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公开(公告)号:US11615833B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-28
申请号:US17223458
申请日:2021-04-06
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Kwangseob Shin , Jindo Byun , Younghoon Son , Youngdon Choi , Junghwan Choi
IPC: G11C16/26 , G11C11/4091 , G11C11/4074 , G11C11/4076 , G11C11/408 , G11C11/4099
Abstract: A multi-level signal receiver includes a data sampler circuit and a reference voltage generator circuit. The data sampler includes (M−1) sense amplifiers which compare a multi-level signal having one of M voltage levels different from each other with (M−1) reference voltages. The data sampler generates a target data signal including N bits, M is an integer greater than two and N is an integer greater than one. The reference voltage generator generates the (M−1) reference voltages, At least two sense amplifiers of the (M−1) sense amplifiers have different sensing characteristics.
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公开(公告)号:US11545966B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-03
申请号:US17224577
申请日:2021-04-07
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Young Choi , Wonjoo Jung , Youngchul Cho , Youngdon Choi , Junghwan Choi
Abstract: An injection locking oscillator (ILO) circuit includes; an injection circuit that receives input signals having a phase difference and provides injection signals respectively corresponding to the input signals based on a voltage level difference between each input signal and an oscillation signal at an output terminal, and a poly-phase signal output circuit that provides poly-phased signals having a phase difference between signals fixed to a defined phase difference upon receiving the injection signals from the input terminals.
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公开(公告)号:US11521672B2
公开(公告)日:2022-12-06
申请号:US17230519
申请日:2021-04-14
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Hyeokjun Choi , Jindo Byun , Younghoon Son , Youngdon Choi , Junghwan Choi
IPC: G11C7/22 , G11C11/4091 , G11C11/406 , G11C11/4076 , G11C11/408 , G11C11/4096
Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a multi-level receiver including N sense amplifiers and a decoder decoding an output of the N sense amplifiers, each of the N sense amplifiers receiving a multi-level signal having M levels and a reference signal (where M is a natural number, higher than 2, and where N is a natural number, lower than M); a clock buffer receiving a reference clock signal; and a clock controller generating N clock signals using the reference clock signal, inputting the N clock signals to the N sense amplifiers, respectively, and individually determining a phase of each of the N clock signals using the output of the N sense amplifiers.
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公开(公告)号:US11501846B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-15
申请号:US17239651
申请日:2021-04-25
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sanglok Kim , Youngdon Choi
IPC: G11C29/56
Abstract: A semiconductor memory device included in each of a plurality of chips which are divided by a scribe lane and formed on an upper surface of a wafer, includes a memory core and a built-in self test (BIST) circuit. The memory core includes a memory cell array that stores data and a data input/output circuit connected to a data input/output pad. The BIST circuit is connected to a test pad that is separate from the data input/output pad. The BIST circuit generates test pattern data including first parallel bits based on commands and addresses received from an external automatic test equipment (ATE) during a wafer level test process performed on the semiconductor memory device. The BIST circuit tests the memory core by applying the test pattern data to the memory cell array through the data input/output circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US20220336004A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-20
申请号:US17508598
申请日:2021-10-22
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Hojun Yoon , Wonjoo Jung , Jaewoo Park , Youngchul Cho , Youngdon Choi , Junghwan Choi
IPC: G11C11/4076 , H01L25/065
Abstract: A quadrature error correction circuit includes a duty cycle adjusting circuit, a phase interpolator, a phase detector, and a delay control circuit. The duty cycle adjusting circuit generates a first corrected clock signal and a second corrected clock signal whose skew and duty cycle error are concurrently adjusted by adjusting a delay of edges of a second clock signal and adjusting a delay of a falling edge of a first clock signal based on first through fourth control code sets. The phase interpolator generates a second delayed and selected clock signal by delaying a second selected clock signal selected from first through fourth adjusted clock signals. A phase detector detects a phase difference between a first selected clock signal and the second delayed and selected clock signal to generate an up/down signal. The delay control circuit generates the first through fourth control code sets based on the up/down signal.
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公开(公告)号:US11461251B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-04
申请号:US17326513
申请日:2021-05-21
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hyungmin Jin , Jindo Byun , Younghoon Son , Youngdon Choi , Junghwan Choi
Abstract: A memory system including: a memory controller to transmit a command, an address, or data to a first channel based on a data input/output signal having one of N (N is a natural number of three or more) different voltage levels during a first time interval, the memory controller transmitting the command, the address, or the data not transmitted during the first time interval to the first channel based on the data input/output signal having one of two different voltage levels during a second time interval; and a memory device to sample the data input/output signal received via the first channel during the first time interval in a pulse amplitude modulation (PAM)-N mode, the memory device sampling the data input/output signal received via the first channel during the second time interval in a non return to zero (NRZ) mode.
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公开(公告)号:US11443785B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-13
申请号:US17344610
申请日:2021-06-10
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Sucheol Lee , Jaewoo Park , Younghoon Son , Youngdon Choi , Junghwan Choi
IPC: G11C7/22 , G11C7/10 , H03K19/17736 , H03K19/017 , H03K19/1776
Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array and a data input and output circuit configured to output a data signal (DQ signal) including data read from the memory cell array and a data strobe signal (DQS signal) including a toggle pattern associated with an operating condition of the memory device based on n-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAMn), wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 4.
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公开(公告)号:US11348623B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-31
申请号:US17229055
申请日:2021-04-13
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Hyunyoon Cho , Sukhee Cho , Younghoon Son , Youngdon Choi , Junghwan Choi
Abstract: A method of operating a memory device includes receiving a training request for a data channel, detecting at least one mode parameter according to the training request, transmitting the detected mode parameter to an external device, setting at least one of an NRZ mode and a PAM4 mode to a transmission signaling mode based on mode register set setting information from the external device, and performing communications with the external device according to the set transmission signaling mode.
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公开(公告)号:US20250038754A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-30
申请号:US18658820
申请日:2024-05-08
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Jaeha Kim , Young Choi , Myoungbo Kwak , Jaewoo Park , Youngdon Choi , Junghwan Choi
IPC: H03M1/06
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to successive approximation register analog-to-digital converters. An example successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter includes a first sampling and holding circuit that samples an analog signal at a first point in time and generates a first input voltage, a second sampling and holding circuit that samples the analog signal at a second point in time and generates a second input voltage, and a first analog-to-digital converter. The first analog-to-digital converter performs a feed forward equalization function by receiving the first input voltage and the second input voltage, sampling the first input voltage and the second input voltage, and outputting a multi-bit digital signal based on a sampling result of the first input voltage and a sampling result of the second input voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US12176926B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-24
申请号:US18480261
申请日:2023-10-03
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Changkyu Seol , Jiyoup Kim , Hyejeong So , Myoungbo Kwak , Pilsang Yoon , Sucheol Lee , Youngdon Choi , Junghwan Choi
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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