Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kyungryun Kim

Sangyong Yoon

Jinhoon Jang

Changkyo Lee

Kyungsoo Ha

Kiseok Oh

Dongkeon Lee

Hohyun Shin

Yeonkyu Choi

Jaeho Lee

Taehoon Kim

Daehyun Kim

Young Ju Kim

Sangkwon Moon

Minho Choi

Jin-Hoon Jang

Kiwhan Song

Hyongryol Hwang

Youngbin Lee

Yoonna Oh

Sanghoon Jung

Wonil Bae

Jaeseong Lim

Goeun Jung

Kyehyun Kyung

Seung-Jun Lee

Junghwan Park

Seung-jun Lee

Sang-Hyun Joo

Jang-Woo Ryu

Changsik Yoo

Younghun Seo

Sangyun Kim

Yoon Jin Kim

Yonghun Kim

Jaemin Choi

Sejeong Jang

Yoochang Sung

Nam-Ho Kim

Sihwan Kim

Jaewoo Jeong

Huikap Yang

Seung-Cheol Han

Soo Hwan Kim

Seokjun Ham

Soobong Chang

A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a plurality of data input/output (I/O) pins. The plurality of data I/O pins is configured to receive write data to be stored in the memory cell array or to output read data stored in the memory cell array. The semiconductor memory device is configured to perform a burst operation in which a single data set comprising a plurality of data bits is input or output through the plurality of data I/O pins based on a single command received from an external memory controller. A number of the plurality of data I/O pins corresponds to an integer that is not a power-of-two. A burst length representing a unit of the burst operation corresponds to an integer that is not a power-of-two.

Semiconductor memory devices that perform burst operations

A semiconductor device includes: a plurality of pads connected to a memory device receiving a data signal using first to fourth clock signals having different phases; a data transmission/reception circuit inputting and outputting the data signal to a plurality of data pads of the plurality of pads and including a data delay cell adjusting a phase of the data signal; a clock output circuit outputting first to fourth clock signals to a plurality of clock pads of the plurality of pads and including first to fourth clock delay cells adjusting phases of the first to fourth clock signals; and a controller adjusting a delay amount of at least one of the first to fourth clock delay cells and the data delay cell so that each of the first to fourth clock signals is aligned with the data signal in the memory device.

Semiconductor device with adjustment of phase of data signal and clock signals, and memory system including the same

A signal transmitting and receiving apparatus including: a first on-die termination circuit connected to a first pin through which a first signal is transmitted or received and, when enabled, the first on-die termination circuit is configured to provide a first termination resistance to a signal line connected to the first pin; a second on-die termination circuit connected to a second pin through which a second signal is transmitted or received and, when enabled, the second on-die termination circuit is configured to provide a second termination resistance to a signal line connected to the second pin; and an on-die termination control circuit configured to independently control an enable time and a disable time of each of the first on-die termination circuit and the second on-die termination circuit.

Apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal, a method of operating the same, a memory device, and a method of operating the memory device

A memory device includes: a memory bank including a plurality of memory cells; and a memory interface circuit configured to store data in the plurality of memory cells based on a command/address signal and a data signal, wherein the memory interface circuit includes: first, second, third and fourth pads configured to receive first, second, third and fourth clock signals, respectively; a first buffer circuit configured to sample the command/address signal in response to an activation time of the first and third clock signals which have opposite phases from each other; and a second buffer circuit configured to sample the data signal in response to the activation time of the first clock signal, an activation time of the second clock signal, the activation time of the third clock signal and an activation time of the fourth clock signal.

Memory device, a memory system and an operating method of the memory device

A voltage trimming circuit including: a first resistance circuit having a first resistance value determined by up codes and down codes; a second resistance circuit having a second resistance value determined by the up codes and the down codes; and a comparator to output a voltage detection signal by comparing a voltage level of a reference voltage trimming node to that of a feedback node, wherein the voltage detection signal adjusts the up and down codes, which increase the first resistance value and decrease the second resistance value when the voltage level of the reference voltage trimming node is higher than that of the feedback node, and adjusts the up and down codes, which decrease the first resistance value and increase the second resistance value when the voltage level of the reference voltage trimming node is lower than that of the feedback node.

Voltage trimming circuit

Disclosed is an operating method of a memory device communicating with a memory controller, which includes receiving a first command from the memory controller, the first command indicating initiation of synchronization of a data clock signal and defining a clock section corresponding to the synchronization, preparing a toggling of the data clock signal during a preparation time period, processing a first data stream based on the data clock signal toggling at a reference frequency, and processing a second data stream based on the data clock toggling at the reference frequency and extended for a period of the defined first clock section.

Operating method of memory device for extending synchronization of data clock signal, and operating method of electronic device including the same

A memory device includes: a first circuit; a second circuit; and an adaptive body bias generator configured to receive frequency detection information or temperature detection information, to apply a first forward body bias or a first reverse body bias to the first circuit in response to the frequency detection information or the temperature detection information, and to apply a second forward body bias or a second reverse body bias to the second circuit in response to the frequency detection information or the temperature detection information.

Memory device and an operating method thereof

A semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell array including segments disposed at corresponding intersections of row and column blocks, each row block including dynamic memory cells coupled to word-lines and bit-lines, a row decoder that activates a first word-line of a first row block in response to a row address, determines whether the first row block is a master block based on a first fuse information and a second row block is mapped as a slave to the master block, activates a second word-line of the second row block, and outputs a row block information signal, and a column decoder accessing a portion of first memory cells coupled to the first word-line or a portion of second memory cells coupled to the second word-line based on a column address, the row block information signal and a second fuse information.

Semiconductor memory devices and methods of operating semiconductor memory devices

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Kyungryun Kim