US Patent Issued to Kioxia on Nov. 3 for "Memory system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,795, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).

"Memory system" was invented by Masahiko Nakayama (Yokohama Kawagawa, Japan) and Tatsuo Shiozawa (Setagaya Tokyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a memory unit including a memory cell array which includes a plurality of memory cells and which is divided into a plurality of memory cell blocks, and a drive circuit which drives the plurality of memory cells, and a controller which controls the memory unit. Each of the plurality of memory cells includes a resistance change memory element and a switching element connected...