Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyoung-seok Oh

Jung-wook Heo

Kyoung-Jin Lee

Sung-woo Lee

Sang-Ik Cho

Sang-bin Moon

Je-Kook Kim

Sung-Woo Lee

Je-Hyung Yoon

Dae-Woong Cho

Se-jong Park

Sang-Hee Kang

Kwang-Chan Lee

Ha-Neul Kim

Jun-han Bae

Dong-Jin Keum

Jehyung Yoon

Jong-haeng Lee

Jin-Hyuck Yu

Sang-beom Kim

Ji-Yong Kim

Hyeon-je Choe

Tae-jeong Kim

You-so Cheon

Yoo-Jun Jeong

A charger integrated circuit for charging a battery device including a first battery and a second battery connected to each other in series. The charger integrated circuit includes a first charger to be connected to a connection node between the first and second batteries, a second charger to be connected between the input voltage terminal and a high voltage terminal of the battery device, and a balancing circuit to balance voltages of the first and second batteries. The first charger is to provide a first charge current to the connection node in a first charge mode. The second charger is to directly charge the battery device by providing a second charge current to the high voltage terminal in a second charge mode.

Charger integrated circuit for charging battery device and electronic device including the charger integrated circuit

A magnetic secure transmission system includes an inductor, a switching circuit connected to the inductor, and a control circuit. The control circuit controls the switching circuit to adjust a level of a current in the inductor by a first amount over a data transmission period, such that the inductor emits a magnetic pulse including a first magnitude during the data transmission period. The control circuit controls the switching circuit to adjust the level of the current in the inductor such that the level of the current is increased and decreased repeatedly by a second amount between two different levels during a data non-transmission period, and the inductor emits a magnetic pulse including a second magnitude during the data non-transmission period. The second amount is less than the first amount, the first magnitude is greater than a threshold value and the second magnitude is less than the threshold value.

Magnetic secure transmission (MST) device, MST system and controller including the same

An electronic device includes a connector connected to a cable external to the electronic device and including a plurality of pins; a first water detection circuit connected to at least one first pin of the plurality of pins and generating a first detection result by detecting whether there is water in the connector based on resistance of the at least one first pin; and a second water detection circuit connected to at least one second pin of the plurality of pins, entering a water detection mode when the first detection result indicates the presence of water, and detecting whether there is water in the connector based on resistance of the at least one second pin.

Water recognition system, electronic device including the same, and method of recognizing water thereby

Provided are a foreign substance detecting circuit, an electronic device including the foreign substance detecting circuit, and a method of detecting foreign substance. The electronic device includes a connector connected to an external cable and including a plurality of pins, a foreign substance detecting circuit configured to, when the cable is connected to the connector, detect a resistance from a first pin that is set to be in an open state or to be connected to a pull-down resistor from among the plurality of pins in a state where the cable is connected, and determine whether there is a foreign substance in the connector, and an application processor configured to control operations in the electronic device for performing a post-process when there is the foreign substance in the connector, according to a detection result from the foreign substance detecting circuit.

Foreign substance detecting circuit and electronic device including the same

A magnetic secure transmission (MST) system includes a switching circuit, an inductor, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to control the switching circuit to adjust a level of current in the inductor. The inductor current may be adjusted by a first amount over a data transmission period such that the inductor emits a magnetic pulse including a first magnitude. The inductor current may be kept constant during a first sub-period of a data non-transmission period and may be changed by a second amount at a constant slope during a second sub-period of the data non-transmission period, such that the inductor emits a magnetic pulse including a second magnitude during the second sub-period of the data non-transmission period. The second amount is less than the first amount. The first magnitude is greater than a threshold value. The second magnitude is less than the threshold value.

Magnetic secure transmission device, electronic device and mobile system including the same

A power management system comprises a power converter comprising a power stage and configured to detect an abnormal static state of the power stage, to generate a protection signal in response to the detection of the abnormal static state of the power stage, and to stabilize a direct current (DC) power supply voltage in response to an enable signal to generate a DC output voltage, and a main control circuit configured to generate the enable signal for the power converter based on the protection signal received from the power converter.

Power management system comprising static protecting circuit and related method of operation

A voltage converter includes a converting circuit and a switching control circuit, where the converting circuit includes an inductor connected to a switching node, a first switching device connected between the switching node and a common voltage and a second switching device connected to the switching node, where the first switching device charges the inductor and discharges the inductor in response to a control signal, and the switching control circuit generates the control signal by performing a PWM and a PFM based on a first sensing signal, a second sensing signal and a feedback signal, and adjusts a charging time of the inductor on a time basis, based on at least the input power supply voltage when the switching control circuit performs the PFM.

Voltage converter for power management

A voltage converter includes a driving device unit, a current sensing unit and a switching control circuit. The driving device unit charges an input power supply voltage in an inductor, connected between a switching node and an output node, in response to a first driving control signal, and discharges the inductor in response to a second driving control signal. The current sensing unit generates first and second sensing signals based on a first sensed current, a second sensed current, a voltage at the switching node and a ground voltage. The switching control circuit generates the first and second driving control signals by performing a pulse-frequency modulation (PFM) and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) based on a feedback voltage, a reference voltage and the first and second sensing signals. The switching control circuit adaptively adjusts off-time when the switching control circuit performs the PFM.

Voltage converter and power management device including the same

A hybrid charge pump including a hybrid circuit configured to snub an over shoot or under shoot present in an input pulse in a snubbing operation if a level of the pulse is a first level, store the pulse in a charging operation if the level of the pulse is a second level different from the first level, and generate a negative voltage from the stored pulse in a negative voltage generation operation.

Hybrid charge pump and method for operating the same, power management IC comprising the pump

A power converter includes a zero-current detector having an adjustable offset voltage. The power converter includes a power converting unit and a switch driving circuit. The power converting unit generates a DC output voltage based on a pull-up driving signal, a pull-down driving signal and a DC input voltage. The switch driving circuit generates a first detection voltage signal based on the DC output voltage. The switch driving circuit includes a zero-current detector configured to adjust an offset voltage based on the first detection voltage signal and generate a zero-current detecting signal based on the offset voltage. The offset voltage and the zero-current detecting signal are associated with a current in the power converting unit. The switch driving circuit also includes a pulse-frequency modulating circuit configured to perform a pulse-frequency modulation (PFM) to generate the pull-up driving signal and the pull-down driving signal based on the zero-current detecting signal.

Power converters including zero-current detectors and methods of power conversion

A flip-flop, and a frequency divider and an RF circuit using the flip-flop. The frequency divider, which receives a first signal and generates a second signal by dividing a frequency of the first signal, including a plurality of flip-flops that each latch and output a signal based on the first signal; and at least one switch unit that is switched in response to a control signal to modify a signal transfer path between the plurality of the flip-flops, wherein a different number of flip-flops are activated in response to each first and second status of the control signal so that the frequency of the first signal is divided by different multiples.

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Hyoung-seok Oh