ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,832, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Memory array structures" was invented by Jae Kyu Choi (Boise, Idaho), Jin Yue (Boise, Idaho), Kyubong Jung (Boise, Idaho), Albert Fayrushin (Boise, Idaho), Jae Young Ahn (Boise, Idaho) and Jun Kyu Yang (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Memory array structures, and methods of their formation; might include a first memory cell having a first control gate and an adjacent first portion of a charge-blocking structure, a second memory cell having a second control gate and an adjacent second portion of the charge-blocking structure, and a first dielectr...