Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

International Business Machines Corporation

Globalfoundries Inc.

Stmicroelectronics Gmbh

Ju Youn Kim

Hyung Joo Na

Sang Min Yoo

Bong Seok Suh

Joo Ho Jung

Sung Moon Lee

Se Ki Hong

Gi Gwan Park

Eui Chul Hwang

Sang Jung Kang

Jin-Wook Kim

Tae Won Ha

Eui Chui Hwang

Yun Sang Shin

Jedon Kim

Ji Su Kang

Deok Han Bae

Myung Yoon Um

Jun Mo Park

Ju Hun Park

In Yeal Lee

Ji Hwan An

Seul Gi Yun

Jin Woo Kim

Jin Wook Kim

Pietro Montanini

Young-Hun Kim

Brett H Engel

Roderick Miller

Tae Eung Yoon

Jung Hoon Seo

Gerald Leake, Jr

A semiconductor device including a substrate includes a first region and a second region and first and second transistors in the first and second regions, respectively. The first transistor includes a first gate insulating layer on the substrate, a first lower TiN layer on and in contact with the first gate insulating layer, a first etch-stop layer on the first lower TiN layer and a first upper gate electrode on the first etch-stop layer. The second transistor includes a second gate insulating layer on the substrate, a second lower TiN layer on and in contact with the second gate insulating layer, a second etch-stop layer on the second lower TiN layer and a second upper gate electrode on the second etch-stop layer. A thickness of the first lower TiN layer is less than a thickness of the second lower TiN layer.

Semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes a first active pattern extending lengthwise along a first direction and a second active pattern extending lengthwise along the first direction and spaced apart from the first active pattern in the first direction. The device also includes a field insulating film between the first active pattern and the second active pattern. An upper surface of the field insulating film is lower than or coplanar with upper surfaces of the first and second active patterns. The device further includes an element isolation structure in an isolation trench in the first active pattern and the field insulating film. An upper surface of the element isolation structure is higher than the upper surfaces of the first and second active patterns.

Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same

A semiconductor device includes a substrate with first and second areas, a first trench in the first area, and first and second PMOS transistors in the first area and the second area, respectively. The first transistor includes a first gate insulating layer, a first TiN layer on and contacting the first gate insulating layer, and a first gate electrode on and contacting the first TiN layer. The second transistor includes a second gate insulating layer, a second TiN layer on and contacting the second gate insulating layer, and a first TiAlC layer on and contacting the second TiN layer. The first gate insulating layer, the first TiN layer, and the first gate electrode are within the first trench. The first gate electrode does not include aluminum. A threshold voltage of the first transistor is smaller than a threshold voltage of the second transistor.

Semiconductor devices

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate structure on the substrate, and a gate contact in the gate structure. The gate structure includes a gate electrode extending in a first direction and a gate capping pattern on the gate electrode. The gate contact is connected to the gate electrode. The gate electrode includes a protrusion extending along a boundary between the gate contact and the gate capping pattern.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate including NMOS and PMOS regions; first and second active patterns on the NMOS region; third and fourth active patterns on the PMOS region, the third active pattern being spaced apart from the first active pattern; a first dummy gate structure on the first and third active patterns; a second dummy gate structure on the second and fourth active patterns; a normal gate structure on the third active pattern; a first source/drain pattern on the third active pattern and between the normal gate structure and the first dummy gate structure; and a first element separation structure between the first and second dummy gate structures and separating the third and fourth active patterns, wherein the first dummy gate structure includes a first dummy insulation gate intersecting the third active pattern.

A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same, the device including an active pattern extending in a first direction on a substrate; a field insulating film surrounding a part of the active pattern; a first gate structure extending in a second direction on the active pattern and the field insulating film, a second gate structure spaced apart from the first gate structure and extending in the second direction on the active pattern and the field insulating film; and a first device isolation film between the first and second gate structure, wherein a side wall of the first gate structure facing the first device isolation film includes an inclined surface having an acute angle with respect to an upper surface of the active pattern, and a lowermost surface of the first device isolation film is lower than or substantially coplanar with an uppermost surface of the field insulating film.

Method for fabricating a semiconductor device including a gate structure with an inclined side wall

A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first gate structure extending in a first direction on the first region of the substrate, the first gate structure including a first gate insulation film and a first work function film disposed on the first gate insulation film, and a second gate structure extending in the first direction on the second region of the substrate, the second gate structure including a second gate insulation film and a second work function film disposed on the second gate insulation film, wherein a first thickness of the first work function film in a second direction intersecting the first direction is different from a second thickness of the second work function film in the second direction, and wherein a first height of the first work function film in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions is different from a second height of the second work function film in the third direction.

A semiconductor device includes first to sixth active patterns extending in a first direction and spaced apart in the first direction and a second direction; a field insulating layer between the first and second active patterns, an upper surface thereof being lower than upper surfaces of the first and second active patterns; a first gate structure on the field insulating layer and the first active pattern and extending in the second direction; a second gate structure on the field insulating layer and the second active pattern and extending in the second direction; a first separation trench extending between the second and third active patterns and the fifth and sixth active patterns, and a second separation trench extending between the first and second gate structures, wherein a lowest surface of the first separation trench is higher than a lowest surface of the second separation trench.

Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. Semiconductor devices may include a substrate including first and second regions, first active fins extending in a first direction on the first region, second active fins extending parallel to the first active fins on the second region, and single diffusion break regions between two first active fins. Single diffusion break regions may be spaced apart from each other in the first direction. The semiconductor devices may also include a lower diffusion break region between two second active fins and extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction and upper diffusion break regions on the lower diffusion break region. The upper diffusion break regions may be spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and each of the upper diffusion break regions may overlap the lower diffusion break region.

Semiconductor devices including diffusion break regions

A semiconductor device including a substrate with a first region and a second region and first and second transistors in the first and second regions, respectively. The first transistor includes a first gate insulating layer on the substrate, a first etch-stop layer, and a first work function layer on the first etch-stop layer. The second transistor includes a second gate insulating layer on the substrate, a second etch-stop layer, and a second work function layer on the second etch-stop layer. At least one of the first and second work function layers is chamfered.

Semiconductor device with chamfered upper portions of work function layer

A semiconductor device includes an active pattern extending in a first horizontal direction on a substrate, a gate electrode extending in a second horizontal direction across the active pattern, and including a first portion, and a second portion protruding upward from the first portion in a vertical direction, a capping pattern extending in the second horizontal direction on the gate electrode, and a gate contact disposed on the second portion of the gate electrode, overlapping the active pattern, and penetrating the capping pattern to connect the gate electrode.

Semiconductor device and method of fabricating same

Semiconductor device including gate structure having device isolation film

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