US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on Nov. 11 for "Counter-based methods and systems for accessing memory cells" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,450, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Counter-based methods and systems for accessing memory cells" was invented by Riccardo Muzzetto (Arcore, Italy), Ferdinando Bedeschi (Biassono, Italy) and Umberto di Vincenzo (Capriate San Gervasio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method including storing user data in memory cells of a memory array, storing, in a counter associated to the memory cells, count data corresponding to a number of bits in the user data having a predetermined first logic value, applying a read voltage to the memory cells to read the user data, applying the read voltage to...