ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,157, issued on June 3, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).
"Integrated circuitry, comprising a pair of opposing lateral projections in insulating material in a cavity" was invented by Jivaan Kishore Jhothiraman (Meridian, Idaho) and John Mark Meldrim (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method used in forming integrated circuitry comprises forming a stack comprising vertically-alternating first tiers and second tiers. The stack comprises a cavity therein that comprises a stair-step structure. Sidewalls of the cavity and steps of the stair-step structure are lined with an insulator material. Insulative mate...