ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,325, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Macronix International Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Three-dimensional semiconductor devices" was invented by Chen-Yu Cheng (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Tzung-Ting Han (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems and apparatus for three-dimensional (3D) memory devices are provided. In one aspect, a semiconductor device includes: an array-side structure and a device-side structure. The array-side structure includes a memory array of memory cells and an array-side integrated circuit conductively coupled to the memory array. The device-side structure includes a device-side integrated cir...