US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Nov. 25 for "Memory device and operating method of the memory device for reducing power consumption for program operation" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,522, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Memory device and operating method of the memory device for reducing power consumption for program operation" was invented by Jae Yeop Jung (Icheon-si, South Korea), Dong Hun Kwak (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Chan Hui Jeong (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory device includes: memory cells connected between a common source line and bit lines; a source line driver for applying a common source line voltage to the common source line and then floating the common source line; and a program operation controller for contro...