ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,623, issued on July 8, was assigned to KIOXIA Corp. (Tokyo).
"Semiconductor device" was invented by Takeshi Kamigaichi (Yokkaichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor body device includes a stacked body including a plurality of electrode layers stacked with an insulator interposed, a semiconductor body extending in a stacking direction of the stacked body through the electrode layers and having a pipe shape, a plurality of memory cells being provided at intersecting portions of the semiconductor body with the electrode layers, and a columnar insulating member extending in the stacking direction inside the semiconducto...