US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Sept. 23 for "Semiconductor device with power-down signal generation" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,253, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device with power-down signal generation" was invented by Ki Hun Kwon (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Il Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may be provided. The semiconductor device may include a power-down signal generation circuit and a refresh signal generation circuit. The power-down signal generation circuit may be configured to generate a power-down signal which is enabled during a power-down operation period based on a multi-operation signal that is generated by decoding commands. The ref...