US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Dec. 23 for "Semiconductor memory device performing program operation and operating method of the semiconductor memory device" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,891, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor memory device performing program operation and operating method of the semiconductor memory device" was invented by Yeong Jo Mun (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; a peripheral circuit including a plurality of page buffers each performing an auxiliary verify operation and a main verify operation, which are used to program selected memory cells among the plurality of memory cells; and control logic for controlling the auxili...