US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on Aug. 26 for "Microelectronic devices, related electronic systems, and methods of forming microelectronic devices" (California, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,297, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Microelectronic devices, related electronic systems, and methods of forming microelectronic devices" was invented by Fatma Arzum Simsek-Ege (Boise, Idaho) and Richard E. Fackenthal (Carmichael, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectronic device comprises vertical stacks of memory cells, each vertical stack of memory cells comprising a vertical stack of access devices, a vertical stack of capacitors horizontally neighboring the vertical stack of access devices, and a conductive pillar structure vertically extending through the vertical stack of...