Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Nanyang Technological University

Myoungbo Kwak

Junghwan Choi

Jaewoo Park

Youngdon Choi

Changkyu Seol

Pilsang Yoon

Jinsoo Lim

Jueon Kim

Sucheol Lee

Hyejeong So

Jiyoup Kim

Taehyoung Kim

Dongjin Park

Seungjin Park

Eunseok Shin

Daewook Kim

Jihwan Hyun

Woochul Jung

Jinook Jung

Junhan Choi

Young Hee Choi

Kyoungjun Roh

Sunjae Lim

Jungho Ko

Jejoong Woo

Jaeha Kim

Ikjin Jo

Junyoung Maeng

Dongmin Ko

Meyong Su Ko

Donghyun Yoon

Hyoungbae Ahn

An analog-to-digital conversion circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to receive an input signal and a first clock signal from an external source and to output a second clock signal and a digital output signal, a decision counter configured to increment a decision count value each time when the second clock signal received from the analog-to-digital converter is applied to the decision counter, a voltage control logic configured to output a control signal based on a result of comparing the decision count value with a reference count value, and a regulator configured to output an operation voltage, wherein the ADC is configured to adjust the cycle of the second clock signal, and the voltage control logic is configured to control the regulator to output a corrected operating voltage via the control signal.

Analog-to-digital conversion circuit and operating method of the same

A receiver for receiving a data signal, comprising, an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the data signal into digital data, a first-in-first-out buffer configured to determine a frame boundary of the digital data by referring to a comma index to output the digital data in units of data frames according to the determined frame boundary, a decision feedback equalizer configured to process a data frame output from the first-in-first-out buffer through a decision feedback equalization operation, wherein feedback data used in the decision feedback equalization operation of the data frame uses a predetermined fixed pattern, and a comma detector configured to generate the comma index by comparing a determined value of the data frame with the predetermined fixed pattern. The data frame may include a preceding data field in which a message is stored and a subsequent comma field having the same bit value as the fixed pattern.

Equalizers, communication systems and operating methods thereof

An electronic device may include a reception circuit configured to generate a plurality of reception data bits based on a voltage level of an analog signal received through a link, and to generate a plurality of bit reliability values indicating probabilities of error occurrence of the plurality of reception data bits based on the voltage level of the analog signal, an alignment circuit configured to group the plurality of reception data bits into a plurality of error correction code (ECC) symbols, and to generate a plurality of symbol reliability values indicating probabilities of error occurrence of the plurality of ECC symbols based on the plurality of bit reliability values, and a decoding circuit configured to correct errors of the plurality of ECC symbols based on the plurality of symbol reliability values.

Electronic devices and methods of operating the same

A receiver includes a voltage-to-time converter configured to sequentially output a first converted signal and a second converted signal based on a first signal, a second signal, and a time difference; a first time comparator configured to determine a first bit value based on a first first-arrival signal (FAS) and output first data including the first bit value; a delay time generator configured to select a non-target signal and a target signal based on the first bit value and from among the first converted signal and the second converted signal; and a second time comparator configured to determine a second bit value based on a second FAS and output second data including the second bit value.

Receiver, operation method thereof, and memory device

A transmitter includes a data generator, a serializer, a transmission driver and a feedback circuit. The data generator generates a retimed data signal and retimed test data by adjusting a delay amount of each of an input data signal and a test data based on adjusted clock signals. The serializer generates a serial data signal by serializing the retimed data signal based on multi-phase clock signals. The transmission driver generates an output data signal based on the serial data signal and transmits the output data signal through a channel. The feedback circuit detects the setup margin and the hold margin of the retimed test data through a separate path different from a path of the retimed data signal and generates the adjusted clock signals by adjusting delay amounts of the multi-phase clock signals based on the detected setup margin and hold margin of the retimed test data.

Transmitter for ultra-high speed and storage device including the same

A device includes a receiver configured to receive a plurality of Error Correction Code (ECC) codewords transmitted from an external device through a channel including one or more lanes; an ECC decoder configured to generate a plurality of post ECC codewords by performing error correction with respect to the plurality of ECC codewords and generating a first cyclic redundancy check (CRC) codeword based on the plurality of post ECC codewords; a CRC checker configured to determine whether an error exists in the first CRC codeword; and a post ECC decoder configured to, when it is determined that the error exists in the first CRC codeword, generate a second CRC codeword by estimating a remaining error position based on error correction result information received from the ECC decoder and performing remaining error correction with respect to the plurality of post ECC codewords based on the remaining error position.

Error correction device and error correction method

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.

Apparatuses and methods for timing skew calibration

An electronic device which may include an analog-to-digital converter circuit that converts a level of an input signal to digital input values in response to a clock signal, an oscillator that generates the clock signal, a first equalization circuit that generates digital output signals by equalizing the digital input values, a first phase detector circuit that detects phases of the digital output signals and generates digital phase values, a loop filter that generates a first digital output value based on the digital phase values, a second equalization circuit that generates digital intermediate values by equalizing the digital input values, and a second phase detector circuit that detects phases of the digital intermediate values and to generate a second digital output value. The oscillator may adjust a frequency of the clock signal based on the first digital output value and the second digital output value.

Electronic devices converting input signals to digital value and operating methods of electronic devices

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.

Encoding and decoding apparatuses and methods for implementing multi-mode coding

Disclosed is an electronic device, which includes an ECC decoder that performs ECC decoding on a flit including a plurality of PAM-4 symbols for each of a plurality of ECC groups, a CRC decoder that performs CRC decoding on the ECC decoded flit to obtain data, and an erasure decoding unit that calculates an LLR for each of the PAM-4 symbols when the CRC decoding fails, extracts an error symbol candidate from among the plurality of PAM-4 symbols for each of the plurality of ECC groups based on the LLR, and performs the ECC decoding again after erasing the error symbol candidate.

Error correction using PAM4 modulation

A parallel-to-serial interface circuit includes an equalizer to delay odd data by a half period and sequentially generate odd pre data, odd main data, and odd post data, and delay even data by a half period and sequentially generate even pre data, even main data, and even post data, a final parallel-to-serial converter to sequentially and alternately select the even pre data and the odd pre data to generate pre data, sequentially and alternately select inverted odd main data and inverted even main data to generate inverted main data, and sequentially and alternately select the even post data and the odd post data to generate post data, and a driver to drive the pre data to generate a pre data level, drive the inverted main data to generate an inverted main data level, and drive the post data to generate a post data level.

Parallel-to-serial interface circuit and transmission device having the same

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.

Low dropout regulator and memory device including the same

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.

High resolution phase correcting circuit and phase interpolating device

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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