US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Dec. 9 for "Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,542, 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 Dong Yean Oh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jin Sun Cho (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a horizontal layer spaced apart from a lower structure to extend in a direction parallel to the lower structure; a vertical conductive line extending in a direction perpendicular to the lower structure and coupled to a first-side end of the horizontal layer; a data storage element coupled to a second-side end of the horizontal layer; and a...