Patents by Inventor Deog-Kyoon Jeong

Deog-Kyoon Jeong has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190268005
    Abstract: A data receiver circuit may include: a delay circuit suitable for delaying first and second strobe signals and generating delayed first and second strobe signals; a first receiver circuit suitable for sampling data in synchronization with the delayed first strobe signal; a second receiver circuit suitable for sampling the data in synchronization with the delayed second strobe signal; an enable signal generation circuit suitable for generating an enable signal indicating whether the data transitioned; a transition level generation circuit suitable for generating a transition level signal indicating a transition direction of the data; a phase shift circuit suitable for shifting the phase of the delayed first strobe signal by a set degree and generating a shifted first strobe signal; a sampling circuit suitable for sampling the data in synchronization with the shifted first strobe signal and generating a sampling result; and a control logic suitable for changing a delay value of the delay circuit in response to
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Suhwan KIM, Deog-Kyoon JEONG, Sang-Yoon LEE, Joo-Hyung CHAE, Chang-Ho HYUN
  • Patent number: 10361692
    Abstract: A duty cycle detector includes a first ring oscillator suitable for including an odd number of first inverters and generating a first periodic signal by using the first inverters, at least one inverter among the first inverters being enabled during a time interval when a clock has a first value, a second ring oscillator including an odd number of second inverters and suitable for generating a second periodic signal using the second inverters, at least one inverter among the second inverters being enabled during a time interval when the clock has a second value. The duty cycle detector further includes a frequency comparator suitable for comparing a frequency of the first periodic signal with a frequency of the second periodic signal and generating a duty cycle detection signal of the clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Deog-Kyoon Jeong, Suhwan Kim, Joo-Hyung Chae
  • Patent number: 10348252
    Abstract: An amplifier circuit includes: a first inverter and a second inverter coupled in a cross-coupled form during an amplification operation and suitable for amplifying a voltage difference between a first line and a second line; a first isolation switch suitable for electrically connecting the first line and an output terminal of the first inverter to each other; a second isolation switch suitable for electrically connecting the second line and an output terminal of the second inverter to each other; and an equalizing switch suitable for electrically connecting the output terminal of the first inverter and the output terminal of the second inverter to each other, wherein before the amplification operation, a first offset compensation operation for turning on the second isolation switch and the equalizing switch and a second offset compensation operation for turning on the first isolation switch and the equalizing switch are performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Deog-Kyoon Jeong, Jung Min Yoon
  • Patent number: 10348538
    Abstract: A transmitter may include a driver having a PMOS transistor and an NMOS transistor connected in series between a first power supply and a second power supply. The driver may be configured to output an output signal. The transmitter may further include a driver control circuit configured to control a gate voltage of the PMOS transistor and a gate voltage of the NMOS transistor based on a level of a data signal, an occurrence of a level transition of the data signal, and a direction of the level transition of the data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Hyeongjun Ko, Mino Kim, Suhwan Kim, Deog-Kyoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 10305705
    Abstract: A signal receiver circuit may include: a receiver suitable for generating a received signal based on comparison of an input signal with a reference voltage during a normal operation and based on comparison of the input signal with a target voltage during a training operation; a compensator suitable for applying a weight to the received signal to compensate for the input signal; and a weight adjuster suitable for adjusting the weight based on a level of the received signal during the training operation, wherein during the training operation, the input signal toggles between first and second levels, and the receiver is enabled when the input signal is at the first level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Suhwan Kim, Min-Chang Kim, Deog-Kyoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 10284211
    Abstract: An injection-locked oscillator includes an oscillator and an injection circuit. The oscillator includes a first oscillation node through which a first oscillation signal is output and a second oscillation node through which a second oscillation signal is output, the second oscillation signal having a phase opposite to that of the first oscillation signal. The injection circuit provides an injection current between the first oscillation node and the second oscillation node according to a reference signal. The injection circuit includes a charging element configured to be charged or discharged in response to a reference signal and to provide the injection current between the first oscillation node and the second oscillation node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: SK HYNIX INC., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sungwoo Kim, Sungyong Cho, Hankyu Chi, Suhwan Kim, Deog-Kyoon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20190131962
    Abstract: A duty cycle detector includes a first ring oscillator suitable for including an odd number of first inverters and generating a first periodic signal by using the first inverters, at least one inverter among the first inverters being enabled during a time interval when a clock has a first value, a second ring oscillator including an odd number of second inverters and suitable for generating a second periodic signal using the second inverters, at least one inverter among the second inverters being enabled during a time interval when the clock has a second value. The duty cycle detector further includes a frequency comparator suitable for comparing a frequency of the first periodic signal with a frequency of the second periodic signal and generating a duty cycle detection signal of the clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Deog-Kyoon JEONG, Suhwan KIM, Joo-Hyung CHAE
  • Patent number: 10263604
    Abstract: A triangular wave generator includes a wave generator configured to generate a triangular wave according to a clock signal and a control signal. The triangular wave generator further includes a wave controller configured to adjust a value of the control signal in a correction mode. The control signal includes a first bias control signal, a second bias control signal, and a capacitance control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: SK HYNIX INC., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Joohyung Chae, Hankyu Chi, Suhwan Kim, Deog-Kyoon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20190095032
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel; a touch sensing unit (TSU) on the display panel and including first and second transmission touch lines (TTL); and a touch driving circuit (TDC). The TDC applies first and second touch driving signals (TDS) to the first and second TTL, respectively. The TDC includes first and second sharing switch devices (SSD) respectively connected to the first and second TTL. The first and second SSD are connected to each other. The first TDS has a first voltage level during a first period, and the second TDS has a second voltage level different than the first voltage level during the first period. The TDC is configured to turn on the first and second SSD during a second period after the first period such that the first and second TDSs have a voltage level between the first voltage level and the second voltage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Youngmin PARK, Deog-kyoon JEONG, Kyungyoul MIN, Jiheon PARK, Jonghyun OH, Moonsang HWANG, Young-Ha HWANG
  • Publication number: 20190081619
    Abstract: A duty cycle correction circuit includes a first inverter suitable for driving a second clock in response to a first clock; a second inverter suitable for driving the first clock in response to the second clock; and a duty cycle detector suitable for detecting a duty cycle of the first clock or the second clock, wherein driving forces of one or more inverters among the first inverter and the second inverter are controlled based on a duty detection result of the duty cycle detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Suhwan KIM, Joo-Hyung CHAE, Deog-Kyoon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20190081609
    Abstract: An impedance adjusting circuit includes: a first node coupled to a resistor; a first impedance unit having an impedance value determined based on a first impedance code and coupled between a first voltage terminal and a second node; a first switching unit suitable for electrically connecting the first node and the second node to each other in response to a clock; a first average voltage unit suitable for generating an average voltage of the first node; a first comparison unit suitable for comparing the average voltage of the first node with a first reference voltage to produce a comparison result of the first comparison unit; and a first code generation unit suitable for generating the first impedance code in response to the comparison result of the first comparison unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Suhwan KIM, Joo-Hyung CHAE, Deog-Kyoon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20190013060
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: an amplifier circuit including a first inverter and a second inverter to amplify a voltage difference between a first line and a second line; a replica amplifier circuit including a first replica inverter having an input terminal and an output terminal which are coupled to a second replica line and replicating the first inverter, and that includes a second replica inverter having an input terminal and an output terminal which are coupled to a first replica line and replicating the second inverter; and a current control circuit suitable for controlling an amount of a current sourced to the replica amplifier circuit and an amount of a current sunken from the replica amplifier circuit based on comparison of an average level between a voltage of the first replica line and a voltage of the second replica line with a level of a target voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Deog-Kyoon JEONG, Jung Min YOON, Hyungrok DO
  • Publication number: 20190007000
    Abstract: An amplifier circuit includes: a first inverter and a second inverter coupled in a cross-coupled form during an amplification operation and suitable for amplifying a voltage difference between a first line and a second line; a first isolation switch suitable for electrically connecting the first line and an output terminal of the first inverter to each other; a second isolation switch suitable for electrically connecting the second line and an output terminal of the second inverter to each other; and an equalizing switch suitable for electrically connecting the output terminal of the first inverter and the output terminal of the second inverter to each other, wherein before the amplification operation, a first offset compensation operation for turning on the second isolation switch and the equalizing switch and a second offset compensation operation for turning on the first isolation switch and the equalizing switch are performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Deog-Kyoon JEONG, Jung Min YOON
  • Publication number: 20180358956
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a unit delay circuit comprises a first path configured to delay a first input signal to output a first output signal when a selection signal is inactivated, a second path configured delay a second input signal to output a second output signal when the selection signal is inactivated, and a third path configured to delay the first input signal to output the second output signal when the selection signal is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicants: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Mino KIM, Suhwan KIM, Deog-Kyoon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20180359121
    Abstract: A transmitter may include a driver having a PMOS transistor and an NMOS transistor connected in series between a first power supply and a second power supply. The driver may be configured to output an output signal. The transmitter may further include a driver control circuit configured to control a gate voltage of the PMOS transistor and a gate voltage of the NMOS transistor based on a level of a data signal, an occurrence of a level transition of the data signal, and a direction of the level transition of the data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicants: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Hyeongjun KO, Mino KIM, Suhwan KIM, Deog-Kyoon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20180358954
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a delay circuit comprises a delay loop controller outputting a signal obtained by operating a start signal and a delayed feedback clock signal output from outside the delay loop controller; and a loop counter configured to determine whether a predetermined delay time has elapsed since the start signal was input according to the delayed feedback clock signal and a predetermined loop count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicants: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Jaewook KIM, Mino KIM, Suhwan KIM, Deog-Kyoon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20180343028
    Abstract: A transceiver circuit may include: a first NMOS transistor suitable for pulling up a transmission line in response to a TX signal in a TX mode and for being turned on or off according to a voltage level of the transmission line in an RX mode; and a first PMOS transistor suitable for pulling down the transmission line in response to the TX signal in the TX mode and for being turned on or off according to the voltage level of the transmission line in the RX mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Deog-Kyoon JEONG, Han-Gon KO
  • Publication number: 20180343149
    Abstract: A signal receiver circuit may include: a receiver suitable for generating a received signal based on comparison of an input signal with a reference voltage during a normal operation and based on comparison of the input signal with a target voltage during a training operation; a compensator suitable for applying a weight to the received signal to compensate for the input signal; and a weight adjuster suitable for adjusting the weight based on a level of the received signal during the training operation, wherein during the training operation, the input signal toggles between first and second levels, and the receiver is enabled when the input signal is at the first level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Suhwan KIM, Min-Chang KIM, Deog-Kyoon JEONG
  • Patent number: 10056904
    Abstract: A receiver includes a first input buffering circuit configured to output a first signal by comparing an input signal and a first offset signal; a second input buffering circuit configured to output a second signal by comparing the input signal and a second offset signal; and a signal mixing circuit configured to output an output signal with a corrected duty ratio by combining the first signal and the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: SK HYNIX INC., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Mino Kim, Suhwan Kim, Deog-Kyoon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20180226979
    Abstract: An injection locked phase locked loop includes an injection locked oscillator configured to generate an oscillation signal according to an injection signal and to generate a replica signal by replicating the oscillation signal when the injection signal is deactivated; a phase controller configured to generate a phase control signal according to a phase error signal; and an error detector configured to generate the phase error signal by comparing a phase of the oscillation signal and a phase of the replica signal, and to control a phase difference between the oscillation signal and the replica signal according to the phase control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Sungwoo KIM, Han-Gon KO, Suhwan KIM, Deog-Kyoon JEONG