Patents by Inventor Sung-Woo Hyun

Sung-Woo Hyun 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: 12216588
    Abstract: A memory module may include J memory chips configured to input/output data in response to each of a plurality of translated address signals; and an address remapping circuit configured to generate a plurality of preliminary translated address signals by adding first correction values to a target address signal provided from an exterior of the memory module, and to generate the plurality of translated address signals by shifting all bits of each of the plurality of preliminary translated address signals so that K bits included in a bit string of each of the plurality of preliminary translated address signals are moved to other positions of each bit string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Woo Hyun, Hyeong Tak Ji, Myoung Seo Kim, Jae Hoon Kim, Eui Cheol Lim
  • Publication number: 20240394189
    Abstract: Provided herein may be a memory system and a host device. The memory system may include a first memory module communicating with a host through a first interface and a second memory module communicating with the host through a second interface. The second memory module may include a memory device configured to store data and a memory controller configured to update at least one of first metadata related to a space-locality and second metadata related to a time-locality based on a result of comparing the numbers of the pages respectively corresponding to a first trigger address and a second trigger address sequentially input from the host, and to prefetch, to the first memory module, the data determined based on the first metadata and the second metadata. The first and second trigger addresses are addresses corresponding to data for which access to the first memory module is missed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventor: Sung Woo HYUN
  • Publication number: 20240385967
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an electronic device. According to the present technology, a memory system includes a host, a first memory module communicating with the host through a first interface and a second memory module communicating with the host through a second interface. The host comprises a prefetch table storage and a map manager. The prefetch table storage may store a prefetch table indicating candidate data to be prefetched to the first memory module among data stored in the second memory module. The map manager may prefetch target data from the second memory module to the first memory module according to whether the target data is included in the candidate data when the target data requested by the host is cache-missed in the first memory module and is cache-hit in the second memory module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventor: Sung Woo HYUN
  • Publication number: 20240385968
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an electronic device. According to the present technology, a memory module communicating with a host through a compute express link (CXL) interface includes a non-volatile memory device, a volatile memory device and a memory controller. The non-volatile memory device may store data. The memory controller may select candidate data to be prefetched among the data based on access pattern information of the host for the data and a plurality of algorithms, and prefetch target data among the candidate data to the volatile memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventor: Sung Woo HYUN
  • Publication number: 20240385969
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an electronic device. According to the present technology, a memory system includes a first memory module communicating with a host through a first interface and a second memory module communicating with the host through a second interface and having a tier lower than that of the first memory module. The first memory module comprises a memory device and a memory controller. The memory device may store cache data. The memory controller may store access pattern information of the host for the memory device, select candidate data to be evicted among the cache data based on the access pattern information of the host and a plurality of algorithms, and evict target data among the candidate data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventor: Sung Woo HYUN
  • Patent number: 12086068
    Abstract: Provided herein may be a memory system and a host device. The memory system may include a first memory module communicating with a host through a first interface and a second memory module communicating with the host through a second interface. The second memory module may include a memory device configured to store data and a memory controller configured to update at least one of first metadata related to a space-locality and second metadata related to a time-locality based on a result of comparing the numbers of the pages respectively corresponding to a first trigger address and a second trigger address sequentially input from the host, and to prefetch, to the first memory module, the data determined based on the first metadata and the second metadata. The first and second trigger addresses are addresses corresponding to data for which access to the first memory module is missed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Sung Woo Hyun
  • Publication number: 20240272800
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to an electronic device with a memory module. In some implementations, a memory module may include a memory device and a memory controller. The memory device may store data. The memory controller may communicate with an external device through a first interface and the memory device through a second interface, and set a type of the second interface as a parallel interface or a serial interface according to a ratio between a first request and a second request received from the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventor: Sung Woo HYUN
  • Patent number: 12019545
    Abstract: A memory system includes: a main memory device configured to include a plurality of row lines; a cache memory device configured to include a plurality of cache lines for caching data stored in the row lines, each cache line including cache data, a row hammer state value for storing an access number of a corresponding row line, and an access selection bit set according to the row hammer state value; and a memory controller configured to control an access operation to be performed on one of the main memory device and the cache memory device, which is selected according to the access selection bit of a cache-hit cache line, in response to a request from a host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventors: Sung Woo Hyun, Myoung Seo Kim, Jae Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20240126699
    Abstract: Provided herein may be a memory system and a host device. The memory system may include a first memory module communicating with a host through a first interface and a second memory module communicating with the host through a second interface. The second memory module may include a memory device configured to store data and a memory controller configured to update at least one of first metadata related to a space-locality and second metadata related to a time-locality based on a result of comparing the numbers of the pages respectively corresponding to a first trigger address and a second trigger address sequentially input from the host, and to prefetch, to the first memory module, the data determined based on the first metadata and the second metadata. The first and second trigger addresses are addresses corresponding to data for which access to the first memory module is missed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Sung Woo HYUN
  • Publication number: 20240012755
    Abstract: A memory system includes: a main memory device configured to include a plurality of row lines; a cache memory device configured to include a plurality of cache lines for caching data stored in the row lines, each cache line including cache data, a row hammer state value for storing an access number of a corresponding row line, and an access selection bit set according to the row hammer state value; and a memory controller configured to control an access operation to be performed on one of the main memory device and the cache memory device, which is selected according to the access selection bit of a cache-hit cache line, in response to a request from a host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Sung Woo HYUN, Myoung Seo KIM, Jae Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20230063123
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an electronic device. According to the present technology, a memory module that communicates with a host through a compute express link (CXL) interface may include a memory device and a memory controller. The memory device may store data. The memory controller may store access pattern information of the host for data, select candidate data to be prefetched from among the data based on the access pattern information of the host and a plurality of algorithms, and prefetch target data among the candidate data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Sung Woo HYUN
  • Publication number: 20220188243
    Abstract: A memory module may include J memory chips configured to input/output data in response to each of a plurality of translated address signals; and an address remapping circuit configured to generate a plurality of preliminary translated address signals by adding first correction values to a target address signal provided from an exterior of the memory module, and to generate the plurality of translated address signals by shifting all bits of each of the plurality of preliminary translated address signals so that K bits included in a bit string of each of the plurality of preliminary translated address signals are moved to other positions of each bit string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Woo HYUN, Hyeong Tak JI, Myoung Seo KIM, Jae Hoon KIM, Eui Cheol LIM
  • Patent number: 9112055
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes performing pre-halo ion implantation on a semiconductor substrate, forming a first epitaxial layer over the entire upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, forming a second epitaxial layer over the entire surface of the first epitaxial layer, and forming a transistor at an active region of the second epitaxial layer. The first epitaxial layer prevents the ions implanted in the semiconductor substrate in the pre-halo implantation process from diffused into the second epitaxial layer under the effects of a process used to form the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Woo Hyun, Sun-Ghil Lee
  • Patent number: 8604551
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first region and a second region. Each of the first region and second region includes a trench, an epitaxial layer including a source/drain having a first part and a second part, the first part extending from a top surface of the substrate to a top surface of the source/drain and the second part extending from the top surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the source/drain in the trench. The cross-sectional shape of the first part of the source/drain of the first region is the same as the cross-sectional shape of the first part of the source/drain of the second region. The cross-sectional shape of the second past of the source/drain of the find region is different from the cross-sectional shape of the second part of the source/drain of the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Woo Hyun, Yu-Gyun Shin, Sun-Ghil Lee, Hong-Sik Yoon
  • Publication number: 20130280871
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes performing pre-halo ion implantation on a semiconductor substrate, forming a first epitaxial layer over the entire upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, forming a second epitaxial layer over the entire surface of the first epitaxial layer, and forming a transistor at an active region of the second epitaxial layer. The first epitaxial layer prevents the ions implanted in the semiconductor substrate in the pre-halo implantation process from diffused into the second epitaxial layer under the effects of a process used to form the transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Woo Hyun, Sun-Ghil Lee
  • Publication number: 20130228870
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first region and a second region. Each of the first region and second region includes a trench, an epitaxial layer including a source/drain having a first part and a second part, the first part extending from a top surface of the substrate to a top surface of the source/drain and the second part extending from the top surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the source/drain in the trench. The cross-sectional shape of the first part of the source/drain of the first region is the same as the cross-sectional shape of the first part of the source/drain of the second region. The cross-sectional shape of the second part of the source/drain of the first region is different from the cross-sectional shape of the second part of the source/drain of the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Woo HYUN, Yu-Gyun SHIN, Sun-Ghil LEE, Hong-Sik YOON
  • Patent number: 8415224
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device are provided. The method includes method of fabricating a semiconductor device including providing a semiconductor substrate having a first semiconductor device region and a second semiconductor device region defined therein, forming a first gate structure in the first semiconductor device region, forming a second gate structure in the second semiconductor device region, forming a first trench adjacent to a first side of the first gate structure, forming a second trench adjacent to a first side of the second gate structure, and forming a first semiconductor pattern in the first trench and forming a second semiconductor pattern in the second trench, wherein the first and second trenches have different cross-sectional shapes from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Woo Hyun, Yu-Gyun Shin, Sun-Ghil Lee, Hong-Sik Yoon
  • Patent number: 8236673
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a vertical NAND semiconductor device can include changing a phase of a first preliminary semiconductor layer in an opening from solid to liquid to form a first single crystalline semiconductor layer in the opening and then forming a second preliminary semiconductor layer on the first single crystalline semiconductor layer. The phase of the second preliminary semiconductor layer is changed from solid to liquid to form a second single crystalline semiconductor layer that combines with the first single crystalline semiconductor layers to form a single crystalline semiconductor layer in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-hoon Son, Jin-ha Jeong, Jung-ho Kim, Vladimir Urazaev, Jong-hyuk Kang, Sung-woo Hyun
  • Publication number: 20120049285
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device are provided. The method includes method of fabricating a semiconductor device including providing a semiconductor substrate having a first semiconductor device region and a second semiconductor device region defined therein, forming a first gate structure in the first semiconductor device region, forming a second gate structure in the second semiconductor device region, forming a first trench adjacent to a first side of the first gate structure, forming a second trench adjacent to a first side of the second gate structure, and forming a first semiconductor pattern in the first trench and forming a second semiconductor pattern in the second trench, wherein the first and second trenches have different cross-sectional shapes from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Sung-Woo Hyun, Yu-Gyun Shin, Sun-Ghil Lee, Hong-Sik Yoon
  • Patent number: 8120045
    Abstract: A metal-based photonic device package module that is capable of greatly improving heat releasing efficiency and implementing a thin package is provided. The metal-based photonic device package module includes a metal substrate that is formed the shape of a plate, a metal oxide layer that is formed on the metal substrate to have a mounting cavity, a photonic device that is mounted in the mounting cavity of the metal oxide layer, and a reflecting plane that is formed at an inner surface of the mounting cavity of the metal oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: Wavenics Inc., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Young-Se Kwon, Kyoung-Min Kim, Sung-Woo Hyun, Bo-In Son