ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,316, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).
"Semiconductor device and data storage system including the same" was invented by Yonghoon Son (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Junhyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device and a data storage system including the same are provided. The semiconductor device including a plate layer, a pattern structure on the plate layer, an upper pattern layer on the pattern structure, an upper structure including a stack structure and a capping insulating structure covering at least a portion of the stack structure, ...