ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,350, issued on July 1, was assigned to KIOXIA Corp. (Tokyo).
"Semiconductor memory device" was invented by Yusuke Okumura (Yokkaichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region arranged in a first direction, conductive layers arranged in a second direction and extending in the first direction, a semiconductor layer disposed in the first region and opposed to the conductive layers, contact electrodes disposed in the second region and electrically connected to the conductive layers, and a first structure connected to a first contact electrode in th...