US Patent Issued to SK hynix on July 21 for "Semiconductor memory device and method of operating the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,885, issued on July 21, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor memory device and method of operating the same" was invented by Hee Youl Lee (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device and a method of operating the same are provided herein. The semiconductor memory device includes first and second pages, a peripheral circuit, and a control logic. The first page includes first memory cells, each storing N bits. The second page includes second memory cells, each storing N-1 bit. The peripheral circuit performs a first program operation that results in a threshold v...