US Patent Issued to Lattice Semiconductor on July 29 for "Selectively powered embedded memory systems and methods" (California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,117, issued on July 29, was assigned to Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (Hillsboro, Ore.).

"Selectively powered embedded memory systems and methods" was invented by Maryam Shahbazi (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Loren L. McLaury (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Bradley A. Sharpe-Geisler (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various techniques are provided for selectively operating a memory block in full power or half power modes. In one example, a system comprises a memory block configured to be selectively operated in a full power mode or a half power mode. The memory block comprises an input/output port. The memory block further comprises a f...