ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,814, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and electronic system including same" was invented by Chung-Ho Yu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Hongsoo Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes; a first transistor on a substrate and including a first gate electrode, a second transistor on the substrate and including a second gate electrode adjacent to the first gate electrode, an electrode structure including electrodes vertically stacked on the first and second transistors and including first and second pads adjacent to in the ...