ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,438, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to DB HiTek Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Yong Shin Han (Incheon, South Korea) and Myeong Bum Pyun (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device comprises: a substrate comprising an epitaxial layer; a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode disposed on the substrate; a first type body region disposed within the substrate between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, a pillar region extending from the first type body region toward a lower surface of the substrate ...