US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on June 30 for "Methods of forming microelectronic devices" (Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,590, issued on June 30, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Methods of forming microelectronic devices" was invented by Fatma Arzum Simsek-Ege (Boise, Idaho) and Kunal R. Parekh (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a microelectronic device comprises forming a microelectronic device structure assembly comprising memory cells, digit lines coupled to the memory cells, contact structures coupled to the digit lines, word lines coupled to the memory cells, additional contact structures coupled to the word lines, and isolation material surrounding the contact structures and the additional cont...