ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,629, issued on June 9, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Word line booster circuit and method" was invented by Atul Katoch (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory circuit includes first and second word line drivers coupled to a control circuit configured to output clock pulse signals, first and second I/O circuits coupled to the control circuit and configured to output first through fourth pulse signals responsive to the clock pulse signals, first through forth memory arrays coupled to the first and second word line drivers and first and second I/O circuits, a first bo...