Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jung-Woo Seo

Sung-Un Kwon

Jun-Kyum Kim

Chan-Won Kim

Sang-Jin Kim

Jong-Seo Hong

Kyoung-Ryul Yoon

Seong-Kyu Yun

Jong-Hoon Nah

Choon-Ho Song

Kee-Hong Lee

A semiconductor device can include a plurality of landing pads arranged according to a layout on a substrate, wherein a cross-sectional shape of each of the landing pads has a diamond shape so that opposing interior angles of the diamond shape are equal to one another and adjacent interior angles of the diamond shape are unequal to one another.

Semiconductor devices

Semiconductor devices having contact plugs overlapping associated bitline structures and contact holes

Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices having contact plugs overlapping associated bitline structures and contact holes

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing semiconductor devices. A dummy gate structure is formed on a pattern area defined by an edge area of a substrate. An interlayer insulating layer pattern is formed to cover the pattern area and exposing the edge area of the substrate. A blocking pattern is formed on the interlayer insulating layer pattern such that the edge area of the substrate is covered with the blocking pattern and the pattern area of the substrate is exposed through the blocking pattern. A gate hole in the pattern area of the substrate in correspondence to the dummy gate structure, and a metal gate structure is formed in the gate hole. Accordingly, the edge area of the substrate is protected in the etching process and the deposition process of the replacement gate metal (RGM) process.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor devices

Methods of forming a semiconductor device can be provided by forming a first molding layer on a substrate and forming a first hole through the first molding layer. A second molding layer can be formed on the first molding layer so that the first hole is retained in the first molding layer and a second hole can be formed through the second molding layer to connect with the first hole. A capacitor electrode can be formed in the first and second holes.

Methods of forming semiconductor device including capacitors with modified sidewalls and related devices

Semiconductor devices having contact plugs overlapping associated bitline structures and contact holes and method of manufacturing the same

Methods of forming a hard mask capable of implementing an electrode having a high aspect ratio are provided. A molding layer may be formed on a substrate. A sacrificial layer may be formed on the molding layer. First mask patterns may be formed in parallel in the sacrificial layer. After the first mask patterns are formed, second mask patterns, which cross the first mask patterns and are in parallel, may be formed in the sacrificial layer. The first mask patterns and the second mask patterns may have materials more opaque than the sacrificial layer. Upper surfaces of the sacrificial layer, the first mask patterns and the second mask patterns may be exposed at the same horizontal level. The sacrificial layer may be removed. Openings, which pass through the molding layer, may be formed using the first mask patterns and the second mask patterns as etch masks. Electrodes may be formed in the openings.

Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices having high aspect ratio

A method of forming semiconductor device includes forming a landing pad, forming a stopping insulating layer on the landing pad, forming a lower molding layer including a first material on the stopping insulating layer, forming an upper molding layer including a second material different from the first material on the lower molding layer, forming a hole vertically passing through the upper molding layer and the lower molding layer and exposing the landing pad, forming a first electrode in the hole, removing the upper molding layer to expose a part of a surface of the first electrode, removing the lower molding layer to expose another part of the surface of the first electrode, forming a capacitor dielectric layer on the exposed parts of the surface of the first electrode, and forming a second electrode on the dielectric layer.

Method of forming semiconductor device

A double patterning method of forming a plurality of hole patterns having a small pitch using etch selectivities includes forming a patterning mask pattern defining a preliminary hole exposing an upper surface of a buffer mask layer, an inner spacer exposing the upper surface of the buffer mask layer on an inner wall of the preliminary hole, a buffer mask pattern having a first hole, and a core insulating pattern filling the preliminary hole and the first hole, an outer spacer to expose a first portion of the patterning mask pattern on the exposed portion of the outer side of the inner spacer, and an empty space exposing a first portion of the buffer mask pattern. A second portion of the patterning mask pattern and a second portion of the buffer mask pattern are exposed. A second hole is formed by removing the second portion of the buffer mask pattern.

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Jung-Woo Seo