US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on July 21 for "Semiconductor memory device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,189, issued on July 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor memory device" was invented by Juho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seongjae Byeon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wonsok Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jeon Il Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor memory device includes a bit line on a substrate and extending in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate, a channel pattern connected to a top surface of the bit line and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate, a first drain pattern on the c...