ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,977, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Semiconductor device" was invented by Moonyoung Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kiseok Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyungeun Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyungjun Noh (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sangho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may include a substrate including a memory cell region between a first connection region and a second connection region, gate electrodes extending in a first direction and including first pad regions having a step structure on the first connection region, back...