ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,726, issued on March 31, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Integrated circuit including standard cell and method of designing the integrated circuit" was invented by Jungho Do (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jisu Yu (Seoul, South Korea), Hyeongyu You (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Minjae Jeong (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yujin Pyo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit includes a plurality of standard cells including first and second standard cells arranged adjacent to each other in a first direction, and first, second, and third metal layers sequentially stacked in a ...