ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,180, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Memory module and memory system having the same" was invented by Kyudong Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Young Yun (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sungjoo Park (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Jinseong Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory module includes a serial presence detector (SPD) configured to detect a module identification (ID) through at least one module position identification terminal, and generate at least one of the module ID and a register address corresponding to the module ID. A power management unit (PMU) is responsive ...