ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,509, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Memory device for performing target refresh operation, memory system and operating method of memory system" was invented by Saeng Hwan Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory system includes: a memory controller configured to: issue a normal refresh command a refresh management command, and adjust, based on a replacement counting value, an issuance frequency of at least one of the normal refresh command the refresh management command; and a memory device configured to: perform a first refresh operation corresponding to the...