Patents by Inventor Byeong Yong GO

Byeong Yong GO 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: 12100472
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a sampling control circuit configured to generate a sampling enable signal by dividing a sampling period into a plurality of sub-sections according to an active counting signal generated by counting a number of inputs of an active signal during the sampling period, and comparing the active counting signal with a random signal for each sub-section; and a sampling circuit configured to sample and store an input address according to the sampling enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Seok Noh, Byeong Yong Go, Sang Woo Yoon, No Geun Joo
  • Patent number: 12068022
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: first and second pattern generation circuits generating first and second pattern signal for a sampling section; a first section control part generating a coarse section signal for a first section of the sampling section, according to the first pattern signal; a first filter part generating a first section extract signal by filtering the second pattern signal according to the coarse section signal; a second section control part generating a fine section signal for a second section of the sampling section, according to the first section extract signal; a second filter part generating a second section extract signal by filtering the second pattern signal according to the fine section signal; an output control circuit generating a sampling enable signal according to the first and second section extract signals; and a sampling circuit suitable for sampling an input signal according to the sampling enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Woongrae Kim, Byeong Yong Go, Chul Moon Jung, Yoonna Oh
  • Patent number: 12027193
    Abstract: A memory device may include: a memory bank comprising a plurality of memory blocks, each divided into a normal area and a row hammer area, a command control circuit suitable for performing an access operation on the normal area in response to an active command, an internal command generation circuit suitable for generating an internal command in response to a precharge command, a target address generation circuit suitable for saving a count for each logic level combination of a received address in the row hammer area by performing an access operation on the row hammer area in response to the internal command, and setting an address corresponding to the count as a target address when the count satisfies a preset condition, and a refresh control circuit suitable for controlling a smart refresh operation on the target address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Byeong Yong Go, Woongrae Kim, Hoiju Chung, Saeng Hwan Kim, Yoonna Oh, Chul Moon Jung
  • Publication number: 20240203477
    Abstract: A memory device includes: a rate control circuit configured to: generate a refresh counting value based on a refresh management command and an internal target refresh command, and generate a rate control signal by comparing the refresh counting value with a target value corresponding to temperature information; and a target command issuing circuit configured to: set a target number according to the rate control signal, and issue the internal target refresh command whenever a number of inputs of a normal refresh command reaches the target number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Chul Moon JUNG, Byeong Yong GO, Woongrae KIM
  • Publication number: 20240046977
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: first and second pattern generation circuits generating first and second pattern signal for a sampling section; a first section control part generating a coarse section signal for a first section of the sampling section, according to the first pattern signal; a first filter part generating a first section extract signal by filtering the second pattern signal according to the coarse section signal; a second section control part generating a fine section signal for a second section of the sampling section, according to the first section extract signal; a second filter part generating a second section extract signal by filtering the second pattern signal according to the fine section signal; an output control circuit generating a sampling enable signal according to the first and second section extract signals; and a sampling circuit suitable for sampling an input signal according to the sampling enable signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Woongrae KIM, Byeong Yong GO, Chul Moon JUNG, Yoonna OH
  • Patent number: 11869568
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Byeong Yong Go, Woongrae Kim, Yoonna Oh
  • Publication number: 20230420011
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a sampling control circuit configured to generate a sampling enable signal by dividing a sampling period into a plurality of sub-sections according to an active counting signal generated by counting a number of inputs of an active signal during the sampling period, and comparing the active counting signal with a random signal for each sub-section; and a sampling circuit configured to sample and store an input address according to the sampling enable signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jun Seok NOH, Byeong Yong Go, Sang Woo Yoon, No Geun Joo
  • Patent number: 11823730
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: first and second pattern generation circuits generating first and second pattern signal for a sampling section; a first section control part generating a coarse section signal for a first section of the sampling section, according to the first pattern signal; a first filter part generating a first section extract signal by filtering the second pattern signal according to the coarse section signal; a second section control part generating a fine section signal for a second section of the sampling section, according to the first section extract signal; a second filter part generating a second section extract signal by filtering the second pattern signal according to the fine section signal; an output control circuit generating a sampling enable signal according to the first and second section extract signals; and a sampling circuit suitable for sampling an input signal according to the sampling enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Woongrae Kim, Byeong Yong Go, Chul Moon Jung, Yoonna Oh
  • Publication number: 20230178137
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: first and second pattern generation circuits generating first and second pattern signal for a sampling section; a first section control part generating a coarse section signal for a first section of the sampling section, according to the first pattern signal; a first filter part generating a first section extract signal by filtering the second pattern signal according to the coarse section signal; a second section control part generating a fine section signal for a second section of the sampling section, according to the first section extract signal; a second filter part generating a second section extract signal by filtering the second pattern signal according to the fine section signal; an output control circuit generating a sampling enable signal according to the first and second section extract signals; and a sampling circuit suitable for sampling an input signal according to the sampling enable signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Woongrae KIM, Byeong Yong GO, Chul Moon JUNG, Yoonna OH
  • Publication number: 20230118249
    Abstract: A memory device may include: a memory bank comprising a plurality of memory blocks, each divided into a normal area and a row hammer area, a command control circuit suitable for performing an access operation on the normal area in response to an active command, an internal command generation circuit suitable for generating an internal command in response to a precharge command, a target address generation circuit suitable for saving a count for each logic level combination of a received address in the row hammer area by performing an access operation on the row hammer area in response to the internal command, and setting an address corresponding to the count as a target address when the count satisfies a preset condition, and a refresh control circuit suitable for controlling a smart refresh operation on the target address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Byeong Yong GO, Woongrae KIM, Hoiju CHUNG, Saeng Hwan KIM, Yoonna OH, Chul Moon JUNG
  • 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