Patents by Inventor No-Geun Joo

No-Geun Joo 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: 20240355375
    Abstract: A memory device includes a row-hammer tracking circuit configured to: generate short interval signals each having one of first to n-th lengths based on input intervals between active commands, and generate a rate control signal based on whether a pattern of the short interval signals corresponds to a row-hammer attack pattern; and a target command issue circuit configured to adjust a frequency of a target refresh operation according to the rate control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: No Geun JOO, Jun Seok NOH
  • Patent number: 12100472
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a sampling control circuit configured to generate a sampling enable signal by dividing a sampling period into a plurality of sub-sections according to an active counting signal generated by counting a number of inputs of an active signal during the sampling period, and comparing the active counting signal with a random signal for each sub-section; and a sampling circuit configured to sample and store an input address according to the sampling enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Seok Noh, Byeong Yong Go, Sang Woo Yoon, No Geun Joo
  • Publication number: 20230420011
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a sampling control circuit configured to generate a sampling enable signal by dividing a sampling period into a plurality of sub-sections according to an active counting signal generated by counting a number of inputs of an active signal during the sampling period, and comparing the active counting signal with a random signal for each sub-section; and a sampling circuit configured to sample and store an input address according to the sampling enable signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jun Seok NOH, Byeong Yong Go, Sang Woo Yoon, No Geun Joo
  • Patent number: 11270752
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a peripheral circuit and a core circuit. The peripheral circuit enters a smart refresh mode in which a smart refresh operation is performed based on a command. The peripheral circuit generates a latch address signal from a target address signal to output the latch address signal through a global input/output (I/O) line in the smart refresh mode. The core circuit performs an adding operation and a subtracting operation of the latch address signal to generate first and second internal address signals. The core circuit performs the smart refresh operation for first and second banks based on the first and second internal address signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: No Geun Joo
  • Publication number: 20210335416
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a peripheral circuit and a core circuit. The peripheral circuit enters a smart refresh mode in which a smart refresh operation is performed based on a command. The peripheral circuit generates a latch address signal from a target address signal to output the latch address signal through a global input/output (I/O) line in the smart refresh mode. The core circuit performs an adding operation and a subtracting operation of the latch address signal to generate first and second internal address signals. The core circuit performs the smart refresh operation for first and second banks based on the first and second internal address signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: No Geun JOO
  • Patent number: 10971206
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first count circuit suitable for counting a first clock signal which continuously toggles in each burst refresh cycle, and generating a first count code signal, based on a burst refresh command signal; a cycle guide circuit suitable for generating a second clock signal which toggles once in each burst refresh cycle, based on the burst refresh command signal and a precharge signal; a second count circuit suitable for counting the second clock signal and generating a second count code signal; and a control circuit suitable for generating a latch control signal for latching a target address in each burst refresh cycle, based on the first count code signal and the second count code signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jae-Seung Lee, No-Geun Joo
  • Patent number: 10971207
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first count circuit suitable for counting a first clock signal which continuously toggles in each burst refresh cycle, and generating a first count code signal, based on a burst refresh command signal; a cycle guide circuit suitable for generating a second clock signal which toggles once in each burst refresh cycle, based on the burst refresh command signal and a precharge signal; a second count circuit suitable for counting the second clock signal and generating a second count code signal; and a control circuit suitable for generating a latch control signal for latching a target address in each burst refresh cycle, based on the first count code signal and the second count code signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jae-Seung Lee, No-Geun Joo
  • Patent number: 10818339
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a plurality of memory banks and a refresh control circuit. The refresh control circuit, in each plurality of cycles, performs a refresh operation on at least one memory bank of the plurality of memory banks at a first refresh rate, and performs a refresh operation on the other memory banks of the plurality of memory banks at a second refresh rate. The refresh control circuit circulates the at least one memory bank on which the refresh operation is performed at the first refresh rate in each one or more cycles of the plurality of cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: No Geun Joo
  • Publication number: 20200160904
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first count circuit suitable for counting a first clock signal which continuously toggles in each burst refresh cycle, and generating a first count code signal, based on a burst refresh command signal; a cycle guide circuit suitable for generating a second clock signal which toggles once in each burst refresh cycle, based on the burst refresh command signal and a precharge signal; a second count circuit suitable for counting the second clock signal and generating a second count code signal; and a control circuit suitable for generating a latch control signal for latching a target address in each burst refresh cycle, based on the first count code signal and the second count code signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Jae-Seung LEE, No-Geun JOO
  • Publication number: 20200160903
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first count circuit suitable for counting a first clock signal which continuously toggles in each burst refresh cycle, and generating a first count code signal, based on a burst refresh command signal; a cycle guide circuit suitable for generating a second clock signal which toggles once in each burst refresh cycle, based on the burst refresh command signal and a precharge signal; a second count circuit suitable for counting the second clock signal and generating a second count code signal; and a control circuit suitable for generating a latch control signal for latching a target address in each burst refresh cycle, based on the first count code signal and the second count code signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Jae-Seung LEE, No-Geun JOO
  • Patent number: 10573369
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first count circuit suitable for counting a first clock signal which continuously toggles in each burst refresh cycle, and generating a first count code signal, based on a burst refresh command signal; a cycle guide circuit suitable for generating a second clock signal which toggles once in each burst refresh cycle, based on the burst refresh command signal and a precharge signal; a second count circuit suitable for counting the second clock signal and generating a second count code signal; and a control circuit suitable for generating a latch control signal for latching a target address in each burst refresh cycle, based on the first count code signal and the second count code signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jae-Seung Lee, No-Geun Joo
  • Publication number: 20200051617
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a plurality of memory banks and a refresh control circuit. The refresh control circuit, in each plurality of cycles, performs a refresh operation on at least one memory bank of the plurality of memory banks at a first refresh rate, and performs a refresh operation on the other memory banks of the plurality of memory banks at a second refresh rate. The refresh control circuit circulates the at least one memory bank on which the refresh operation is performed at the first refresh rate in each one or more cycles of the plurality of cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: No Geun JOO
  • Publication number: 20180294028
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first count circuit suitable for counting a first clock signal which continuously toggles in each burst refresh cycle, and generating a first count code signal, based on a burst refresh command signal; a cycle guide circuit suitable for generating a second clock signal which toggles once in each burst refresh cycle, based on the burst refresh command signal and a precharge signal; a second count circuit suitable for counting the second clock signal and generating a second count code signal; and a control circuit suitable for generating a latch control signal for latching a target address in each burst refresh cycle, based on the first count code signal and the second count code signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Jae-Seung Lee, No-Geun Joo