ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,308, issued on March 4, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).
"Semiconductor circuit capable of swapping signal paths and semiconductor apparatus using the same" was invented by Hyun Wook Han (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Min Chang Kim (Icheon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor circuit includes a first pad, a second pad, swapping circuit, and an internal circuit. The internal circuit receives a first external signal and a second external signal, and generates a first internal signal and a second internal signal. Based on master information and swapping information, the swapping circuit cou...