Zeno Semiconductor Assigned Patent

Zeno Semiconductor, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,460,790) developed by Widjaja, Yuniarto, San Jose, CA, for a “semiconductor memory having both volatile and non-volatile functionality and method of operating.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Semiconductor memory having both volatile and non-volatile modes and methods of operation. A semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of memory cells each having a floating body for storing, reading and writing data as volatile memory. The device includes a floating gate or trapping layer for storing data as non-volatile memory, the device operating as volatile memory when power is applied to the device, and the device storing data from the volatile memory as non-volatile memory when power to the device is interrupted.“

The patent application was filed on August 28, 2015 (14/839,682).