Patents by Inventor Jae-woo Im

Jae-woo Im 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).

  • Dedicated redundancy circuits for different operations in a flash memory device and methods of operating the same
    Publication number: 20040090831
    Abstract: A flash memory device can include a first redundancy circuit configured to provide read repair information for read operations to the flash memory. The flash memory device can also include a second redundancy circuit, separate from the first redundancy circuit, configured to provide write repair information for write operations to the flash memory. The flash memory device can include a dedicated-read operation redundancy circuit configured to provide read repair information and a dedicated-write operation redundancy circuit configured to provide write repair information. The flash memory device can include also include a first redundancy circuit configured to store an address of a defective memory cell in the flash memory and a second redundancy circuit, separate from the first redundancy circuit, configured to store the address of the defective memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Jae-Woo Im, Young-ho Lim