ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,156, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Winbond Electronics Corp. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Terminal correction circuit" was invented by Chen-Yu Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Tzu-Chao Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal correction circuit includes a first terminal replica model, a terminal voltage offset correction circuit, a second terminal replica model and a terminal resistance offset correction circuit. The first terminal replica model sets a resistance ratio of first and second adjustable resistors according to a voltage correction code, thereby adjusting a terminal voltage. The terminal voltage offset correction...