ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,037, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Wuhan, China).

"Three-dimensional memory devices and methods for forming the same" was invented by Yanhong Wang (Wuhan, China), Wei Liu (Wuhan, China), Liang Chen (Wuhan, China), Zhiliang Xia (Wuhan, China), Wenxi Zhou (Wuhan, China), Kun Zhang (Wuhan, China) and Yuancheng Yang (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In certain aspects, a three-dimensional (3D) memory device includes a first semiconductor structure, a second semiconductor structure, and a bonding interface between the first and second semiconductor structures. The first semiconductor s...