ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,924, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Semiconductor device comprising rewrite transistors, read transistors, and capacitors" was invented by Hajime Kimura (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takahiro Fukutome (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to shorten the time for rewriting data in memory cells. A memory module includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell, a selection transistor, and a wiring WBL1. The first memory cell includes a first memory node. The second memory cell includes a second memory node. One end of the first memory cell is electrically co...