US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Aug. 4 for "Semiconductor device and electronic system including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,712, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and electronic system including the same" was invented by Kang Lib Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sea Hoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Junhee Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a circuit region including a peripheral circuit on a substrate; and a cell region adjacent to the circuit region. The cell region includes a cell array region and a connecting region. The cell region also includes a gate stack that includes an interlayer insulating layer and a gate electro...