Zeno Semiconductor Assigned Patent
Semiconductor memory having both volatile and non-volatile functionality
By Francis Pelletier | November 21, 2019 at 2:23 pmZeno Semiconductor, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, has been assigned a patent (10,468,102) developed by Widjaja, Yuniarto, Cupertino, 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 9, 2017 (15/673,059).