ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,027, issued on March 17, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).
"Semiconductor storage device" was invented by Katsuaki Sakurai (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan) and Tooru Tategami (Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor storage device includes a first region including a level shifter, a second region including a level shifter, a power input pad, and an internal power generation circuit configured to generate an internal power supply voltage using a first power supply voltage supplied through the power input pad and supply the internal power supply voltage to the first and second regions. The internal power ...