Patents by Inventor Hyeong-Jun Ko

Hyeong-Jun Ko 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: 20160099030
    Abstract: A strobe signal interval detection circuit may include an oscillator configured to generate a periodic signal at a preset cycle determined through a delay time of a delay circuit. The delay time of the delay circuit may be configured by modeling a path traveled by a strobe signal being transmitted to a data latch. The strobe signal interval detection circuit may include a counter configured to count the periodic signal and generate strobe interval information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventor: Hyeong Jun KO
  • Patent number: 9077332
    Abstract: An impedance control circuit includes a pull-up code generator configured to generate pull-up impedance control codes using a voltage of a first node, a pull-up impedance unit configured to pull-up-drive the first node in response to the pull-up impedance control codes, a plurality of dummy impedance units enabled in response to respective select signals and each configured to pull-up-drive a second node in response to the pull-up impedance control codes, a pull-down code generator configured to generate pull-down impedance control codes using a voltage of the second node, and a plurality of pull-down impedance units enabled in response to the respective select signals and each configured to pull-down-drive the second node in response to the pull-down impedance control codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Hyeong-Jun Ko
  • Publication number: 20130113517
    Abstract: An impedance control circuit includes a pull-up code generator configured to generate pull-up impedance control codes using a voltage of a first node, a pull-up impedance unit configured to pull-up-drive the first node in response to the pull-up impedance control codes, a plurality of dummy impedance units enabled in response to respective select signals and each configured to pull-up-drive a second node in response to the pull-up impedance control codes, a pull-down code generator configured to generate pull-down impedance control codes using a voltage of the second node, and a plurality of pull-down impedance units enabled in response to the respective select signals and each configured to pull-down-drive the second node in response to the pull-down impedance control codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventor: Hyeong-Jun KO
  • Patent number: 8120381
    Abstract: An impedance adjusting device includes a calibration unit configured to generate an impedance code for adjusting a termination impedance value, a plurality of termination units configured to be enabled by resistance selection information and terminate an interface node in response to the impedance code, a resistance providing unit coupled in parallel to the plurality of termination units and configured to provide a resistance in response to the resistance selection information, and a selection signal generation unit configured to generate the resistance selection information according to a target impedance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Hyeong-Jun Ko
  • Publication number: 20110291698
    Abstract: An impedance adjusting device includes a calibration unit configured to generate an impedance code for adjusting a termination impedance value, a plurality of termination units configured to be enabled by resistance selection information and terminate an interface node in response to the impedance code, a resistance providing unit coupled in parallel to the plurality of termination units and configured to provide a resistance in response to the resistance selection information, and a selection signal generation unit configured to generate the resistance selection information according to a target impedance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventor: Hyeong-Jun Ko
  • Patent number: 7961001
    Abstract: An impedance adjusting device includes: a calibration node; a comparison unit configured to compare a reference voltage with a voltage of the calibration node; a counting unit configured to generatean impedance code according to a comparison result of the comparison unit; a reference impedance unit having an impedance value according to the impedance code and connected to the calibration node; a storage unit configured to store the comparison result of the comparison unit upon the generation of the impedance code being completed; an interface node; and a termination unit configured to terminate the interface node, the termination unit including a plurality of parallel resistors configured to be turned on/off according to the impedance code, and a parallel resistor configured to be turned on/off according to a value stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Hyeong-Jun Ko
  • Publication number: 20110128038
    Abstract: An impedance adjusting device includes: a calibration node; a comparison unit configured to compare a reference voltage with a voltage of the calibration node; a counting unit configured to generate an impedance code according to a comparison result of the comparison unit; a reference impedance unit having an impedance value according to the impedance code and connected to the calibration node; a storage unit configured to store the comparison result of the comparison unit upon the generation of the impedance code being completed; an interface node; and a termination unit configured to terminate the interface node, the termination unit including a plurality of parallel resistors configured to be turned on/off according to the impedance code, and a parallel resistor configured to be turned on/off according to a value stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventor: Hyeong-Jun KO