US Patent Issued to Kioxia on June 17 for "Semiconductor storage device and method for manufacturing semiconductor storage device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,437, issued on June 17, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor storage device and method for manufacturing semiconductor storage device" was invented by Takahiro Kotou (Yokkaichi Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of wiring layers stacked in a first direction, a memory pillar penetrating the plurality of wiring layers in the first direction, and a semiconductor layer provided in the memory pillar and extending in the first direction. The semiconductor storage device further includes a wiring layer that extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, ...