Patents by Inventor Hwapyong Kim

Hwapyong Kim 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).

  • Patent number: 11342011
    Abstract: Inventive concepts relates to a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device may include a first buffer configured to receive a first signal, a second buffer configured to receive a second signal, a detector configured to compare a first phase of the first signal received by the first buffer to a second phase of the second signal received by the second buffer and to generate a detection signal, and a corrector activated or inactivated in response to a detection signal. The corrector may be configured to correct the first signal received by the first buffer and the second signal received by the second buffer, when the corrector is activated in response to the detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hun-Dae Choi, Hwapyong Kim
  • Patent number: 11177814
    Abstract: A delay locked loop circuit including: a clock signal input buffer to buffer an input clock signal and generate a reference clock signal; a delay unit to delay the reference clock signal in response to a coarse and fine delay code and generate an internal clock signal; a clock signal delay replica unit to delay the internal clock signal and generate a feedback clock signal; a coarse delay control unit to receive the reference and feedback clock signals, detect a time period between a transition time point of the reference clock signal and a transition time point of the feedback clock signal occurring before the transition time point of the reference clock signal, and generate a coarse delay code; and a fine delay control unit to compare a phase of the reference clock signal and a phase of the feedback clock signal, and generate a fine delay code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwapyong Kim, Hundae Choi
  • Patent number: 11145355
    Abstract: A memory device includes a calibration circuit having a pull-up code generator including a pull-up resistor block and generating a pull-up code, and a pull-down code generator including a replica pull-up resistor block and a pull-down resistor block and generating a pull-down code, and an off chip driver/on die termination circuit providing a termination resistance having a resistance value set by the calibration circuit in a data reception operation and outputting data at an output strength set by the calibration circuit in a data output operation. In a calibration operation, a resistance value of the replica pull-up resistor block is adjusted to be less than a resistance value of the pull-up resistor block, and the pull-down code has a code value by which a resistance value of the pull-down resistor block corresponds to the resistance value of the replica pull-up resistor block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwapyong Kim, Hundae Choi, Junha Lee
  • Publication number: 20210027827
    Abstract: A memory device includes a calibration circuit having a pull-up code generator including a pull-up resistor block and generating a pull-up code, and a pull-down code generator including a replica pull-up resistor block and a pull-down resistor block and generating a pull-down code, and an off chip driver/on die termination circuit providing a termination resistance having a resistance value set by the calibration circuit in a data reception operation and outputting data at an output strength set by the calibration circuit in a data output operation. In a calibration operation, a resistance value of the replica pull-up resistor block is adjusted to be less than a resistance value of the pull-up resistor block, and the pull-down code has a code value by which a resistance value of the pull-down resistor block corresponds to the resistance value of the replica pull-up resistor block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: HWAPYONG KIM, HUNDAE CHOI, JUNHA LEE
  • Publication number: 20210006254
    Abstract: A delay locked loop circuit including: a clock signal input buffer to buffer an input clock signal and generate a reference clock signal; a delay unit to delay the reference clock signal in response to a coarse and fine delay code and generate an internal clock signal; a clock signal delay replica unit to delay the internal clock signal and generate a feedback clock signal; a coarse delay control unit to receive the reference and feedback clock signals, detect a time period between a transition time point of the reference clock signal and a transition time point of the feedback clock signal occurring before the transition time point of the reference clock signal, and generate a coarse delay code; and a fine delay control unit to compare a phase of the reference clock signal and a phase of the feedback clock signal, and generate a fine delay code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Hwapyong KIM, Hundae CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200402555
    Abstract: Inventive concepts relates to a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device may include a first buffer configured to receive a first signal, a second buffer configured to receive a second signal, a detector configured to compare a first phase of the first signal received by the first buffer to a second phase of the second signal received by the second buffer and to generate a detection signal, and a corrector activated or inactivated in response to a detection signal. The corrector may be configured to correct the first signal received by the first buffer and the second signal received by the second buffer, when the corrector is activated in response to the detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hun-Dae CHOI, Hwapyong KIM
  • Patent number: 10861516
    Abstract: Inventive concepts relates to a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device may include a first buffer configured to receive a first signal, a second buffer configured to receive a second signal, a detector configured to compare a first phase of the first signal received by the first buffer to a second phase of the second signal received by the second buffer and to generate a detection signal, and a corrector activated or inactivated in response to a detection signal. The corrector may be configured to correct the first signal received by the first buffer and the second signal received by the second buffer, when the corrector is activated in response to the detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hun-Dae Choi, Hwapyong Kim
  • Publication number: 20200027489
    Abstract: Inventive concepts relates to a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device may include a first buffer configured to receive a first signal, a second buffer configured to receive a second signal, a detector configured to compare a first phase of the first signal received by the first buffer to a second phase of the second signal received by the second buffer and to generate a detection signal, and a corrector activated or inactivated in response to a detection signal. The corrector may be configured to correct the first signal received by the first buffer and the second signal received by the second buffer, when the corrector is activated in response to the detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hun-Dae Choi, Hwapyong Kim