ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,021, issued on July 15, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).
"Semiconductor memory" was invented by Teppei Higashitsuji (Fujisawa Kanagawa, Japan) and Toshifumi Watanabe (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory includes a memory cell, a bit line electrically connected to the memory cell, a sense amplifier including a first latch circuit, a first hookup circuit, a second latch circuit, a first wiring, and a first pre-charge circuit. The sense amplifier is in a first circuit area. The first hookup circuit is in a second circuit area and configured to control connection between the bit line and th...