US Patent Issued to Sandisk Technologies on Dec. 30 for "Three-dimensional memory device containing bridges for enhanced structural support and methods of forming the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,902, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Three-dimensional memory device containing bridges for enhanced structural support and methods of forming the same" was invented by Hiromi Minamitani (Yokkaichi, Japan), Kei Nozawa (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Yusuke Yoshida (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional memory device includes vertical layer stacks that are laterally spaced apart by backside trenches that laterally extend along a first horizontal direction, where each of the vertical layer stacks includes a respective alternating stack of insulating layers and elect...