Patents by Inventor Kyoung Hoon LIM

Kyoung Hoon LIM 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: 9741437
    Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor memory device, and an operating method thereof. The semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program pulse application operation and a verification operation on the memory cell array; a pass/fail check circuit configured to output a pass/fail signal according to a result of the verification operation; and a control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit to perform the program pulse application operation and the verification operation such that two or more program pulses are continuously applied during the program pulse application operation, and first and second verification operations are continuously performed during the verification operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoung Hoon Lim, Min Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20170133093
    Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor memory device, and an operating method thereof. The semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program pulse application operation and a verification operation on the memory cell array; a pass/fail check circuit configured to output a pass/fail signal according to a result of the verification operation; and a control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit to perform the program pulse application operation and the verification operation such that two or more program pulses are continuously applied during the program pulse application operation, and first and second verification operations are continuously performed during the verification operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Kyoung Hoon LIM, Min Kyu LEE
  • Patent number: 9627071
    Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor memory device, and an operating method thereof. The semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program pulse application operation and a verification operation on the memory cell array; a pass/fail check circuit configured to output a pass/fail signal according to a result of the verification operation; and a control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit to perform the program pulse application operation and the verification operation such that two or more program pulses are continuously applied during the program pulse application operation, and first and second verification operations are continuously performed during the verification operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoung Hoon Lim, Min Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20160260484
    Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor memory device, and an operating method thereof. The semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program pulse application operation and a verification operation on the memory cell array; a pass/fail check circuit configured to output a pass/fail signal according to a result of the verification operation; and a control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit to perform the program pulse application operation and the verification operation such that two or more program pulses are continuously applied during the program pulse application operation, and first and second verification operations are continuously performed during the verification operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Kyoung Hoon LIM, Min Kyu LEE