Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Junghoon Han

Yeonjin Lee

Minjung Choi

Juik Lee

Sooho Shin

Doosan Back

Gyuhyun Kil

Junyong Noh

Dongoh Kim

Yoosang Hwang

Bong-Soo Kim

Dong-Wan Kim

Eunjung Kim

Sohyun Park

Junwoo Lee

Jihoon Chang

Joongwon Shin

Eunyoung Jeong

Jongmin Lee

Sangki Kim

Jeonil Lee

Yunrae Cho

Chansic Yoon

Chulsoon Chang

Ilgeun Jung

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate dielectric layer on the substrate, the gate dielectric layer including a recess at a side surface thereof, a gate electrode structure on the gate dielectric layer, a gate capping layer on the gate electrode structure, and a spacer structure on the substrate and covering side surfaces of the gate dielectric layer, the gate electrode structure, and the gate capping layer, the spacer structure including a first spacer, a second spacer on the first spacer and covering the recess, and a third spacer on the second spacer, the second spacer and the third spacer including silicon nitride.

Semiconductor devices having spacer structures

A semiconductor device includes first and second trenches in respective first and second regions in a substrate, a first isolation structure having a first inner wall oxide pattern, a first liner, and a first filling insulation pattern sequentially stacked I the first trench, a second isolation structure having a second inner wall oxide pattern, a second liner, and a second filling insulation pattern sequentially stacked I the second trench, a first gate structure having a first high-k dielectric pattern, a first P-type metal pattern, and a first N-type metal pattern sequentially stacked on the first region, and a second gate structure having a second high-k dielectric pattern and a second N-type metal pattern sequentially stacked on the second region, wherein the first and second liners protrude above upper surfaces of the first and second inner wall oxide patterns and the first and second filling insulation patterns, respectively.

Semiconductor devices

A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating layer disposed on a substrate; a plurality of middle interconnections disposed in the interlayer insulating layer; a pad disposed on the interlayer insulating layer; an upper interconnection disposed on the interlayer insulating layer; a protective insulating layer covering an edge of the pad, the upper interconnection, and a horizontal gap between the pad and the upper interconnection, the protective insulating layer having an opening on the pad; and a bump disposed on the pad, the bump extending on the protective insulating layer and overlapping the upper interconnection from a top-down view. At least one of the plurality of middle interconnections from among middle interconnections vertically closest to the pad has a first vertical thickness, the pad has a second vertical thickness that is twice to 100 times the first vertical thickness, a length of the gap between the pad and the upper interconnection is 1 μm or more, and an upper surface of the protective insulating layer is planar.

Semiconductor devices including a thick metal layer and a bump

A semiconductor device may include a semiconductor substrate, a crack-blocking layer and a crack-blocking portion. The semiconductor substrate may include a plurality of chip regions and a scribe lane region configured to surround each of the plurality of the chip regions. A trench may be defined by one or more inner surfaces of the semiconductor device to be formed in the scribe lane region. The crack-blocking layer may be on an inner surface of the trench. The crack-blocking layer may be configured to block a spreading of a crack, which is generated in the scribe lane region during a cutting of the semiconductor substrate along the scribe lane region, from spreading into any of the chip regions. The crack-blocking portion may at least partially fill the trench and may be configured to block the spreading of the crack from the scribe lane region into any of the chip regions.

Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an interlayer insulating layer covering an upper surface of the substrate, an individual device in the interlayer insulating layer, a lower insulating layer covering a lower surface of the substrate, a through-silicon-via (TSV) structure extending through the substrate, the interlayer insulating layer and the lower insulating layer, a conductive pad connected to an upper end of the TSV structure, a via insulating layer surrounding the TSV structure, a capping insulating layer surrounding the TSV structure outside the via insulating layer. The via insulating layer and the capping insulating layer have an air gap therebetween. A portion of the air gap extends into the lower insulating layer.

Semiconductor device including TSV and multiple insulating layers

A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating layer disposed on a substrate; a plurality of middle interconnections disposed in the interlayer insulating layer; a pad disposed on the interlayer insulating layer; an upper interconnection disposed on the interlayer insulating layer; a protective insulating layer covering an edge of the pad, the upper interconnection, and a horizontal gap between the pad and the upper interconnection, the protective insulating layer having an opening on the pad; and a bump disposed on the pad, the bump extending on the protective insulating layer and overlapping the upper interconnection from a top-down view. At least one of the plurality of middle interconnections from among middle interconnections vertically closest to the pad has a first vertical thickness, the pad has a second vertical thickness that is twice to 100 times the first vertical thickness, a length of the gap between the pad and the upper interconnection is 1 &#x3bc;m or more, and an upper surface of the protective insulating layer is planar.

A semiconductor memory device may have a substrate including an active region in a memory cell region and a logic active region in a peripheral region, an element isolation structure between the active region and the logic active region, an insulating layer pattern covering the active region, and a support insulating layer. The insulating layer pattern may include an extension portion that extends along the element isolation structure, may be spaced apart from the element isolation structure, and may overhang over the element isolation structure. The support insulating layer may fill a recess space defined between the extension portion and the element isolation structure.

Semiconductor memory device

A semiconductor chip includes a device layer on a substrate, the device layer including a plurality of semiconductor devices; a wiring structure and a lower inter-wiring dielectric layer each on the device layer, the lower inter-wiring dielectric layer surrounding the wiring structure and having a lower permittivity than silicon oxide; an upper inter-wiring dielectric layer arranged on the lower inter-wiring dielectric layer; an isolation recess arranged along an edge of the substrate, the isolation recess formed on side surfaces of the lower and upper inter-wiring dielectric layers and having a bottom surface at a level equal to or lower than that of a bottom surface of the lower inter-wiring dielectric layer; and a cover dielectric layer covering the side surfaces of the lower and upper inter-wiring dielectric layers and the bottom surface of the isolation recess.

Semiconductor chip including low-k dielectric layer

Disclosed embodiments include a semiconductor chip including a semiconductor substrate having a top surface with a top connection pad disposed therein, and a protection insulation layer comprising an opening therein, the protection insulation layer not covering at least a portion of the top connection pad, on the semiconductor substrate. The protection insulation layer may include: a bottom protection insulation layer, a cover insulation layer comprising a side cover part that covers at least a portion of a side surface of the bottom protection insulation layer and a top cover part disposed apart from the side cover part to cover at least a portion of a top surface of the bottom protection insulation layer. The protection insulation layer may further include a top protection insulation layer on the top cover part.

Semiconductor chip and semiconductor package including the same

A semiconductor package includes an upper conductive pattern and a redistribution layer on a first surface of a substrate, a semiconductor chip facing the first surface of the substrate, the semiconductor chip being spaced apart from the first surface of the substrate, a conductive bump bonding between the semiconductor chip and the upper conductive pattern, the conductive bump electrically connecting the semiconductor chip and the upper conductive pattern, and an upper passivation layer on the redistribution layer, a portion of the upper passivation layer facing an edge of a lower surface of the semiconductor chip.

Semiconductor package

A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first part and a second part, a memory cell disposed on the first part, an insulation layer disposed on the first part and the second part, the insulation layer covering the memory cell, a portion of the insulation layer on the second part including a stepped sidewall, and a first pattern group disposed on the second part and in the portion of the insulation layer and the substrate. A first sidewall of the semiconductor device corresponds to the stepped sidewall including an upper sidewall, a lower sidewall and a connecting surface connecting the upper sidewall to the lower sidewall. The lower sidewall disposed under the upper sidewall is closer to the substrate than the upper sidewall, and has surface roughness different from surface roughness of the upper sidewall.

Semiconductor devices including scribe lane and method of manufacturing the semiconductor devices

A semiconductor device includes a plurality of middle interconnections and a plurality of middle plugs, which are disposed in an interlayer insulating layer and on a substrate. An upper insulating layer is disposed on the interlayer insulating layer. A first upper plug, a first upper interconnection, a second upper plug, and a second upper interconnection are disposed in the upper insulating layer. Each of the plurality of middle interconnections has a first thickness. The first upper interconnection has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness. The second upper interconnection has a third thickness that is greater than the first thickness. The third thickness is twice to 100 times the first thickness. The second upper interconnection includes a material different from the second upper plug.

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Junghoon Han