US Patent Issued to Sandisk Technologies on Nov. 3 for "Three-dimensional memory device including inclined word line contact strips and methods of forming the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,282, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Three-dimensional memory device including inclined word line contact strips and methods of forming the same" was invented by Takaaki Iwai (Yokkaichi, Japan), Takayuki Maekura (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Hirofumi Tokita (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory device includes an alternating stack including insulating layers and electrically conductive layers and a tapered sidewall that laterally extends along a first horizontal direction and an inclined along a second horizontal direction, memory opening fill structures extending through e...