ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,198, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Semiconductor device" was invented by Youngnam Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may include: a cell area in which a plurality of memory cells arranged in a first direction, a second direction and a third direction are disposed, the first direction and the second direction being parallel to an upper surface of a substrate and intersecting, and the third direction being perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate; and a peripheral circuit area in which a word line driver connected to the...