Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Daehyuk Son

Cheheung Kim

Sungchan Kang

Hyeokki Hong

Seogwoo Hong

Jeongyub Lee

Hyunwook Kang

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.

Semiconductor device with two-phase cooling structure

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.

System and method for measuring distance using acoustic signal

Provided is a direction estimating apparatus using an acoustic sensor, the direction estimating apparatus including a non-directional acoustic sensor, a plurality of directional acoustic sensors provided adjacent to the non-directional acoustic sensor, and a processor configured to obtain a first output signal from the non-directional acoustic sensor and a plurality of second output signals from the plurality of directional acoustic sensors, and estimate a direction of a sound source within an error range from −5 degrees to +5 degrees by comparing magnitudes between the two output signals and phase information between the first output signal and one of the second output signals.

Apparatus and method for estimating direction of sound by using acoustic sensor

An acoustic sensor assembly includes a non-directional acoustic sensor having a first directional pattern, a plurality of directional acoustic sensors surrounding the non-directional acoustic sensor and including a plurality of resonators having different resonance frequencies from each other, each of the plurality of directional acoustic sensors having a second directional pattern, and a processor configured to obtain output signals from the non-directional acoustic sensor and the plurality of directional acoustic sensors. The processor is further configured to calculate an acoustic signal having directivity by selecting any one or any combination of the obtained output signals or selectively combining the obtained output signals, and obtain sound around the acoustic sensor assembly, using the calculated acoustic signal.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Daehyuk Son