Skhynix Inc.

Jung-Nam Kim

Sang-Soo Kim

Moon-Sig Joo

Sung-Hoon Lee

Ji-Won Moon

A method for fabricating an electronic device including a semiconductor memory may include: forming a first interlayer dielectric layer over a substrate to have an opening exposing the substrate; forming a bottom electrode in a portion of the opening to have an exposed top surface; forming a variable resistance material layer along sidewalls of the remaining portion of the opening and the exposed top surface of the bottom electrode; forming a top electrode over the variable resistance material layer so as to fill the opening; etching the first interlayer dielectric layer to a predetermined depth to expose a part of the variable resistance material layer surrounding sidewalls of the top electrode; and removing the part of the variable resistance material layer to form a unit cell.

Method for fabricating electronic device with variable resistance material layer

An electronic device is provided. An electronic device according to an example of the disclosed technology includes a semiconductor memory, the semiconductor memory including: a substrate including a recess formed in the substrate; a gate including at least a portion that is buried in the substrate; a junction formed at both sides of the gate in the substrate; and a memory element electrically connected to the junction at one side of the gate, wherein the junction includes: a barrier layer formed over the recess such that a thickness of the barrier layer formed over a bottom surface of the recess is different from that of the barrier layer formed over a side surface of the recess; a contact pad formed over the barrier layer so as to fill the recess; and an impurity region formed in the substrate and located under the contact pad.

Electronic device and method for fabricating the same

Devices and methods based on disclosed technology include, among others, an electronic device including silicide layers capable of effectively reducing contact resistance in the electronic device including buried gates and a method for fabricating the electronic device. Specifically, an electronic device in one implementation includes a plurality of buried gates formed in a substrate and silicide layers formed over the substrate between the buried gates and protruding upwardly from the buried gates.

Method for fabricating electronic devices having semiconductor memory unit

A resistance variable memory device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a resistance variable layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and nano particles that are disposed in the resistance variable layer and have a lower dielectric constant than the resistance variable layer.

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Icheon-si, South Korea

Jung-Nam Kim