ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,461, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Microelectronic devices and electronic systems" was invented by Fatma Arzum Simsek-Ege (Boise, Idaho), Kunal R. Parekh (Boise, Idaho), Terrence B. McDaniel (Boise, Idaho) and Beau D. Barry (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a microelectronic device comprises forming a first microelectronic device structure comprising a first semiconductor structure, a first isolation material over the first semiconductor structure, and first conductive routing structures over the first semiconductor structure and surrounded by the first isola...