US Patent Issued to Kioxia on April 22 for "Semiconductor memory device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,327, issued on April 22, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor memory device" was invented by Naoya Tokiwa (Fujisawa Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device includes a memory block, a plurality of bit lines, a plurality of select gate lines, a plurality of word lines, and a controller. The memory block includes a plurality of memory strings, each memory string including a selection transistor and a plurality of memory cells. The plurality of bit lines are arranged in the first direction and connected to the respective memory strings. The plurality of select gate lines are arranged in...