Patents by Inventor Kyung-Soo Ha

Kyung-Soo Ha 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: 11921579
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory device is provided. The method includes: receiving a first command from a controller; activating a page of a memory cell array based on the first command; reading data of the activated page; detecting an error from the read data; correcting the detected error to generate error correction data; writing back the error correction data to the activated page in based on the detected error being a single-bit error; and blocking write-back of the error correction data to the activated page based on the detected error being a multi-bit error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Heung Kim, Jun Hyung Kim, Chang-Yong Lee, Sang Uhn Cha, Kyung-Soo Ha
  • Publication number: 20230317128
    Abstract: There are provided a memory device for supporting a command bus training (CBT) mode and a method of operating the same. The memory device is configured to enter a CBT mode or exit from the CBT mode in response to a logic level of a first data signal, which is not included in second data signals, which are in one-to-one correspondence with command/address signals, which are used to output a CBT pattern in the CBT mode. The memory device is further configured to change a reference voltage value in accordance with a second reference voltage setting code received by terminals associated with the second data signals, to terminate the command/address signals or a pair of data clock signals to a resistance value corresponding to an on-die termination (ODT) code setting stored in a mode register, and to turn off ODT of data signals in the CBT mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Young-hun Kim, Si-hong Kim, Tae-young Oh, Kyung-soo Ha
  • Publication number: 20230317138
    Abstract: A memory device includes a clock receiver configured to receive, from a memory controller, a write clock that is used to receive write data during a data write operation, a duty monitor configured to generate first monitoring information by monitoring a duty of the write clock, and a duty adjuster configured to adjust the duty of the write clock in response to a duty control signal and output an adjusted write clock. The memory device provides the first monitoring information to the memory controller, and receives the duty control signal, generated using the first monitoring information, from the memory controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: DAE-SIK MOON, GIL-HOON CHA, KI-SEOK OH, CHANG-KYO LEE, YEON-KYU CHOI, JUNG-HWAN CHOI, KYUNG-SOO HA, SEOK-HUN HYUN
  • Patent number: 11749337
    Abstract: A memory device includes a clock receiver configured to receive, from a memory controller, a write clock that is used to receive write data during a data write operation, a duty monitor configured to generate first monitoring information by monitoring a duty of the write clock, and a duty adjuster configured to adjust the duty of the write clock in response to a duty control signal and output an adjusted write clock. The memory device provides the first monitoring information to the memory controller, and receives the duty control signal, generated using the first monitoring information, from the memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-Sik Moon, Gil-Hoon Cha, Ki-Seok Oh, Chang-Kyo Lee, Yeon-Kyu Choi, Jung-Hwan Choi, Kyung-Soo Ha, Seok-Hun Hyun
  • Patent number: 11749338
    Abstract: A memory device includes a clock receiver configured to receive, from a memory controller, a write clock that is used to receive write data during a data write operation, a duty monitor configured to generate first monitoring information by monitoring a duty of the write clock, and a duty adjuster configured to adjust the duty of the write clock in response to a duty control signal and output an adjusted write clock. The memory device provides the first monitoring information to the memory controller, and receives the duty control signal, generated using the first monitoring information, from the memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-Sik Moon, Gil-Hoon Cha, Ki-Seok Oh, Chang-Kyo Lee, Yeon-Kyu Choi, Jung-Hwan Choi, Kyung-Soo Ha, Seok-Hun Hyun
  • Publication number: 20230274776
    Abstract: A memory device includes a clock receiver configured to receive, from a memory controller, a write clock that is used to receive write data during a data write operation, a duty monitor configured to generate first monitoring information by monitoring a duty of the write clock, and a duty adjuster configured to adjust the duty of the write clock in response to a duty control signal and output an adjusted write clock. The memory device provides the first monitoring information to the memory controller, and receives the duty control signal, generated using the first monitoring information, from the memory controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: DAE-SIK MOON, GIL-HOON CHA, KI-SEOK OH, CHANG-KYO LEE, YEON-KYU CHOI, JUNG-HWAN CHOI, KYUNG-SOO HA, SEOK-HUN HYUN
  • Patent number: 11715504
    Abstract: There are provided a memory device for supporting a command bus training (CBT) mode and a method of operating the same. The memory device is configured to enter a CBT mode or exit from the CBT mode in response to a logic level of a first data signal, which is not included in second data signals, which are in one-to-one correspondence with command/address signals, which are used to output a CBT pattern in the CBT mode. The memory device is further configured to change a reference voltage value in accordance with a second reference voltage setting code received by terminals associated with the second data signals, to terminate the command/address signals or a pair of data clock signals to a resistance value corresponding to an on-die termination (ODT) code setting stored in a mode register, and to turn off ODT of data signals in the CBT mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-hun Kim, Si-hong Kim, Tae-young Oh, Kyung-soo Ha
  • Patent number: 11691619
    Abstract: An automatic parking system is provided. The automatic parking system includes a camera processor that acquires images around a subject vehicle, converts the acquired images into external images and synthesizes the external images. A sensor processor measured spaced distances between the subject vehicle and surrounding vehicles. A parking space recognizing unit periodically receives the spaced distances and the external images and comparing the consecutive external images with the spaced distances using an image recognition technology to recognize parking areas. A controller calculates a moving path between a current position of the subject vehicle and an optimal parking area and operates the subject vehicle based on the moving path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Soo Kim, Joo Woong Yang, Dae Joong Yoon, Seung Wook Park, Jae Seob Choi, Kyung Soo Ha, Min Byeong Lee, Jin Ho Park, In Yong Jung
  • Publication number: 20230207040
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, an error correction code (ECC) circuit, a fault address register, a scrubbing control circuit and a control logic circuit. The memory cell array includes memory cell rows. The scrubbing control circuit generates scrubbing addresses based on refresh operations performed on the memory cell array. The control logic circuit controls the ECC circuit such that the ECC circuit performs an error detection operation on a plurality of sub-pages in a first memory cell row to count a number of error occurrences, and determines whether to correct a codeword in which an error is detected based on the number of error occurrences. An uncorrected or corrected codeword is written back, and a row address of the first memory cell row may be stored in the fault address register as a row fault address based on the number of error occurrences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Kiheung Kim, Sanguhn Cha, Junhyung Kim, Sungchul Park, Hyojin Jung, Kyung-Soo Ha
  • Publication number: 20230169678
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle image processing device and a method therefor. A vehicle image processing apparatus may include a storage that stores optical property information of a first camera among a plurality of cameras for obtaining a vehicle periphery image, a processor that determines whether backlight is present in the vehicle periphery image and generates a display image based on whether the backlight is present, and a communication device controlled by the processor and communicating with a device in the vehicle. The processor may calculate location information of a light source for at least one of the first camera or the vehicle by using coordinates of a shadow object of the vehicle, which is recognized from the vehicle periphery image, and coordinates of the vehicle, and may determine whether the backlight is present, by comparing location information of the light source with the optical property information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Soo Ha, In Mook Kim
  • Patent number: 11626181
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, an error correction code (ECC) circuit, a fault address register, a scrubbing control circuit and a control logic circuit. The memory cell array includes memory cell rows. The scrubbing control circuit generates scrubbing addresses based on refresh operations performed on the memory cell array. The control logic circuit controls the ECC circuit such that the ECC circuit performs an error detection operation on a plurality of sub-pages in a first memory cell row to count a number of error occurrences, and determines whether to correct a codeword in which an error is detected based on the number of error occurrences. An uncorrected or corrected codeword is written back, and a row address of the first memory cell row may be stored in the fault address register as a row fault address based on the number of error occurrences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventors: Kiheung Kim, Sanguhn Cha, Junhyung Kim, Sungchul Park, Hyojin Jung, Kyung-Soo Ha
  • Publication number: 20230066632
    Abstract: A memory device includes a driver that drives a data line connected with an external device, an internal ZQ manager that generates an internal ZQ start signal, a selector that selects one of the internal ZQ start signal and a ZQ start command from the external device, based on a ZQ mode, a ZQ calibration engine that generates a ZQ code by performing ZQ calibration in response to a selection result of the selector, and a ZQ code register that loads the ZQ code onto the driver in response to a ZQ calibration command from the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Donghun Lee, Daesik Moon, Young-Soo Sohn, Young-Hoon Son, Ki-Seok Oh, Changkyo Lee, Hyun-Yoon Cho, Kyung-Soo Ha, Seokhun Hyun
  • Publication number: 20230012525
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory device is provided. The method includes: receiving a first command from a controller; activating a page of a memory cell array based on the first command; reading data of the activated page; detecting an error from the read data; correcting the detected error to generate error correction data; writing back the error correction data to the activated page in based on the detected error being a single-bit error; and blocking write-back of the error correction data to the activated page based on the detected error being a multi-bit error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Heung KIM, Jun Hyung KIM, Chang-Yong LEE, Sang Uhn CHA, Kyung-Soo HA
  • Publication number: 20220383931
    Abstract: A memory device includes a clock receiver configured to receive, from a memory controller, a write clock that is used to receive write data during a data write operation, a duty monitor configured to generate first monitoring information by monitoring a duty of the write clock, and a duty adjuster configured to adjust the duty of the write clock in response to a duty control signal and output an adjusted write clock. The memory device provides the first monitoring information to the memory controller, and receives the duty control signal, generated using the first monitoring information, from the memory controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: DAE-SIK MOON, GIL-HOON CHA, KI-SEOK OH, CHANG-KYO LEE, YEON-KYU CHOI, JUNG-HWAN CHOI, KYUNG-SOO HA, SEOK-HUN HYUN
  • Patent number: 11508420
    Abstract: A memory device includes a driver that drives a data line connected with an external device, an internal ZQ manager that generates an internal ZQ start signal, a selector that selects one of the internal ZQ start signal and a ZQ start command from the external device, based on a ZQ mode, a ZQ calibration engine that generates a ZQ code by performing ZQ calibration in response to a selection result of the selector, and a ZQ code register that loads the ZQ code onto the driver in response to a ZQ calibration command from the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghun Lee, Daesik Moon, Young-Soo Sohn, Young-Hoon Son, Ki-Seok Oh, Changkyo Lee, Hyun-Yoon Cho, Kyung-Soo Ha, Seokhun Hyun
  • Patent number: 11475930
    Abstract: A method of controlling on-die termination (ODT) in a multi-rank system including a plurality of memory ranks is provided. The method includes: enabling ODT circuits of the plurality of memory ranks into an initial state when the multi-rank system is powered on; enabling the ODT circuits of a write target memory rank and non-target memory ranks among the plurality of memory ranks during a write operation; and disabling the ODT circuit of a read target memory rank among the plurality of memory ranks while enabling the ODT circuits of non-target memory ranks among the plurality of memory ranks during a read operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Hoon Son, Si-Hong Kim, Chang-Kyo Lee, Jung-Hwan Choi, Kyung-Soo Ha
  • Publication number: 20220310151
    Abstract: A memory device includes a clock receiver configured to receive, from a memory controller, a write clock that is used to receive write data during a data write operation, a duty monitor configured to generate first monitoring information by monitoring a duty of the write clock, and a duty adjuster configured to adjust the duty of the write clock in response to a duty control signal and output an adjusted write clock. The memory device provides the first monitoring information to the memory controller, and receives the duty control signal, generated using the first monitoring information, from the memory controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Dae-Sik MOON, Gil-Hoon CHA, Ki-Seonk OH, Chang-Kyo LEE, Yeon-Kyu CHOI, Jung-Hwan CHOI, Kyung-Soo HA, Seok-Hun HYUN
  • Patent number: 11423971
    Abstract: A memory device includes a clock receiver configured to receive, from a memory controller, a write clock that is used to receive write data during a data write operation, a duty monitor configured to generate first monitoring information by monitoring a duty of the write clock, and a duty adjuster configured to adjust the duty of the write clock in response to a duty control signal and output an adjusted write clock. The memory device provides the first monitoring information to the memory controller, and receives the duty control signal, generated using the first monitoring information, from the memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-Sik Moon, Gil-Hoon Cha, Ki-Seok Oh, Chang-Kyo Lee, Yeon-Kyu Choi, Jung-Hwan Choi, Kyung-Soo Ha, Seok-Hun Hyun
  • Patent number: 11393522
    Abstract: A memory device includes a clock receiver configured to receive, from a memory controller, a write clock that is used to receive write data during a data write operation, a duty monitor configured to generate first monitoring information by monitoring a duty of the write clock, and a duty adjuster configured to adjust the duty of the write clock in response to a duty control signal and output an adjusted write clock. The memory device provides the first monitoring information to the memory controller, and receives the duty control signal, generated using the first monitoring information, from the memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-Sik Moon, Gil-Hoon Cha, Ki-Seok Oh, Chang-Kyo Lee, Yeon-Kyu Choi, Jung-Hwan Choi, Kyung-Soo Ha, Seok-Hun Hyun
  • Patent number: 11393340
    Abstract: An automatic parking system includes a sensor detecting parking areas depending on a size of a subject vehicle and a controller controlling the subject vehicle to be parked in an optimal parking area among the parking areas, in which the sensor may detect the parking areas in consideration of a length and a width of the subject vehicle and detect a spaced distance from surrounding vehicles positioned on a side of the subject vehicle in the optimal parking area and the controller may calculate a moving path between a current position of the subject vehicle and the optimal parking area and compare a predetermined reference distance and the spaced distances to control the subject vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoon Soo Kim, Jin Ho Park, Joo Woong Yang, Jae Hwan Jeon, Kyung Soo Ha, Min Byeong Lee, Seung Wook Park, Jong Ho Lee, In Yong Jung