US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on March 4 for "Electronic devices comprising air gaps adjacent to bitlines" (Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,620, issued on March 4, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Electronic devices comprising air gaps adjacent to bitlines" was invented by Mithun Kumar Ramasahayam (Merdian, Idaho) and Michael J. Gossman (Meridian, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device that comprises bitlines and air gaps adjacent to an array region of an electronic device is disclosed. The bitlines comprise sloped sidewalls and a height of the air gaps is greater than a height of the bitlines. Additional electronic devices are disclosed, as are methods of forming an electronic device and related systems."

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