US Patent Issued to SK hynix on July 28 for "Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,450, issued on July 28, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device" was invented by Seok Min Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jeong Hwan Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jung Shik Jang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Rho Gyu Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), In Su Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Na Yeong Yang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Won Geun Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jung Dal Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may include a gate structure including stacked local lines and a multi-step struct...