ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,213, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Byeongjoo Ku (Suwon-si, South Korea), Keunnam Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kiseok Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes: a substrate including a cell array area, a periphery circuit area, and an interface area; bit lines arranged in the cell array area and extending in a first horizontal direction; a mold insulating layer arranged on the bit lines and including openings extending in a second horizontal direction; channel layers respectively arranged...