US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on May 26 for "Semiconductor device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,641,826, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Eui Bok Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Moon Kyun Song (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a fin-shaped pattern, a field insulating film covering a sidewall of the fin-shaped pattern, a source/drain pattern disposed on an upper surface of the fin-shaped pattern, a source/drain etch stop film extending along an upper surface of the field insulating film and a sidewall of the source/drain pattern, a source/drain contact connected to the source/drain pattern,...