US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on Nov. 3 for "Memory devices including slot structures" (Idaho Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,756, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Memory devices including slot structures" was invented by Adam W. Saxler (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectronic device comprises a stack structure, and slot structures vertically extending through the stack structure and dividing the stack structure into block structures. Each of the slot structures individually comprises an insulative liner material vertically extending through the slot structure and contacting sidewalls of the insulative levels and the conductive levels defining the slot structure, and grains of a material in conta...