US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on May 27 for "Word line delay interlock circuit for write operation" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,552, issued on May 27, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Word line delay interlock circuit for write operation" was invented by Atul Katoch (Kanata, Canada) and Sergiy Romanovskyy (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for a word line interlock circuit. A device includes a first logic gate, an interlock circuit, and a delay circuit. The first logic gate is configured to receive a reset signal. The interlock circuit is coupled to an output of the first logic gate and is configured to generate a first signal and selectively operate the firs...