Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Hokyun Ahn

Jong-Won Lim

Hae Cheon Kim

Eun Soo Nam

Jae Kyoung Mun

Hyung Sup Yoon

Byoung-Gue Min

Dong Min Kang

Sang-Heung Lee

Woojin Chang

Hong Gu Ji

Sang Choon Ko

Seong-Il Kim

Dong-Young Kim

Sungjae Chang

Hyunwook Jung

Chull Won Ju

Young Rak Park

Jongmin Lee

Kyu Jun Cho

Jae Won Do

Jeong-Jin Kim

Min Jeong Shin

Sang Heung Lee

Woo Jin Chang

Sung-Bum Bae

Hyung Seok Lee

Haecheon Kim

Yoo Jin Jang

Heacheon Kim

Jeong Jin Kim

Provided is a compound semiconductor device. The compound semiconductor device according to embodiments of the inventive concept includes a first semiconductor layer having a fin extending in a first direction on a substrate, an upper gate electrode extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed between a sidewall of the fin and the upper gate electrode, a dielectric layer disposed between a top surface of the fin and the upper gate electrode, and a lower gate structure connected to a bottom surface of the first semiconductor layer by passing through the substrate.

Compound semiconductor device

Provided is a semiconductor device including a substrate in which an insulation layer is disposed between a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, a through-hole penetrating through the substrate, the through-hole having a first hole penetrating through the first semiconductor layer and a second hole penetrating through the insulation layer and the second semiconductor layer from a bottom surface of the first hole, an epi-layer disposed inside the through-hole, a drain electrode disposed inside the second hole and contacting one surface of the epi-layer, and a source electrode and a gate electrode which are disposed on the other surface of the epi-layer.

Semiconductor device having a drain electrode contacting an epi material inside a through-hole and method of manufacturing the same

Provided is a cascode circuit including first and second transistors connected between a drain terminal and a source terminal in cascode form, a level sifter configured to change a voltage level of a switching control signal applied to a gate terminal and provide the changed switching control signal to a gate of the first transistor, a buffer configured to delay the switching control signal and provide the delayed switching control signal to a gate of the second transistor, and a first resistor connected between the level shifter and the gate of the first transistor.

Cascode switch circuit including level shifter

A field effect transistor is provided. The field effect transistor may include a capping layer on a substrate, a source ohmic electrode and a drain ohmic electrode on the capping layer, a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer stacked on the capping layer to cover the source and drain ohmic electrodes, a &#x393;-shaped gate electrode including a leg portion and a head portion, the leg portion being connected to the substrate between the source ohmic electrode and the drain ohmic electrode, and the head portion extending from the leg portion to cover a top surface of the second insulating layer, a first planarization layer on the second insulating layer to cover the &#x393;-shaped gate electrode, and a first electrode on the first planarization layer, the first electrode being connected to the source ohmic electrode or the drain ohmic electrode.

Field effect transistor and method of fabricating the same

A semiconductor device may include a substrate having a lower via-hole, an epitaxial layer having an opening exposing a top surface of the substrate, a semiconductor chip disposed on the top surface of the substrate and including first, second, and third electrodes, an upper metal layer connected to the first electrode, a supporting substrate disposed on the upper metal layer and having an upper via-hole, an upper pad disposed on the substrate and extending into the upper via-hole, a lower pad connected to the second electrode in the opening, and a lower metal layer covering a bottom surface of the substrate and connected to the lower pad through the lower via-hole.

Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming devices including source, drain and gate electrodes on a front surface of a substrate including a bulk silicon, a buried oxide layer, an active silicon, a gallium nitride layer, and an aluminum-gallium nitride layer sequentially stacked, etching a back surface of the substrate to form a via-hole penetrating the substrate and exposing a bottom surface of the source electrode, conformally forming a ground interconnection on the back surface of the substrate having the via-hole, forming a protecting layer on the front surface of the substrate, and cutting the substrate to separate the devices from each other.

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

A field effect transistor includes an active layer and a capping layer sequentially stacked on a substrate, and a gate electrode penetrating the capping layer and being adjacent to the active layer. The gate electrode includes a foot portion adjacent to the active layer and a head portion having a width greater than a width of the foot portion. The foot portion of an end part of the gate electrode has a width less than a width of the head portion of another part of the gate electrode and greater than a width of the foot portion of the another part of the gate electrode. The foot portion of the end part of the gate electrode further penetrates the active layer so as to be adjacent to the substrate.

Transistor and method of fabricating the same

Provided are an electronic chip and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor chip may include a substrate, an active device integrated on the substrate, a lower interlayered insulating layer covering the resulting structure provided with the active device, a passive device provided on the lower interlayered insulating layer, an upper interlayered insulating layer covering the resulting structure provided with the passive device, and a ground electrode provided on the upper interlayered insulating layer. The upper interlayered insulating layer may be formed of a material, whose dielectric constant may be higher than that of the lower interlayered insulating layer.

Electronic chip and method of fabricating the same

A high electron mobility transistor includes a T-type gate electrode disposed on a substrate between source and drain electrodes and insulating layers disposed between the substrate and the T-type gate electrode. The insulating layers include first, second, and third insulating layers. The third insulating layer is disposed between the substrate and a head portion of the T-type gate electrode such that a portion of the third insulating layer is in contact with a foot portion of the T-type gate electrode. The second insulating layer is disposed between the substrate and the head portion of the T-type gate electrode to be in contact with the third insulating layer. The first insulating layer and another portion of the third insulating layer are sequentially stacked between the substrate and the head portion of the T-type gate electrode to be in contact with the second insulating layer.

Disclosed are a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. In the semiconductor device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, at the time of forming a source electrode, a drain electrode, a field plate electrode, and a gate electrode on a substrate having a heterojunction structure such as AlGaN/GaN, the field plate electrode made of the same metal as the gate electrode is formed on the side surface of a second support part positioned below a head part of the gate electrode so as to prevent the gate electrode from collapsing and improve high-frequency and high-voltage characteristic of the semiconductor device.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device

Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a field-effect transistor. The disclosed method includes: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a source ohmic metal layer on one side of the semiconductor substrate; forming a drain ohmic metal layer on another side of the semiconductor substrate; forming a gate electrode between the source ohmic metal layer and the drain ohmic metal layer, on an upper portion of the semiconductor substrate; forming an insulating film on the semiconductor substrate's upper portion including the source ohmic metal layer, the drain ohmic metal layer and the gate electrode; and forming a plurality of field electrodes on an upper portion of the insulating film, wherein the insulating film below the respective field electrodes has different thicknesses.

Method of manufacturing a field-effect transistor

Provided is a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; an active layer on the substrate; a capping layer on the active layer; source/drain electrodes on the capping layer; a gate electrode on the active layer; and a first void region on a first sidewall of the gate electrode and a second void region on a second sidewall facing the first sidewall.

Semiconductor devices and methods of forming thereof

Provided are a method of manufacturing a normally-off mode high frequency device structure and a method of simultaneously manufacturing a normally-on mode high frequency device structure and a normally-off mode high frequency device structure on a single substrate.

Method of manufacturing high frequency device structure

Provided is a power amplifier including: a depletion mode high electron mobility transistor (D-mode HEMT) configured to amplify a signal inputted to a gate terminal and output the amplified signal through a drain terminal; an input matching circuit configured to serially ground the gate terminal; and a DC bias circuit connected between the drain terminal and a ground. Through the foregoing configuration, the HEMT may be biased only by a single DC bias circuit without any biasing means to provide a negative voltage. Also, superior matching characteristic may be provided in various operation frequency bands through a shunt inductor and a choke inductor.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Hokyun Ahn