ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,826, issued on May 13, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).
"Semiconductor memory device and memory system" was invented by Akio Sugahara (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan), Yasuhiro Hirashima (Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan) and Naoya Tokiwa (Fujisawa Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a first pin, a first receiving circuit, and a first terminating circuit. The first pin receives a first signal and a second signal having a smaller amplitude than the first signal. The first receiving circuit is connected to the first pin and outputs, based on a comparison between the f...