US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on July 7 for "Microelectronic devices with mirrored blocks of multi-set staircased stadiums, and related systems and methods" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,188, issued on July 7, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Microelectronic devices with mirrored blocks of multi-set staircased stadiums, and related systems and methods" was invented by Lifang Xu (Boise, Idaho), Umberto Maria Meotto (Dietlikon, Switzerland) and Aaron S. Yip (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microelectronic devices include a stack having a vertically alternating sequence of insulative and conductive structures arranged in tiers. Slit structures extend through the stack, dividing the stack into blocks. A first series of stadiums-within the stack of a first block of a pair of the bloc...