US Patent Issued to SK hynix on May 5 for "Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,994, issued on May 5, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device" was invented by Chul Young Kim (Icheon-si, South Korea), Ji Yeon Baek (Icheon-si, South Korea), Kyung Sung Yun (Icheon-si, South Korea), Kyung Jin Lee (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Sul Gi Jung (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes: a first gate structure including a cell region and a contact region; a channel structure located in the cell region of the first gate structure; and a supporter located in the contact region of the first gate stru...