US Patent Issued to SK hynix on March 24 for "Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,195, issued on March 24, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device" was invented by Nam Jae Lee (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes: conductive layers and interlayer insulating layers, which are alternately stacked; a select conductor spaced apart from the conductive layers; cell plugs penetrating the conductive layers, the interlayer insulating layers, and the select conductor; and an auxiliary conductor in contact with the select conductor."

The patent was filed on June 21, 2021, under Applicatio...