US Patent Issued to WINBOND ELECTRONICS on June 9 for "Flash memory and method of forming the same" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,652,847, issued on June 9, was assigned to WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. (Taichung City, Taiwan).

"Flash memory and method of forming the same" was invented by Chi-Ching Liu (Taichung City, Taiwan), Chia-Ming Liu (Taichung City, Taiwan), Yao-Ting Tsai (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) and Chang-Tsung Pai (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method of forming the semiconductor device includes the following steps. An isolation structure is formed between a plurality of active areas. Semiconductor structures are formed over the active areas, and a portion of each semiconductor structure is embedded in the isolation structure. Sacrif...