ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,538, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Semiconductor apparatus" was invented by Teawon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jiwon Yun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yurim Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junghan Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Yongsuk Tak (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor apparatus includes a bit line extending in a first horizontal direction on a substrate; a channel layer on the bit line, the channel layer extending in a vertical direction, including a first oxide semiconductor material that includes indium, and having a first side wall a...