ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,316, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Semiconductor memory device" was invented by Woo Young Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hui-Jung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ji Hoon Sung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ga Eun Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sang Kyu Sun (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a semiconductor memory device comprising an active region extending in a cell isolation layer, wherein the active region includes a first region and a second region; a bit line intersects the active region; a bit line contact between a substrate and the bit line, wh...