ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,545, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor memory device and operating method thereof" was invented by Hyung Jin Choi (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array circuit and a driving force adjustment circuit. The memory cell array circuit includes a plurality of memory cells. The driving force adjustment circuit adjusts driving forces of a plurality of respective verify pass voltages based on whether or not the plurality of memory cells are programmed."

The patent was filed on July 19, 2024, under Application ...