ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,713,904, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Semiconductor device and electronic system including the same" was invented by Sujin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hongsoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hee-Sung Kam (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byungjoo Go (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Janghee Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may include a source structure including a cell region and an extension region adjacent to the cell region, a gate stack in the cell and extension regions, a penetration contact disposed in the extension region, a stepwise ins...