ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,963, issued on April 15.

"Apparatus with data-rate-based voltage control mechanism and methods for operating the same" was invented by Gary L. Howe (Allen, Texas), Miles S. Wiscombe (Boise, Idaho), James S. Rehmeyer (Boise, Idaho) and Eric J. Stave (Meridian, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to voltage management of memory apparatuses/systems are described. The memory device can include circuitry configured to determine an operating frequency of a clock signal for an ongoing or an upcoming memory operation. The memory device may generate a control indicator for increasing a system voltage ...