ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,904, issued on July 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device and electronic system including the same" was invented by Giyong Chung (Seoul, South Korea), Jae-Bok Baek (Osan-si, South Korea), Jaeryong Sim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jeehoon Han (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes a first substrate, a peripheral circuit structure with peripheral transistors on the first substrate, a second substrate on the peripheral circuit structure, a lower insulating layer in contact with a si...