US Patent Issued to Sandisk Technologies on Aug. 25 for "Three-dimensional memory device containing silicon oxycarbide liners and methods of forming the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,748, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Three-dimensional memory device containing silicon oxycarbide liners and methods of forming the same" was invented by Naohiro Hosoda (Yokkaichi, Japan), Masanori Tsutsumi (Yokkaichi, Japan), Shunsuke Takuma (Yokkaichi, Japan), Seiji Shimabukuro (Yokkaichi, Japan), Tatsuya Hinoue (Yokkaichi, Japan), Takashi Kashimura (Yokkaichi, Japan), Tomohiro Kubo (Yokkaichi, Japan), Hisakazu Otoi (Yokkaichi, Japan), Hiroyuki Tanaka (Yokkaichi, Japan), Takumi Moriyama (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Ryota Suzuki (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory de...