ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,409, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus with flash memory control" was invented by Daekun Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seok Ju Yun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Sang Joon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus with flash memory control are provided. The method includes performing first programming on a target memory cell of a cell array while adjusting a first programming time and a programming voltage, when a cell current of the target memory cell is determined to satisfy a primary target in association with the...