US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Nov. 11 for "Semiconductor device and operating method for controlling driving direction of word line" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,557, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and operating method for controlling driving direction of word line" was invented by Chang Hyun Han (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Moon Soo Sung (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may include a memory cell array including a first memory string that is connected to a first drain selection line and a second memory string that is connected to a second drain selection line, a control circuit configured to generate a first switch control signal and a second switch control signal based on an address...