Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Snu Rdb Foundation

Seok Ju Yun

Young Jun Hong

Sang Joon Kim

Seong Joong Kim

Joonseong Kang

Seungchul Jung

Jae Sup Lee

SeongJoong Kim

Chang Soon Park

Daekun Yoon

Sungmeen Myung

Yong Kyu Kim

Ui Kun Kwon

Hyo Sun Hwang

Wonseok Lee

Kang Yoon Lee

Kiran Bynam

Jaehyuk Lee

Jaechun Lee

Yongkyu Kim

Jinesh Parameshwaran Nair

Seungkeun Yoon

Su Min Yun

Sang Wook Nam

Ashutosh Deepak Gore

Hyung Gu Park

Dong-Jin Chang

A method and apparatus with flash memory control are provided. The method includes performing first programming on a target memory cell of a cell array while adjusting a first programming time and a programming voltage, when a cell current of the target memory cell is determined to satisfy a primary target in association with the first programming, performing second programming on the target memory cell while adjusting a second programming time, and when the cell current of the target memory cell is determined to satisfy a secondary target in association with the second programming, terminating programming on the target memory cell.

Method and apparatus with flash memory control

A computing device for performing a digital pulse-based crossbar operation and a method of operating the computing device. The computing device includes a plurality of input lines to which a pulse is selectively input in a sequential manner based on a corresponding input signal; a plurality of output lines crossing the input lines; a plurality of elements, each element being disposed at a cross point between a corresponding input line and a corresponding output line to transfer, to the corresponding output line, a pulse input to the corresponding input line in response to a corresponding weight being a first value; and a plurality of pulse counters, each pulse counter counting a number of pulses output from a corresponding output line.

Computing device for performing digital pulse-based crossbar operation and method of operating the computing device

A method and memory device with in-memory computing defection detection is disclosed. A memory device includes a memory including banks, wherein each bank includes a respective plurality of bit-cells, an in-memory computation (IMC) operator configured to perform an IMC operation between first data while the first data is in the bit-cells of the memory and second data received as input to the memory device, wherein the banks share the operator, and wherein the memory device is configured to: generate a first test pattern that is stored in the memory and generate a second test pattern applied to the IMC operator, and based thereon determine whether a defect has occurred in either the memory or the operator, and perform a repair based on the determination that a defect has occurred.

Memory and method with in-memory computing defect detection

Provided is method and apparatus with memory array programming. A memory apparatus may include a memory array including memory cells, and a memory controller, where the memory controller is configured to configured to repeat, for a plurality of times, a generation of a first present time current error between a first present time current and a first target current, both of a first memory cell, a generation of a second present time current error between a second present time current and a second target current, both of a second memory cell, where a greatest among the first present time current error and the second present time current error is a greatest present time current error, and a programming of a select one of the first and second memory cells that has the greatest present time current error.

Method and apparatus with memory array programming

A wireless communication apparatus may include: an oscillator including a coil assembly exposed to an outside of the wireless communication apparatus, a variable capacitor, and a negative resistor; and a phase locking circuit connected to the coil assembly and the negative resistor. The phase locking circuit may be configured to generate a control signal to lock an oscillation frequency of the oscillator based on an oscillation signal generated by the oscillator, and provide the generated control signal to the variable capacitor.

Wireless communication apparatus and method

A communication apparatus and a communication method are provided. The communication apparatus includes an antenna configured to receive a wireless signal, an oscillator driven by a driving current and configured to generate an oscillating signal based on the wireless signal, a measurer configured to measure an oscillation degree of the oscillating signal, and an accumulator configured to accumulate a difference between a target value and a measurement value of the oscillation degree. A value of the wireless signal is determined based on a cumulative signal corresponding to the accumulated difference.

Communication apparatus and method

Disclosed is a near-field communication (NFC) system that includes an NFC supporting apparatus. The NFC supporting apparatus includes a dual coil and a first switch. The dual coil includes an NFC band coil and a radio frequency (RF) band coil. An RF amplitude modulation signal is generated at the RF band coil in response to a transmission from an implantable device. The first switch is configured to switch the NFC band coil based on the RF amplitude modulation signal. The NFC band coil is configured to generate an NFC amplitude modulation signal at an NFC band coil of an NFC reader in response to the first switch.

Apparatus and method with near-field communication

A receiver includes an antenna configured to receive a radio signal, a pulse generator configured to generate a pulse, an oscillator configured to be driven based on the pulse to generate an oscillation signal based on the radio signal, and a measurer configured to be driven by the pulse to measure an oscillation degree of the oscillation signal, wherein the radio signal is received based on the oscillation degree of the oscillation signal.

Receiver and reception method based on pulse

A wireless communication apparatus includes an oscillator circuit configured to generate an oscillation signal corresponding to an oscillation frequency determined by an antenna, and a bias generator circuit configured to reconfigure an operation region mode of a transistor included in the oscillator circuit by adjusting a bias signal in response to an enable signal.

A radio frequency (RF) transceiver includes a first oscillator configured to generate a first oscillation frequency associated with an RF signal, a second oscillator configured to generate a second oscillation frequency associated with a clock frequency, a counter configured to generate a counter output signal using the first oscillation frequency and the second oscillation frequency, and a comparer configured to generate a digital output signal associated with the RF signal by comparing an output value of the counter output signal to a reference value.

Radio frequency (RF) transceiver and operating method thereof

A frequency calibrator includes an input signal generator configured to generate an input signal based on an oscillation signal and an external signal; a frequency difference extractor configured to extract, from the input signal, a frequency difference signal having a frequency corresponding to a frequency difference between an external frequency of the external signal and an oscillation frequency of the oscillation signal; a divider configured to generate a division signal by dividing a signal having the oscillation frequency by a division ratio; and a frequency tuner configured to tune the oscillation frequency of the oscillation signal based on a result of comparing the frequency difference signal to the division signal.

Apparatus and method for calibrating frequency of oscillator in response to external signal

A frequency tuning apparatus includes: a frequency tuner configured to tune an oscillation frequency of an oscillator based on target information extracted from a mapping table in correspondence to a target frequency, and oscillation information collected from the oscillator; and a frequency compensator configured to compensate for a compensation error between the tuned oscillation frequency and the target frequency based on an offset table.

Apparatus and method for tuning frequency

A receiver includes a low noise amplifier (LNA) configured to amplify an input RF signal using a first current supplied by a first current source, and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) for applying an oscillation frequency to the amplified signal by generating an oscillation signal using the first current.

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Hwaseong-si, South Korea

Seok Ju Yun