Patents by Inventor SangShin Han

SangShin Han 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: 20240128164
    Abstract: An integrated circuit may include a bit cell array including a plurality of bit cells and a peripheral region including a peripheral circuit. The peripheral region may include a plurality of devices over a substrate, at least one pattern configured to provide a first voltage to at least one of the plurality of devices, at least one power line extending under the substrate, and at least one first via passing through the substrate in a vertical direction in the peripheral region and electrically connecting the at least one pattern to the at least one power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Youngrok Park, Hoyoung Tang, Taehyung Kim, Sangshin Han
  • Patent number: 11889673
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: a dual port Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cell including a plurality of transistors; a bit line pair connected to the dual port SRAM cell, the bit line pair including a first bit line and a second bit line spaced apart from each other in a first direction and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a power line group including a plurality of power lines spaced apart from each other in the first direction, spaced apart from the bit line pair placed in the first direction, and extending in the second direction, the power line group being configured to apply a voltage to the dual-port SRAM cell; and a first word line provided between the first bit line and the second bit line and connected to the dual port SRAM cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangshin Han, Taehyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20230005936
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: a dual port Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cell including a plurality of transistors; a bit line pair connected to the dual port SRAM cell, the bit line pair including a first bit line and a second bit line spaced apart from each other in a first direction and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a power line group including a plurality of power lines spaced apart from each other in the first direction, spaced apart from the bit line pair placed in the first direction, and extending in the second direction, the power line group being configured to apply a voltage to the dual-port SRAM cell; and a first word line provided between the first bit line and the second bit line and connected to the dual port SRAM cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangshin HAN, Taehyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20220383948
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first memory column group including a plurality of memory columns in which a plurality of bit cells are disposed; and a first peripheral column group including a plurality of peripheral columns in which a plurality of standard cells are disposed, wherein the plurality of standard cells are configured to perform an operation of reading/writing data from/to the plurality of bit cells through a plurality of bit lines, wherein the first memory column group and the first peripheral column group correspond to each other in a column direction, and wherein at least one of the plurality of peripheral columns has a cell height different from cell heights of the other peripheral columns, the cell height being measured in a row direction in which a gate line is extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaehyun LIM, Taehyung KIM, Sangshin HAN
  • Publication number: 20220140099
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: a memory cell block including a plurality of bitcells; and an input and output (I/O) block including a plurality of gate-all-around (GAA) transistors connected to the bitcells, wherein the I/O block includes a plurality of active regions disposed separately from one another in a first direction, each of which extends in a second direction that is vertical to the first direction, and in which the GAA transistors are formed, a plurality of power rails disposed separately from one another in the first direction, and configured to provide power to the GAA transistors, and a plurality of signal lines disposed between the power rails, and configured to provide signals to the GAA transistors, a first number of bitcells among the bitcells are connected to the GAA transistors formed in a second number of active regions among the active regions, and the second number is twice the first number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bonyeop KIM, Taehyung Kim, Sangshin Han, Sangyeop Baeck
  • Patent number: 11127730
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including memory cell transistors on a substrate is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring layer on the memory cell transistors and including a bit line and a first conductive pattern, a second wiring layer on the first wiring layer and including a ground line, a first via interposed between and electrically connecting the bit line and a source/drain of a first memory cell transistor among the memory cell transistors, and a first extended via interposed between the ground line and a source/drain of a second memory cell transistor among the memory cell transistors. The ground line is electrically connected to the source/drain of the second memory cell transistor through the first extended via and the first conductive pattern. The first extended via has a width greater than that of the first via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Inhak Lee, Sang-Yeop Baeck, JaeSeung Choi, Hyunsu Choi, SangShin Han
  • Patent number: 10885954
    Abstract: A memory device includes a first write assist circuit providing a cell voltage or a write assist voltage to a first memory cell connected with a first bit line pair, a first write driver that provides write data to the first memory cell through the first bit line pair, a second write assist circuit that provides the cell voltage or the write assist voltage to a second memory cell connected with a second bit line pair, and a second write driver that provides write data to the second memory cell through the second bit line pair. One of the first and second write assist circuits provides the write assist voltage in response to a column selection signal for selecting one write driver, which provides write data, from among the first, and second write drivers, and the other thereof provides the cell voltage in response to the column selection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventors: Sang-Yeop Baeck, Inhak Lee, SangShin Han, Tae-Hyung Kim, JaeSeung Choi, Sunghyun Park, Hyunsu Choi
  • Publication number: 20190371782
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including memory cell transistors on a substrate is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring layer on the memory cell transistors and including a bit line and a first conductive pattern, a second wiring layer on the first wiring layer and including a ground line, a first via interposed between and electrically connecting the bit line and a source/drain of a first memory cell transistor among the memory cell transistors, and a first extended via interposed between the ground line and a source/drain of a second memory cell transistor among the memory cell transistors. The ground line is electrically connected to the source/drain of the second memory cell transistor through the first extended via and the first conductive pattern. The first extended via has a width greater than that of the first via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Inhak LEE, Sang-Yeop BAECK, JaeSeung CHOI, Hyunsu CHOI, SangShin HAN
  • Patent number: 10424577
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including memory cell transistors on a substrate is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring layer on the memory cell transistors and including a bit line and a first conductive pattern, a second wiring layer on the first wiring layer and including a ground line, a first via interposed between and electrically connecting the bit line and a source/drain of a first memory cell transistor among the memory cell transistors, and a first extended via interposed between the ground line and a source/drain of a second memory cell transistor among the memory cell transistors. The ground line is electrically connected to the source/drain of the second memory cell transistor through the first extended via and the first conductive pattern. The first extended via has a width greater than that of the first via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Inhak Lee, Sang-Yeop Baeck, JaeSeung Choi, Hyunsu Choi, SangShin Han
  • Publication number: 20180294018
    Abstract: A memory device includes a first write assist circuit providing a cell voltage or a write assist voltage to a first memory cell connected with a first bit line pair, a first write driver that provides write data to the first memory cell through the first bit line pair, a second write assist circuit that provides the cell voltage or the write assist voltage to a second memory cell connected with a second bit line pair, and a second write driver that provides write data to the second memory cell through the second bit line pair. One of the first and second write assist circuits provides the write assist voltage in response to a column selection signal for selecting one write driver, which provides write data, from among the first, and second write drivers, and the other thereof provides the cell voltage in response to the column selection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Sang-Yeop Baeck, Inhak Lee, SangShin Han, Tae-Hyung Kim, JaeSeung Choi, Sunghyun Park, Hyunsu Choi
  • Publication number: 20180294256
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including memory cell transistors on a substrate is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring layer on the memory cell transistors and including a bit line and a first conductive pattern, a second wiring layer on the first wiring layer and including a ground line, a first via interposed between and electrically connecting the bit line and a source/drain of a first memory cell transistor among the memory cell transistors, and a first extended via interposed between the ground line and a source/drain of a second memory cell transistor among the memory cell transistors. The ground line is electrically connected to the source/drain of the second memory cell transistor through the first extended via and the first conductive pattern. The first extended via has a width greater than that of the first via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Inhak LEE, Sang-Yeop BAECK, JaeSeung CHOI, Hyunsu CHOI, SangShin HAN
  • Patent number: 8362523
    Abstract: Integrated circuit devices include a substrate having a semiconductor substrate region therein containing multiple well regions of different conductivity type. A first semiconductor well region of first conductivity type is provided in the semiconductor substrate region. This first semiconductor well region has a first plurality of transistor regions therein arranged in a first zig-zag pattern extending across the semiconductor substrate region. A second semiconductor well region of second conductivity type is also provided in the semiconductor substrate region. This second semiconductor well region has a second plurality of transistor regions therein arranged in a second zig-zag pattern extending across the semiconductor substrate region. This second zig-zag pattern is intertwined with the first zig-zag pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: SangShin Han
  • Publication number: 20110233629
    Abstract: Integrated circuit devices include a substrate having a semiconductor substrate region therein containing multiple well regions of different conductivity type. A first semiconductor well region of first conductivity type is provided in the semiconductor substrate region. This first semiconductor well region has a first plurality of transistor regions therein arranged in a first zig-zag pattern extending across the semiconductor substrate region. A second semiconductor well region of second conductivity type is also provided in the semiconductor substrate region. This second semiconductor well region has a second plurality of transistor regions therein arranged in a second zig-zag pattern extending across the semiconductor substrate region. This second zig-zag pattern is intertwined with the first zig-zag pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: SangShin Han