ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,242, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Memory cell sensing architecture" was invented by Daniele Vimercati (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) and Eric Carman (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques and configurations for electronic memory are described. An apparatus may include a first set of memory cells coupled with a first plate line and a word line, where a memory cell in the first set of memory cells may be coupled with a first bit line, and a second set of memory cells coupled with a second plate line and the word line, where a memory cell of the second set of memory cells may be c...