US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on July 1 for "Integrated circuit device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,373, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Integrated circuit device" was invented by Kyooho Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Jeonggyu Song (Seongnam, South Korea), Younsoo Kim (Yongin, South Korea) and Jooho Lee (Hwaseong, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit device includes a lower electrode including a niobium (Nb)-containing layer doped with titanium (Ti), a dielectric layer on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode that covers the dielectric layer."

The patent was filed on Dec. 28, 2021, under Application No. 17/563,416.

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