Patents by Inventor Jeon-Kyu Kim

Jeon-Kyu 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: 6002629
    Abstract: Integrated circuit memory devices include an array of memory cells and a row address generator circuit which generates first and second different sequences of addresses during first and second refresh modes, respectively, and also repeats at least one of the addresses in the first sequence as an address in the second sequence when transitioning from the first refresh mode to the second refresh mode. The generator circuit may also perform the function of generating row addresses during the first and second refresh modes with the most significant bit of a row address being toggled with each consecutive row address during the first refresh mode. The first refresh mode may be a CAS-before-RAS refresh mode, the second refresh mode may be a self-refresh mode and the address in at least one of the first and second periods of the self-refresh mode may be equivalent to an address in the last period of a preceding CAS-before-RAS refresh mode when transitioning from the first refresh mode to the second refresh mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeon-Kyu Kim, Chang-Hag Oh, Choong-Sun Park, Jeon-Hyoung Lee