US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on March 18 for "Semiconductor device and layout method of the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,140, issued on March 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and layout method of the same" was invented by Seungil Chai (Seoul, South Korea), Kyunghee Shin (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Daehee Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Moonhui Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device, includes a plurality of semiconductor elements, each of the plurality of semiconductor elements including a gate structure extending in a first direction and an active region provided on both sides of the gate structure in a second direction intersecting the firs...