ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,652,045, issued on June 9, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device, semiconductor system, and method of controlling semiconductor device" was invented by Fumiya Watanabe (Chigasaki Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuhiko Satou (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan), Kenro Kubota (Fujisawa Kanagawa, Japan), Atsuko Saeki (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan), Ryota Tsuchiya (Kamakura Kanagawa, Japan), Harumi Abe (Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan) and Kanta Nagumo (Kamakura Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a first circuit, a first pad, a first comparator, a second comparator, and a control circuit. The first circuit is ...