US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on April 21 for "Sub-threshold current reduction circuit switches and related apparatuses and methods" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,690, issued on April 21, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Sub-threshold current reduction circuit switches and related apparatuses and methods" was invented by Yoshihiro Shibata (Kanagawa, Japan), Sachiko Edo (Tokyo), Takuya Nakanishi (Tokyo), Yuan He (Boise, Idaho) and Hiroshi Akamatsu (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sub-threshold current reduction circuit (SCRC) switches and related apparatuses and methods are disclosed. An apparatus includes a first set of SCRC switches and a second set of SCRC switches electrically connected between power supply lines and power reception lines. The first set o...