US Patent Issued to STMICROELECTRONICS, STMICROELECTRONICS (ALPS) on Dec. 9 for "Non-volatile memory device and corresponding method of operation" (Italian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,249, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy) and STMICROELECTRONICS (ALPS) SAS (Grenoble, France).

"Non-volatile memory device and corresponding method of operation" was invented by Antonino Conte (Tremestieri Etneo, Italy), Agatino Massimo Maccarrone (Regalbuto, Italy), Francesco Tomaiuolo (Acireale, Italy), Thomas Jouanneau (Saint-Egreve, France) and Vincenzo Russo (S. Maria di Licodia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a non-volatile memory device, a memory sector is provided. The memory sector includes a plurality of tiles arranged horizontally. Each tile includes a plurality of me...