Patents by Inventor Mee-Hyun Ahn

Mee-Hyun Ahn 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).

  • Publication number: 20090230520
    Abstract: The invention provides a variety of leadframe packages in which signal connections and fixed voltage connections are configured differently to improve the relative performance of the connections relative to their assigned function. The signal connections incorporate one or more configurations of signal lead and corresponding signal bonding wires that tend to reduce the relative capacitance of the signal connectors and thereby improve high speed performance. The fixed voltage connections incorporate configurations of fixed voltage leads and fixed voltage bonding wires that will tend to reduce the inductance of the fixed voltage connector and reduce noise on the fixed voltage connections and improve power delivery characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Jong-Joo Lee, Mee-Hyun Ahn
  • Patent number: 7200067
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprising control pads and input/output I/O pads capable of reducing the data path for reading and writing data in a cell array, and a method for driving the semiconductor memory device are included. The semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of memory banks arranged at a cell region of a memory chip, and a plurality of control pads and a plurality of I/O pads, separately arranged from each other at the memory chip, for reading/writing data from/in the memory banks, wherein the plurality of control pads and I/O pads are dispersed at the peripheral region between adjacent memory banks and at the outer portions of the memory banks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mee-Hyun Ahn, Jung-Bae Lee
  • Publication number: 20070040247
    Abstract: The invention provides a variety of leadframe packages in which signal connections and fixed voltage connections are configured differently to improve the relative performance of the connections relative to their assigned function. The signal connections incorporate one or more configurations of signal lead and corresponding signal bonding wires that tend to reduce the relative capacitance of the signal connectors and thereby improve high speed performance. The fixed voltage connections incorporate configurations of fixed voltage leads and fixed voltage bonding wires that will tend to reduce the inductance of the fixed voltage connector and reduce noise on the fixed voltage connections and improve power delivery characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Jong-Joo Lee, Mee-Hyun Ahn
  • Publication number: 20060103002
    Abstract: Provided are semiconductor devices and methods for configuring lead frames and/or device bonding pads to provide for the independent adjustment of the electrical characteristics of both fixed voltage lines, e.g., Vdd and Vss, and the signal lines, e.g., command, clock, data and address. In particular, the invention provides for adjusting the relative sizing of leads corresponding to fixed voltage lines and signal lines for increasing the relative capacitance on the fixed voltage lines to improve their stability will reducing the noise on the signal lines. The invention may be utilized with a variety of package configurations including lead-on-chip LOC configurations, more conventional quad flat pack QFP configurations in which the leads do not extend past the perimeter of the semiconductor chip or hybrid configurations in which some leads do extend past the perimeter of the semiconductor chip and across the active surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Mee-Hyun Ahn, Jong-Joo Lee, Yong-Jae Lee
  • Publication number: 20050104184
    Abstract: A unit semiconductor chip package may includes a semiconductor chip, a first series of bonding pads in a first area, a second series of bonding pads in a second area, a plurality of bonding fingers provided on a substrate and a plurality of bonding wires. Each of the first series of bonding pads may be electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of bonding fingers by one bonding wire and each of the second series of bonding pad may be electrically connected to one of the plurality of bonding fingers by at least two bonding wires or the plurality of bonding wires electrically connecting the first series of bonding pads may be longer and the plurality of bonding wires electrically connecting the second series of bonding pads may be longer or shorter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Mee-Hyun Ahn, Jong-Joo Lee
  • Publication number: 20040256641
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprising control pads and input/output I/O pads capable of reducing the data path for reading and writing data in a cell array, and a method for driving the semiconductor memory device are included. The semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of memory banks arranged at a cell region of a memory chip, and a plurality of control pads and a plurality of I/O pads, separately arranged from each other at the memory chip, for reading/writing data from/in the memory banks, wherein the plurality of control pads and I/O pads are dispersed at the peripheral region between adjacent memory banks and at the outer portions of the memory banks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Mee-Hyun Ahn, Jung-Bae Lee
  • Patent number: 6806582
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprising control pads and input/output I/O pads capable of reducing the data path for reading and writing data in a cell array, and a method for driving the semiconductor memory device are included. The semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of memory banks arranged at a cell region of a memory chip, and a plurality of control pads and a plurality of I/O pads, separately arranged from each other at the memory chip, for reading/writing data from/in the memory banks, wherein the plurality of control pads and I/O pads are dispersed at the peripheral region between adjacent memory banks and at the outer portions of the memory banks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mee-Hyun Ahn, Jung-Bae Lee
  • Publication number: 20020105097
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprising control pads and input/output I/O pads capable of reducing the data path for reading and writing data in a cell array, and a method for driving the semiconductor memory device are included. The semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of memory banks arranged at a cell region of a memory chip, and a plurality of control pads and a plurality of I/O pads, separately arranged from each other at the memory chip, for reading/writing data from/in the memory banks, wherein the plurality of control pads and I/O pads are dispersed at the peripheral region between adjacent memory banks and at the outer portions of the memory banks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Mee-Hyun Ahn, Jung-Bae Lee