US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Oct. 27 for "Semiconductor device including a plug structure" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,918, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device including a plug structure" was invented by Young Gwang Yoon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first active region and a second active region; a first ion implantation region in the first active region of the substrate; a first plug structure over the first active region to be vertically aligned with the first ion implantation region; a second ion implantation region in the second active region of the substrate; and a second plug structure over the second a...