Patents by Inventor Bilal Ahmad Janjua

Bilal Ahmad Janjua 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: 11790988
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a differential current driver that receives a first differential signal and a second differential signal, which are based on a temperature, and generates a first compensation current and a second compensation current corresponding to a difference value between the first and second differential signals. A current mirror circuit copies a first current, which is a sum of a reference current and the first compensation current, to generate a second current having a same value as a value of the first current and regulates the reference current depending on a difference value of the second current and the second compensation current. A trimming circuit generates a program current or a read current based on the regulated reference current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventors: Ji-Hoon Lim, Bilal Ahmad Janjua
  • Publication number: 20230207007
    Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, each including a switching device and an information storage device connected to the switching device and having a phase change material, the plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines, a decoder circuit determining at least one of the plurality of memory cells to be a selected memory cell, and a program circuit configured to input a programming current to the selected memory cell to perform a programming operation and configured to detect a resistance of the selected memory cell to adjust a magnitude of the programming current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: BILAL AHMAD JANJUA, JONGRYUL KIM, VENKATARAMANA GANGASANI, JUNGYU LEE
  • Patent number: 11636901
    Abstract: A memory device includes a charge pump connected to a power supply voltage and including a plurality of stages to output an output voltage, a stage counter configured to output a count value that incrementally increases to a number of the stages, and a regulator configured to compare the output voltage with a reference output voltage of the charge pump that is generated using the incrementally increasing count value obtained by the stage counter, and to output a pump operation signal at a time when the reference output voltage becomes greater than or equal to the output voltage, wherein the charge pump operates in response to the pump operation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bilal Ahmad Janjua, Sung Whan Seo
  • Patent number: 11615841
    Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, each including a switching device and an information storage device connected to the switching device and having a phase change material, the plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines, a decoder circuit determining at least one of the plurality of memory cells to be a selected memory cell, and a program circuit configured to input a programming current to the selected memory cell to perform a programming operation and configured to detect a resistance of the selected memory cell to adjust a magnitude of the programming current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bilal Ahmad Janjua, Jongryul Kim, Venkataramana Gangasani, Jungyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11386967
    Abstract: A memory device including a memory cell area having a plurality of memory cells, and a peripheral circuit area including peripheral circuits configured to control the memory cells, the peripheral circuits connected to the memory cells by at least a portion of bit lines, word lines, and select lines may be provided. The peripheral circuits may include a reference voltage generator configured to output at least one reference voltage in response to control data of a control logic. The reference voltage generator may include a first resistor chain including first resistors connected in series between a first power node and a second power node, a second resistor chain including second resistors connected in series between the first power node and the second power node, and a plurality of decoders connected to the first resistor chain and the second resistor chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bilal Ahmad Janjua, Sungwhan Seo
  • Publication number: 20220068404
    Abstract: A memory device including a memory cell area having a plurality of memory cells, and a peripheral circuit area including peripheral circuits configured to control the memory cells, the peripheral circuits connected to the memory cells by at least a portion of bit lines, word lines, and select lines may be provided. The peripheral circuits may include a reference voltage generator configured to output at least one reference voltage in response to control data of a control logic. The reference voltage generator may include a first resistor chain including first resistors connected in series between a first power node and a second power node, a second resistor chain including second resistors connected in series between the first power node and the second power node, and a plurality of decoders connected to the first resistor chain and the second resistor chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bilal Ahmad JANJUA, Sungwhan SEO
  • Publication number: 20210375373
    Abstract: A memory device includes a charge pump connected to a power supply voltage and including a plurality of stages to output an output voltage, a stage counter configured to output a count value that incrementally increases to a number of the stages, and a regulator configured to compare the output voltage with a reference output voltage of the charge pump that is generated using the incrementally increasing count value obtained by the stage counter, and to output a pump operation signal at a time when the reference output voltage becomes greater than or equal to the output voltage, wherein the charge pump operates in response to the pump operation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bilal Ahmad JANJUA, Sung Whan SEO
  • Publication number: 20210312982
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a differential current driver that receives a first differential signal and a second differential signal, which are based on a temperature, and generates a first compensation current and a second compensation current corresponding to a difference value between the first and second differential signals. A current mirror circuit copies a first current, which is a sum of a reference current and the first compensation current, to generate a second current having a same value as a value of the first current and regulates the reference current depending on a difference value of the second current and the second compensation current. A trimming circuit generates a program current or a read current based on the regulated reference current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: JI-HOON LIM, BILAL AHMAD JANJUA
  • Patent number: 11127474
    Abstract: A memory device includes a charge pump connected to a power supply voltage and including a plurality of stages to output an output voltage, a stage counter configured to output a count value that incrementally increases to a number of the stages, and a regulator configured to compare the output voltage with a reference output voltage of the charge pump that is generated using the incrementally increasing count value obtained by the stage counter, and to output a pump operation signal at a time when the reference output voltage becomes greater than or equal to the output voltage, wherein the charge pump operates in response to the pump operation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bilal Ahmad Janjua, Sung Whan Seo
  • Patent number: 11120872
    Abstract: A resistive memory device includes a memory cell array of resistive memory cells connected to word and bit lines, each bay of the memory cell array including K tiles; a write/read circuit connected to the memory cell array through a row decoder and a column decoder, the write/read circuit being configured to perform a write operation in a target tile of the memory cell array, the write/read circuit comprising write drivers corresponding to the bays; a control voltage generator configured to generate first and second control voltages based on a reference current; and a control circuit configured to control the write/read circuit and the control voltage generator. A first write driver that corresponds to a first bay of the bays is configured to provide the target tile with a write current corresponding to a physical position of a selected memory cell of the target tile in the memory cell array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungyu Lee, Bilal Ahmad Janjua
  • Patent number: 11069406
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a differential current driver that receives a first differential signal and a second differential signal, which are based on a temperature, and generates a first compensation current and a second compensation current corresponding to a difference value between the first and second differential signals. A current mirror circuit copies a first current, which is a sum of a reference current and the first compensation current, to generate a second current having a same value as a value of the first current and regulates the reference current depending on a difference value of the second current and the second compensation current. A trimming circuit generates a program current or a read current based on the regulated reference current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Hoon Lim, Bilal Ahmad Janjua
  • Patent number: 11056197
    Abstract: A charge pump includes: a charging unit including a first n-type transistor connected between an input terminal configured to receive an input voltage and a first node, a second n-type transistor connected between the input terminal and a second node, a first gate control element configured to control the first n-type transistor based on a first clock signal and a second gate control element configured to control the second n-type transistor based on a second clock signal having a phase opposite to the first clock signal; a first pumping capacitor including one end connected to the first node and an other end configured to receive the first clock signal; a second pumping capacitor including one end connected to the second node and an other end configured to receive the second clock signal; and an output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-sun Min, Vivek Venkata Kalluru, Tae-hong Kwon, Ki-won Kim, Sung-whan Seo, Bilal Ahmad Janjua
  • Publication number: 20210202015
    Abstract: A memory device includes a charge pump connected to a power supply voltage and including a plurality of stages to output an output voltage, a stage counter configured to output a count value that incrementally increases to a number of the stages, and a regulator configured to compare the output voltage with a reference output voltage of the charge pump that is generated using the incrementally increasing count value obtained by the stage counter, and to output a pump operation signal at a time when the reference output voltage becomes greater than or equal to the output voltage, wherein the charge pump operates in response to the pump operation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bilal Ahmad JANJUA, Sung Whan SEO
  • Publication number: 20210118502
    Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, each including a switching device and an information storage device connected to the switching device and having a phase change material, the plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines, a decoder circuit determining at least one of the plurality of memory cells to be a selected memory cell, and a program circuit configured to input a programming current to the selected memory cell to perform a programming operation and configured to detect a resistance of the selected memory cell to adjust a magnitude of the programming current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Bilal Ahmad Janjua, Jongryul Kim, Venkataramana Gangasani, Jungyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20210098064
    Abstract: A resistive memory device includes a memory cell array of resistive memory cells connected to word and bit lines, each bay of the memory cell array including K tiles; a write/read circuit connected to the memory cell array through a row decoder and a column decoder, the write/read circuit being configured to perform a write operation in a target tile of the memory cell array, the write/read circuit comprising write drivers corresponding to the bays; a control voltage generator configured to generate first and second control voltages based on a reference current; and a control circuit configured to control the write/read circuit and the control voltage generator. A first write driver that corresponds to a first bay of the bays is configured to provide the target tile with a write current corresponding to a physical position of a selected memory cell of the target tile in the memory cell array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jungyu LEE, Bilal Ahmad JANJUA
  • Patent number: 10902926
    Abstract: A charge pump includes: a charging unit including a first n-type transistor connected between an input terminal configured to receive an input voltage and a first node, a second n-type transistor connected between the input terminal and a second node, a first gate control element configured to control the first n-type transistor based on a first clock signal and a second gate control element configured to control the second n-type transistor based on a second clock signal having a phase opposite to the first clock signal; a first pumping capacitor including one end connected to the first node and an other end configured to receive the first clock signal; a second pumping capacitor including one end connected to the second node and an other end configured to receive the second clock signal; and an output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-sun Min, Vivek Venkata Kalluru, Tae-hong Kwon, Ki-won Kim, Sung-whan Seo, Bilal Ahmad Janjua
  • Publication number: 20210005253
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a differential current driver that receives a first differential signal and a second differential signal, which are based on a temperature, and generates a first compensation current and a second compensation current corresponding to a difference value between the first and second differential signals. A current mirror circuit copies a first current, which is a sum of a reference current and the first compensation current, to generate a second current having a same value as a value of the first current and regulates the reference current depending on a difference value of the second current and the second compensation current. A trimming circuit generates a program current or a read current based on the regulated reference current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: JI-HOON LIM, BILAL AHMAD JANJUA
  • Patent number: 10867673
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a bank and a program current generator. The bank includes a memory cell array that includes phase change memory cells storing data based on a program current, and the transfer element transfers the program current to the memory cell array through current mirroring. The program current generator generates the program current based on a reference current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bilal Ahmad Janjua, Vivek Venkata Kalluru, June-Hong Park, Jungyu Lee, Ji-Hoon Lim
  • Publication number: 20200365215
    Abstract: A charge pump includes: a charging unit including a first n-type transistor connected between an input terminal configured to receive an input voltage and a first node, a second n-type transistor connected between the input terminal and a second node, a first gate control element configured to control the first n-type transistor based on a first clock signal and a second gate control element configured to control the second n-type transistor based on a second clock signal having a phase opposite to the first clock signal; a first pumping capacitor including one end connected to the first node and an other end configured to receive the first clock signal; a second pumping capacitor including one end connected to the second node and an other end configured to receive the second clock signal; and an output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Young-sun MIN, Vivek Venkata KALLURU, Tae-hong KWON, Ki-won KIM, Sung-whan SEO, Bilal Ahmad JANJUA
  • Patent number: 10818352
    Abstract: An integrated circuit memory device includes an array of resistive memory cells and a programming circuit, which is electrically coupled by a plurality of word lines and plurality of bit lines to corresponding rows and columns of the resistive memory cells. The programming circuit includes a control circuit and word line driver that are collectively configured to generate word line program voltages having magnitudes that vary as a function of the row and/or column addresses of the resistive memory cells in the array, during operations to program the array with write data. According to the function, the magnitude of a word line program voltage associated with a first resistive memory cell having a first parasitic resistance is less than a magnitude of a word line program voltage associated with a second resistive memory cell having a second parasitic resistance, which is greater than the first parasitic resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-gyu Lee, Yong-jun Lee, Bilal Ahmad Janjua, Chea-ouk Lim, Makoto Hirano