US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on Nov. 18 for "Fractal analog random access memory" (New York, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,961, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Fractal analog random access memory" was invented by Paul Michael Solomon (Westchester, N.Y.), Tayfun Gokmen (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.) and Sam Storino (Pompano Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory device that includes a plurality of memory cells including sample capacitors and hold capacitors in an array geometry; a readout transistor in electrical communication with the sample capacitors and hold capacitors; and a peripheral amplifier. The memory device further includes an analog multiplexer that controls digital and analog s...