ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,937, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Semiconductor cell architecture including backside power rails" was invented by Jintae Kim (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and Panjae Park (Halfmoon, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a semiconductor cell architecture which includes a plurality of cells, a plurality of backside power rails, and a plurality of metal lines, wherein the backside power rails are extended in a cell-length direction, and at least one backside power rail vertically overlaps an inside area of at least one cell without vertically overlapping a lower boundary or a...