Dr. Younghoon Sohn

Younghoon Sohn, Ph.D.

Dr. Sohn is the VP of Technology(Master) in Samsung Electronics' Semiconductor Memory Division. He leads the Advanced Metrology & Inspection Tech team to develop new technologies and apply them to High Volume Manufacturing (HVM). Since joining Samsung Electronics in 2006, he has been involved in the development of advanced MI technology projects from solution discovery to implementing production system. He holds more than 50 patents in the field of semiconductor MI.

Dr. Sohn received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University (Mechanical engineering) in 2005. The Thesis title was “Near-field photo-acoustic material characterization using scanning laser source and micro-fabricated ultrasound receiver”.”