ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,130, issued on March 25, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).
"Semiconductor device" was invented by Yeo Jin Jeong (Icheon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may include first wiring lines, a plurality of second wiring lines located over the first wiring lines, an interlayer insulating layer comprising a first portion, the first portion located in a gap between second wiring lines that neighbor each other in the first direction and a first auxiliary wiring line electrically coupling the first wiring lines."
The patent was filed on March 22, 2022, under Application No. 17/701,253...