Apparatus and method for controlling supply of power for refresh operation

    公开(公告)号:US12062390B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US17824303

    申请日:2022-05-25

    申请人: SK hynix Inc.

    发明人: Woongrae Kim

    摘要: A memory device includes: a refresh control circuit configured to generate a self-refresh command and a refresh address, word line control circuits configured to control a refresh operation of a plurality of word lines, a group management circuit configured to classify N address groups by grouping the refresh addresses to be generated by the refresh control circuit and to select from the N address groups, a current address group including a refresh address to be currently generated and a subsequent address group including a refresh address to be generated after the current address group according to the predetermined order, a row control circuit configured to group the plurality of word line control circuits with N control signals respectively corresponding to the N address groups, respectively, and a supply control circuit configured to activate signals corresponding to the current and subsequent address groups among the N control signals.

    Semiconductor memory device and refresh operation method, including input circuit, plurality of latches, plurality of counters and refresh controller for generating reset signals

    公开(公告)号:US11551740B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-10

    申请号:US17353004

    申请日:2021-06-21

    申请人: SK hynix Inc.

    IPC分类号: G11C11/406

    摘要: A semiconductor memory device includes: an input control circuit suitable for providing an active address which is input together with an active command, as an input address; a plurality of latches suitable for sequentially storing, as a latch address, the input address according to input control signals and outputting the latch addresses as a target address according to output control signals; a plurality of counters respectively corresponding to the latches and each suitable for increasing, when the active address matches the latch address stored in the latch, a counting value corresponding to the latch; and a refresh controller suitable for dividing the counters and the latches into a plurality of groups based on the counting values and generating, in response to a refresh command, reset signals for initializing the counters included in one group of the groups.

    Electronic devices mitigating degradation of MOS transistors

    公开(公告)号:US11514978B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US17158789

    申请日:2021-01-26

    申请人: SK hynix Inc.

    发明人: Woongrae Kim

    摘要: An electronic device includes a flag generation circuit and a delay circuit. The flag generation circuit is configured to generate a flag signal, wherein a level of the flag signal changes based on a first internal command. The delay circuit is configured to generate a delay signal by delaying one of an operation signal and the flag signal by a predetermined period according to whether a predetermined operation is performed.

    System for performing reference voltage training operation

    公开(公告)号:US11508418B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-22

    申请号:US16989392

    申请日:2020-08-10

    申请人: SK hynix Inc.

    发明人: Woongrae Kim

    IPC分类号: G11C5/14 G11C7/10

    摘要: A system to perform a reference voltage training operation may include: a controller configured to output a dock signal, a chip selection signal, a command address and data; and a semiconductor device configured to enter a training mode to control the level of a reference voltage when the chip selection signal and the command address are a first logic level combination in synchronization with the clock signal, configured to enter an ID setting mode to set a storage ID when the chip selection signal and the command address are a second logic level combination, and configured to enter an ID selection mode to update a voltage code that is generated in the training mode when the chip selection signal and the command address are a third logic level combination.

    Semiconductor devices
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11495286B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US17353267

    申请日:2021-06-21

    申请人: SK hynix Inc.

    发明人: Woongrae Kim

    摘要: A semiconductor device includes a read write control circuit configured to generate first and second write command pulses from an external control signal for performing a write operation; a flag generation circuit configured to generate a write flag, a write shifting flag, an internal write flag and an internal write shifting flag based on the second write command pulse, a bank mode signal and a bank group mode signal; and a bank group selection signal generation circuit configured to store a bank address based on an write input control pulse generated from the second write command pulse in a bank mode, and output the stored bank address as a bank group selection signal based on a write output control pulse generated from the write flag.

    Integrated circuit
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11329651B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US17150680

    申请日:2021-01-15

    申请人: SK hynix Inc.

    发明人: Woongrae Kim

    IPC分类号: H03K21/10

    摘要: An integrated circuit including: a clock generation circuit configured to generate first and second divided clock signals by dividing an external clock signal; and a command generation circuit configured to synchronize and decode an external command signal based on a divided clock signal of the first and second divided clock signals, which is synchronized with a chip select signal.

    Power control circuit, semiconductor apparatus including the same and power control method of semiconductor apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11264076B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US16661342

    申请日:2019-10-23

    申请人: SK hynix Inc.

    摘要: A power control circuit includes a power control signal generation circuit configured to generate a voltage control signal according to a deep sleep command for operating a semiconductor apparatus in a deep sleep mode; a voltage divider circuit having a division ratio that is changed according to the voltage control signal, and configured to generate a divided voltage by dividing an internal voltage at the changed division ratio; a comparator configured to generate a detection signal by comparing a reference voltage to the divided voltage; an oscillator configured to generate an oscillation signal according to the detection signal; and a pump configured to generate the internal voltage according to the oscillation signal.