US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on Dec. 30 for "Decoding architecture for memory devices" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,146, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Decoding architecture for memory devices" was invented by Paolo Fantini (Vimercate, Italy), Enrico Varesi (Milan), Lorenzo Fratin (Buccinasco, Italy) and Fabio Pellizzer (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for a decoding architecture for memory devices are described. Word line plates of a memory array may each include a sheet of conductive material that includes a first portion extending in a first direction within a plane along with multiple fingers extending in a second direction within the plane. Two word line pla...