US Patent Issued to MACRONIX International on Nov. 11 for "Calibration apparatus and calibration method of memory device with strong-arm comparator" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,533, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MACRONIX International Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Calibration apparatus and calibration method of memory device with strong-arm comparator" was invented by Wei-Yi Cheng (Tainan, Taiwan) and Su-Chueh Lo (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A calibration apparatus of a memory device and a calibration method thereof are provided. The memory device is a 3D NAND flash with high capacity and high performance. The calibration apparatus includes an impedance, a strong-arm comparator, a logic circuit, and a calibration controller. The impedance is configured to generate a comparison voltage...