Patents by Inventor Bong-Soon Lim

Bong-Soon Lim 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: 11961564
    Abstract: To program in a nonvolatile memory device including a cell region including first metal pads and a peripheral region including second metal pads and vertically connected to the cell region by the first metal pads and the second metal pads, a memory block is provided with a plurality of sub blocks disposed in a vertical direction where the memory block includes a plurality of cell strings each including a plurality of memory cells connected in series and disposed in the vertical direction. A plurality of intermediate switching transistors are disposed in a boundary portion between two adjacent sub blocks in the vertical direction. Each of the plurality of intermediate switching transistors is selectively activated based on a program address during a program operation. The selectively activating each of the plurality of intermediate switching transistors includes selectively turning on one or more intermediate switching transistors in a selected cell string based on the program address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-Yeon Yu, Kui-Han Ko, Il-Han Park, June-Hong Park, Joo-Yong Park, Joon-Young Park, Bong-Soon Lim
  • Patent number: 11783900
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of cell strings, each of the plurality of cell strings includes a gate-induced drain leakage (GIDL) transistor and a memory cell group, and a control logic to apply a voltage to each of the plurality of cell strings. The control logic performs a first erase operation of erasing the memory cell groups of each of the plurality of cell strings, a first verification operation of detecting erase results of the memory cell groups of each of the plurality of cell strings, and a program operation of programming the GIDL transistors of some of the plurality of cell strings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Won Park, Won Bo Shim, Bong Soon Lim
  • Patent number: 11688478
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region. The memory cell region includes a memory block, and the peripheral circuit region includes a control circuit. The memory cell region includes a first metal pad. The peripheral circuit region includes a second metal pad and is vertically connected to the memory cell region by the first metal pad and the second metal pad. The memory block includes a plurality of memory cells disposed in a vertical direction. The control circuit determines whether a data erase characteristic for the memory block is degraded for each predetermined cycle of data erase operation, and performs a data erase operation by changing a level of a voltage applied to selection transistors for selecting the memory block as an erase target block when it is determined that the data erase characteristic is degraded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-Jin Song, Hyun-Wook Park, Bong-Soon Lim, Do-Bin Kim
  • Patent number: 11676836
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip including bitlines, wordlines, common source line, first bonding pads, second bonding pads, third bonding pads and memory cells, the memory cells being electrically connected to the bitlines, the wordlines, and the common source line, the first bonding pads being electrically connected to the bitlines, the second bonding pads being electrically connected to the wordlines, and the third bonding pads being electrically connected to the common source line; a second semiconductor chip including fourth bonding pads, fifth bonding pads, sixth bonding pads and an input/output circuit, the fourth bonding pads being electrically connected to the first bonding pads, the fifth bonding pads being electrically connected to the second bonding pads, the sixth bonding pads being electrically connected to the third bonding pads and the input/output circuit being configured to write data to the memory cells via the fourth bonding pads and the fifth bonding pads; a sens
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Ick Son, Dae Seok Byeon, Bong Soon Lim
  • Patent number: 11665907
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory includes a first semiconductor layer vertically stacked on a second semiconductor layer and including a first memory group, a second memory group, a third memory group and a fourth memory group. The second semiconductor layer includes a first region, a second region, a third region and a fourth region respectively underlying the first memory group, second memory group, third memory group and fourth memory group. The first region includes one driving circuit connected to memory cells of one of the second memory group, third memory group and fourth memory group through a first word line, and another driving circuit connected to memory cells of the first memory group through a first bit line, wherein the first word line and first bit line extend in the same horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwa Yun, Pan-Suk Kwak, Chan-Ho Kim, Bong-Soon Lim
  • Patent number: 11563016
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device includes a peripheral logic structure on a substrate and including a peripheral circuits, horizontal semiconductor layers on the peripheral logic structure, a stack structures in which mold layers and electrode pads are alternately stacked in a first direction on the horizontal semiconductor layers, electrode isolation regions separating the stack structures and extending in the first direction and a second direction, the electrode isolation regions being connected to the horizontal semiconductor layers, and through-via structures in the peripheral logic structure. The through-via structures penetrate the stack structures in the first direction. Each of the through-via structures have one side connected to a corresponding one of the through channel contacts. Capacitors are formed by electrode pads respectively with at least one of the electrode isolation regions or with at least one of the through-via structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Hwa Yun, Chan Ho Kim, Dong Ku Kang, Bong Soon Lim
  • Patent number: 11532634
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device comprises a first semiconductor layer including, an upper substrate, and a memory cell array in which a plurality of word lines on the upper substrate extend in a first direction and a plurality of bit lines extend in a second direction. The nonvolatile memory device comprises a second semiconductor layer under the first semiconductor layer in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, the second semiconductor layer including, a lower substrate, and a substrate control circuit on the lower substrate and configured to output a bias voltage to the upper substrate. The second semiconductor layer is divided into first through fourth regions, each of the first through fourth regions having an identical area, and the substrate control circuit overlaps at least a portion of the first through fourth regions in the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-won Shim, Bong-soon Lim
  • Patent number: 11527473
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device includes a peripheral logic structure disposed on a first substrate, a horizontal semiconductor layer disposed on a second substrate, a plurality of stack structures on the horizontal semiconductor layer in a first direction, wherein the plurality of stack structures include a memory cell region and a capacitor region, a plurality of electrode isolation regions extending in the first direction and a second direction and configured to separate the plurality of stack structures to be connected to the horizontal semiconductor layer and a plurality of through-via structures having a first side connected to a through channel contact through at least one metal pad, wherein a capacitor is formed between each of electrode pads and at least one of electrode isolation regions in the plurality of stack structures or at least one of the plurality of through-via structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Hwa Yun, Chan Ho Kim, Dong Ku Kang, Bong Soon Lim
  • Publication number: 20220310171
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of cell strings, each of the plurality of cell strings includes a gate-induced drain leakage (GIDL) transistor and a memory cell group, and a control logic to apply a voltage to each of the plurality of cell strings. The control logic performs a first erase operation of erasing the memory cell groups of each of the plurality of cell strings, a first verification operation of detecting erase results of the memory cell groups of each of the plurality of cell strings, and a program operation of programming the GIDL transistors of some of the plurality of cell strings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Sang-Won PARK, Won Bo SHIM, Bong Soon LIM
  • Publication number: 20220199174
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region. The memory cell region includes a memory block, and the peripheral circuit region includes a control circuit. The memory cell region includes a first metal pad. The peripheral circuit region includes a second metal pad and is vertically connected to the memory cell region by the first metal pad and the second metal pad. The memory block includes a plurality of memory cells disposed in a vertical direction. The control circuit determines whether a data erase characteristic for the memory block is degraded for each predetermined cycle of data erase operation, and performs a data erase operation by changing a level of a voltage applied to selection transistors for selecting the memory block as an erase target block when it is determined that the data erase characteristic is degraded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Seong-Jin SONG, Hyun-Wook PARK, Bong-Soon LIM, Do-Bin KIM
  • Patent number: 11367487
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of cell strings, each of the plurality of cell strings includes a gate-induced drain leakage (GIDL) transistor and a memory cell group, and a control logic to apply a voltage to each of the plurality of cell strings. The control logic performs a first erase operation of erasing the memory cell groups of each of the plurality of cell strings, a first verification operation of detecting erase results of the memory cell groups of each of the plurality of cell strings, and a program operation of programming the GIDL transistors of some of the plurality of cell strings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Won Park, Won Bo Shim, Bong Soon Lim
  • Patent number: 11296066
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory includes a first semiconductor layer vertically stacked on a second semiconductor layer and including a first memory group, a second memory group, a third memory group and a fourth memory group. The second semiconductor layer includes a first region, a second region, a third region and a fourth region respectively underlying the first memory group, second memory group, third memory group and fourth memory group. The first region includes one driving circuit connected to memory cells of one of the second memory group, third memory group and fourth memory group through a first word line, and another driving circuit connected to memory cells of the first memory group through a first bit line, wherein the first word line and first bit line extend in the same horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwa Yun, Pan-Suk Kwak, Chan-Ho Kim, Bong-Soon Lim
  • Patent number: 11289170
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region. The memory cell region includes a memory block, and the peripheral circuit region includes a control circuit. The memory cell region includes a first metal pad. The peripheral circuit region includes a second metal pad and is vertically connected to the memory cell region by the first metal pad and the second metal pad. The memory block includes a plurality of memory cells disposed in a vertical direction. The control circuit determines whether a data erase characteristic for the memory block is degraded for each predetermined cycle of data erase operation, and performs a data erase operation by changing a level of a voltage applied to selection transistors for selecting the memory block as an erase target block when it is determined that the data erase characteristic is degraded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-Jin Song, Hyun-Wook Park, Bong-Soon Lim, Do-Bin Kim
  • Publication number: 20220084859
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip including bitlines, wordlines, common source line, first bonding pads, second bonding pads, third bonding pads and memory cells, the memory cells being electrically connected to the bitlines, the wordlines, and the common source line, the first bonding pads being electrically connected to the bitlines, the second bonding pads being electrically connected to the wordlines, and the third bonding pads being electrically connected to the common source line; a second semiconductor chip including fourth bonding pads, fifth bonding pads, sixth bonding pads and an input/output circuit, the fourth bonding pads being electrically connected to the first bonding pads, the fifth bonding pads being electrically connected to the second bonding pads, the sixth bonding pads being electrically connected to the third bonding pads and the input/output circuit being configured to write data to the memory cells via the fourth bonding pads and the fifth bonding pads; a sens
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Ick SON, Dae Seok BYEON, Bong Soon LIM
  • Publication number: 20220036954
    Abstract: To program in a nonvolatile memory device including a cell region including first metal pads and a peripheral region including second metal pads and vertically connected to the cell region by the first metal pads and the second metal pads, a memory block is provided with a plurality of sub blocks disposed in a vertical direction where the memory block includes a plurality of cell strings each including a plurality of memory cells connected in series and disposed in the vertical direction. A plurality of intermediate switching transistors are disposed in a boundary portion between two adjacent sub blocks in the vertical direction. Each of the plurality of intermediate switching transistors is selectively activated based on a program address during a program operation. The selectively activating each of the plurality of intermediate switching transistors includes selectively turning on one or more intermediate switching transistors in a selected cell string based on the program address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Chang-Yeon YU, Kui-Han KO, Il-Han PARK, June-Hong PARK, Joo-Yong PARK, Joon-Young PARK, Bong-Soon LIM
  • Patent number: 11233068
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device including: a first semiconductor layer including word lines, bit lines, first and second upper substrates adjacent to each other and a memory cell array, wherein the memory cell array includes a first vertical structure on the first upper substrate and a second vertical structure on the second upper substrate; and a second semiconductor layer under the first semiconductor layer, wherein the second semiconductor layer includes a lower substrate that includes row decoder and page buffer circuits, wherein the first vertical structure includes a first via area in which a first through-hole via is provided, wherein the first through-hole via passes through the first vertical structure and connects a first bit line and a first page buffer circuit, and the second vertical structure includes a first partial block, wherein the first partial block overlaps the first via area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong-soon Lim, Jin-young Kim, Sang-won Shim, Il-han Park
  • Patent number: 11211403
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device including: a first semiconductor layer comprising a plurality of first word lines extending in a first direction, a first upper substrate and a first memory cell array, a second semiconductor layer including a plurality of second word lines extending in the first direction, second and third upper substrates adjacent to each other in the first direction and a second memory cell array, wherein the second memory cell array includes a first vertical structure on the first upper substrate and a second vertical structure on the second upper substrate, wherein the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer share a plurality of bit lines extending in a second direction, and a third semiconductor layer under the second semiconductor layer in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, wherein the third semiconductor layer includes a lower substrate that includes a plurality of row decoder circuits and a plurality of page buffer circuits, wherein the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong-soon Lim, Jin-young Kim, Sang-won Shim, Il-han Park
  • Patent number: 11201069
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip including bitlines, wordlines, common source line, first bonding pads, second bonding pads, third bonding pads and memory cells, the memory cells being electrically connected to the bitlines, the wordlines, and the common source line, the first bonding pads being electrically connected to the bitlines, the second bonding pads being electrically connected to the wordlines, and the third bonding pads being electrically connected to the common source line; a second semiconductor chip including fourth bonding pads, fifth bonding pads, sixth bonding pads and an input/output circuit, the fourth bonding pads being electrically connected to the first bonding pads, the fifth bonding pads being electrically connected to the second bonding pads, the sixth bonding pads being electrically connected to the third bonding pads and the input/output circuit being configured to write data to the memory cells via the fourth bonding pads and the fifth bonding pads; a sens
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Ick Son, Dae Seok Byeon, Bong Soon Lim
  • Patent number: 11195587
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip, an input/output circuit, a sensing line, and a detecting circuit. The first semiconductor chip includes bitlines, wordlines, first bonding pads electrically connected to the bitlines, second bonding pads electrically connected to the wordlines, and memory cells electrically connected to the bitlines and the wordlines. The second semiconductor chip includes third bonding pads that are electrically connected to the first bonding pads and fourth bonding pads that are electrically connected to the second bonding pads. The input/output circuit writes data to the memory cells via the third bonding pads. The sensing line extends along edge portions of at least one of the first and second semiconductor chips. The detecting circuit is in the second semiconductor chip and can detect defects from at least one of the first and second semiconductor chips using the sensing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Ick Son, Dae Seok Byeon, Bong Soon Lim
  • Patent number: 11183249
    Abstract: To program in a nonvolatile memory device, a memory block is provided with a plurality of sub blocks disposed in a vertical direction where the memory block includes a plurality of cell strings each including a plurality of memory cells connected in series and disposed in the vertical direction. A plurality of intermediate switching transistors are disposed in a boundary portion between two adjacent sub blocks in the vertical direction. Each of the plurality of intermediate switching transistors is selectively activated based on a program address during a program operation. The selectively activating each of the plurality of intermediate switching transistors includes selectively turning on one or more intermediate switching transistors in a selected cell string based on the program address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-Yeon Yu, Kui-Han Ko, Il-Han Park, June-Hong Park, Joo-Yong Park, Joon-Young Park, Bong-Soon Lim