US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Oct. 7 for "Memory device with current measure for calculating inhibit cells" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,819, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Memory device with current measure for calculating inhibit cells" was invented by Seung Geun Jeong (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology includes a memory device and a method of operating the same. The memory device includes a memory block, page buffers connected to memory cells through bit lines and configured to apply a program allowable voltage or a program inhibit voltage to the bit lines, a current measurer configured to output a total current value of the bit lines according to a sensing voltage measured from t...