ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,673, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea) and RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method of forming PN junction including transition metal dichalcogenide, method of fabricating semiconductor device using the same, and semiconductor device fabricated by the same" was invented by Sang-Yong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jin-Hyuk Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jin-Hong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sejin Kyung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods of forming PN junction structures, methods of fabricating ...