US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Oct. 20 for "Memory device performing program operation and method of operating the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,688, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Memory device performing program operation and method of operating the same" was invented by Hyun Seob Shin (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Dong Hun Kwak (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device includes a memory block, a peripheral circuit, and a control logic. The memory block includes memory cells. The peripheral circuit performs a program operation including program loops on selected memory cells. The control logic controls the peripheral circuit to apply a program inhibit voltage to bit lines connected to mem...