ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,649, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Semiconductor device, driving method of semiconductor device, and electronic device" was invented by Hiromichi Godo (Isehara, Japan), Hitoshi Kunitake (Isehara, Japan) and Kazuki Tsuda (Atsugi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel semiconductor device is provided. A memory string, which extends in the Z direction and includes a conductor and an oxide semiconductor, intersects with a plurality of wirings CG extending in the Y direction. The conductor is placed along a center axis of the memory string, and the oxide semiconductor ...