Patents by Inventor Hyungrok DO

Hyungrok DO 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: 11451007
    Abstract: A driving circuit includes an input circuit slice configured to convert a data signal into a first data signal and a second data signal having different DC components. The driving circuit also includes a driver slice configured to output driving current at an output node by generating push current or pull current according to the first data signal and the second data signal, wherein a magnitude of the push current or the pull current is variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Jeongho Hwang, Hong Seok Choi, Hyungrok Do, Deog-Kyoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11227655
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including one or more memory cells each coupled between a wordline and a bitline, a sense amplifier configured to amplify a voltage of a global wordline, a wordline decoder including a plurality of wordline switches coupling the wordline and the global wordline, and a control circuit configured to control the wordline decoder and the sense amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Hyungrok Do, Hong Seok Choi, Deog-Kyoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11087825
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a bitline driver configured to drive a global bitline; a memory cell array including a first memory cell that is coupled between a cell wordline and a cell bitline; a bitline decoder including a bitline switch that couples the global bitline and the cell bitline; a wordline decoder including a wordline switch that couples a global wordline and the cell wordline; a sense amplifier configured to output a sensing signal corresponding to a state of the first memory cell based on a voltage of the global bitline; and a control circuit configured to control the bitline driver, the bitline decoder, the wordline decoder and the sense amplifier during a first read operation for the first memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Hong Seok Choi, Hyungrok Do, Deog-Kyoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 10950279
    Abstract: A BLSA circuit includes a first inverter disposed between a first sensing node and a second inner bit line, a second inverter disposed between a second sensing node and a first inner bit line, a first capacitor disposed between a first bit line and the first sensing node, a second capacitor disposed between a second bit line and the second sensing node, a first offset canceling switch for electrically coupling the first inner bit line with the second sensing node during an offset canceling operation, a second offset canceling switch for electrically coupling the second inner bit line with the first sensing node during the offset canceling operation, a first isolation switch for electrically coupling the first bit line with the first inner bit line, and a second isolation switch for electrically coupling the second bit line with the second inner bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Deog-Kyoon Jeong, Jung Min Yoon, Hyungrok Do, Dae-Hyun Koh
  • Patent number: 10931305
    Abstract: A data serialization circuit includes a clock data operation circuit configured to generate a plurality of delay clock signals and a plurality of synchronous data signals in response to a plurality of parallel data signals and a plurality of multi-phase clock signals and a multiplexer configured to output a serial data signal in response to the plurality of delay clock signals and the plurality of synchronous data signals. A first one of the plurality of delay clock signals substantially aligns with a first one of the plurality of synchronous data signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Hong Seok Choi, Jeongho Hwang, Hyungrok Do, Deog-Kyoon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20200395062
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a bitline driver configured to drive a global bitline; a memory cell array including a first memory cell that is coupled between a cell wordline and a cell bitline; a bitline decoder including a bitline switch that couples the global bitline and the cell bitline; a wordline decoder including a wordline switch that couples a global wordline and the cell wordline; a sense amplifier configured to output a sensing signal corresponding to a state of the first memory cell based on a voltage of the global bitline; and a control circuit configured to control the bitline driver, the bitline decoder, the wordline decoder and the sense amplifier during a first read operation for the first memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hong Seok CHOI, Hyungrok DO, Deog-Kyoon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20200335937
    Abstract: A driving circuit includes an input circuit slice configured to convert a data signal into a first data signal and a second data signal having different DC components. The driving circuit also includes a driver slice configured to output driving current at an output node by generating push current or pull current according to the first data signal and the second data signal, wherein a magnitude of the push current or the pull current is variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicants: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Jeongho HWANG, Hong Seok CHOI, Hyungrok DO, Deog-Kyoon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20200321977
    Abstract: A data serialization circuit includes a clock data operation circuit configured to generate a plurality of delay clock signals and a plurality of synchronous data signals in response to a plurality of parallel data signals and a plurality of multi-phase clock signals and a multiplexer configured to output a serial data signal in response to the plurality of delay clock signals and the plurality of synchronous data signals. A first one of the plurality of delay clock signals substantially aligns with a first one of the plurality of synchronous data signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Hong Seok CHOI, Jeongho HWANG, Hyungrok DO, Deog-Kyoon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20200075065
    Abstract: A BLSA circuit includes a first inverter disposed between a first sensing node and a second inner bit line, a second inverter disposed between a second sensing node and a first inner bit line, a first capacitor disposed between a first bit line and the first sensing node, a second capacitor disposed between a second bit line and the second sensing node, a first offset canceling switch for electrically coupling the first inner bit line with the second sensing node during an offset canceling operation, a second offset canceling switch for electrically coupling the second inner bit line with the first sensing node during the offset canceling operation, a first isolation switch for electrically coupling the first bit line with the first inner bit line, and a second isolation switch for electrically coupling the second bit line with the second inner bit line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Deog-Kyoon JEONG, Jung Min YOON, Hyungrok DO, Dae-Hyun KOH
  • Publication number: 20200013459
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including one or more memory cells each coupled between a wordline and a bitline, a sense amplifier configured to amplify a voltage of a global wordline, a wordline decoder including a plurality of wordline switches coupling the wordline and the global wordline, and a control circuit configured to control the wordline decoder and the sense amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Hyungrok DO, Hong Seok CHOI, Deog-Kyoon JEONG
  • Patent number: 10490259
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: an amplifier circuit including a first inverter and a second inverter to amplify a voltage difference between a first line and a second line; a replica amplifier circuit including a first replica inverter having an input terminal and an output terminal which are coupled to a second replica line and replicating the first inverter, and that includes a second replica inverter having an input terminal and an output terminal which are coupled to a first replica line and replicating the second inverter; and a current control circuit suitable for controlling an amount of a current sourced to the replica amplifier circuit and an amount of a current sunken from the replica amplifier circuit based on comparison of an average level between a voltage of the first replica line and a voltage of the second replica line with a level of a target voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Deog-Kyoon Jeong, Jung Min Yoon, Hyungrok Do
  • Publication number: 20190013060
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: an amplifier circuit including a first inverter and a second inverter to amplify a voltage difference between a first line and a second line; a replica amplifier circuit including a first replica inverter having an input terminal and an output terminal which are coupled to a second replica line and replicating the first inverter, and that includes a second replica inverter having an input terminal and an output terminal which are coupled to a first replica line and replicating the second inverter; and a current control circuit suitable for controlling an amount of a current sourced to the replica amplifier circuit and an amount of a current sunken from the replica amplifier circuit based on comparison of an average level between a voltage of the first replica line and a voltage of the second replica line with a level of a target voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Deog-Kyoon JEONG, Jung Min YOON, Hyungrok DO