US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on April 7 for "Memory array comprising strings of memory cells and method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells" (Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,742, issued on April 7, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Memory array comprising strings of memory cells and method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells" was invented by John D. Hopkins (Meridian, Idaho) and Alyssa N. Scarbrough (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises forming a stack comprising vertically-alternating first tiers and second tiers. The stack comprises laterally-spaced memory-block regions that have horizontally-elongated trenches there-between. Channel openings extend through the...