ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,177, issued on June 17, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).
"Semiconductor memory device" was invented by Masayoshi Tagami (Kuwana Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device includes first and second chips. The first chip includes a first region and a second region. The first region includes memory cells, bit lines, word lines, and first bonding electrodes electrically connected to bit lines. The second region includes contacts electrically connected to word lines and second bonding electrodes electrically connected to contacts. The first bonding electrodes include a third bonding electrode and a fourth...