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公开(公告)号:US20240364351A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-31
申请号:US18765582
申请日:2024-07-08
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Yongsun Lee , Jaewoo Park , Myoungbo Kwak , Jinook Jung , Junghwan Choi
CPC classification number: H03L7/093 , H03L7/0818 , H03L7/0991
Abstract: A digital phase-locked loop (PLL) includes: (i) a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) configured to generate an oscillation signal having a frequency that is adjustable in response to a frequency control signal, (ii) a divider configured to generate a feedback signal in response to dividing a frequency of the oscillation signal, (iii) a time-to-digital converter (TDC) configured to detect a phase difference between a reference signal and the feedback signal, and generate an error signal having a value that is a function of the phase difference, and (iv) a digital loop filter configured to generate the frequency control signal in response to the error signal and the oscillation signal.
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公开(公告)号:US11888654B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-30
申请号:US17898851
申请日:2022-08-30
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Jueon Kim , Taehyoung Kim , Seungjin Park , Jihwan Hyun , Myoungbo Kwak , Junghwan Choi
CPC classification number: H04L25/03006 , G01R31/31703 , H03K5/24 , H03K9/02 , H03K21/08 , H04B17/21 , H04L27/06
Abstract: An offset detector circuit includes a digital signal register storing M unit digital signals received in latest M signal periods, M being a natural number, among digital signals generated based on a single-ended PAM-N signal, N being an odd number, a comparator outputting a comparison signal of a pair of signals included in differential signals generated from a differential signal generator based on the single-ended PAM-N signal, a comparison result register storing M unit comparison signals corresponding to the latest M signal periods among the comparison signals, a pattern detector outputting a detection signal when the M unit digital signals match a predetermined signal pattern, and an offset checker checking patterns of the M unit comparison signals in response to the detection signal, and outputting an offset detection signal when the patterns of the M unit comparison signals match a predetermined offset pattern.
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公开(公告)号:US11824563B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-21
申请号:US17689462
申请日:2022-03-08
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Changkyu Seol , Jiyoup Kim , Hyejeong So , Myoungbo Kwak , Pilsang Yoon , Sucheol Lee , Youngdon Choi , Junghwan Choi
CPC classification number: H03M7/14 , G06F13/1673 , G06F13/4063 , H03M13/2909 , H03M13/451 , H03M13/611
Abstract: Encoding and decoding apparatuses and methods for implementing multi-mode coding are provided. The apparatus includes a transmitter and a receiver connected to a data bus. When data bursts are converted by the transmitter into codewords each including a plurality of symbols and/or a codeword received by the receiver is recovered as data bursts, maximum transition avoidance (MTA) codeword mappings in which no maximum transition (MT) event occurs between the plurality of symbols and minimum DC current (MDC) codeword mappings related to minimum power consumption of the plurality of symbols are used.
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公开(公告)号:US11817861B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-14
申请号:US17898631
申请日:2022-08-30
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Jueon Kim , Taehyoung Kim , Seungjin Park , Jihwan Hyun , Myoungbo Kwak , Junghwan Choi
Abstract: A receiver includes a differential signal generator receiving a single-ended signal, and generating differential signals having a positive signal and a negative signal based on the single-ended signal, a reference signal, and a pair of compensation signals, a pair of charging circuits charging first and second nodes to a power level in a logic low period of a clock signal, a pair of discharging circuits discharging the first and second nodes according to a level of the positive signal and a level of the negative signal, respectively, in a logic high period of the clock signal, a comparator comparing signal levels of the first and second nodes and outputting an offset detection signal of the differential signals, and an offset compensator outputting the reference signal and the pair of compensation signals, each adjusted based on the offset detection signal, to the differential signal generator.
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公开(公告)号:US12235672B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-25
申请号:US18363906
申请日:2023-08-02
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Junyoung Maeng , Jaewoo Park , Myoungbo Kwak , Junghwan Choi
IPC: G06F1/10
Abstract: An apparatus and method for timing skew calibration. For example, the apparatus may include an analog-to-digital conversion circuit configured to sample an input signal based on a clock signal and convert the sampled input signal into a digital code, a skew detection circuit configured to calculate a first sum of standard deviations for respective levels of the digital code, compare the first sum of the standard deviations with a previously calculated second sum of standard deviations, and select a smaller value from among the first sum and the second sum, and a compensation circuit configured to compensate for a skew of the clock signal based on the selected one of the first sum and the second sum.
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公开(公告)号:US11940830B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-26
申请号:US17709853
申请日:2022-03-31
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Jinook Jung , Jaewoo Park , Junhan Choi , Myoungbo Kwak , Junghwan Choi
IPC: G11C11/4074 , G05F1/575 , G11C11/4076 , G11C11/4093
CPC classification number: G05F1/575 , G11C11/4074 , G11C11/4076 , G11C11/4093
Abstract: Disclosed is a low dropout regulator which includes a first resistor, a first transistor including a gate terminal connected with a first end of the first resistor, a source terminal connected with a power supply voltage terminal, and a drain terminal connected with a first node, an operational amplifier including input terminals respectively connected with a reference voltage and the first node and an output terminal, a second transistor including a gate terminal connected with the output terminal of the operational amplifier, a source terminal connected with the first node, and a drain terminal connected with a second node, a third transistor including a gate terminal connected with a second end of the first resistor, a source terminal connected with the power supply voltage terminal, and a drain terminal connected with a third node, and a current source connected between the second node and a ground voltage terminal.
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公开(公告)号:US11888486B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-30
申请号:US17872527
申请日:2022-07-25
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Jinook Jung , Jaewoo Park , Myoungbo Kwak , Junghwan Choi
CPC classification number: H03K5/01 , H03H11/16 , H03K2005/00019
Abstract: A phase correcting circuit includes a delay circuit that receives an input clock signal and delays the input clock signal as much as a first delay time to output an output clock signal to a 0-th node, a first fine tuning circuit, and a second fine tuning circuit. The first fine tuning circuit includes a first terminal connected with the 0-th node, a second terminal receiving a first control signal, and a third terminal, and the second fine tuning circuit includes a fourth terminal connected with the third terminal, a fifth terminal receiving a second control signal, and a sixth terminal connected with a load capacitor. In response to the first control signal, the output clock signal may be further delayed as much as a second delay time shorter than the first delay time. In response to the second control signal, the output clock signal may be advanced as much as a third delay time shorter than the first delay time.
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公开(公告)号:US11797038B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-24
申请号:US17577201
申请日:2022-01-17
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Woochul Jung , Myoungbo Kwak , Jaewoo Park , Eunseok Shin , Junhan Choi
Abstract: A voltage regulator and a semiconductor memory device having the same are disclosed. The voltage regulator includes an amplifier configured to amplify a difference between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage to generate an amplifier output voltage, a voltage feedback unit connected between an output supply voltage generation node and a ground voltage and configured to generate the feedback voltage, a first transfer gate unit connected between an input supply voltage and the voltage generation node and driven in response to the amplifier output voltage to provide first current, a current load replica unit connected between the voltage generation node and the ground voltage and configured to consume the first current, and a transfer unit connected between the input supply voltage and the voltage generation node and driven in response to the amplifier output voltage when the current load unit performs an operation, to provide second current.
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公开(公告)号:US11757567B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-12
申请号:US17590474
申请日:2022-02-01
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Changkyu Seol , Jiyoup Kim , Hyejeong So , Myoungbo Kwak , Pilsang Yoon , Sucheol Lee , Jinsoo Lim , Youngdon Choi
CPC classification number: H04L1/0041 , G06F1/03 , H04L1/0045 , H04L1/0057 , H04L1/0084
Abstract: Provided is a device and method for encoding and decoding to implement maximum transition avoidance coding with minimum overhead. An exemplary device performs encoding and/or decoding, by using sub-block lookup tables representing correlations between some bit values in a data burst and symbols, a combining lookup table selectively interconnecting the sub-block lookup tables based on remaining bit values of the data burst, and a codeword decoding lookup table designating the sub-block lookup tables corresponding to the symbols of each of received codewords.
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公开(公告)号:US20230171132A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-01
申请号:US17898851
申请日:2022-08-30
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Jueon Kim , Taehyoung Kim , Seungjin Park , Jihwan Hyun , Myoungbo Kwak , Junghwan Choi
IPC: H04L25/03 , H03K5/24 , H03K21/08 , H04L27/06 , G01R31/317
CPC classification number: H04L25/03057 , H03K5/24 , H03K21/08 , H04L27/06 , G01R31/31703
Abstract: An offset detector circuit includes a digital signal register storing M unit digital signals received in latest M signal periods, M being a natural number, among digital signals generated based on a single-ended PAM-N signal, N being an odd number, a comparator outputting a comparison signal of a pair of signals included in differential signals generated from a differential signal generator based on the single-ended PAM-N signal, a comparison result register storing M unit comparison signals corresponding to the latest M signal periods among the comparison signals, a pattern detector outputting a detection signal when the M unit digital signals match a predetermined signal pattern, and an offset checker checking patterns of the M unit comparison signals in response to the detection signal, and outputting an offset detection signal when the patterns of the M unit comparison signals match a predetermined offset pattern.
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