ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,536, issued on June 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device with power tap cells, power rails, and power delivery network connected by through vias" was invented by Byung Ju Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Pan Jae Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ji Wook Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chul Hong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jae Seok Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first side and a second side that are opposite to each other, a power tap cell in a first row, a sec...