US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on May 26 for "Method for corrupting data stored in a memory, and corresponding integrated circuit" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,208, issued on May 26, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Method for corrupting data stored in a memory, and corresponding integrated circuit" was invented by Pascal Fornara (Pourrieres, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit includes a memory-cell configured to store a piece of data. The memory cell includes a state transistor having a floating gate configured to store a charge representative of the piece of data and a control gate. A capacitive structure includes a first electrically-conductive body coupled to the floating gate, a second electrically-conductive body and a dielectric...