US Patent Issued to Kioxia on March 17 for "Semiconductor device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,026, issued on March 17, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Yoshinao Suzuki (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuto Shitara (Kamakura Kanagawa, Japan), Kenta Shibasaki (Kamakura Kanagawa, Japan) and Noriyasu Kumazaki (Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a regulator circuit, a charge pump circuit, and a control circuit. The regulator circuit is configured to regulate a voltage input from outside and output a regulated voltage. The charge pump circuit is configured to receive the regulated voltage as an input voltage, boost the input voltage, and ...