ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,989, issued on July 15, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor system" was invented by Kang Sub Kwak (Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Sang Sic Yoon (Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a driving signal generation circuit configured to generate a pull-up driving signal that is enabled when a data clock input control signal is input during a normal operation, configured to generate a pull-down driving signal that is enabled when any one of a write signal and a read signal is input, and configured to generate the pull-down driving signa...