Patents by Inventor Ha-Min Sung

Ha-Min Sung 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: 8952735
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a reset control circuit suitable for outputting a reset signal when one of a first voltage and a second voltage has lower level than a reference level, and a reset execution circuit suitable for resetting a peripheral circuit based on the reset signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Ha Min Sung
  • Publication number: 20140361816
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a reset control circuit suitable for outputting a reset signal when one of a first voltage and a second voltage has lower level than a reference level, and a reset execution circuit suitable for resetting a peripheral circuit based on the reset signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Ha Min SUNG
  • Publication number: 20130093472
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a driving unit, a first current path and a second current path. The driving unit applies a power supply voltage to a drive node in response to a control signal. The first current path couples the drive node and an output node. The second current path couples the drive node and the output node. The first current path and the second current path are coupled in parallel between the drive node and the output node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
    Inventors: Hae Uk LEE, Chang Hyuk LEE, Jae Yong CHA, Ha Min SUNG, Yi Seul PARK
  • Patent number: 6711077
    Abstract: A wafer burn-in test and a wafer test circuit for a semiconductor memory device which can cut down packaging expenses and improve F/T yield by performing a wafer burn-in test by using a pad for contact in a probe test of a wafer state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Ha Min Sung
  • Patent number: 6657903
    Abstract: A circuit for generating a power-up signal in a semiconductor memory device which can remove instability due to non-generation of a back bias voltage by detecting the back bias voltage of a memory cell internally generated when an external power voltage is applied, and detecting the external power voltage when the back bias voltage reaches a predetermined level, and which can improve the stability of the power-up signal by initializing an external power voltage detecting unit by using an initial start-up circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Ha Min Sung
  • Publication number: 20030210589
    Abstract: A wafer burn-in test and a wafer test circuit for a semiconductor memory device which can cut down packaging expenses and improve F/T yield by performing a wafer burn-in test by using a pad for contact in a probe test of a wafer state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
    Inventor: Ha Min Sung
  • Patent number: 6570796
    Abstract: A wafer burn-in test and a wafer test circuit for a semiconductor memory device which can cut down packaging expenses and improve F/T yield by performing a wafer burn-in test by using a pad for contact in a probe test of a wafer state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Ha Min Sung
  • Publication number: 20030053359
    Abstract: A wafer burn-in test and a wafer test circuit for a semiconductor memory device which can cut down packaging expenses and improve F/T yield by performing a wafer burn-in test by using a pad for contact in a probe test of a wafer state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventor: Ha Min Sung
  • Publication number: 20030039149
    Abstract: A circuit for generating a power-up signal in a semiconductor memory device which can remove instability due to non-generation of a back bias voltage by detecting the back bias voltage of a memory cell internally generated when an external power voltage is applied, and detecting the external power voltage when the back bias voltage reaches a predetermined level, and which can improve the stability of the power-up signal by initializing an external power voltage detecting unit by using an initial start-up circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Ha Min Sung
  • Patent number: 6281742
    Abstract: A substrate voltage detection control circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a substrate voltage detector detecting a substrate voltage from a charge pump, and a control circuit separately operating the substrate voltage detector in accordance with an operation mode of a chip, for thereby sensitively reacting to the variation of the substrate voltage by turning on a substrate voltage detector in the active mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ha Min Sung
  • Patent number: 6198344
    Abstract: A back bias voltage level sensing circuit includes a constant current generation unit for generating a constant current regardless of a variation in a power supply voltage; a switch for transferring or disconnecting the constant current generated from the constant current generation unit under the control of a switch control signal; a current distribution unit for distributing the constant current transferred by the switch by using a current mirror under the control of a first control signal; a switching current removal unit for flowing the switching current generated when the switch is turned on and turned off to the ground according to a second control signal; a back bias voltage level sensing unit for sensing a level of a back bias voltage and outputting an output signal according to the current distributed by the current distribution unit; and a switching controlling unit for receiving an oscillating signal and the output signal from the back bias voltage level sensing unit and outputting a switch control
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ha-Min Sung
  • Patent number: 6147512
    Abstract: An input buffer circuit includes a transition detecting unit for receiving an input signal, detecting a transition of the input signal, and outputting a detecting signal and a delayed input signal; a detecting signal summing unit for summing up the detecting signal and other detecting signals outputted from other transition detecting units, and outputting a plurality of summed signals; a buffer unit for transmitting the delayed input signal in accordance with the plurality of summed signals; a control signal generator for receiving one of the plurality of summed signals and a first control signal, and outputting a second control signal and a third control signal; and a write driver 204 for receiving the second and third control signals, and transmitting an output signal of the buffer unit to a cell by a trigger of the plurality of summed signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: LG Semicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ha Min Sung, Jong Hoon Park
  • Patent number: 5708607
    Abstract: A data read circuit of a memory includes an inverting unit, a precharging unit, a first amplifying unit, a second amplifying unit, and an output buffer unit. The inverting unit inverts data from a sense amplifier, and the precharging unit precharges a data bus line to Vcc/2. The first amplifying unit receives and amplifies the inverted data, and the second amplifying unit is commonly connected to an input terminal of the first amplifying unit to receive and amplify the signal output from the inverting unit. The output buffer unit receives, inverts and outputs the signal amplified by the first and second amplifying units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: LG Semicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Lee, Ha Min Sung