US Patent Issued to Kioxia on March 3 for "Semiconductor device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,465, issued on March 3, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Shigehiro Yamakita (Yokkaichi Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer, a plurality of first transistors provided on the first semiconductor layer, an insulating layer provided on the first semiconductor layer and covering the plurality of first transistors, a second semiconductor layer provided in the insulating layer, a plurality of second transistors provided on the second semiconductor layer, and a separation layer that extends through the second semiconductor layer betw...