ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,171, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Page buffer, semiconductor device including page buffer, and operating method of semiconductor device" was invented by Won Jae Choi (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Duck Ju Kim (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A page buffer may include a bit line connection circuit configured to connect or disconnect a bit line and a first node, a plurality of latch circuits that is connected to the first node in common. The page buffer may further include, and logical operation circuit configured to perform a logical operation by using one or more of...