US Patent Issued on Jan. 13 for "Integrated multilevel memory apparatus and method of operating same for enhanced memory" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,264, issued on Jan. 13.

"Integrated multilevel memory apparatus and method of operating same for enhanced memory" was invented by Daryl G. Dietrich (Woodland Park, Colo.) and Gary F. Derbenwick (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes apparatus and a method for reading one or more data states from an integrated circuitry memory cell, including the steps of connecting the memory cell to a bit line which is connected to an amplifier having an offset control which introduces an offset during the sensing portion of a read cycle to identify a data state stored in the memory cell."

The patent ...