US Patent Issued to SK hynix on June 24 for "Semiconductor device performing program operation and operating method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,853, issued on June 24, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device performing program operation and operating method thereof" was invented by Hyung Jin Choi (Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Se Chun Park (Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a semiconductor device includes: starting a program operation on selected memory cells among a plurality of memory cells in response to a program command; suspending the program operation in response to a program suspend command; and performing a pre-verify operation by using a modified verify...