US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Dec. 16 for "Semiconductor device and data storage system including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,167, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and data storage system including the same" was invented by Minkyu Chung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangjae Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungyoon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jaehwang Sim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may include a first structure, a second structure on the first structure, and gate contact plugs penetrating through the first and second structures. The first structure may include a first stack structure including first gate layers and first insulating lay...