US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on Nov. 18 for "Memory devices and methods of forming memory devices" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,743, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Memory devices and methods of forming memory devices" was invented by Giorgio Servalli (Fara Gera d'Adda, Italy) and Marcello Mariani (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having pillars arranged in an array. The pillars have channel regions between upper and lower source/drain regions. Gating structures are proximate to the channel regions and extend along a row direction. Digit lines are beneath the pillars, extend along a column direction, and are coupled with the lower source/drain regions. Linear struct...