US Patent Issued to SK hynix on April 21 for "Page buffer related to performing a program operation, memory device including a page buffer, and method of operating the page buffer" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,162, issued on April 21, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Page buffer related to performing a program operation, memory device including a page buffer, and method of operating the page buffer" was invented by Chang Hyun Han (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Moon Soo Sung (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein may be a page buffer. The page buffer includes a sensing node connected to a bit line, a bit line voltage controlling circuit configured to precharge the bit line during a verify operation, a sensing node voltage controller configured to precharge the sensing node while the bit...