US Patent Issued to KIOXIA on Aug. 12 for "Semiconductor memory device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,799, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KIOXIA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor memory device" was invented by Yoshihiko Kamata (Yokohama, Japan) and Naofumi Abiko (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first and second memory cells, a first word line, first and second sense amplifiers, first and second bit lines, a controller. The first and second sense amplifiers each include first and second transistors. The first bit line is connected between the first memory cell and the first transistor. The second bit line is connected between the second memory cell and ...