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20100002507 | FLASH MEMORY DEVICE REDUCING NOISE OF COMMON SOURCE LINE, PROGRAM VERIFY METHOD THEREOF, AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A flash memory device controls a common source line voltage and performs a program verify method. A plurality of memory cells is connected between a bit line and the common source line. A data input/output circuit is connected to the bit line and is configured to store data to be programmed in a selected memory cell of the plurality of memory cells. The data input/output circuit maintains data to be programmed within the data input/output circuit during a program verify operation, and decreases noise in the common source line by selectively precharging the bit line based on the data to be programmed. | 01-07-2010 |
20100220535 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A non-volatile memory device includes a feedback circuit and a precharge switching transistor. The feedback circuit generates a feedback signal based on a voltage level of a bitline during a precharge operation. The precharge switching transistor, in response to the feedback signal, controls a precharge current for precharging the bitline. The speed of the precharge operation may be increased and/or mismatch of the bias signals in precharging a plurality of bitlines may be reduced. | 09-02-2010 |
20130128662 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF READING DATA IN NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A method is provided for reading data in a nonvolatile memory device. The method includes performing a first read operation on multiple multi-level memory cells (MLCs), performing a first sensing operation on at least one flag cell corresponding to the MLCs, selectively performing a second read operation on the MLCs based on a result of the first sensing operation, and performing a second sensing operation on the at least one flag cell when the second read operation is performed. Read data is output based on results of the first read operation and the first sensing operation when the second read operation is not performed, and the read data is output based on result of the first read operation, the first sensing operation, the second read operation and the second sensing operation when the second read operation is performed. The read data corresponds to programmed data in the MLCs. | 05-23-2013 |
20140211565 | METHODS OF PROGRAMMING MULTI-LEVEL CELL NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES AND DEVICES SO OPERATING - To program in a nonvolatile memory device include a plurality of memory cells that are programmed into multiple states through at least two program steps, a primary program is performed from an erase level to a first target level with respect to the memory cells coupled to a selected word line A preprogram is performed from the erase level to a preprogram level in association with the primary program with respect to the memory cells coupled to the selected word line, where the preprogram level is larger than the erase level and smaller than the first target level A secondary program is performed from the preprogram level to a second target level with respect to the preprogrammed memory cells coupled to the selected word line. | 07-31-2014 |
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20090116523 | HYBRID LASER DIODE - Provided is a hybrid laser diode. The hybrid laser diode includes: a silicon layer constituting a slab waveguide; and a compound semiconductor layer disposed on the silicon layer to constitute a channel waveguide. | 05-07-2009 |
20090152528 | HIGH-POWER, BROAD-BAND, SUPERLUMINESCENT DIODE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided are a superluminescent diode with a high optical power and a broad wavelength band, and a method of fabricating the same. The superluminescent diode includes: at least one high optical confinement factor (HOCF) region; and at least one low optical confinement factor (LOCF) region having a lower optical confinement factor than the HOCF region. The method includes obtaining a difference of optical confinement factors in the HOCF region and the LOCF region through a selective area growth method, the selective area growth method using a deposition thicknesses difference of thin layers according to a width difference of openings that expose a substrate. | 06-18-2009 |
20090154517 | HYBRID LASER DIODE FOR SINGLE MODE OPERATION AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided are a hybrid laser diode for single mode operation, and a method for manufacturing the hybrid laser diode. The hybrid laser diode includes a silicon layer, an active pattern disposed on the silicon layer, and a bonding layer disposed between the silicon layer and the active pattern. Here, the bonding layer includes diffraction patterns constituting a Bragg grating. | 06-18-2009 |
20090154880 | PHOTONICS DEVICE - Provided is a photonics device. The photonics device includes: a substrate including a star coupler region and a transition region; a lower core layer formed on the substrate; and upper core patterns formed on the substrate to define a waveguide. The upper core patterns are disposed on the lower core layer at the transition region, so that the transition region has a multi-layered core structure. | 06-18-2009 |
20090252457 | WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE AND ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING STRUCTURE - Provided are a waveguide structure and an arrayed waveguide grating structure. The arrayed waveguide grating structure includes an input star coupler, an output star coupler, and a plurality of arrayed waveguides optically connecting the input star coupler and the output star coupler. Each of the arrayed waveguides includes at least one section having a high confinement factor and at least two sections having a relatively low confinement factor. The sections of the arrayed waveguides having a high confinement factor have the same structure. | 10-08-2009 |
20100142579 | RESONATOR OF HYBRID LASER DIODE - Provided is a resonator of a hybrid laser diode. The resonator includes: a substrate including a semiconductor layer where a hybrid waveguide, a multi-mode waveguide, and a single mode waveguide are connected in series; a compound semiconductor waveguide, provided on the hybrid waveguide of the semiconductor layer, having a tapered coupling structure at one end of the compound semiconductor waveguide, the tapered coupling structure overlapping the multi-mode waveguide partially; and a reflection part provided on one end of the single mode waveguide. The multi-mode waveguide has a narrower width than the hybrid waveguide and the single mode waveguide has a narrower width than the multi-mode waveguide. | 06-10-2010 |
20100150499 | PHOTONICS DEVICE HAVING ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING STRUCTURES - Provided is a photonics device including at least two arrayed waveguide grating structures. Each of the arrayed waveguide grating structures of the photonics device includes an input star coupler, an output star coupler, and a plurality of arrayed waveguides optically connecting the input star coupler to the output star coupler. Each of the arrayed waveguides includes at least one first section having a high confinement factor and at least two second sections having a low confinement factor. The first sections of the arrayed waveguides have the same structure. | 06-17-2010 |
20110141758 | OPTICAL COUPLER AND ACTIVE OPTICAL MODULE COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided are an optical coupler, which can improve miniaturization and integration, and an active optical module comprising the same. The optical coupler comprises a hollow optical block having a through hole formed to pass an optical fiber therethrough. The hollow optical block comprises at least one incidence plane, at least one internal reflection plane, and at least one tapering region. The incidence plane is disposed at the bottom of the hollow optical block, which is parallel to the through hole, to incident-transmit light. The internal reflection plane is disposed at the top of the hollow optical block, which is opposite to the incidence plane, to reflect the light, which is received from the incidence plane, into the hollow optical block. The tapering region is configured to concentrate the light on the optical fiber in the through hole. The tapering region is formed such that the outer diameter of the hollow optical block decreases away from the internal reflection plane and the incidence plane. | 06-16-2011 |
20120213235 | OPTICAL COUPLERS AND ACTIVE OPTICAL MODULES USING THE SAME - Provided are an optical coupler and an active optical module including the same. The optical coupler includes at least one first optical fiber, a second optical fiber, and a hollow optical block. The at least one first optical fiber transfers pump light. The second optical fiber includes a cladding with a facet enlarged from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter, and passes the pump light which is transferred through the first optical fiber. The hollow optical block includes a through hole, an incident surface, and a coupling surface. The through hole passes the cladding with the first outer diameter. The incident surface is connected to the first optical fiber at a side end of the through hole. The coupling surface is joined to the facet of the second optical fiber at the other side end of the through hole facing the incident surface. | 08-23-2012 |
20130010913 | NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY POSITIONING SYSTEM HAVING BUILT-IN SOLENOID VALVE BOX - Provided is a nuclear fuel assembly positioning system having a built-in solenoid valve box in an apparatus for testing nuclear fuel used in an atomic power plant. A work table is installed at a predetermined position within an underwater fuel storage pool, and a solenoid valve box connected to two pneumatic hoses extending from the outside is integrally installed on an test table so as to drive the test table, so that only the two pneumatic hoses simplified as a gas supply hose and a gas discharge hose are connected with the test table, and thus the nuclear fuel assembly is accurately and rapidly positioned as to be able to conveniently perform testing without the structures around the hoses being interfered with when pneumatic motors are operated. | 01-10-2013 |
20130243377 | OPTIC COUPLER, OPTICAL FIBER LASER DEVICE, AND ACTIVE OPTICAL MODULE USING THE SAME - The inventive concept provides optic couplers, optical fiber laser devices, and active optical modules using the same. The optic coupler may include a first optical fiber having a first core and a first cladding surrounding the first core, a second optical fiber having a second core transmitting a signal light to the first optical fiber and a third cladding surrounding the second core, third optical fibers transmitting pump-light to the first optical fiber in a direction parallel to the second optical fiber; and a connector connected between the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber, the connector extending the third optical fibers disposed around the second optical fiber toward the first optical fiber, the connector comprising a third core connected between the first core and the second core and a fifth cladding surrounding the third core. | 09-19-2013 |
20130287339 | PLANAR WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT - Disclosed is a planar waveguide element including a first cylindrical lens disposed based on an z-axis and configured to collimate beams emitted from a plurality of emitters of a laser diode bar; a lens array configured to gather the beam emitted from each emitter via the first cylindrical lens; a plurality of first waveguides existing on an x-y plane by a number of the plurality of emitters and configured to gather at one place via a bending section; a taper configured to connect the lens array and each first waveguide, a width of the taper being narrower from the lens array to the plurality of first waveguide; and a combined waveguide configured to combine the plurality of first waveguides into one. | 10-31-2013 |