US Patent Issued to SambaNova Systems on May 26 for "Method for scanning a memory array" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,219, issued on May 26, was assigned to SambaNova Systems Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Method for scanning a memory array" was invented by Thomas Ziaja (Austin, Texas) and Paul Jordan (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for scanning an array of memory cells arranged in rows and columns, where the array includes a scan chain partitioned into multiple sections. Each section includes a first scan multiplexer, a section buffer cell, and multiple memory cells. The method includes determining whether a scan shift mode is entered, asserting a scan enable signal to select second inputs of each first scan multiplex...