ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,553, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Operating method, memory system, and control circuit" was invented by Cheng-Hsien Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Pei-Jer Tzeng (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Xinyu Bao (Fremont, Calif.) and Hengyuan Lee (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Operating method, memory system, and control circuit are provided. The operating method is for operating a memory device comprising a selector and a memory element serially coupled to the selector. The operating method comprises presetting the memory device by providing a preset signal to the...