ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,332, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Semiconductor device" was invented by Seung Min Song (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Nam Hyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a substrate extending a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, an active pattern that protrudes from the substrate in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, a first plurality of lower nanosheets, a second plurality of lower nanosheets stacked spaced apart from the first plurality of lo...