ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,397, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same" was invented by Jun Sik Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device comprises a lower structure; a plurality of semiconductor layers laterally oriented in a direction parallel to a surface of the lower structure; a plurality of bit lines connected an end of the semiconductor layers and extending in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the lower structure; word lines extending laterally in a direction crossing the semiconductor layers over the semicond...