resonator and a second output terminal, and a differential amplifier including a first input terminal electrically connected to the first output terminal of the first cantilever beam bundle and a second input terminal electrically connected to the second output terminal of the second cantilever beam bundle.

公开(公告)号：US20200312336A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-01

申请号：US16694333

申请日：2019-11-25

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. ,  SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB CORPORATION

Inventor： Sungchan KANG ,  Namsoo Kim ,  Cheheung Kim ,  Seokwan Chae

IPC: G10L17/18 ,  G10L17/04 ,  G10L15/07 ,  G10L15/20 ,  G06N3/04 ,  G06N3/08

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a speaker identification neural network include generating a first neural network that is trained to identify a first speaker with respect to a first voice signal in a first environment, generating a second neural network for identifying a second speaker with respect to a second voice signal in a second environment, and generating the speaker identification neural network by training the second neural network based on a teacher-student training model in which the first neural network is set to a teacher neural network and the second neural network is set to a student neural network.