ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,647, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeong3gi-do, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and memory device including sampling circuit" was invented by Hyeon Woo Noh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kwang Soo Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Woongrae Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hyung Min Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jun Seok Noh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes: a sampling control circuit configured to select a coarse section from a plurality of coarse sections according to a first pattern signal during a sampling period, select a fine section from a plurality...