US Patent Issued to Crossbar on March 18 for "Secure circuit integrated with memory layer" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,124, issued on March 18, was assigned to Crossbar Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Secure circuit integrated with memory layer" was invented by George Minassian (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secure integrated circuit comprises a lower logic layer, and one or more memory layers disposed above the lower logic layer. A security key is provided in one or more of the memory layers for unlocking the logic layer. A plurality of connectors are provided between the one or more memory layers and the lower logic layer to electrically couple the memory layer(s) and lower logic layer."

The patent was filed on Dec. 5, 2023, u...