Patents by Inventor Kibong Koo

Kibong Koo 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: 10748590
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a power supply circuit, a word line control circuit, and a memory circuit. The power supply circuit may drive a pre-charge voltage to a level of an external voltage based on a write initialization signal which is enabled if a command has a predetermined level combination. The word line control circuit may generates two or more word line selection signals that are sequentially counted based on the write initialization signal. The memory circuit may sequentially select a plurality of word lines based on the word line selection signals. The memory circuit may drive bit lines of memory cells connected to the selected word line to the pre-charge voltage. The memory circuit may store data, which are loaded on the bit lines to have a level of the pre-charge voltage, into the memory cells connected to the selected word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kibong Koo
  • Publication number: 20200058337
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a power supply circuit, a word line control circuit, and a memory circuit. The power supply circuit may drive a pre-charge voltage to a level of an external voltage based on a write initialization signal which is enabled if a command has a predetermined level combination. The word line control circuit may generates two or more word line selection signals that are sequentially counted based on the write initialization signal. The memory circuit may sequentially select a plurality of word lines based on the word line selection signals. The memory circuit may drive bit lines of memory cells connected to the selected word line to the pre-charge voltage. The memory circuit may store data, which are loaded on the bit lines to have a level of the pre-charge voltage, into the memory cells connected to the selected word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kibong KOO
  • Patent number: 10553267
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a power supply circuit, a word line control circuit, and a memory circuit. The power supply circuit may drive a pre-charge voltage to a level of an external voltage based on a write initialization signal which is enabled if a command has a predetermined level combination. The word line control circuit may generates two or more word line selection signals that are sequentially counted based on the write initialization signal. The memory circuit may sequentially select a plurality of word lines based on the word line selection signals. The memory circuit may drive bit lines of memory cells connected to the selected word line to the pre-charge voltage. The memory circuit may store data, which are loaded on the bit lines to have a level of the pre-charge voltage, into the memory cells connected to the selected word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kibong Koo
  • Publication number: 20190043546
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a power supply circuit, a word line control circuit, and a memory circuit. The power supply circuit may drive a pre-charge voltage to a level of an external voltage based on a write initialization signal which is enabled if a command has a predetermined level combination. The word line control circuit may generates two or more word line selection signals that are sequentially counted based on the write initialization signal. The memory circuit may sequentially select a plurality of word lines based on the word line selection signals. The memory circuit may drive bit lines of memory cells connected to the selected word line to the pre-charge voltage. The memory circuit may store data, which are loaded on the bit lines to have a level of the pre-charge voltage, into the memory cells connected to the selected word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kibong KOO
  • Publication number: 20180218776
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including semiconductor devices may be provided. The semiconductor device may be configured to compare phases of strobe signals which are generated according to internal delay times of the semiconductor devices and configured to control points of time that an internal command is inputted to the internal circuits of the semiconductor devices according to a comparison result of the phases of the strobe signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Hyun KIM, Kibong KOO, Choung Ki SONG, Byung Kuk YOON, Yo Sep LEE, Jae Seung LEE
  • Patent number: 10037811
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including semiconductor devices may be provided. The semiconductor device may be configured to compare phases of strobe signals which are generated according to internal delay times of the semiconductor devices and configured to control points of time that an internal command is inputted to the internal circuits of the semiconductor devices according to a comparison result of the phases of the strobe signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Kim, Kibong Koo, Choung Ki Song, Byung Kuk Yoon, Yo Sep Lee, Jae Seung Lee