US Patent Issued to MACRONIX International on Sept. 1 for "Writing method, reading method and memory device for hiding data" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,660, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MACRONIX International Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Writing method, reading method and memory device for hiding data" was invented by You-Liang Chou (Taichung City, Taiwan), Wen-Jer Tsai (Hualien County, Taiwan) and Chun-Chang Lu (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A writing method and a reading method for hiding data in a memory device and a memory device thereof are provided. The memory device may be a 3D NAND flash with high capacity and high performance. The writing method includes: providing a memory block, each memory cell including an erase state and potential states, ea...