ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,558, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Sub-block mode (SBM) pre-charge operation sequences" was invented by Gopu S (Kerala, India) and Binoy Jose Panakkal (Kerala, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosed technology relate to the operation of memory devices, and more particularly to sub-block mode (SBM) pre-charge operation sequences. One example embodiment provides a novel logic design of the control circuitry of a memory device using comments/instructions for the control circuitry. By virtue of the features of the disclosed technology, the control circuitry ca...