US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Sept. 2 for "Semiconductor device and operating method of semiconductor device" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,737, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and operating method of semiconductor device" was invented by Byeong Ju Jin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may include a bit line; memory strings connected to the bit line and having different sizes; a sensing node; and a sensing transistor that connects the bit line and the sensing node in response to a sensing signal. In an evaluation period in which the bit line and the sensing node are connected to each other, resistance of a current path between the bit line and the sensing node...