Patents by Inventor Woongrae Kim

Woongrae 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: 11705179
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a monitoring circuit suitable for generating a monitoring signal indicating whether a speed of a memory clock signal is changed based on a speed information signal representing speed information of the memory clock signal; a cycle control circuit suitable for generating a refresh cycle control signal for controlling a refresh cycle based on a system clock signal, the memory clock signal, the monitoring signal and a refresh flag signal; and a control circuit suitable for generating the memory clock signal and the refresh flag signal based on the speed information signal, the system clock signal and the refresh cycle control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Woongrae Kim, Tae-Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 11705182
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a command generation circuit configured to generate a refresh command and a driving control signal, which are enabled during an all-bank refresh operation, according to a logic level combination of an internal chip selection signal and an internal command address. The electronic device also includes a buffer control circuit configured to generate, from the refresh command and the driving control signal, a first buffer enable signal for enabling a first group of buffers and a second buffer enable signal for enabling a second group of buffers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung Mook Kim, Woongrae Kim, Geun Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11705170
    Abstract: A memory device includes an external information input circuit configured to generate a burst mode signal and a write command pulse for a write operation, by receiving external information for the write operation; and a write operation control circuit configured to generate a write control pulse for storing internal data in a cell array, from the write command pulse when a first burst mode is performed on the basis of the burst mode signal, and to control whether to generate the write control pulse from the write command pulse when a second burst mode is performed on the basis of the burst mode signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Publication number: 20230215483
    Abstract: A memory system includes: a memory controller suitable for generating a first target address by sampling an address according to an active command, and providing the active command, a precharge command, a normal refresh command, the address and the first target address, to a memory device; and the memory device suitable for generating a first target refresh command according to the precharge command and the address, and refreshing one or more word lines corresponding to the first target address according to the first target refresh command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Publication number: 20230215484
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell region including a plurality of cell mats in each of which a plurality of rows are disposed, each row coupled to normal cells and row-hammer cells; a repair control circuit suitable for generating a pairing flag denoting whether a cell mat in which an active row corresponding to an active address is disposed, is repaired with another cell mat; and a refresh control circuit suitable for: selecting, when an active command is inputted, a sampling address based on first and second data read from the row-hammer cells of the active row, refreshing, when a target refresh command is inputted, one or more adjacent rows to a target row corresponding to the sampling address, and selectively refreshing, when the target refresh command is inputted, one or more adjacent rows to a paired row of the target row according to the pairing flag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Chul Moon JUNG, Woongrae KIM
  • Publication number: 20230206982
    Abstract: A memory device may include: a memory region including a plurality of word lines, a self-refresh command generation circuit suitable for generating self-refresh commands for each predetermined interval during a self-refresh period, a refresh check circuit suitable for generating a ratio signal by checking a ratio which word lines refreshed in response to the self-refresh commands occupy among the plurality of word lines, a ratio adjustment circuit suitable for adjusting, among a plurality of auto-refresh commands inputted from an external device during an auto-refresh period, a ratio of to-be-applied commands, which are to be used for a refresh operation, to to-be-skipped commands, which are to be skipped for the refresh operation, according to the ratio signal, and a refresh operation circuit suitable for performing the refresh operation on the plurality of word lines in response to the self-refresh commands and the to-be-applied commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Publication number: 20230206981
    Abstract: A memory device includes: a refresh control circuit configured to generate a self-refresh command and a refresh address, word line control circuits configured to control a refresh operation of a plurality of word lines, a group management circuit configured to classify N address groups by grouping the refresh addresses to be generated by the refresh control circuit and to select from the N address groups, a current address group including a refresh address to be currently generated and a subsequent address group including a refresh address to be generated after the current address group according to the predetermined order, a row control circuit configured to group the plurality of word line control circuits with N control signals respectively corresponding to the N address groups, respectively, and a supply control circuit configured to activate signals corresponding to the current and subsequent address groups among the N control signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Patent number: 11688454
    Abstract: A memory system includes: a memory device including at least one bank; and a memory controller suitable for: dividing the bank into a plurality of sub-regions according to an active address, generating an aging signal for the bank based on a plurality of counting values generated by counting a number of inputs of an active command for each of the sub-regions, and providing the active command, the active address, the aging signal, and a target refresh command, wherein the memory device is suitable for: generating a sampling address by sampling the active address according to the active command, and performing a target refresh operation on a word line corresponding to the sampling address according to the target refresh command while adjusting a refresh period of the bank according to the aging signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Publication number: 20230178137
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: first and second pattern generation circuits generating first and second pattern signal for a sampling section; a first section control part generating a coarse section signal for a first section of the sampling section, according to the first pattern signal; a first filter part generating a first section extract signal by filtering the second pattern signal according to the coarse section signal; a second section control part generating a fine section signal for a second section of the sampling section, according to the first section extract signal; a second filter part generating a second section extract signal by filtering the second pattern signal according to the fine section signal; an output control circuit generating a sampling enable signal according to the first and second section extract signals; and a sampling circuit suitable for sampling an input signal according to the sampling enable signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Woongrae KIM, Byeong Yong GO, Chul Moon JUNG, Yoonna OH
  • Patent number: 11670348
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a data input/output control block including a first power gating circuit coupled to a supply terminal of a first voltage and a second power gating circuit coupled to a supply terminal of a second voltage, the data input/output control block suitable for generating a control signal using the first and second voltages, a data input/output block including a third power gating circuit coupled to any one of the supply terminal of the first voltage and the supply terminal of the second voltage, the data input/output block suitable for inputting and outputting a data signal using the first and second voltages based on the control signal, and a memory block, coupled to the data input/output block, suitable for writing or reading the data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Woongrae Kim, Yoo-Jong Lee, A-Ram Rim
  • Patent number: 11670347
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a data input/output control block including a first power gating circuit coupled to a supply terminal of a first voltage and a second power gating circuit coupled to a supply terminal of a second voltage, the data input/output control block suitable for generating a control signal using the first and second voltages, a data input/output block including a third power gating circuit coupled to any one of the supply terminal of the first voltage and the supply terminal of the second voltage, the data input/output block suitable for inputting and outputting a data signal using the first and second voltages based on the control signal, and a memory block, coupled to the data input/output block, suitable for writing or reading the data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Woongrae Kim, Yoo-Jong Lee, A-Ram Rim
  • Patent number: 11670359
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including banks; a command/address buffer receiving a command/address based on a system dock; a data input/output circuit inputting/outputting data based on a data clock; a mode control circuit generating mode selection signals indicating different latencies according to a burst length signal and operation information on a first operation mode differentiated based on a ratio of the data dock to the system clock, and a second operation mode differentiated based on a bank mode; and a latency setting circuit setting a latency according to an activated one of the mode selection signals, generating an internal write command by delaying a write command at least by the set latency according to the system dock during a write operation, and generating an internal read command by delaying a read command by the set latency according to the system dock during a read operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Publication number: 20230154521
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell region including normal cells and row-hammer cells coupled to each of a plurality of rows, wherein the row-hammer cells of a selected row are suitable for storing first data and second data, the first data representing a number of accesses to the selected row and the second data denoting whether to refresh second adjacent rows of the selected row; and a refresh control circuit suitable for: selecting a sampling address based on the first data read from a row corresponding to an input address when an active command is inputted, determining, in response to a refresh command, whether to refresh first adjacent rows of a target row corresponding to the sampling address, and determining, in response to the refresh command, whether to refresh second adjacent rows of the target row based on the second data read from the target row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Publication number: 20230154518
    Abstract: A memory system includes: a memory device suitable for providing row-hammer data to set refresh rates for adjacent word lines of a target word line, and performing a target refresh operation on one or more word lines corresponding to a first row-hammer address according to a first target refresh command; and a memory controller suitable for generating a plurality of sampling addresses by sampling an active address, generating a plurality of counting values by comparing the sampling addresses with the active address, calculating a plurality of adjacent addresses corresponding to the sampling addresses based on the counting values and the row-hammer data, and providing the adjacent addresses as the first row-hammer address with the first target refresh command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Patent number: 11651812
    Abstract: A memory system includes: a memory controller suitable for: generating a normal refresh command and a target refresh command when a number of inputs of an active command reaches a certain number, and providing the active command, the normal refresh command, the target refresh command, and an address; and a memory device including a plurality of banks and suitable for: performing a target refresh operation on one or more word lines of at least one bank in response to the target refresh command, determining a row hammer risk level per bank by counting, within a periodic interval, a number of inputs of the target refresh command per bank based on the address, and performing a hidden refresh operation corresponding to the row hammer risk level per bank in response to the normal refresh command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Woongrae Kim, Duck Hwa Hong, Jeong Tae Hwang
  • Patent number: 11651811
    Abstract: A memory apparatus comprises: a sampling circuit for sampling an input address through a sampling method corresponding to a first selection signal among at least two sampling methods, a storage circuit for storing up to N number of addresses having different values among sampled addresses received from the sampling circuit, an arranging circuit for determining an output sequence of addresses stored in the storage circuit through an arranging method corresponding to a second selection signal among the two arranging methods, and setting, as a target address, an address outputted according to the output sequence, a selection control circuit for setting each of the first selection signal and the second selection signal based on a state of the storage circuit, and a refresh operation circuit for controlling a target refresh operation on a row of memory cells corresponding to the target address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Patent number: 11651810
    Abstract: A memory system includes: a plurality of memory chips each including a plurality of banks and each suitable for generating a tracking address by tracking a row-hammer risk of selected banks among the banks, encrypting the tracking address using an encryption key to output tracking information to a corresponding data bus of a plurality of data buses and performing a target refresh operation according to a row-hammer address transferred through a command/address bus; and a memory controller suitable for collecting the tracking information for the banks transferred through the plurality of data buses to generate and output the row-hammer address to the command/address bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Publication number: 20230118249
    Abstract: A memory device may include: a memory bank comprising a plurality of memory blocks, each divided into a normal area and a row hammer area, a command control circuit suitable for performing an access operation on the normal area in response to an active command, an internal command generation circuit suitable for generating an internal command in response to a precharge command, a target address generation circuit suitable for saving a count for each logic level combination of a received address in the row hammer area by performing an access operation on the row hammer area in response to the internal command, and setting an address corresponding to the count as a target address when the count satisfies a preset condition, and a refresh control circuit suitable for controlling a smart refresh operation on the target address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Byeong Yong GO, Woongrae KIM, Hoiju CHUNG, Saeng Hwan KIM, Yoonna OH, Chul Moon JUNG
  • Patent number: 11626155
    Abstract: A memory includes: a random seed generation circuit suitable for generating a random seed including process variation information; a random signal generator suitable for generating a random signal that is randomly activated based on the random seed; and an address sampling circuit suitable for sampling an active address while the random signal is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Patent number: 11615832
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a drive control signal generation circuit and an internal voltage drive circuit. The drive control signal generation circuit detects a level of an internal voltage to generate a drive control signal that adjusts a level of the internal voltage. The internal voltage drive circuit drives the internal voltage based on the drive control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Woongrae Kim, Se Won Lee