ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,613, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and electronic system including the same" was invented by Sangmin Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sunggil Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jeeseung Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are semiconductor devices and electronic systems including the same. The semiconductor device includes a stack structure including electrodes vertically stacked on a semiconductor layer, a source semiconductor pattern between the semiconductor layer and the stack structure, a support semiconductor pattern b...