US Patent Issued to SK hynix on May 13 for "Semiconductor memory device and operating method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,326, issued on May 13, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor memory device and operating method thereof" was invented by Kwang Min Lim (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Hee Youl Lee (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device includes a memory block, a peripheral circuit, and control logic. The memory block includes dummy memory cells connected to dummy word lines and normal memory cells connected to normal word lines. The peripheral circuit performs an erase operation on the memory block. The control logic controls an operation of the peripheral circuit. The contro...