Patents by Inventor Hae-Rang Choi

Hae-Rang Choi 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).

  • Publication number: 20250045127
    Abstract: A multilevel processing in memory (PIM) includes a processor in which an optimal operator installed at several layers of memory, an accelerator type circuit for processing an irregular operation, and a scheduler for processing an irregular operation have been installed. The multilevel processing in memory includes a memory module including at least one rank in which a computation operation and a data storage operation are performed in response to a control command from a memory controller. The memory module, the rank, a PIM command scheduler included in the rank, a bank group processing unit, and a bank group constitute a plurality of layers, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Joo Young KIM, Dong Hyuk Kim, Jae Young Kim, Wok Tak Han, Hae Rang Choi, Yong Kee Kwon, Jong Soon Won
  • Publication number: 20250022503
    Abstract: A processing-in-memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells coupled to a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines, a sense amplifier circuit coupled to the plurality of bit lines, and a control circuit configured to perform a row data copy operation that copies data of a first word line to a second word line, among the plurality of word lines. The control circuit is configured to sequentially perform operations according to an active control signal, a row close control signal, and a row open control signal to perform the row data copy operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Hae Rang CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240403600
    Abstract: A processing-in-memory (PIM)-based accelerating device includes a plurality of PIM devices, a PIM network system configured to control traffic of signals and data for the plurality of PIM devices, and a first interface configured to perform interfacing with a host device. The PIM network system controls the traffic so that the plurality of PIM devices perform different operations, the plurality of PIM devices perform different operations in groups, or the plurality of PIM devices perform the same operation in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Kee KWON, Gu Hyun KIM, Nah Sung KIM, Chang Hyun KIM, Gyeong Cheol SHIN, Byeong Ju AN, Hae Rang CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240257844
    Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of memory circuits, and a filtering circuit. The filtering circuit is configured to perform a filtering operation on data and to transmit filtered data to the plurality of memory circuits or to outside of the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Soon WON, Hae Rang CHOI
  • Patent number: 11875840
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a cell circuit including a plurality of memory arrays, and a control circuit configured to control the cell circuit. A memory array of the plurality of memory arrays has a plurality of sub-arrays including a first sub-array and a second sub array, and an array connecting circuit configured to connect bit lines of the first sub-array to respective corresponding bit lines of the second sub-array according to a copy signal. The semiconductor device may further include a partial sum circuit configured to perform charge sharing between a plurality of bit lines of the first sub-array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Hae Rang Choi, Sungjoo Yoo
  • Patent number: 11693493
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dot film, a multi-layers optic sheet comprising the dot film, and a smart electric board having the multi-layers optic sheet attached thereto, the dot film comprising: a base layer made of a synthetic resin; a resin layer coated with a resin mixture on the rear surface of the base layer; and a dot layer on which fine dots are formed by printing such that a printing material permeates the resin layer, wherein the dot layer has a plurality of dots formed therewith which are spaced apart from each other at crossing points of virtual grid lines, and has location information encrypted therein so as to determine location information of an electronic pen when writing with the electronic pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: DIPSONE TECH INC.
    Inventor: Hae Rang Choi
  • Publication number: 20220343968
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a cell circuit including a plurality of memory arrays, and a control circuit configured to control the cell circuit. A memory array of the plurality of memory arrays has a plurality of sub-arrays including a first sub-array and a second sub array, and an array connecting circuit configured to connect bit lines of the first sub-array to respective corresponding bit lines of the second sub-array according to a copy signal. The semiconductor device may further include a partial sum circuit configured to perform charge sharing between a plurality of bit lines of the first sub-array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hae Rang CHOI, Sungjoo YOO
  • Publication number: 20220011886
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dot film, a multi-layers optic sheet comprising the dot film, and a smart electric board having the multi-layers optic sheet attached thereto, the dot film comprising: a base layer made of a synthetic resin; a resin layer coated with a resin mixture on the rear surface of the base layer; and a dot layer on which fine dots are formed by printing such that a printing material permeates the resin layer, wherein the dot layer has a plurality of dots formed therewith which are spaced apart from each other at crossing points of virtual grid lines, and has location information encrypted therein so as to determine location information of an electronic pen when writing with the electronic pen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Hae Rang CHOI
  • Patent number: 10867659
    Abstract: An address counting circuit includes an address counter suitable for counting an address in response to a counting signal; and a counting control block suitable for controlling the address counter to skip the address of at least one predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jae-Seung Lee, Hae-Rang Choi
  • Patent number: 10867658
    Abstract: An address counting circuit includes an address counter suitable for counting an address in response to a counting signal; and a counting control block suitable for controlling the address counter to skip the address of at least one predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jae-Seung Lee, Hae-Rang Choi
  • Patent number: 10802759
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of memory cells, and a memory controller suitable for generating a second address based on a first address indicating a defective memory cell, among the plurality of memory cells, and sequentially transmitting the first address and a first command corresponding to the first address, and the second address and a second command corresponding to the second address to the memory device, during write and read operations of the defective memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Hae-Rang Choi
  • Patent number: 10497421
    Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of memory cells, a weak address storage block suitable for storing a weak address of a weak cell of which data retention time is shorter than a reference time, among the plurality of memory cells, a refresh counter suitable for generating a counting address, and an address selection block suitable for outputting a refresh address by selecting one of the counting address and the weak address, wherein, in selecting the counting address, the address selection block selects the weak address for a predetermined period, when a value of at least one preset bit of the counting address is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hae-Rang Choi, Sung-Soo Chi, Hyung-Sik Won
  • Publication number: 20190294374
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of memory cells, and a memory controller suitable for generating a second address based on a first address indicating a defective memory cell, among the plurality of memory cells, and sequentially transmitting the first address and a first command corresponding to the first address, and the second address and a second command corresponding to the second address to the memory device, during write and read operations of the defective memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Hae-Rang CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190279703
    Abstract: An address counting circuit includes an address counter suitable for counting an address in response to a counting signal; and a counting control block suitable for controlling the address counter to skip the address of at least one predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Jae-Seung LEE, Hae-Rang CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190267068
    Abstract: An address counting circuit includes an address counter suitable for counting an address in response to a counting signal; and a counting control block suitable for controlling the address counter to skip the address of at least one predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Jae-Seung LEE, Hae-Rang CHOI
  • Patent number: 10360105
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may be provided. The semiconductor device may include a memory area. The memory area may be configured to compare an address with a first failure address and a second failure address to store an input datum into a redundancy area and to output the stored input datum as an output datum or configured to compare the address with the first and failure addresses to correct an error of an input datum stored in a normal area to output the corrected input datum as the output datum. The semiconductor device may include a failure address storage circuit. The failure address storage circuit may be configured to store the address as a first failure address based on a first retention information signal and configured to store the address as a second failure address based on a second retention information signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hyung Sik Won, Hae Rang Choi
  • Patent number: 10255966
    Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines; a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell coupled to a corresponding word line among the plurality of word lines and a corresponding bit line among the plurality of bit lines; and a control block suitable for controlling at least two word lines among the plurality of word lines to be activated together, and determining whether or not a weak cell exists, based on a voltage of a bit line corresponding to the activated word lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Hae-Rang Choi
  • Patent number: 10256823
    Abstract: A clock generation circuit includes a clock generation unit suitable for generating a first clock, a first inversion clock having an opposite phase to the first clock, a second clock having a different phase from the first clock, and a second inversion clock having an opposite phase to the second clock; and a reset control unit suitable for comparing the phases of the first and second clocks, and controlling the clock generation unit to disable for a time and then enable the second clock and the second inversion clock when the second clock leads the first clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hae-Rang Choi, Yong-Ju Kim, Dae-Han Kwon, Shin-Deok Kang
  • Patent number: 10229752
    Abstract: A memory device may include: a plurality of memory cells; a weak cell information storage unit suitable for storing a weak address and parity information corresponding to one or more weak cells having a shorter data retention time than a reference time, among the plurality of memory cells; an ECC (Error Correction Code) circuit suitable for detecting and correcting an error bit of the one or more weak cells using the parity information; and a refresh control unit suitable for controlling the plurality of memory cells to be refreshed at a cycle equal to or more than the reference time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hae-Rang Choi, Sung-Soo Chi, Dong-Jae Lee
  • Publication number: 20180358972
    Abstract: A clock generation circuit includes a clock generation unit suitable for generating a first clock, a first inversion clock having an opposite phase to the first clock, a second clock having a different phase from the first clock, and a second inversion clock having an opposite phase to the second clock; and a reset control unit suitable for comparing the phases of the first and second clocks, and controlling the clock generation unit to disable for a time and then enable the second clock and the second inversion clock when the second clock leads the first clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Hae-Rang CHOI, Yong-Ju KIM, Dae-Han KWON, Shin-Deok KANG