US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on May 20 for "Volatile memory devices and methods of operating same to improve reliability" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,083, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Volatile memory devices and methods of operating same to improve reliability" was invented by Junyoung Ko (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jungmin Bak (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Changhwi Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A volatile memory device includes an array of memory cells connected to word lines, and bit lines, which are connected to a bitline sense amplifier. Control logic is provided, which is configured to control: (i) consecutive self-refresh operations within the array of memory cells, (ii) storage of dummy data within th...