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).

  • Publication number: 20230077248
    Abstract: A memory device may include: a memory bank comprising a first cell mat used as a normal area and a second cell mat used as a row hammer area and a redundancy area; a target address generation circuit suitable for: saving, in the row hammer area, a count of a received address for an active operation on the memory bank by performing an internal access operation on the row hammer area during the active operation, and setting, a particular count which satisfies a preset condition, an address corresponding to the particular count as a target address; a refresh control circuit suitable for controlling a smart refresh operation on the target address; and a column repair circuit suitable for repairing, when a bit line of the normal area has a defect, the bit line of the normal area with a bit line of the redundancy area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Byeong Yong GO, Woongrae KIM, Yoonna OH
  • Publication number: 20230037073
    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: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Patent number: 11551740
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: an input control circuit suitable for providing an active address which is input together with an active command, as an input address; a plurality of latches suitable for sequentially storing, as a latch address, the input address according to input control signals and outputting the latch addresses as a target address according to output control signals; a plurality of counters respectively corresponding to the latches and each suitable for increasing, when the active address matches the latch address stored in the latch, a counting value corresponding to the latch; and a refresh controller suitable for dividing the counters and the latches into a plurality of groups based on the counting values and generating, in response to a refresh command, reset signals for initializing the counters included in one group of the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Woongrae Kim, Kwi Dong Kim
  • Publication number: 20220415375
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an operation flag generation circuit configured to generate an operation flag at a time when a flag period elapses from a time when an internal setting signal is generated to perform a write operation accompanied by an auto-precharge operation; and an auto-precharge pulse generation circuit configured to generate an auto-precharge pulse by shifting the operation flag by a pulse generation period set by a period code based on divided docks generated by dividing an internal dock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Publication number: 20220383942
    Abstract: A memory core including a memory core including memory cells that are arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; and a refresh target selection circuit suitable for storing an address and a risk score of each of activated rows among the rows, wherein the refresh target selection circuit is further suitable for increasing the risk score of a corresponding row whenever the corresponding row is activated, whenever a row at a ‘+2’ position of the corresponding row is activated, and whenever a row at a ‘?2’ position of the corresponding row is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Patent number: 11514978
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a flag generation circuit and a delay circuit. The flag generation circuit is configured to generate a flag signal, wherein a level of the flag signal changes based on a first internal command. The delay circuit is configured to generate a delay signal by delaying one of an operation signal and the flag signal by a predetermined period according to whether a predetermined operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Patent number: 11508418
    Abstract: A system to perform a reference voltage training operation may include: a controller configured to output a dock signal, a chip selection signal, a command address and data; and a semiconductor device configured to enter a training mode to control the level of a reference voltage when the chip selection signal and the command address are a first logic level combination in synchronization with the clock signal, configured to enter an ID setting mode to set a storage ID when the chip selection signal and the command address are a second logic level combination, and configured to enter an ID selection mode to update a voltage code that is generated in the training mode when the chip selection signal and the command address are a third logic level combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Patent number: 11501819
    Abstract: A memory core including a memory core including memory cells that are arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; and a refresh target selection circuit suitable for storing an address and a risk score of each of activated rows among the rows, wherein the refresh target selection circuit is further suitable for increasing the risk score of a corresponding row whenever the corresponding row is activated, whenever a row at a ‘+2’ position of the corresponding row is activated, and whenever a row at a ‘?2’ position of the corresponding row is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Patent number: 11495286
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a read write control circuit configured to generate first and second write command pulses from an external control signal for performing a write operation; a flag generation circuit configured to generate a write flag, a write shifting flag, an internal write flag and an internal write shifting flag based on the second write command pulse, a bank mode signal and a bank group mode signal; and a bank group selection signal generation circuit configured to store a bank address based on an write input control pulse generated from the second write command pulse in a bank mode, and output the stored bank address as a bank group selection signal based on a write output control pulse generated from the write flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Patent number: 11495272
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: an input/output control signal generation circuit configured to generate an input control signal and a first output control signal during a write operation, and generate a second output control signal during a write operation with an auto-precharge operation; and a bank address output circuit configured to latch a bank address based on the input control signal, and output the latched bank address as a write bank address for the write operation or a precharge bank address for the auto-precharge operation, based on the first output control signal and the second output control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Patent number: 11495276
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a shifting circuit and a dock repeater. The shifting circuit is configured to generate a write shifting flag that is inactivated when a write signal for a write operation is activated. The clock repeater is configured to block generation of a read repeating dock that is used in a read operation when the write shifting flag is inactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Woongrae Kim, Kyung Mook Kim, Seung Hun Lee, Da In Im
  • Publication number: 20220319574
    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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Patent number: 11462251
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an operation flag generation circuit configured to generate an operation flag at a time when a flag period elapses from a time when an internal setting signal is generated to perform a write operation accompanied by an auto-precharge operation; and an auto-precharge pulse generation circuit configured to generate an auto-precharge pulse by shifting the operation flag by a pulse generation period set by a period code based on divided clocks generated by dividing an internal clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Publication number: 20220293168
    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: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung Mook KIM, Woongrae KIM, Geun Ho CHOI
  • Patent number: 11443782
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a column control circuit configured to generate a column control pulse and a mode register enable signal, each with a pulse that is generated based on logic levels of a chip selection signal and a command address; and a control circuit configured to generate a read control signal to perform a read operation and a mode register read operation by delaying the column control pulse based on a logic level of the mode register enable signal and configured to generate a mode register control signal to perform the mode register read operation by delaying the column control pulse based on a logic level of the mode register enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Publication number: 20220284943
    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: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Patent number: 11435815
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a power switch control signal generation circuit. The power switch control signal generation circuit configured to generate a power switch control signal for controlling supply of a power supply voltage based on a reset operation and a power-down mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Publication number: 20220270671
    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: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Woongrae KIM, Tae-Yong LEE
  • Publication number: 20220270672
    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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Woongrae KIM, Duck Hwa HONG, Jeong Tae HWANG
  • Publication number: 20220262429
    Abstract: A memory core including a memory core including memory cells that are arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; and a refresh target selection circuit suitable for storing an address and a risk score of each of activated rows among the rows, wherein the refresh target selection circuit is further suitable for increasing the risk score of a corresponding row whenever the corresponding row is activated, whenever a row at a ‘+2’ position of the corresponding row is activated, and whenever a row at a ‘?2’ position of the corresponding row is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM