ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,629, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device and electronic system including the same" was invented by Jiwon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dohyung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jiyoung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sukkang Sung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device may include a peripheral structure and a cell structure on the peripheral structure. The cell structure may include a substrate having first and second surfaces, which are opposite to each other, a stack including g...