ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,153, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to UNISANTIS ELECTRONICS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (Singapore).
"Semiconductor element memory device" was invented by Koji Sakui (Tokyo) and Nozomu Harada (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data retention operation of holding positive hole groups generated by an impact ionization phenomenon or by a gate-induced drain leakage current in a semiconductor base body is performed by controlling voltages applied to plate lines, word lines, a source line, odd-numbered bit lines, and even-numbered bit lines; and a data erase operation is performed by removing positive hole groups from inside the semiconduct...