ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,144, issued on April 21, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).
"Semiconductor chip and semiconductor system" was invented by Young Sub Yuk (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Jae Woo Song (Icheon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor chip includes a detection circuit configured to generate a discharge signal that is enabled when a voltage level of an external voltage is greater than a first set level and configured to generate a voltage control signal that is enabled when an output voltage is generated to have a voltage level of a ground voltage in a test mode, a charge discharge circuit configure...