ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,204, issued on May 19, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and electronic device including the same" was invented by Changhyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minsu Seol (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junyoung Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Keunwook Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Minseok Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a channel including a two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor material, a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to opposite sides of the channel, respectively, a transition metal oxide layer o...