US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on March 31 for "Electronic devices comprising an oxide fill region, and related electronic systems and methods" (Idaho Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,447, issued on March 31, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Electronic devices comprising an oxide fill region, and related electronic systems and methods" was invented by John D. Hopkins (Meridian, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device comprising a source stack comprising one or more conductive materials, and an oxide fill region within an upper portion of the source stack. A source contact is adjacent to the source stack and the oxide fill region, and a doped semiconductive material is adjacent to the source contact. Tiers of alternating conductive materials and dielectric materials are adj...