Skhynix Inc.

Soo Hwan Kim

Duck Hwa Hong

Sang Ah Hyun

Mi Hyun Hwang

Sung Nyou Yu

Jeong Jin Hwang

Yu Jin Park

Jeong Jun Lee

Han Sol Park

Ji Ho Lee

According to the present disclosure, an image sensor includes a pixel including a floating diffusion (FD) node having a first capacitance in a first mode and a second capacitance that is less than the first capacitance in a second mode, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) outputting a pixel value based on a ramp voltage and a pixel voltage output from the pixel, and a ramp voltage generator controlling the ramp voltage based on a difference between a first pixel value output from the ADC in the first mode and a second pixel value output from the ADC in the second mode.

Image sensor including analog-to-digital converter and ramp voltage generator

An electronic device includes a target address generation circuit configured to generate a counting signal by counting the number of times each logic level combination of an address is input by performing an internal read operation and an internal write operation during an active operation, configured to store the counting signal as the storage counting signal when the counting signal is counted more than a storage counting signal that is stored therein, and configured to store the address, corresponding to the counting signal, as a target address; and a refresh control circuit configured to control a smart refresh operation on the target address.

Memory device for performing smart refresh operation and method of reducing power consumption during refresh

A color matching circuit of an image sensor includes a receiving end configured to receive an analog pixel signal. The color matching circuit also includes a path controller including a first switch set configured to control current paths between a common node coupled to the receiving end and power sources and a second switch set configured to control signal paths between the common node and analog-to-digital converters, the path controller being configured to determine on-off states of switches included in the first switch set and the second switch set based on a color corresponding to the analog pixel signal. The path controller transfers the analog pixel signal to a target analog-to-digital converter determined depending on the on-off states of the switches, among the analog-to-digital converters.

Image sensor with color matching analog to digital conversion and color matching method

Memory device for performing smart refresh operation and memory system including the same

An apparatus includes a potential failure information generation circuit configured to generate potential failure inforrnation by detecting, based on first failure information on a first faded signal line and second failure information on a second faded signal line, whether the first failed signal line and the second faded signal line are adjacent to each other; and a flag generation circuit configured to generate a flag by comparing the potential failure information with redundancy repair information.

Apparatus for performing a repair operation

A memory device includes an at least one first normal mat and an at least one second normal mat, a first redundancy mat configured to provide one or more first redundancy column lines for repairing one or more column lines disposed in the at least one first normal mat, a second redundancy mat configured to provide one or more second redundancy column lines for repairing one or more column lines disposed in the at least one second normal mat, and a redundancy segmented input/output (I/O) line coupled to both of the first redundancy mat and the second redundancy mat.

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Icheon-si, South Korea

Soo Hwan Kim