US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Aug. 19 for "Memory device permitting overwrite program operation and operation method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,488, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Memory device permitting overwrite program operation and operation method thereof" was invented by Jae Yeop Jung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Sung Hyun Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory device comprising: a memory cell array including memory cells coupled between a word line and a plurality of bit lines, and a control unit suitable for performing a program operation of repeating a program loop including a voltage application operation and a verification operation on the memory cells according to an Incremental St...