US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Oct. 7 for "Stacked integrated circuit" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,126, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Stacked integrated circuit" was invented by Dong Uk Lee (Icheon-si, South Korea), Kwang Myoung Rho (Icheon-si, South Korea), Choung Ki Song (Icheon-si, South Korea), Seung Han Oak (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Woo Yeong Cho (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stacked integrated circuit includes a first chip including a first area and a second area that are disposed to be substantially symmetrical to each other in relation to a first rotating axis. The first area includes a first through via set and a first front pad set that are connect...