Patents by Inventor Youngdo Um

Youngdo Um 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: 12333169
    Abstract: Provided is a memory system including a host system including a memory controller configured to control a read or write operation for a plurality of memory ranks, based on target or non-target information for the plurality of memory ranks, and a memory device including a storage configured to store on-die termination (ODT) information of the memory ranks. Here, the memory controller is further configured to determine a target rank to be read or written, and transmit information about the determined target rank, to the memory device, and the memory device is further configured to perform a comparison of the ODT information of the memory ranks stored in the storage with target or non-target information received from the memory controller, and change an ODT value of the target rank, based on target information received from the memory controller based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngdo Um, Taeyoung Oh, Hoseok Seol
  • Publication number: 20250149077
    Abstract: An input/output interface circuit includes a common receiving driver configured to receive a differential clock signal and output a first clock signal corresponding to the differential clock signal and a pair of sub-channels connected to the common receiving driver. Each sub-channel of the pair of sub-channels may be configured to receive the first clock signal and a chip select signal, output a second clock signal through a logical AND operation of the first clock signal and the chip select signal, and output a single clock signal, among the second clock signal and one or more divided clock signals. The single clock signal is used to sample a command address signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungwoo Yoon, Jaemin Choi, ChangSik Yoo, Ki-Heung Kim, Hoseok Seol, Youngdo Um, Hyongryol Hwang
  • Publication number: 20240290371
    Abstract: A memory device includes a divide circuit configured to generate an internal data clock signal based on a data clock signal, wherein the data clock signal has a first voltage level for a first time period and toggles during a second time period consecutive to the first time period, a detect circuit configured to generate a feedback data corresponding to the first voltage level based on the internal data clock signal, and an input/output circuit configured to output the feedback data to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: YOUNGDO UM, TAEYOUNG OH, HYE-RAN KIM
  • Publication number: 20240046975
    Abstract: There is provided a memory module including a first memory device constituting a first rank, and a second memory device constituting a second rank sharing a command/address signal and a clock signal with the first memory device. The first memory device and the second memory device receive the command/address signal and the clock signal in a matched type, and the first memory device includes a variable delay line for adjusting a delay of the received clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD
    Inventors: Youngdo UM, Hoseok SEOL, Taeyoung OH
  • Publication number: 20240038295
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a memory die stack having a clock signal shared by lower and upper bytes. Each of a plurality of memory dies constituting the memory die stack of the semiconductor package includes a first clock circuit configured to generate a read clock signal for a lower byte and an upper byte constituting a data width of the memory die, and a plurality of first die bond pads corresponding to the number of ranks of a memory system including the memory die, and each of the plurality of first die bond pads is set for each rank. The first clock circuit is connected to, among the plurality of first die bond pads, a die bond pad corresponding to a rank to which the memory die belongs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Youngdo Um, Taeyoung Oh, Hoseok Seol
  • Publication number: 20230418488
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a signal level of a memory device includes performing pull-up code and pull-down code calibrations, using a ZQ calibration for non-return-to-zero (NRZ) signaling, performing a most significant bit (MSB) code calibration, using an MSB additional driver for pulse amplitude modulation level-4 (PAM4) signaling, and performing a least significant bit (LSB) code calibration using an LSB additional driver for the PAM4 signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Youngdo Um, Jaewoo Park, Younghoon Son, Youngdon Choi, Junghwan Choi
  • Publication number: 20230342050
    Abstract: Provided is a memory system including a host system including a memory controller configured to control a read or write operation for a plurality of memory ranks, based on target or non-target information for the plurality of memory ranks, and a memory device including a storage configured to store on-die termination (ODT) information of the memory ranks. Here, the memory controller is further configured to determine a target rank to be read or written, and transmit information about the determined target rank, to the memory device, and the memory device is further configured to perform a comparison of the ODT information of the memory ranks stored in the storage with target or non-target information received from the memory controller, and change an ODT value of the target rank, based on target information received from the memory controller based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Youngdo Um, Taeyoung Oh, Hoseok Seol
  • Patent number: 11782618
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a signal level of a memory device includes performing pull-up code and pull-down code calibrations, using a ZQ calibration for non-return-to-zero (NRZ) signaling, performing a most significant bit (MSB) code calibration, using an MSB additional driver for pulse amplitude modulation level-4 (PAM4) signaling, and performing a least significant bit (LSB) code calibration using an LSB additional driver for the PAM4 signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngdo Um, Jaewoo Park, Younghoon Son, Youngdon Choi, Junghwan Choi
  • Patent number: 11587598
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array and a transmitter, wherein the transmitter includes a pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) encoder configured to generate a PAM-n first input signal (where n is an integer greater than or equal to 4) from data read from the memory cell array; a pre-driver configured to generate a second input signal based on the first input signal and based on a calibration code signal, and output the second input signal using a first power voltage; and a driver configured to output a PAM-n DQ signal using a second power voltage lower than the first power voltage in response to the second input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngdo Um, Younghoon Son, Youngdon Choi, Jindo Byun, Hyunyoon Cho, Junghwan Choi
  • Publication number: 20220083244
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a signal level of a memory device includes performing pull-up code and pull-down code calibrations, using a ZQ calibration for non-return-to-zero (NRZ) signaling, performing a most significant bit (MSB) code calibration, using an MSB additional driver for pulse amplitude modulation level-4 (PAM4) signaling, and performing a least significant bit (LSB) code calibration using an LSB additional driver for the PAM4 signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Youngdo Um, Jaewoo Park, Younghoon Son, Youngdon Choi, Junghwan Choi
  • Publication number: 20220076716
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array and a transmitter, wherein the transmitter includes a pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) encoder configured to generate a PAM-n first input signal (where n is an integer greater than or equal to 4) from data read from the memory cell array; a pre-driver configured to generate a second input signal based on the first input signal and based on a calibration code signal, and output the second input signal using a first power voltage; and a driver configured to output a PAM-n DQ signal using a second power voltage lower than the first power voltage in response to the second input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngdo Um, Younghoon Son, Youngdon Choi, Jindo Byun, Hyunyoon Cho, Junghwan Choi