Patents by Inventor Bon Kwang Koo

Bon Kwang Koo 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: 10930322
    Abstract: A regulator having improved voltage control capability may include a comparator, an output voltage generator, a voltage divider, and an output voltage controller. The comparator generates a comparison voltage by comparing a reference voltage with a feedback voltage. The output voltage generator generates an output voltage by using a power supply voltage, based on the comparison voltage. The voltage divider may include a first resistor and a second resistor, which generate the feedback voltage by dividing the output voltage. The output voltage controller adjusts a resistance value of at least one of the first resistor and the second resistor, based on a result of comparing the output voltage with a target voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Bon Kwang Koo, Chi Hyun Kim, Kyu Tae Park, Tei Cho
  • Publication number: 20200365193
    Abstract: A regulator having improved voltage control capability may include a comparator, an output voltage generator, a voltage divider, and an output voltage controller. The comparator generates a comparison voltage by comparing a reference voltage with a feedback voltage. The output voltage generator generates an output voltage by using a power supply voltage, based on the comparison voltage. The voltage divider may include a first resistor and a second resistor, which generate the feedback voltage by dividing the output voltage. The output voltage controller adjusts a resistance value of at least one of the first resistor and the second resistor, based on a result of comparing the output voltage with a target voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Bon Kwang KOO, Chi Hyun KIM, Kyu Tae PARK, Tei CHO
  • Patent number: 9858970
    Abstract: A power supply circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor electrically coupled between a power supply terminal and an output terminal. When a first current path, in which output terminal through the first transistor, is formed, a voltage level of the output terminal may be controlled to be greater than or equal to a predetermined level. When a second current path, in which a current flows from the power supply terminal to the output terminal through the second transistor, is formed, the voltage level of the output terminal may be controlled to be less than or equal to the predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Bon Kwang Koo
  • Patent number: 9507361
    Abstract: The initialization signal generation circuit includes a first driver and a second driver. The first driver includes at least one passive element and drives an initialization signal while a level of an external voltage signal reaches an initial level. The second driver drives the initialization signal in response to a control signal from a point of time that a level of the external voltage signal reaches the initial level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Bon Kwang Koo, Jun Seop Jung, Yu Jong Noh, Eun Kyu In
  • Publication number: 20160260463
    Abstract: A power supply circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor electrically coupled between a power supply terminal and an output terminal. When a first current path, in which output terminal through the first transistor, is formed, a voltage level of the output terminal may be controlled to be greater than or equal to a predetermined level. When a second current path, in which a current flows from the power supply terminal to the output terminal through the second transistor, is formed, the voltage level of the output terminal may be controlled to be less than or equal to the predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: Bon Kwang KOO
  • Patent number: 9293181
    Abstract: A block selection circuit and a semiconductor device having the same may include a row decoder which includes a high voltage generating circuit configured to output a block selection voltage in response to upper addresses, switching circuits configured to receive the block selection voltage and a precharge high voltage, and forward the block selection voltage through one of the switching circuits that is selected in response to selection signals, and pass transistor groups configured to select a memory block in response to the forwarded block selection voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Bon Kwang Koo, Won Beom Choi
  • Publication number: 20150177763
    Abstract: The initialization signal generation circuit includes a first driver and a second driver. The first driver includes at least one passive element and drives an initialization signal while a level of an external voltage signal reaches an initial level. The second driver drives the initialization signal in response to a control signal from a point of time that a level of the external voltage signal reaches the initial level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Bon Kwang KOO, Jun Seop JUNG, Yu Jong NOH, Eun Kyu IN
  • Publication number: 20140347949
    Abstract: A block selection circuit and a semiconductor device having the same may include a row decoder which includes a high voltage generating circuit configured to output a block selection voltage in response to upper addresses, switching circuits configured to receive the block selection voltage and aprecharge high voltage, and forward the block selection voltage through one of the switching circuits that is selected in response to selection signals, and pass transistor groups configured to select a memory block in response to the forwarded block selection voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Bon Kwang KOO, Won Beom CHOI
  • Patent number: 8879316
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a register unit for storing additional bits associated with a command signal and outputting a selected additional bit corresponding to a received address; a combination circuit for combining received control bits and the selected additional bit, and outputting enable signals based on the combined bits, where the received control bits are generated in response to the command signal and a control signal; and a voltage generation circuit for outputting voltages distributed in response to the enable signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Bon Kwang Koo
  • Patent number: 8422332
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a voltage includes a first voltage outputting circuit configured to receive an input voltage and adjust and output a first voltage in accordance with a temperature, a buffer circuit configured to receive the first voltage and output the received first voltage as a second voltage at an output node of the buffer circuit, and a second voltage outputting circuit configured to receive the second voltage at an input terminal and output a third voltage by dividing a driving voltage in accordance with a resistance ratio, wherein the second voltage outputting circuit includes a sub-voltage outputting circuit and a controlling circuit configured to adjust a voltage level of the third voltage through a feedback of the third voltage to the input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: In Soo Wang, Yu Jong Noh, Lee Hyun Kwon, Bon Kwang Koo
  • Publication number: 20120170367
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a register unit for storing additional bits associated with a command signal and outputting a selected additional bit corresponding to a received address; a combination circuit for combining received control bits and the selected additional bit, and outputting enable signals based on the combined bits, where the received control bits are generated in response to the command signal and a control signal; and a voltage generation circuit for outputting voltages distributed in response to the enable signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
    Inventor: Bon Kwang KOO
  • Publication number: 20120014182
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a voltage includes a first voltage outputting circuit configured to receive an input voltage and adjust and output a first voltage in accordance with a temperature, a buffer circuit configured to receive the first voltage and output the received first voltage as a second voltage at an output node of the buffer circuit, and a second voltage outputting circuit configured to receive the second voltage at an input terminal and output a third voltage by dividing a driving voltage in accordance with a resistance ratio, wherein the second voltage outputting circuit includes a sub-voltage outputting circuit and a controlling circuit configured to adjust a voltage level of the third voltage through a feedback of the third voltage to the input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: In Soo WANG, Yu Jong Noh, Lee Hyun Kwon, Bon Kwang Koo
  • Patent number: 8050099
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a voltage includes a first voltage outputting circuit configured to receive an input voltage and adjust and output a first voltage in accordance with a temperature, a buffer circuit configured to receive the first voltage and output the received first voltage as a second voltage at an output node of the buffer circuit, and a second voltage outputting circuit configured to receive the second voltage at an input terminal and output a third voltage by dividing a driving voltage in accordance with a resistance ratio, wherein the second voltage outputting circuit includes a sub-voltage outputting circuit and a controlling circuit configured to adjust a voltage level of the third voltage through a feedback of the third voltage to the input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: In Soo Wang, Yu Jong Noh, Lee Hyun Kwon, Bon Kwang Koo
  • Publication number: 20090296484
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a voltage includes a first voltage outputting circuit configured to receive an input voltage and adjust and output a first voltage in accordance with a temperature, a buffer circuit configured to receive the first voltage and output the received first voltage as a second voltage at an output node of the buffer circuit, and a second voltage outputting circuit configured to receive the second voltage at an input terminal and output a third voltage by dividing a driving voltage in accordance with a resistance ratio, wherein the second voltage outputting circuit includes a sub-voltage outputting circuit and a controlling circuit configured to adjust a voltage level of the third voltage through a feedback of the third voltage to the input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: In Soo Wang, Yu Jong Noh, Lee Hyun Kwon, Bon Kwang Koo