ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,625, issued on March 3, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device" was invented by Won Geun Choi (Icheon-si, South Korea), Rho Gyu Kwak (Icheon-si, South Korea), In Su Park (Icheon-si, South Korea), Jung Shik Jang (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Jung Dal Choi (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a gate structure including conductive layers and insulating layers that are alternately stacked. The semiconductor device also includes an insulating core located in the gate structure and including a long axis a...