ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,693, issued on June 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Integrated circuit" was invented by Shin Woo Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chang Beom Kim (Tongyeong-si, South Korea), Jae Ha Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Doo Hee Cho (Goyang-si, South Korea) and Jae Wan Choi (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit includes first power supply lines which extend in a first direction and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction different from the first direction. A second power supply line extends in the first direction and is placed between the first power supp...