Patents by Inventor Yong Kee Kwon

Yong Kee Kwon 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: 10496317
    Abstract: A memory system may include a first memory having a first operating speed, and a second memory having a second operating speed which is different from the first operating speed. A compression device may compress data of the first memory, and may transfer the compressed data to the second memory. The compression device may select a compression scheme among a plurality of compression schemes based on at least one characteristic of the data of the first memory and a data processing combination selected among a plurality of data processing combinations between a series of data processing units of the first memory and a series of data processing units of the second memory, and may compress the data of the first memory according to the selected compression scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Yong-Kee Kwon, Yong-Ju Kim, Hong-Sik Kim, Sang-Gu Jo, Do-Sun Hong
  • Patent number: 10447584
    Abstract: A memory network includes a first local memory group, a second local memory group, and multiple first channels. The first local memory group includes multiple first memory devices that are not directly connected to each other. The second local memory group includes multiple second memory devices that are not directly connected to each other. The first channels are configured to connect the first memory devices to the second memory devices in a one to one relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: SK HYNIX INC., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Gwangsun Kim, John Dongjun Kim, Yong-Kee Kwon
  • Patent number: 10394465
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first memory chip including a plurality of first memory regions; a temporary memory chip including a plurality of temporary memory regions; and a control chip suitable for accessing a first access target memory region among the plurality of first memory regions or a first temporary memory region among the plurality of temporary memory regions based on first access information and first temperature readout information corresponding to the plurality of first memory regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Young-Ook Song, Yong-Kee Kwon, Yong-Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 10339080
    Abstract: A system includes a central processing unit (CPU); main and auxiliary storage devices coupled to a plurality of memory ports; a memory bus suitable for coupling the CPU and the plurality of memory ports; and a memory controller suitable for, when the CPU calls data stored in the auxiliary storage device, controlling the called data to be transferred from the auxiliary storage device to the main storage device and stored in the main storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hyung-Gyun Yang, Yong-Ju Kim, Yong-Kee Kwon, Hong-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 10146443
    Abstract: A memory controller includes a scheduler that decides a processing order of a plurality of requests provided from an external device with reference to a timing parameter value for each of the requests; and a timing control circuit that adjusts the timing parameter value according to a corresponding address to access a memory device, the corresponding address being used to process a corresponding request of the plurality of requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignees: SK HYNIX INC., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Won-Gyu Shin, Jung-Whan Choi, Lee-Sup Kim, Young-Suk Moon, Yong-Kee Kwon
  • Patent number: 9846647
    Abstract: A cache device may include a first cache including a first set and a plurality of ways corresponding to the first set, and a second cache including a second set and a plurality of ways corresponding to the second set. The second set is related with the first set depending on a vacancy of the ways of the first set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Dong-Gun Kim, Yong-Kee Kwon, Hong-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 9792065
    Abstract: A memory controller schedules requests to memory devices according to scores. For this purpose, the memory controller variably adjusts weights for determining the scores with respect to the requests, calculates the scores using the weights, and determines a processing order of the requests according to the scores. The memory controller includes a request queue, a scheduler, and a weight generation circuit. The request queue stores the requests provided from an external device. The scheduler calculates a score for each request included in the request queue and determines the processing order of the requests based on the scores for the requests. The weight generation circuit generates a weight vector including the weights used to calculate the scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: SK HYNIX INC., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Won-Gyu Shin, Jung-Whan Choi, Lee-Sup Kim, Young-Suk Moon, Yong-Kee Kwon
  • Publication number: 20170220497
    Abstract: A system includes a central processing unit (CPU); main and auxiliary storage devices coupled to a plurality of memory ports; a memory bus suitable for coupling the CPU and the plurality of memory ports; and a memory controller suitable for, when the CPU calls data stored in the auxiliary storage device, controlling the called data to be transferred from the auxiliary storage device to the main storage device and stored in the main storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Hyung-Gyun YANG, Yong-Ju KIM, Yong-Kee KWON, Hong-Sik KIM
  • Patent number: 9690723
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include: a storage unit configured to store program codes provided through control of a processor core; and a control unit configured to perform a control operation on a semiconductor memory device according to the program codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hyung-Gyun Yang, Hyung-Dong Lee, Yong-Kee Kwon, Young-Suk Moon, Hong-Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20170153844
    Abstract: A memory system may include a first memory having a first operating speed, and a second memory having a second operating speed which is different from the first operating speed. A compression device may compress data of the first memory, and may transfer the compressed data to the second memory. The compression device may select a compression scheme among a plurality of compression schemes based on at least one characteristic of the data of the first memory and a data processing combination selected among a plurality of data processing combinations between a series of data processing units of the first memory and a series of data processing units of the second memory, and may compress the data of the first memory according to the selected compression scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Yong-Kee KWON, Yong-Ju KIM, Hong-Sik KIM, Sang-Gu JO, Do-Sun HONG
  • Publication number: 20170123695
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first memory chip including a plurality of first memory regions; a temporary memory chip including a plurality of temporary memory regions; and a control chip suitable for accessing a first access target memory region among the plurality of first memory regions or a first temporary memory region among the plurality of temporary memory regions based on first access information and first temperature readout information corresponding to the plurality of first memory regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Young-Ook SONG, Yong-Kee KWON, Yong-Ju KIM
  • Publication number: 20170075578
    Abstract: A memory network includes a first local memory group, a second local memory group, and multiple first channels. The first local memory group includes multiple first memory devices that are not directly connected to each other. The second local memory group includes multiple second memory devices that are not directly connected to each other. The first channels are configured to connect the first memory devices to the second memory devices in a one to one relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Gwangsun KIM, John Dongjun KIM, Yong-Kee KWON
  • Patent number: 9594525
    Abstract: A data storage device may include: a data storage unit comprising a plurality of channels each having a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices; and a control unit configured to control a garbage collection operation of selecting a first block included in a first channel as a victim block and copying first data included in the first block into a second block included in a second channel that is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Dong-Gun Kim, Yong-Kee Kwon, Hong-Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20170052839
    Abstract: A memory system may include a memory module including a plurality of memory devices suitable for storing a data word containing multi-bit data, and a memory controller suitable for controlling a write operation and a read operation of the memory module and distributing and mapping the data word to the plurality of memory devices, wherein as a memory device has a higher error occurrence count among the memory devices, the controller maps higher-significant bits of the multi-bit data to the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jong-Bum PARK, Yong-Kee KWON, Yong-Ju KIM
  • Publication number: 20170017400
    Abstract: An operation method of a memory device includes: receiving a computation command; receiving a first address corresponding to the computation command; reading first data from a first memory location designated by the first address; receiving a second address corresponding to the computation command; reading second data from a second memory location designated by the second address; and performing a computation operation corresponding to the computation command on the first and second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Yong-Kee KWON, Yong-Ju KIM, Hong-Sik KIM
  • Publication number: 20170017410
    Abstract: A memory controller includes: a write performance storage circuit suitable for storing write performance indexes of physical memory areas of a memory device, a write counting circuit suitable for counting a number of requests of a write operation on logical memory areas of the memory device, and a mapping circuit suitable for mapping a logical memory area, for which the number of requests of the write operation r may be relatively large, to a physical memory area with a better write performance index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Jong-Bum Park, Yong-Kee Kwon, Yong-Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 9524124
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a first memory cell array configured to store data according to a first address on a first basis, a second memory cell array configured to store data according to a second address on a second basis that is relatively smaller than the first basis, a memory selector configured to select one of the first memory cell array and the second memory cell array to store data during a write request, and an address map table configured to store mapping information between the first and second addresses for data stored in the second memory cell array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventors: Dong-Gun Kim, Yong-Kee Kwon, Hong-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 9477593
    Abstract: A semiconductor device remaps the relationship between logical addresses and physical addresses of a semiconductor memory device at each first interval. The semiconductor device may include a wear leveling controller configured to select a first physical address of the semiconductor memory device to remap a logical address corresponding to the first physical address of the semiconductor memory device to a second physical address of the semiconductor memory device, and to adjust the first interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventors: Dong-Gun Kim, Yong-Kee Kwon, Hong-Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20160231961
    Abstract: A memory controller includes a request queue that stores requests provided from an external device, a scheduler that calculates a score for each request included in the request queue and determines a processing order of the requests based on the scores for the requests, and a weight generation circuit that generates a weight vector including weights used to calculated the scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Won-Gyu SHIN, Jung-Whan CHOI, Lee-Sup KIM, Young-Suk MOON, Yong-Kee KWON
  • Publication number: 20160162200
    Abstract: A memory controller includes a scheduler that decides a processing order of a plurality of requests provided from an external device with reference to a timing parameter value for each of the requests; and a timing control circuit that adjusts the timing parameter value according to a corresponding address to access a memory device, the corresponding address being used to process a corresponding request of the plurality of requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Won-Gyu SHIN, Jung-Whan CHOI, Lee-Sup KIM, Young-Suk MOON, Yong-Kee KWON