US Patent Issued to Washington University on June 30 for "Synaptic memory and memory array using Fowler-Nordheim timers" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,400, issued on June 30, was assigned to Washington University (St. Louis).

"Synaptic memory and memory array using Fowler-Nordheim timers" was invented by Shantanu Chakrabartty (St. Louis) and Darshit Mehta (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An analog memory device includes a first node and a second node. The first node includes a first floating gate, a second floating gate, and a capacitor. The first node first floating gate is connected to the first node second floating gate via the capacitor. The second node includes a first floating gate, a second floating gate, and a capacitor. The second node first floating gate is conne...