Patents by Inventor Heat-Bit Park

Heat-Bit Park 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: 9165614
    Abstract: A memory may include first to Nth cell arrays configured to include a plurality of memory cells and one or more first to Nth data input/output pads respectively corresponding to the first to Nth cell arrays, wherein the one or more first to Nth data input/output pads are configured to input/output data to/from the first to Nth cell arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Heat-Bit Park, Kang-Seol Lee
  • Patent number: 9140743
    Abstract: A semiconductor system includes a semiconductor chip; a penetrating electrode, which is formed to penetrate the semiconductor chip; two or more metals, which are formed in the upper portion of the penetrating electrode; a bump, which is formed to contact the upper portions of the metals and supplies a data signal inputted from outside to the metals; a detection block suitable for detecting whether or not the bump is coupled with the metals by comparing voltage levels of the metals with each other and generating a decision signal; and a signal output block suitable for outputting the decision signal externally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Heat-Bit Park
  • Publication number: 20150206825
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a through electrode vertically passing through the semiconductor device; a metal pad electrically coupling the through electrode and an exterior; a data input block suitable for transferring a data signal to the metal pad in response to a write command; a through electrode storage block suitable for storing the data signal transferred through the metal pad; and a data output block suitable for outputting the data signal, which is stored in the through electrode storage block, to the exterior in response to a read command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventor: Heat-Bit PARK
  • Publication number: 20150198653
    Abstract: A semiconductor system includes a semiconductor chip; a penetrating electrode, which is formed to penetrate the semiconductor chip; two or more metals, which are formed in the upper portion of the penetrating electrode; a bump, which is formed to contact the upper portions of the metals and supplies a data signal inputted from outside to the metals; a detection block suitable for detecting whether or not the bump is coupled with the metals by comparing voltage levels of the metals with each other and generating a decision signal; and a signal output block suitable for outputting the decision signal externally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventor: Heat-Bit PARK
  • Patent number: 9036435
    Abstract: The semiconductor apparatus includes a reference delay value check unit configured to receive a source signal and delay the source signal to generate a reference delay signal; a process delay value check unit configured to receive the source signal and delay the source signal to generate a process delay signal; and a signal generation unit configured to receive the reference delay signal and the process delay signal, receive an input signal, and variably delay the input signal based on the reference delay signal and the process delay signal to generate an output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Heat Bit Park, Kee Teok Park
  • Publication number: 20150115435
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus with a through via includes a semiconductor chip and a through via formed by penetrating through the semiconductor chip. The system further includes a first metal layer connected to a portion of the through via at an end of the through via and a second metal layer connected to another portion of the through via at the end of the through via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Heat Bit PARK, Jong Chern LEE, Hong Gyeom KIM
  • Publication number: 20150115268
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus having a through via to be electrically coupled with a chip includes a latch memory cell configured to be electrically coupled with the through via and receive a signal transmitted through the through via, and output a stored signal to the through via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Heat Bit PARK
  • Patent number: 9013220
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor apparatus including a plurality of semiconductor chips coupled through an electrical coupling unit. Each of the semiconductor chips includes: a chip ID signal generation unit configured to generate a chip ID signal; and a chip enable signal generation unit configured to receive a clock enable signal in response to the chip ID signal, wherein one of the semiconductor chips shares the received clock enable signal as a transfer clock enable signal with the other semiconductor chips, and the chip enable signal generation unit detects whether or not an error occurs in the chip ID signals of the plurality of semiconductor chips, selects any one of the transfer clock enable signal and the clock enable signal applied, and outputs the selected signal as a chip enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Heat Bit Park
  • Patent number: 8971108
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first semiconductor chip including a first pad group configured to input/output first data and a second pad group configured to input/output second data; and a second semiconductor chip in a stack with the first semiconductor chip and configured to be electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip by at least one chip through via, wherein the second semiconductor chip includes a first unit bank group including at least one first upper bank group and at least one first lower bank group, a second unit bank group including at least one second upper bank group and at least one second lower bank group, and a data path selector configured to electrically connect one among the first and second upper bank groups and the first and second lower bank groups with the chip through via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Heat-Bit Park
  • Patent number: 8923079
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus having a data bit inversion function and, the semiconductor apparatus including a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip electrically coupled to the first semiconductor chip, wherein the first semiconductor chip may be configured to receive data and a data bit inversion flag, and transfer the data to the second semiconductor chip, and the second semiconductor chip may be configured to invert and store the data, which is transferred from the first semiconductor chip, according to to the data bit inversion flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Heat Bit Park, Jong Chern Lee
  • Publication number: 20140374923
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor apparatus including a plurality of semiconductor chips coupled through an electrical coupling unit. Each of the semiconductor chips includes: a chip ID signal generation unit configured to generate a chip ID signal; and a chip enable signal generation unit configured to receive a clock enable signal in response to the chip ID signal, wherein one of the semiconductor chips shares the received clock enable signal as a transfer clock enable signal with the other semiconductor chips, and the chip enable signal generation unit detects whether or not an error occurs in the chip ID signals of the plurality of semiconductor chips, selects any one of the transfer clock enable signal and the clock enable signal applied, and outputs the selected signal as a chip enable signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Heat Bit PARK
  • Publication number: 20140355364
    Abstract: A memory may include first to Nth cell arrays configured to include a plurality of memory cells and one or more first to Nth data input/output pads respectively corresponding to the first to Nth cell arrays, wherein the one or more first to Nth data input/output pads are configured to input/output data to/from the first to Nth cell arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Sk hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Heat-Bit PARK, Kang-Seol LEE
  • Patent number: 8837191
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a multi-chip module which multi-chip module comprises a first and a second chips. The semiconductor apparatus comprises a first data line in the first chip to carry first read data; a first controller, in the first chip, configured to generate first output data on a first output data line in the first chip based on the first read data transmitted from the first data line; a first data transmitter configured to electrically connect the first output data line to the second chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Heat Bit Park, Kang Seol Lee
  • Patent number: 8689065
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory apparatus having stacked first and second chips includes a first chip test signal generation unit disposed in the first chip and configured to generate a first chip test signal in response to a first chip compression data determination signal in a test mode, a second chip test signal generation unit disposed in the second chip and configured to generate a second chip test signal in response to a second chip compression data determination signal in the test mode, and a final data determination unit configured to generate a final test signal in response to the first and second chip test signals in the test mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Heat Bit Park, Tae Sik Yun
  • Publication number: 20140063977
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first signal generation unit configured to sequentially generate first and second delay signals in response to a first column control signal, the first and second delay signals having reflected a delay time and a multiplied delay time selected from a plurality of delay times in correspondence with an arrangement location of a unit memory region, through data is input/output, respectively, and a second signal generation unit configured to generate a second column control signal delayed by the selected delay time as compared with the first column control signal, to determine an activation time point of the second column control signal in response to the first delay signal, and to determine a deactivation time point of the second column control signal in response to the second delay signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventor: Heat-Bit PARK
  • Publication number: 20130315015
    Abstract: The semiconductor apparatus includes a reference delay value check unit configured to receive a source signal and delay the source signal to generate a reference delay signal; a process delay value check unit configured to receive the source signal and delay the source signal to generate a process delay signal; and a signal generation unit configured to receive the reference delay signal and the process delay signal, receive an input signal, and variably delay the input signal based on the reference delay signal and the process delay signal to generate an output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Heat Bit PARK, Kee Teok PARK
  • Patent number: 8526251
    Abstract: The semiconductor apparatus includes a reference delay value check unit configured to receive a source signal and delay the source signal to generate a reference delay signal; a process delay value check unit configured to receive the source signal and delay the source signal to generate a process delay signal; and a signal generation unit configured to receive the reference delay signal and the process delay signal, receive an input signal, and variably delay the input signal based on the reference delay signal and the process delay signal to generate an output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Heat Bit Park, Kee Teok Park
  • Publication number: 20130166944
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array comprising a normal memory cell and a redundancy memory cell and configured to store data, a data compression unit configured to compress data stored in the memory cell array and generate compression information, and a repair control unit configured to control a repair operation for accessing the redundancy memory cell in response to the compression information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: Heat-Bit PARK
  • Publication number: 20130163364
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first semiconductor chip including a first pad group configured to input/output first data and a second pad group configured to input/output second data; and a second semiconductor chip in a stack with the first semiconductor chip and configured to be electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip by at least one chip through via, wherein the second semiconductor chip includes a first unit bank group including at least one first upper bank group and at least one first lower bank group, a second unit bank group including at least one second upper bank group and at least one second lower bank group, and a data path selector configured to electrically connect one among the first and second upper bank groups and the first and second lower bank groups with the chip through via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: Heat-Bit PARK
  • Patent number: 8385143
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory apparatus includes: a read/write control unit configured to generate a write control signal and a read control signal using internal signals generated through separate signal paths in response to a write command and a read command respectively; and a plurality of ranks configured to perform a write operation or read operation according to the write control signal or the read control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Heat Bit Park