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: 11409668
    Abstract: A memory module includes: a plurality of memories, wherein each of the memories comprises: an encryption key storage circuit suitable for storing an encryption key; an address encryption circuit suitable for generating an encrypted address by encrypting an address transferred from a memory controller by using the encryption key stored in the encryption key storage circuit; and a cell array accessed by the encrypted address, wherein the encryption key storage circuits of the memories store different encryption keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Woongrae Kim, Sang-Kwon Lee, Jung-Hyun Kim, Jong-Hyun Park, Jong-Ho Son, Mi-Hyun Hwang, Jeong-Tae Hwang
  • Patent number: 11404104
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including banks; a command/address buffer receiving a command/address based on a system clock; 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 clock 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 clock during a write operation, and generating an internal read command by delaying a read command by the set latency according to the system clock during a read operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Publication number: 20220230670
    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: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Woongrae KIM, Kwi Dong KIM
  • Patent number: 11380383
    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: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung Mook Kim, Woongrae Kim, Geun Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11373698
    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 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Woongrae Kim, Tae-Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 11374568
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus may include logic circuits and a control logic. The control logic may be configured to monitor characteristics of the logic circuits to allow the semiconductor apparatus to perform at different operating speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Publication number: 20220199186
    Abstract: A memory system includes: an address scrambler suitable for scrambling an address based on a scrambling rule to generate a scrambled address; a memory core including a plurality of memory cells and suitable for storing data in memory cells designated by the scrambled address; and a scramble control circuit suitable for changing the scrambling rule in response to satisfaction of an attack condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Chul Moon JUNG, Uk Song KANG, Woongrae KIM
  • Publication number: 20220189538
    Abstract: A memory system includes: a normal memory area suitable for storing normal data; a security memory area suitable for storing security data; a first row hammer detection circuit suitable for sampling and counting a portion of rows that are activated in the normal memory area to select first rows that need to be refreshed; and a second row hammer detection circuit suitable for counting all rows that are activated in the security memory area to select second rows that need to be refreshed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Publication number: 20220189537
    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: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Publication number: 20220188015
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprises: first storage logic configured to store, as first addresses, ‘K’ addresses having different values among input addresses applied during the enable period of a reference signal, second storage logic configured to store, as second addresses, ‘L’ addresses corresponding to a time point at which the enable period of the reference signal is ended among the input addresses, an order controller configured to determine a first output order of each of the first addresses based on a number of times each of the first addresses is repeatedly input, and to determine a second output order for outputting mixed addresses obtained by mixing the first addresses based on the first output order and the second addresses together, and refresh operation logic configured to apply the mixed addresses according to the second output order, to a target refresh operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Woongrae KIM, Kwi Dong KIM, Chul Moon JUNG, Jeong Tae HWANG
  • Publication number: 20220189535
    Abstract: A memory controller includes: a security level setting circuit suitable for setting a security level by monitoring a risk of a row hammer attack; and a refresh management command control circuit suitable for controlling the number of times that a refresh management command is to be applied to a memory per unit time according to the security level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Publication number: 20220189527
    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: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Publication number: 20220189536
    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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Publication number: 20220189573
    Abstract: A memory controller includes: a test module for generating a test command, a test address, and test data during a test operation; a refresh control module for receiving the test command and the test address as an active command and an active address, and generating a first target address by sampling the active address according to the active command, during the test operation; a command/address generation module for providing the active address together with the active command, and providing the first target refresh command together with the first target address to a memory device, while determining whether to repair the active address according to a repair control signal; and a repair analysis module for generating the repair control signal based on a comparison result of the test data and read data from the memory device, during the test operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Publication number: 20220189533
    Abstract: A memory system includes: a memory controller suitable for: generating a first target address by sampling an active address according to an active command, providing the active address together with the active command, and providing a first target refresh command together with the first target address; and a memory device suitable for: generating a second target address by sampling the active address according to the active command, performing a target refresh operation on at least one word line corresponding to the first target address according to the first target refresh command, and performing the target refresh operation on at least one word line corresponding to the second target address according to a second target refresh command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Woongrae KIM
  • Publication number: 20220172774
    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: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Woongrae KIM, Se Won LEE
  • Patent number: 11342012
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a termination control circuit and a data input/output (I/O) circuit. The termination control circuit is configured to generate a termination enablement signal which is activated during a termination operation period for activating a termination resistor while a write operation is performed. In addition, the termination control circuit is configured to adjust a period that the termination enablement signal is activated according to whether a write command is inputted to the termination control circuit during a set detection period of the write operation. The data I/O circuit is configured to receive data by activating the termination resistor during a period that the termination enablement signal is activated when the write operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Patent number: 11336282
    Abstract: A device includes a power gating signal generation circuit, a clock interrupt signal generation circuit, and a shift clock generation circuit. The power gating signal generation circuit configured to generate a power gating signal based on a mode entry signal and a mode exit signal to perform a power gating operation. The clock interrupt signal generation circuit configured to generate a clock interrupt signal based on the mode entry signal and the power gating signal to perform a clock interrupt operation. The shift clock generation circuit configured to generate a shift clock signal supplied to an internal circuit based on the power gating signal and the clock interrupt signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Patent number: 11335389
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a write shift circuit configured to generate, when a write operation is performed, a period signal which is activated for a clock enable period, based on a write command in synchronization with a write clock signal. The electronic device also includes a clock generation circuit configured to generate, when the write operation is performed, the write clock signal based on the period signal. The electronic device further includes a termination control circuit configured to generate a termination enablement signal, based on the period signal in the write operation, which is activated for a termination operation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim
  • Patent number: 11328751
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first buffer circuit configured to receive a chip select signal in a power-down mode in response to a first select signal, a second buffer circuit configured to receive the chip select signal in an active mode in response to the first select signal, a power supply circuit configured to supply external power to a plurality of logic elements in the active mode in response to a second select signal, and not supply the external power to the plurality of logic elements in the power-down mode, and a select control circuit configured to transition a logic level of the second select signal at a first edge of a first chip select signal in the power-down mode, and then transition a logic level of the first select signal at a following second edge of the first chip select signal to exit from the power-down mode and enter the active mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Woongrae Kim