ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,221, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).
"Memory device configured to perform a search operation" was invented by Tomoya Sanuki (Yokkaichi Mie, Japan) and Yasuhito Yoshimizu (Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory device includes a bit line, a source line, a first string in which a plurality of first memory cells are connected in series between the bit line and the source line, and a control circuit. The control circuit performs a sense operation for a search operation to determine if search data is stored in the plurality of first memory cells by supplying voltages to a plurality of wor...