US Patent Issued to SK hynix on May 27 for "Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the semiconductor device" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,486, issued on May 27, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the semiconductor device" was invented by Nam Jae Lee (Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a stacked structure including a plurality of conductive patterns and a plurality of insulating patterns alternately stacked on each other, a cell plug passing through the stacked structure, a select plug coupled to the cell plug, and a select pattern surrounding th...