US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Sept. 23 for "Three-dimensional memory device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,545, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, Japan).

"Three-dimensional memory device" was invented by Jin Ho Kim (Icheon-si, South Korea), Chang Woo Kang (Icheon-si, South Korea), Sang Hyun Sung (Icheon-si, South Korea), Chang Man Son (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Sung Lae Oh (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional memory device includes a first electrode structure and a second electrode structure extending in a first direction, being adjacent to each other in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and each including a plurality of electrode layers and a plu...