US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Aug. 12 for "Memory device and operating method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,797, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Memory device and operating method thereof" was invented by Seungbum Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yonghyuk Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyun Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seungyong Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory device comprises: a memory cell array including a plurality of cell blocks including a first cell block storing information other than user data and a second cell block storing the user data, wherein each of the plurality of cell blocks includes a plurality of cell strings and control circuitr...