US Patent Issued to Zeno Semiconductor on June 23 for "Semiconductor device having electrically floating body transistor, semiconductor device having both volatile and non-volatile functionality and method of operating" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,024, issued on June 23, was assigned to Zeno Semiconductor Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Semiconductor device having electrically floating body transistor, semiconductor device having both volatile and non-volatile functionality and method of operating" was invented by Yuniarto Widjaja (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory cell includes a floating body region configured to be charged to a level indicative of a state of the memory cell; a first region in electrical contact with said floating body region; a second region in electrical contact with said floating body region and spaced apart from said firs...