ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,556, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Semiconductor device" was invented by Ki Heun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yong Seok Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyun Cheol Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dae Won Ha (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are semiconductor devices. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate structure disposed on the substrate and extending in a first direction, and an active pattern spaced apart from the substrate in a second direction, extending in a third direction, and penetrating the gate structure, wherein the activ...