Patents by Inventor Joo-Hyung CHAE

Joo-Hyung CHAE 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: 10554211
    Abstract: A data receiver circuit may include: a delay circuit suitable for delaying first and second strobe signals and generating delayed first and second strobe signals; a first receiver circuit suitable for sampling data in synchronization with the delayed first strobe signal; a second receiver circuit suitable for sampling the data in synchronization with the delayed second strobe signal; an enable signal generation circuit suitable for generating an enable signal indicating whether the data transitioned; a transition level generation circuit suitable for generating a transition level signal indicating a transition direction of the data; a phase shift circuit suitable for shifting the phase of the delayed first strobe signal by a set degree and generating a shifted first strobe signal; a sampling circuit suitable for sampling the data in synchronization with the shifted first strobe signal and generating a sampling result; and a control logic suitable for changing a delay value of the delay circuit in response to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National Universitv R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Suhwan Kim, Deog-Kyoon Jeong, Sang-Yoon Lee, Joo-Hyung Chae, Chang-Ho Hyun
  • Publication number: 20190268005
    Abstract: A data receiver circuit may include: a delay circuit suitable for delaying first and second strobe signals and generating delayed first and second strobe signals; a first receiver circuit suitable for sampling data in synchronization with the delayed first strobe signal; a second receiver circuit suitable for sampling the data in synchronization with the delayed second strobe signal; an enable signal generation circuit suitable for generating an enable signal indicating whether the data transitioned; a transition level generation circuit suitable for generating a transition level signal indicating a transition direction of the data; a phase shift circuit suitable for shifting the phase of the delayed first strobe signal by a set degree and generating a shifted first strobe signal; a sampling circuit suitable for sampling the data in synchronization with the shifted first strobe signal and generating a sampling result; and a control logic suitable for changing a delay value of the delay circuit in response to
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Suhwan KIM, Deog-Kyoon JEONG, Sang-Yoon LEE, Joo-Hyung CHAE, Chang-Ho HYUN
  • Patent number: 10361692
    Abstract: A duty cycle detector includes a first ring oscillator suitable for including an odd number of first inverters and generating a first periodic signal by using the first inverters, at least one inverter among the first inverters being enabled during a time interval when a clock has a first value, a second ring oscillator including an odd number of second inverters and suitable for generating a second periodic signal using the second inverters, at least one inverter among the second inverters being enabled during a time interval when the clock has a second value. The duty cycle detector further includes a frequency comparator suitable for comparing a frequency of the first periodic signal with a frequency of the second periodic signal and generating a duty cycle detection signal of the clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: SK hynix Inc., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Deog-Kyoon Jeong, Suhwan Kim, Joo-Hyung Chae
  • Publication number: 20190131962
    Abstract: A duty cycle detector includes a first ring oscillator suitable for including an odd number of first inverters and generating a first periodic signal by using the first inverters, at least one inverter among the first inverters being enabled during a time interval when a clock has a first value, a second ring oscillator including an odd number of second inverters and suitable for generating a second periodic signal using the second inverters, at least one inverter among the second inverters being enabled during a time interval when the clock has a second value. The duty cycle detector further includes a frequency comparator suitable for comparing a frequency of the first periodic signal with a frequency of the second periodic signal and generating a duty cycle detection signal of the clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Deog-Kyoon JEONG, Suhwan KIM, Joo-Hyung CHAE
  • Publication number: 20190081609
    Abstract: An impedance adjusting circuit includes: a first node coupled to a resistor; a first impedance unit having an impedance value determined based on a first impedance code and coupled between a first voltage terminal and a second node; a first switching unit suitable for electrically connecting the first node and the second node to each other in response to a clock; a first average voltage unit suitable for generating an average voltage of the first node; a first comparison unit suitable for comparing the average voltage of the first node with a first reference voltage to produce a comparison result of the first comparison unit; and a first code generation unit suitable for generating the first impedance code in response to the comparison result of the first comparison unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Suhwan KIM, Joo-Hyung CHAE, Deog-Kyoon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20190081619
    Abstract: A duty cycle correction circuit includes a first inverter suitable for driving a second clock in response to a first clock; a second inverter suitable for driving the first clock in response to the second clock; and a duty cycle detector suitable for detecting a duty cycle of the first clock or the second clock, wherein driving forces of one or more inverters among the first inverter and the second inverter are controlled based on a duty detection result of the duty cycle detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Suhwan KIM, Joo-Hyung CHAE, Deog-Kyoon JEONG
  • Patent number: 9564907
    Abstract: A multi-channel delay locked loop includes a global delay locked loop and a plurality of local delay locked loops. The global delay locked loop is configured to lock an input clock signal and output a global delay control signal corresponding to a delay amount of the input clock signal during a locking operation. Each of the plurality of local delay locked loops is configured to output a channel clock signal by locking the input clock signal, and initialize the delay amount of the input clock signal according to the global delay control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: SK HYNIX INC., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Joo-Hyung Chae, Suhwan Kim, Deog-Kyoon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20160087638
    Abstract: A multi-channel delay locked loop includes a global delay locked loop and a plurality of local delay locked loops. The global delay locked loop is configured to lock an input clock signal and output a global delay control signal corresponding to a delay amount of the input clock signal during a locking operation. Each of the plurality of local delay locked loops is configured to output a channel clock signal by locking the input clock signal, and initialize the delay amount of the input clock signal according to the global delay control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Joo-Hyung CHAE, Suhwan KIM, Deok-Kyoon JEONG