ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,539, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Jinnam Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea), Kwangjin Moon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hojin Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Pilkyu Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Hoonjoo Na (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first and second surface opposite to each other, and an active region on the first surface and defined by a first isolation region; a plurality of active fins on the active region, extending in a first direction, and defined by a sec...