Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Skhynix Inc.

Yonsei University

Seong-Hyun Kim

Jong-Sang Choi

Sang-Bum Kim

Sang-Wook Kang

Joong-Chul Yoon

Sung-Hyun Kim

Jong-Hoon Shin

Jeon-Taek Im

Zang-Hee Cho

Kyoung-Hun Kim

Chul-Joon Choi

Chul-joon Choi

Yong-Joo Park

Yong-Hyeon Kim

Jung-Won Seo

An-Na Choi

Tae-keun Jeon

Sang-Hoon Lee

Jung-Shin Park

Hyung-Dong Lee

Jae-Hun Jeong

In-Ho Kim

Ho-Jae Lee

I-saac Lee

Beom Kwon

Sang-Heon Lee

Hyung-ok Choi

Byung-Yoon Kang

Hae-sung Oh

Jae-gun No

Jae-hun Jeong

Bong-Hoon Lee

Koon-Han Sohn

Jae-Gun No

I-Saac Lee

Hyung-Ok Choi

An electronic device including a semiconductor memory is provided. The semiconductor memory includes: a plurality of lower lines disposed over a substrate and extending in a first direction; a plurality of upper lines disposed over the lower lines and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; a plurality of memory cells disposed between the lower lines and the upper lines and overlapping intersection regions of the lower lines and the upper lines; and an air gap located between the upper lines and extending in the second direction.

Electronic device and method for fabricating the same

A neuromorphic device is disclosed. The neuromorphic device may include an input element; a synapse element having a plurality of synapse blocks; a logic element; and an output element. The plurality of synapse blocks may share the logic element.

Neuromorphic device having a plurality of synapse blocks sharing a common logic element

Neuromorphic devices are described. A neuromorphic device may include a pre-synaptic neuron; row lines extending from the pre-synaptic neuron in a first direction; a post-synapse neuron; a column line extending from the post-synaptic neuron in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and synapses disposed in intersection regions between the row lines and the column line. The synapses may include a first synapse having a first memristor; and a second synapse having a first selection device and a second memristor.

Neuromorphic device having a plurality of synapses blocks

A semiconductor memory device may include: a plurality of row lines extended in parallel to each other in a first horizontal direction; a plurality of column line stacks extended in parallel to each other in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, wherein each of the plurality of column line stacks includes a plurality of column lines extended in parallel to each other in a vertical direction; and a plurality of cell pillars that pass vertically through the column lines of the column line stacks, each of the plurality of cell pillars has a first end and a second end, wherein the first ends of the plurality of cell pillars are electrically coupled to the plurality of row lines, and the second ends of the plurality of cell pillars are floated. Each cell pillar includes a core and variable resistance memory layers.

Three dimensional stacked semiconductor memory device

A threshold switching device includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an insulating layer interposed between the first and second electrode layers and including a plurality of neutral defects. The threshold switching device has an ON or OFF state according to whether electrons are ejected from the plurality of neutral defects.

Threshold switching device and electronic device including the same

Provided are a digital photographing apparatus in which a read-out mode may be changed when capturing a moving image, and a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus. The method includes capturing a moving image having a predetermined frame rate in a first read-out mode, estimating a brightness of surroundings and then determining a shutter speed of a frame to be currently captured based on the estimated brightness of the surroundings, determining whether or not an exposure time that is dependent on the shutter speed is longer than a predetermined time period, and changing the first read-out mode to a second read-out mode that has a shorter read-out time than the first read-out mode when the exposure time is longer than the predetermined time period.

Read-out mode changeable digital photographing apparatus and method of controlling the same

A method for acquiring by a base station (BS) synchronization between BSs in a mobile communication system with a distributed cell structure is provided. The method includes measuring a timing error with other BS as a synchronization target. The method also includes performing a synchronization operation with the other BS using at least one first sub-frame based on the measured timing error, wherein a number of symbols included in a first sub-frame is less than a number of symbols included in a second sub-frame.

Method and apparatus for acquiring synchronization between base stations in mobile communication system with distributed cell structure

An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory that includes: an inter-layer dielectric layer including a hole over a substrate; a first nitride layer disposed on sidewalls of the hole; a selector disposed in a bottom portion of the hole and over the first nitride layer on the sidewalls of the hole; a stacked structure including a variable resistance pattern disposed over a lower structure including the selector; and a second nitride layer disposed in an upper portion and on sidewalls of the stacked structure.

Fabricating electronic device including a semiconductor memory that comprises an inter-layer dielectric layer with first and second nitride layer over stacked structure

A device includes a photographing unit, an image processing unit, a buffer, a storage unit, and a digital signal processor. The buffer stores index information to be assigned to at least one image signal obtained by the photographing unit, file name and storage path information to be provided to the at least one image signal when the at least one image signal is stored in the storage unit. The digital signal processor displays the most recently stored image signal when a display input instruction to display a currently captured image is received, searches the storage unit when an input instruction to display previously-captured images is additionally received, if a corresponding image file is found in the storage unit, displays the found image file, and if the corresponding image file is not found in the storage unit, displays an image signal stored in the buffer using the index information.

Device and method for making quick change to playback mode after photographing subject

A method and apparatus for resetting a memory card having a plurality of interfaces and a plurality of function blocks, wherein each function block may be associated with a corresponding interface, may include detecting a reset signal for a selected interface of the plurality of interfaces, and interrupting a function block associated with the selected interface. When the selected interface is the only active interface, all function blocks in the memory card may be reset. If interfaces other than the selected interface are active, only the selected interface may be reset.

Memory card having multiple interfaces and reset control method thereof

An image editing method and an image editing apparatus include dividing an entire image, generating representative images, and generating edited images. Accordingly, a user may edit photographed images, recorded images or reproduced images more easily and conveniently.

Image editing method and an image editing apparatus using the same

An electronic device includes a universal serial bus (USB) interface therein. This USB interface is configured to support at least first and second different USB interface standards. These different interface standards are selected by the electronic device in response to comparing a voltage level of a signal provided to said USB interface relative to a reference voltage generated within the electronic device. The signal provided to the USB may be a power supply signal, the first USB standard may be a USB 2.0 interface standard and the second USB standard may be an inter-chip USB interface standard.

Methods of operating electronic devices having USB interfaces capable of supporting multiple USB interface standards

A photographing apparatus having portable multimedia player (PMP) functions. The photographing apparatus provides the PMP functions to store multimedia content such as images, music and moving image files and to play back the stored multimedia content using recording and playback functions of the photographing apparatus so that portability can be improved and a user can enjoy the multimedia content. Specifically, the photographing apparatus includes a photographing module to provide a photographing function and a PMP module to record and play back the photographed image and to provide the PMP function. Therefore, if a display unit is part of the PMP module and the PMP module is attached to the photographing apparatus, the display unit may be used as a part of the photographing apparatus, and if the display unit is separated from the photographing apparatus, the display unit may be used as a PMP.

Photographing apparatus having functions of portable multimedia player

A multi-interface card includes smart card interface, memory card interface, card controller and memory module. The smart card interface interfaces with a smart card host using a smart card protocol. The memory card interface interfaces with a memory card host using a memory card protocol. The card controller controls the smart card host and memory card host so that the smart card host and the memory card host simultaneously interface with the smart card and the memory card interfaces, respectively. The memory module stores data transferred from the smart card host and memory card host. The multi-interface card simultaneously supports the smart card interface and the memory card interface. Thus, the one multi-interface card can support a subscriber authentication function and a data storage function.

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Seong-Hyun Kim