ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,628, issued on June 24, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor storage device" was invented by Yukihisa Futami (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan), Yasuhiro Hegi (Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan), Kenichi Kawabata (Chigasaki Kanagawa, Japan), Tsuyoshi Etou (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan), Haruyuki Miyata (Ayase Kanagawa, Japan) and Kenichi Sugawara (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array and a peripheral circuit disposed at least partially below the memory cell array. The peripheral circuit includes an RC circuit in which a resistive portion and a capacitive portio...