ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,453, issued on July 28.

"Apparatuses and methods for identifying memory devices of a semiconductor device sharing an external resistance" was invented by Dean Gans (Nampa, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods for identifying memory devices of a semiconductor device sharing an external resistance are disclosed. A memory device of a semiconductor device may be set in an identification mode and provide an identification request to other memory devices that are coupled to a common communication channel. The memory devices that are coupled to the common communication channel may share an external resistance, for ex...