US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on Sept. 16 for "Microelectronic devices including staircase structures, and related memory devices, electronic systems, and methods" (Italian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,807, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Microelectronic devices including staircase structures, and related memory devices, electronic systems, and methods" was invented by Anna Maria Conti (Milan), Paolo Tessariol (Arcore, Italy) and Umberto Maria Meotto (Dietlikon, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectronic device comprises a stack structure overlying a source tier. The stack structure comprises a vertically alternating sequence of conductive structures and insulative structures arranged in tiers. The microelectronic device comprises a staircase structure within the stack ...