ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,131, issued on April 14, was assigned to MACRONIX International Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Gate-controlled thyristor and CAM array" was invented by Wei-Chen Chen (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Hang-Ting Lue (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gate-controlled thyristor (GCT) and CAM memory are provided. The GCT includes first, second and third transistors, each having a control end, first and second ends. The control ends of the first and second transistors are connected to a search line. The control end of the second transistor is applied with a fixed bias voltage, and the second end of the second transistor is co...