ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,589, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Integrated circuit device" was invented by Jongin Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit device includes a word line on active regions and a device isolation film and extending in a first horizontal direction. The word line includes first conductive patterns spaced apart from each other in the first horizontal direction. Each of the first conductive patterns covers a pair of active regions that are immediately adjacent to each other in the first horizontal direction, and a first portion of the device ...