US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on Sept. 23 for "Microelectronic devices, related electronic systems, and methods of forming microelectronic devices" (California, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,239, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Microelectronic devices, related electronic systems, and methods of forming microelectronic devices" was invented by Fatma Arzum Simsek-Ege (Boise, Idaho) and Richard E. Fackenthal (Carmichael, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectronic device comprises a vertical stack of memory cells. The vertical stack of memory cells comprises a vertical stack of access devices, a vertical stack of capacitors horizontally neighboring the vertical stack of access devices, a conductive pillar structure in electrical communication with the vertical stack o...