US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on July 28 for "Microelectronic devices with support pillars spaced along a slit region between pillar array blocks" (Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,446, issued on July 28, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Microelectronic devices with support pillars spaced along a slit region between pillar array blocks" was invented by Anilkumar Chandolu (Boise, Idaho) and Indra V. Chary (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectronic device includes a stack structure comprising a vertically alternating sequence of insulative structures and conductive structures arranged in tiers. At least one slit region divides the stack structure into blocks. Each block comprises an array of active pillars. Along the at least one slit region is a horizontally alternating...