ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,161, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Flip-flop based on clock signal and pulse signal" was invented by Hyunchul Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeongjin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seungman Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flip-flop (FF) includes a first n-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor connected to a ground line, a first p-channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor connected to a power voltage line, a second NMOS transistor connecting a first node to the first NMOS transistor, a second PMOS transistor connecting the ...