ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,041, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Jung Ho Do (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ji Su Yu (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jae Ha Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a semiconductor device includes a first power rail configured to provide a first voltage and extending in a first direction, a substrate comprising a first well having a first conductivity type and a second well having a second conductivity type, a first well tap having the first conductivity type, on the first ...