ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,265, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Storage device and operating method thereof" was invented by Woo Sick Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage device can decrease a leakage current. The storage device includes: a plurality of power switch cells for controlling power supplied to a memory device and a memory controller for controlling the memory device; a power management circuit for providing the plurality of power switch cells with a power voltage corresponding to the power; and a power management circuit controller for controlling the power management ...