ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,219, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Yield Microelectronics Corp. (Hsin-chu County, Taiwan).

"Small-area common-voltage multi-write non-volatile memory array" was invented by Yu-Ting Huang (Hsin-Chu County, Taiwan) and Chi-Pei Wu (Hsin-Chu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A small-area common-voltage multi-write non-volatile memory array includes word lines, select lines, common-voltage lines, and sub-memory arrays. The word lines include a first word line and a second word line. The select lines include a first select line. The common-voltage lines are directly coupled together. The common-voltage lines include a firs...