ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,336, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Shift registers" was invented by Seong Jin Yun (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Jeong Pyo Park (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shift register includes a pre-stage configured to output a pre-voltage signal based on a clock signal and a reset signal, and "N" shift-stages configured to receive the clock signal, and output "N" output signals, respectively. The pre-stage and the "N" shift-stages are coupled in a daisy-chain form. Odd-numbered shift-stages among the "N" shift-stages are configured with the same first circuit structure, a...