ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,469, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Integrated circuit devices" was invented by Seungmin Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minchan Gwak (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Doyoung Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit device includes a channel area extending in a first horizontal direction, a gate cut structure having a tapered shape in which a horizontal width thereof decreases while extending from a lower side to an upper side in a vertical direction, and a pair of gate electrodes respectively having ends facing each other with the gate cut st...