Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hoju Song

Youngjun Kim

Seokhyun Kim

Bongsoo Kim

Sungwoo Kim

Jinhyung Park

Hyeran Lee

Jieun Lee

Seunguk Han

Sangho Yun

Youngsin Kim

Yoongi Hong

Dongkwan Yang

Kijin Park

Dongkyun Lim

Gyuhyun Lee

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes forming bit line structures extending in a first horizontal direction on a substrate, and insulating spacer structures covering opposite sidewalls of each bit line structure, forming a preliminary buried contact material layer and a mold layer to respectively fill lower and upper portions of a space between a pair of insulating spacer structures, patterning the mold layer and the preliminary buried contact material layer into mold patterns spaced apart from each other in a second horizontal direction and buried contacts spaced apart from each other in the second horizontal direction, forming insulating fences among the mold patterns separated from each other and among the buried contacts separated from each other, removing the mold patterns to expose the buried contacts, and forming landing pads on the exposed buried contacts, each landing pad connected to a corresponding one of the exposed buried contacts.

Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same

A semiconductor device includes a bit line structure, first and second capping patterns, first and second contact plug structures, and a capacitor. The bit line structure extends on a cell region and a dummy region. The first capping pattern is adjacent the bit line structure on the cell region. The second capping pattern is adjacent the bit line structure on the dummy region. The first contact plug structure is adjacent the bit line structure and the first capping pattern on the cell region, and includes a lower contact plug and a first upper contact plug sequentially stacked. The second contact plug structure is adjacent the bit line structure and the second capping pattern on the dummy region, and includes a dummy lower contact plug and a second upper contact plug sequentially stacked. The capacitor contacts an upper surface of the first contact plug structure on the cell region.

Semiconductor memory devices

A semiconductor device includes a gate structure on a substrate, first and second spacer structures on first and second sidewalls, respectively, opposite to each other of the gate structure, and first and second source/drain layers at upper portions of the substrate adjacent to the first and second sidewalls, respectively, of the gate structure. An upper surface of the gate structure has a height with reference to an upper surface of the substrate being a base level decreasing from a central portion to the first sidewall and substantially constant from the central portion to the second sidewall.

Semiconductor devices having a decreasing height gate structure

Semiconductor devices

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