Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Dongwoo Fine-chem Co., Ltd.

Soulbrain Co., Ltd.

Jungmin Oh

Sanghyun Lee

Kyungwon Lee

Hyosan Lee

Songkyu Kim

Minseok Shin

Hyoungkwon Kim

Hyojoong Yoon

Inhye Yeom

Jaesung Lee

Hoon Hee Han

Minjung Kim

Jinyoung Song

Junghun Lim

Dongchul Ma

Changjun Park

Nohsun Kim

Eunsoo Bae

Changsu Jeon

Suhan Kim

Dongwun Shin

Kihun Song

Jongwook Baek

Jinkyu Roh

Byungho Hong

Yoseob Kwak

Yonghyon Kim

Sangwon Bae

Soyoung Yoon

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a wireless communication circuit, a memory for storing an EARFCN list, and a processor configured to identify whether the electronic device is in a designated mode, when the electronic device is in the designated mode, perform a scan sequentially on at least some channels from among a plurality of channels included in the EARFCN list, when a first channel satisfying a first condition is identified as a result of the scan, identify whether the first channel corresponds to a second condition by decoding a system information block (SIB) or a master information block (MIB) received through the first channel, when the first channel satisfies the second condition, select a cellular network regarding the first channel, and when the first channel does not satisfy the second condition, stop the scan and perform D2D communication during a designated time.

Electronic device for supporting device-to-device communication and method therefor

Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an apparatus and a method for rapidly acquiring a cell through direct communication by an electronic device. The electronic device may include: a memory, a first communication circuit, a second communication circuit, and at least one processor, and the processor may be configured to control the electronic device to: acquire a network list corresponding to each of at least one service area, based on the network information of the at least one external electronic device acquired through direct communication using the second communication circuit, acquire a frequency corresponding to the service area in which the electronic device is located, based on the network list based on determining that the service area of the electronic device is changed, and access a cell detected by a network search based on the frequency corresponding to the service area in which the electronic device is located through the first communication circuit.

Electronic device for acquiring cell and method of operating same

An example electronic device may include a plurality of antennas; and at least one communication processor communicating with a first communication network or a second communication network through the plurality of antennas. The at least one communication processor may be configured to set up a call with an external electronic device through the first communication network, identify information related to call quality in a call connected state with the external electronic device, and perform an operation for reducing a number of antennas for reception among the plurality of antennas based on identifying that the information related to the call quality meets a designated condition.

Electronic device and method for reducing current consumption in electronic device connected with communication network

An etchant composition for etching a silicon germanium film includes, based on a total weight of the etchant composition, about 5 wt % to about 14 wt % of an oxidant, about 0.01 wt % to about 5 wt % of a fluorine compound, about 0.01 wt % to about 5 wt % of an amine compound, about 0.01 wt % to about 1 wt % of an alcohol compound having a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail, about 60 wt % to about 90 wt % of an organic solvent, and a balance of water. A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device includes: forming, on a substrate, a structure in which a plurality of silicon films and a plurality of silicon germanium films are alternately stacked; and selectively removing the plurality of silicon germanium films by using the etchant composition.

Etchant composition for etching silicon germanium film and method of manufacturing integrated circuit device by using the same

According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes: at least one processor, and the at least one processor is configured to: check at least one event requiring a change in user equipment (UE) capability of the electronic device, change the UE capability of the electronic device based on the at least one event and transmit a TAU request message indicating that UE capability information update is requested, enter an idle state, based on receiving a TAU acceptance message corresponding to the TAU request message in a state in which the UE capability enquiry message corresponding to the TAU request is not received, establish a new RRC connection with the network in the idle state, receive a UE capability enquiry message based on the new RRC connection, and transmit a UE capability information message including the changed UE capability, based on the reception of the UE capability enquiry message.

Electronic device transmitting UE capability and method for operating thereof

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include at least one processor configured to support a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including a measurement object (MO) from a network, based on the first RAT, and based on dual connectivity (DC) of the first RAT and the second RAT being identified to be restricted, perform a measurement of at least one first frequency satisfying a condition associated with a stand alone (SA) mode among at least one frequency based on the second RAT, which is identified based on the MO, and refrain from performing a measurement of at least one second frequency not satisfying the condition among the at least one frequency.

Electronic device performing handover and method for operating thereof

An electronic device and operation method are provided that include a communication circuit, a memory to store mapping data in which identification information of a cellular communication network and information indicating whether the cellular communication network supports a standalone (SA) mode of a first cellular communication supported thereby are mapped, and a communication processor to, while searching for a node through the first cellular communication and/or second cellular communication, receive system information broadcast by the node, determine, based on identification information of a cellular communication network included in the system information and the mapping data, whether a cellular communication network corresponding to the node supports the SA mode of the first cellular communication, and, when it is determined that the cellular communication network does not support the SA mode, stop searching for the node through the first cellular communication and search for the node through the second cellular communication.

Electronic device for searching a node based on identification information of cellular communication network and method for the same

A user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE includes a first subscriber identity module (SIM) configured to correspond to a first cellular network, a second SIM configured to correspond to a second cellular network, a wireless communication circuit, and a processor configured to determine a SIM to be used for Internet data communication among the first SIM and the second SIM as the first SIM, perform a connection process for Internet data communication and internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) communication for a voice call with the first cellular network using first identification information about the first SIM, perform a connection process for the IMS communication with the second cellular network using second identification information about the second SIM, configure a parameter for the UE to support a narrow bandwidth for the second cellular network in UE capability information and transmit the UE capability information to the second cellular network.

User terminal having a plurality of subscriber identity modules

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise at least one processor, and an RF circuit configured to process a data packet associated with a first SIM connected to the at least one processor and a data packet associated with a second SIM connected to the at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to: establish a first PDU session corresponding to the first SIM, establish a second PDU session corresponding to the second SIM, store first information for the first PDU session, based on a network slice type of the first PDU session being a specified first type, and process a first data packet associated with the first SIM using the RF circuit while deferring execution of an operation associated with the second SIM based on a processing request for the first data packet associated with the first SIM corresponding to the stored first information.

Electronic device supporting multiple SIMs and method for operating the same

Metal-containing film etchant compositions may include hydrogen peroxide (HO), a phosphoric acid compound, a heterocyclic organic amine compound including at least one heteroatom in a ring, and water. Manufacturing methods of an integrated circuit (IC) may include performing a dry etch process on a conductive structure including a metal nitride film and a metal film to form a conductive pattern intermediate product and performing a wet etch process on the conductive pattern intermediate product using an etching atmosphere providing a higher etch selectivity with respect to the metal nitride film than the metal film. The etching atmosphere may include an etchant composition including hydrogen peroxide, a phosphoric acid compound, a heterocyclic organic amine compound including at least one heteroatom in a ring, and water.

Etchant compositions for metal-containing films and methods of manufacturing integrated circuit devices using the etchant compositions

A user equipment (UE) may include a first subscriber identity module corresponding to a first cellular network, a second subscriber identity module corresponding to a second cellular network, a wireless communication circuit, and a processor. The processor may be is configured to: perform data communication with the first cellular network that supports EUTRA NR dual connectivity (EN-DC) using first identity information of the first subscriber identity module, via the wireless communication circuit; detect an activity that triggers data communication via the second cellular network; and in response to the detection of the activity, perform a process of connecting data communication with the second cellular network using second identify information of the second subscriber identity module via the wireless communication circuit, and maintain support of an EN-DC of a UE capability associated with the first cellular network.

User terminal including plurality of subscriber identity modules

A silicon layer etchant composition and associated methods, the composition including about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % of an alkylammonium hydroxide; about 1 wt % to about 30 wt % of an amine compound; about 0.01 wt % to about 0.2 wt % of a nonionic surfactant including both a hydrophobic group and a hydrophilic group; and water, all wt % being based on a total weight of the silicon layer etchant composition.

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Jungmin Oh