ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,478, issued on April 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Semiconductor memory device and electronic system including the same" was invented by So Hyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kang-Oh Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Jin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jun Hee Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device includes: a substrate including a first region and a second region, the first region includes a peripheral circuit and a first active region (FAR), and the second region includes memory cell blocks. The FAR includes a FAR first extension extending...