US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on March 24 for "Semiconductor device and data storage system including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,496, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and data storage system including the same" was invented by Yejin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungyoon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongseon Ahn (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heesuk Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jaehwang Sim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a conductive layer; and a contact plug connected to the conductive layer. The contact plug includes a first portion; and a second portion, sequentially stacked, wherein a width of an upper surface of...