US Patent Issued to MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL on Sept. 30 for "Memory device and an operation method thereof" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,201, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL Co. LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Memory device and an operation method thereof" was invented by You-Liang Chou (Taichung, Taiwan) and Wen-Jer Tsai (Hualien, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory device is provided and includes a memory array. The memory array includes multiple strings, each of the strings including multiple memory cells and at least one compensation cell that are coupled in series to a corresponding one of multiple bit lines. In a read operation, the at least one compensation cell in each of the strings has a resistance responsive to at least one c...