Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Chunghwan Shin

Wonkeun Chung

Sangjin Hyun

Heonbok Lee

Youngsuk Chai

Hoonjoo Na

Jaemoon Lee

Seongdong Lim

Hongkeun Park

Byungchul Kang

Jeongik Kim

A semiconductor device includes a substrate; an active region extending in a first direction on the substrate; a gate structure extending in a second direction on the substrate and including a gate electrode; a source/drain region provided on the active region on at least one side of the gate structure; an interlayer insulating layer covering the gate structure; a first contact structure connected to the source/drain region on at least one side of the gate structure; and a gate contact structure passing at least partially through the interlayer insulating layer and connected to the gate electrode, wherein the gate contact structure includes: a first layer including a conductive material; a second layer provided on the first layer, spaced apart from the interlayer insulating layer by the first layer, and including first impurities; and a third layer provided on the second layer and including second impurities.

Semiconductor devices

A semiconductor device includes a substrate that includes an active pattern, a channel pattern and a source/drain pattern on the active pattern, a gate electrode on the channel pattern, an active contact electrically connected to the source/drain pattern, and a gate contact electrically connected to the gate electrode. The active contact includes a first barrier pattern, a first seed pattern on the first barrier pattern, a first fill pattern on the first seed pattern, and a first metal-containing pattern between the first seed pattern and the first fill pattern. The first metal-containing pattern includes tungsten nitride. A nitrogen concentration of the first metal-containing pattern decreases in a direction toward the substrate.

Semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active pattern therein, a gate electrode extending across the active pattern and a source/drain region on the active pattern laterally adjacent the gate electrode. The device further includes a contact structure including a first contact on the source/drain region, a second contact on the first contact and a spacer on sidewalls of the first and second contacts.

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