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).
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Publication number: 20240355375Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: No Geun JOO, Jun Seok NOH
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Patent number: 12100472Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventors: Jun Seok Noh, Byeong Yong Go, Sang Woo Yoon, No Geun Joo
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Publication number: 20230420011Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Jun Seok NOH, Byeong Yong Go, Sang Woo Yoon, No Geun Joo
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Patent number: 11270752Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventor: No Geun Joo
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Publication number: 20210335416Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: SK hynix Inc.Inventor: No Geun JOO
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Patent number: 10971206Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventors: Jae-Seung Lee, No-Geun Joo
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Patent number: 10971207Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventors: Jae-Seung Lee, No-Geun Joo
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Patent number: 10818339Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventor: No Geun Joo
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Publication number: 20200160904Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Jae-Seung LEE, No-Geun JOO
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Publication number: 20200160903Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Jae-Seung LEE, No-Geun JOO
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Patent number: 10573369Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventors: Jae-Seung Lee, No-Geun Joo
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Publication number: 20200051617Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: SK hynix Inc.Inventor: No Geun JOO
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Publication number: 20180294028Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Jae-Seung Lee, No-Geun Joo