ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,144, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Semiconductor device and electronic system" was invented by Yoonhwan Son (Seoul, South Korea), Hyeongjin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungjun Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea), Joongshik Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea), Minsoo Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeehoon Han (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a lower stepped connection part at a first vertical level on a substrate, an upper stepped connection part at a second vertical level higher than the first vertical level on the substrate, a lo...