US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Dec. 16 for "Semiconductor devices and data storage systems including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,618, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor devices and data storage systems including the same" was invented by Sangmin Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Bio Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kyungwook Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a peripheral circuit structure including: a first substrate, circuit devices on the first substrate, a lower wiring structure electrically connected to the circuit devices, a lower insulating layer covering the lower wiring structure, and a diffusion barrier layer on the lower insulating...