US Patent Issued to Kioxia on July 28 for "Semiconductor memory" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,934, issued on July 28, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor memory" was invented by Noboru Shibata (Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan), Hironori Uchikawa (Fujisawa Kanagawa, Japan) and Taira Shibuya (Fujisawa Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory includes a first memory cell configured to be set with one of different threshold voltage levels, a second memory cell configured to be set with one of the different threshold voltage levels, a first word line coupled to the first and second memory cells, a first bit line connected to the first memory cell, a second bit line connected to the second mem...