ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,542, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Winbond Electronics Corp. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Semiconductor memory device with multiple banks each including decoding circuit controlled by memory-bank select signals" was invented by Kai-Lin Chan (Taichung, Taiwan) and Kuen-Huei Chang (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory banks. Each of the memory banks includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell, a select circuit, and a decoding circuit. The select circuit is respectively coupled to the first and second memory cells through first and second bit lines,...