US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Feb. 24 for "Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,753, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Il Do Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Wan Sup Shin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jae Sun Song (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may include a peripheral circuit portion, a memory cell array disposed over the peripheral circuit portion and including a vertical conductive line, a bonding pad structure between the peripheral circuit portion and the memory cell array, a dielectric pad layer configured to cover the top of the vertical co...