ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,418, issued on March 24.

"Multiplexing distinct signals on a single pin of a memory device" was invented by Robert Nasry Hasbun (San Jose, Calif.), Timothy M. Hollis (Meridian, Idaho), Jeffrey P. Wright (Boise, Idaho) and Dean D. Gans (Nampa, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for multiplexing distinct signals on a single pin of a memory device are described. Techniques are described herein to multiplex data using a modulation scheme having at least three levels. The modulated data may be communicated to multiple memory dies over a shared bus. Each of the dies may include a same or different type of m...