US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Jan. 13 for "Memory performing reset operation and operating method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,299, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Memory performing reset operation and operating method thereof" was invented by Byung Woo Song (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Ki Cheol Son (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory may include: a cell string including memory cells connected between a bit line and a source line; a watchdog circuit detecting a failing of a reset operation as a fail; and a reset control circuit controlling an operation that protects data of the memory cells in response to the detection of the fail by the watchdog circuit and activating a reset signal." ...