{"id":4809,"date":"2019-12-23T02:11:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T02:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/sk-hynix-presents-innovative-patent-award\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T23:07:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:07:33","slug":"sk-hynix-presents-innovative-patent-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.skhynix.com\/en\/sk-hynix-presents-innovative-patent-award\/","title":{"rendered":"SK hynix Presents Innovative Patent Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00b7 23 inventors of innovative patents are awarded KRW 340 million won in total<\/strong>
\n\u00b7 SK hynix will strengthen global semiconductor competitiveness through continuous discovery of innovative patents<\/strong><\/div>\n

Seoul, December 23, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

On December 23rd, SK hynix Inc. (or \u2018the Company,\u2019\u00a0www.skhynix.com)\u00a0announced that it held \u201c2nd Innovative Patent Award Ceremony\u201d at its headquarter in Icheon, South Korea.<\/p>\n

35 executives and colleagues including Seok-hee Lee SK hynix CEO, Dongsub Kim President of SK hynix Communication & External Affairs, Heads of each major department, and representatives of award winners attended the ceremony. SK hynix selected 11 innovative patents and awarded 23 incumbent researchers who invented the patents medals and 340 million won prize money in total.<\/p>\n

SK hynix began to implement Innovative Patent Award system since 2018 to encourage researchers to instill research motivation and discover innovative patents. The system selects a number of innovative patents among SK hynix registered patents which was applied to the products\u2019 sold in previous year, and significantly contributed to increasing sales and solving technology problems. The inventors of the patents which meet such standard win the award.<\/p>\n

The grand prize went to Seokcheol Yoon, Boyeun Kim of DRAM Development and Jaeboum Park of R&D for their contribution to improving DRAM\u2019s refresh function which led to both performance and sales increase.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, SK hynix currently holds more than 20,000 patents worldwide.<\/p>\n

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[Annotation]<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u25a0 Refresh function:<\/p>\n

Refresh function helps DRAM maintain data periodically. As DRAM stores data by accumulating electric charges in cells, DRAM eventually loses stored data as accumulated electric charges fade in time. This happens whether DRAM is powered or not, and to prevent this, DRAM periodically recharges cells to maintain data. This function is called \u201crefresh\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u25b2\u00a0Award presenters and winners posing for a commemorative photograph at \u201c2nd Innovative Patent Award Ceremony\u201d of SK hynix on December 23rd
\n(From sixth left) Seokcheol Yoon of DRAM Development, Seok-hee Lee SK hynix CEO, and Dongsub Kim President of Communication & External Affairs<\/p>\n

Media Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n

SK hynix Inc.
\nGlobal Public Relations<\/p>\n

Technical Leader
\nHyun Kyung Olivia Lee
\nE-Mail: global_newsroom@skhynix.com<\/p>\n

Technical Leader
\nEun Suk Yixi Lee
\nE-Mail: global_newsroom@skhynix.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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