ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,002, issued on May 5, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device including memory cell including thyristor and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Bo Min Park (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Seung Wook Ryu (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a substrate, first and second pillar electrodes extending along a vertical direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, and a plurality of memory cells disposed between the first and second pillar electrodes. Each of the plurality of memory cells includ...