Patents by Inventor Sung Lae OH

Sung Lae OH 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: 9136272
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a voltage supply unit suitable for supplying a voltage, a first conductive line coupled to the voltage supply unit, a second conductive line formed over the first conductive line, a voltage contact plug formed over the second conductive line, a voltage transmission line formed over the voltage contact plug, and a switching element suitable for switching the voltage transferred from the voltage transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Sung Lae Oh
  • Publication number: 20150243673
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a memory block including a drain select line, word lines, and a source select line, which are spaced apart from one another and stacked in a direction perpendicular to a semiconductor substrate; and a peripheral circuit including a switching device connected to a bit line, which is disposed under a vertical channel layer vertically passing through the drain select line, the word lines, and the source select line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Sung Lae OH, Go Hyun LEE, Chang Man SON, Soo Nam JUNG
  • Publication number: 20150206895
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include interlayer insulating patterns and local word lines which are alternately stacked to form a stepped structure, and a first insulating layer formed on a surface of the stepped structure. The semiconductor device may also include a word line selection gate formed along a surface of the first insulating layer, and active patterns passing through the word line selection gate and the first insulating layer, and connected to the local word lines, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Sung Lae OH, Jin Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20150199998
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first set of stacked structures including alternately stacked insulating layers and conductive layers disposed on a substrate, and arranged in a generally parallel configuration with respect to each other, a second set of stacked structures including alternately stacked insulating layers and conductive layers disposed on the substrate between the first stacked structures, and arranged in a generally parallel configuration with respect to each other, a first wiring structure configured to electrically couple conductive layers located on the same layer in different stacked structures of the first set of stacked structures, a second wiring structure configured to electrically couple conductive layers located on the same layer in different stacked structures of the second set of stacked structures, and a third wiring structure configured to electrically couple the first wiring structure and the second wiring structure with an operation circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Sung Lae OH, Dae Hun KWAK
  • Patent number: 9064724
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate where a cell region and a contact region are defined, an isolation region and an active region disposed alternately in the contact region, transistors configured to include a gate formed over the substrate and a source and a drain formed in the active region at both sides of the gate, in the contact region, memory blocks configured to include conductive lines stacked over the substrate and formed over the transistors, the conductive lines being extended from the cell region to the contact region in the direction crossing over the isolation region and the active region, and contact plugs formed between the memory blocks in the contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Lae Oh, Sang Hyun Sung
  • Publication number: 20150091135
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulating layer formed on a substrate, and a capacitor including first and second electrodes formed in the insulating layer, wherein a lower surface of the first electrode is formed to have a greater depth than a lower surface of the second electrode in the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Lae OH, Chang Man SON, Sang Hyun SUNG, Dae Hun KWAK
  • Publication number: 20150069616
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate on which a plurality of contact regions are defined, a plurality of transistors formed in the plurality of contact regions, a support body formed over the plurality of transistors and including a top surface, portions of which have different heights in the plurality of contact regions, a plurality of stacked structures including a plurality of conductive layers stacked over the support body, slits located between the plurality of stacked structures, first lines coupled to first junctions of the plurality of transistors through the slits, and second lines coupled to second junctions of the plurality of transistors through the slits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Lae OH, Chang Man SON, Sang Hyun SUNG, Jin Ho KIM
  • Patent number: 8976601
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a boundary circuit unit positioned between a low voltage page buffer and a high voltage page buffer and having circuits configured to electrically couple the low voltage page buffer and the high voltage page buffer. The boundary circuit unit includes: a first boundary circuit unit having first and second transistors configured to receive data of a corresponding memory cell area through a signal transmission line selected from a plurality of signal transmission lines extended and arranged along a first direction for each column; a second boundary circuit unit disposed adjacent in the first direction from the first boundary circuit unit and having the plurality of signal transmission lines extended and arranged thereon; and an active region where the first transistor is formed and an active region where the second transistor is formed are isolated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Lae Oh, Byung Sub Nam, Go Hyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20150041901
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device may include a string including at least one drain select transistor, a plurality of first memory cells, a first connection element, a plurality of second memory cells, a second connection element, a plurality of third memory cells, and at least one source select transistor, wherein the at least one drain select transistor, the plurality of first memory cells, the plurality of second memory cells, the plurality of third memory cells, and the at least one source select transistor connected serially via the first connection element and the second connection element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Man SON, Go Hyun LEE, Sung Lae OH
  • Publication number: 20150041903
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of transistors formed over a substrate, a support body including a horizontal portion and protrusions, wherein the horizontal portion covers at least one of the transistors, and the protrusions are formed over the horizontal portion and located between the transistors, and conductive layers and insulating layers alternately stacked over the support body and protruding upwardly along the sidewalls of the protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Lae OH, Jin Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20140346611
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a voltage supply unit suitable for supplying a voltage, a first conductive line coupled to the voltage supply unit, a second conductive line formed over the first conductive line, a voltage contact plug formed over the second conductive line, a voltage transmission line formed over the voltage contact plug, and a switching element suitable for switching the voltage transferred from the voltage transmission line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Sung Lae OH
  • Patent number: 8837193
    Abstract: A memory in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may include a first page buffer, a second page buffer arranged adjacent to the first page buffer in a first direction, a global pad arranged between the first page buffer and the second page buffer, and a first bit line selection unit arranged adjacent to the first page buffer and the second page buffer in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, wherein a first bit line pad is formed at a center of the a first bit line selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sung-Lae Oh, Go-Hyun Lee, Chang-Man Son
  • Publication number: 20140185353
    Abstract: A memory in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may include a first page buffer, a second page buffer arranged adjacent to the first page buffer in a first direction, a global pad arranged between the first page buffer and the second page buffer, and a first bit line selection unit arranged adjacent to the first page buffer and the second page buffer in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, wherein a first bit line pad is formed at a center of the a first bit line selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventors: Sung-Lae OH, Go-Hyun LEE, Chang-Man SON
  • Publication number: 20140110795
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate where a cell region and a contact region are defined, an isolation region and an active region disposed alternately in the contact region, transistors configured to include a gate formed over the substrate and a source and a drain formed in the active region at both sides of the gate, in the contact region, memory blocks configured to include conductive lines stacked over the substrate and formed over the transistors, the conductive lines being extended from the cell region to the contact region in the direction crossing over the isolation region and the active region, and contact plugs formed between the memory blocks in the contact region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventors: Sung Lae OH, Sang Hyun SUNG
  • Publication number: 20130135930
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory apparatus includes a a memory cell array, a page buffer unit connected to bit lines of the memory cell array through a high voltage switching unit, a first interconnection configured to connect a high voltage switch of the high voltage switching unit, connected to an even bit line, to the page buffer unit, and formed at a first layer, and a second interconnection configured to connect a high voltage switch of the high voltage switching unit, connected to an odd bit line, to the page buffer unit, and formed at a second layer different from the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventors: Sung Lae OH, Go Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20120307544
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a boundary circuit unit positioned between a low voltage page buffer and a high voltage page buffer and having circuits configured to electrically couple the low voltage page buffer and the high voltage page buffer. The boundary circuit unit includes: a first boundary circuit unit having first and second transistors configured to receive data of a corresponding memory cell area through a signal transmission line selected from a plurality of signal transmission lines extended and arranged along a first direction for each column; a second boundary circuit unit disposed adjacent in the first direction from the first boundary circuit unit and having the plurality of signal transmission lines extended and arranged thereon; and an active region where the first transistor is formed and an active region where the second transistor is formed are isolated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventors: Sung Lae OH, Byung Sub NAM, Go Hyun LEE