US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on March 18 for "Semiconductor memories including edge mats having folded digit lines" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,947, issued on March 18, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Semiconductor memories including edge mats having folded digit lines" was invented by Hirokazu Ato (Sagamihara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods including folded digit lines are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first digit line portion extending in a first direction, a second digit line portion extending in the first direction, and a third digit line portion between the first and second digit line portions and extending in the first direction. A folded portion is coupled to the first and second digit line portions, ...