ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,381, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor devices" was invented by Junbeom Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangwon Baek (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yunsuk Nam (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes an active region extending in a first direction on a substrate; a plurality of channel layers on the active region and spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the first direction; a gate structure on the substrate, the gate structure intersecting the active region and the plurality of channel l...