Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Chan-Sic Yoon

Kiseok Lee

Ki-Seok Lee

Jemin Park

Dongoh Kim

Je-min Park

Bong-Soo Kim

Hoin Lee

Ilyoung Moon

Yoosang Hwang

Keunnam Kim

Chan Ho Park

Myeong-Dong Lee

Augustin Jinwoo Hong

Hyeonok Jung

Hui-Jung Kim

Yoo-Sang Hwang

Jun Ho Lee

Dae-Ik Kim

Jung-Hoon Han

Chang-Hyun Cho

Sungho Jang

Jiseok Hong

Ho-in Ryu

Juik Lee

Sooho Shin

Kwangmin Kim

Kiwook Jung

Hyeon-Ok Jung

Ho-in Lee

Dong-oh Kim

Bumseok Seo

Jiung Pak

Sunghak Cho

Jongmin Kim

Jung-Hyun Kim

Eun-Jung Kim

Sunghee Han

Daeik Kim

Yong-kwan Kim

Sohyun Park

Wooyoung Choi

Ki Seok Lee

Sung-Ho Jang

Se-Myeong Jang

Sung-Hee Han

Wonwoo Lee

Junhyeok Ahn

Tae-jin Park

Hyo-Sub Kim

Keun Nam Kim

Min-Su Choi

Woo-song Ahn

Woojin Jeong

Dong-Min Han

Do-Yeong Lee

Han Seong Shin

A semiconductor device includes a cell active pattern including a first portion and a second portion that are spaced apart from each other; a gate structure between the first portion and the second portion of the cell active pattern; a bit-line contact on the first portion of the cell active pattern; a connection pattern on the second portion of the cell active pattern; and a cell separation pattern in contact with the bit-line contact and the connection pattern, wherein the cell separation pattern includes a first sidewall in contact with the connection pattern and a second sidewall in contact with the bit-line contact, an upper portion of the second sidewall of the cell separation pattern is in contact with the bit-line contact, and a lower portion of the second sidewall of the cell separation pattern is spaced apart from the bit-line contact.

Semiconductor device having a cell separation pattern in contact with the bit line contact

A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate comprising an element isolation layer, a bit line that extends on the substrate in a first direction, a cell buffer insulating layer between the bit line and the substrate and comprising an upper cell buffer insulating layer and a lower cell buffer insulating layer, a lower storage contact disposed on a plurality of sides of the bit line and comprising a semiconductor epitaxial pattern, a storage pad on the lower storage contact and connected to the lower storage contact and an information storage unit on the storage pad and connected to the storage pad, wherein the upper cell buffer insulating layer is between the lower cell buffer insulating layer and the bit line, and each of the lower cell buffer insulating layer and the upper cell buffer insulating layer comprises an upper surface and a lower surface that are opposite to each other.

Semiconductor memory device

A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region. A device isolation layer is disposed in the substrate between the first region and the second region. The device isolation layer includes a buried dielectric layer in a trench that is recessed from a top surface of the substrate. A first liner layer is between the trench and the buried dielectric layer. A semiconductor layer is disposed on a top surface of the substrate of the first region. A first gate pattern is disposed on the semiconductor layer. A protrusion is disposed on a top surface of the device isolation layer.

Semiconductor device

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device and a semiconductor memory device, the method including providing a substrate that includes a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region; forming a mask pattern that covers the cell array region and exposes the peripheral circuit region; growing a semiconductor layer on the peripheral circuit region exposed by the mask pattern such that the semiconductor layer has a different lattice constant from the substrate; forming a buffer layer that covers the cell array region and exposes the semiconductor layer; forming a conductive layer that covers the buffer layer and the semiconductor layer; and patterning the conductive layer to form conductive lines on the cell array region and to form a gate electrode on the peripheral circuit region.

Disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first gate pattern on the substrate of the first region, and a second gate pattern on the substrate of the second region. The first gate pattern comprises a first high-k dielectric pattern, a first N-type metal-containing pattern, and a first P-type metal-containing pattern that are sequentially stacked. The second gate pattern comprises a second high-k dielectric pattern and a second P-type metal-containing pattern that are sequentially stacked.

An integrated circuit device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region separated from each other along a direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. An interface device isolation layer fills an interface trench in an interface region between the first region and the second region and defines a portion of a first active area positioned in the first region and a portion of a second active area positioned in the second region. An insulation pattern extends from the first region to an upper portion of the interface device isolation layer. The insulation pattern covers the first active area and at least a portion of the interface device isolation layer. The insulation pattern defines an undercut area on an upper surface of the interface device isolation layer. A buried pattern substantially fills the undercut region.

Integrated circuit device and method of manufacturing the same

A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate, and forming an interlayered insulating layer on the substrate. The method includes forming a preliminary via hole in the interlayered insulating layer. The method includes forming a passivation spacer on an inner side surface of the preliminary via hole. The method includes forming a via hole using the passivation spacer as an etch mask. The method includes forming a conductive via in the via hole. The passivation spacer includes an insulating material different from an insulating material included in the interlayered insulating layer.

Semiconductor device including a passivation spacer and method of fabricating the same

A semiconductor device includes a substrate that includes a cell region and a peripheral circuit region, a cell insulating pattern disposed in the cell region of the substrate that defines a cell active region, and a peripheral insulating pattern disposed in the peripheral circuit region of the substrate that defines a peripheral active region. The peripheral insulating pattern includes a first peripheral insulating pattern having a first width and a second peripheral insulating pattern having a second width greater than the first width. A topmost surface of at least one of the first peripheral insulating pattern and the second peripheral insulating pattern is positioned higher than a topmost surface of the cell insulating pattern.

Semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating the same

An integrated circuit device includes a gate stack structure on a base layer, the gate stack structure having a gate insulating layer with a first dielectric layer on the base layer and having first relative permittivity, and a gate structure on the gate insulating layer, and a gate spacer structure on opposite side walls of the gate stack structure and on the base layer, the gate spacer structure including a buried dielectric layer buried in a recess hole of the gate insulating layer at a lower portion of the gate spacer structure on the base layer, and the buried dielectric layer including a same material as the first dielectric layer.

Integrated circuit device including gate spacer structure

An integrated circuit device includes: a substrate having a cell array area, which includes a first active region, and a peripheral circuit area, which includes a second active region; a direct contact connected to the first active region in the cell array area; a bit line structure connected to the direct contact in the cell array area; and a peripheral circuit gate structure on the second active region in the peripheral circuit area, wherein the peripheral circuit gate structure includes two doped semiconductor layers each being doped with a charge carrier impurity having different doping concentrations from each other.

Integrated circuit device

A semiconductor device includes first wiring line patterns on a support layer, second wiring line patterns on the first wiring line patterns, and a multiple insulation pattern. The first wiring line patterns extend in a first direction and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction. The support layer includes first contact hole patterns between the first wiring line patterns that are spaced apart from each other in the first and second directions. The second wiring line patterns extend in the second direction perpendicular and are spaced apart from each other in the first direction. The multiple insulation pattern is on an upper surface of the support layer where the first contact hole patterns are not formed, arranged in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, and between the first wiring line patterns and the second wiring line patterns.

Semiconductor device including contact structure

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