Sony Semiconductor Solutions Assigned Patent

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan, has been assigned a patent (12040004) developed by Tezuka; Hiroyuki, and Kuroda; Masami, Kanagawa, Japan, for a “storage device with counter.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A standard potential used for reading is set flexibly according to the state of a storage device. A data memory cell group stores data. A reference memory cell group stores a plurality of reference potentials. A standard potential generating section selects a prescribed number of reference potentials from among the plurality of reference potentials stored in the reference memory cell group and generates the standard potential. A reference potential selection control section controls the selection by the standard potential generating section according to prescribed conditions. A sense amplifier amplifies data read out from the data memory cell group, by using the standard potential as a standard.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-09-29 (17/775643).