ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,447, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor memory devices having enhanced sub-word line drivers therein" was invented by Jongwook Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment provides a semiconductor memory device including a first word line extending along a first direction; a sub-word line driver including a first circuit and a second circuit that are connected to the first word line and are spaced apart from each other along the first direction, wherein the first circuit is configured to drive the first word line with a first voltage, and t...