ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,766, issued on May 13, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).
"Sparse piers for three-dimensional memory arrays" was invented by Stephen W. Russell (Boise, Idaho), Enrico Varesi (Milan), David H. Wells (Boise, Idaho), Paolo Fantini (Vimercate, Italy) and Lorenzo Fratin (Buccinasco, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for sparse piers for three-dimensional memory arrays are described. A semiconductor device, such as a memory die, may include pier structures formed in contact with features formed from alternating layers of materials deposited over a substrate, which may provide mechanical ...