US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on June 17 for "Array of vertical transistors and method used in forming an array of vertical transistors" (Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,288, issued on June 17, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Array of vertical transistors and method used in forming an array of vertical transistors" was invented by Yi Fang Lee (Boise, Idaho), Jaydip Guha (Boise, Idaho), Lars P. Heineck (Boise, Idaho), Kamal M. Karda (Boise, Idaho), Si-Woo Lee (Boise, Idaho), Terrence B. McDaniel (Boise, Idaho), Scott E. Sills (Boise, Idaho), Kevin J. Torek (Meridian, Idaho) and Sheng-Wei Yang (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An array of vertical transistors comprises spaced pillars of individual vertical transistors that individually comprise an upper source/drain r...