ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,173, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Three-dimensional memory device" was invented by Seungyeon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), In Ho Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sukkang Sung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Beakhyung Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory device is provided. The memory device includes: a memory cell array implemented in a first chip; and a peripheral circuit implemented in a second chip and a third chip which overlaps the first chip along a vertical direction. The peripheral circuit includes: a first peripheral circuit implemented in the...