US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on Sept. 23 for "Integrated circuitry comprising a memory array comprising strings of memory cells and methods used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells" (Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,261, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Integrated circuitry comprising a memory array comprising strings of memory cells and methods used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells" was invented by Daniel Billingsley (Meridian, Idaho), Jordan D. Greenlee (Boise, Idaho), John D. Hopkins (Meridian, Idaho), Yongjun Jeff Hu (Boise, Idaho) and Swapnil Lengade (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises forming an upper stack directly above a lower stack. The lower stack comprises vertically-alt...