Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Junhyeok Ahn

Kiseok Lee

Myeong-Dong Lee

Hui-Jung Kim

Sohyun Park

Huijung Kim

Hyosub Kim

Woojin Jeong

Jongmin Kim

Yoonyoung Choi

Sunghee Han

Eunjung Kim

Seok H Lee

Jay-Bok Choi

Hyeran Lee

Hyo-Sub Kim

Yongseok Ahn

Chansic Yoon

Inkyoung Heo

Jae Hyun Yoon

Myeongdong Lee

A semiconductor memory device may include a device isolation pattern in a substrate and defining a first active section of the substrate and a second active section of the substrate, a first bit line crossing the center of the first active section, a second bit line crossing a center of the second active section, a bit-line contact between the first bit line and a center of the first active section, and a storage node pad on an end of the second active section. The first and second active sections may be spaced apart from each other. The center of the first active section may be adjacent to the end of the second active section. A level of a bottom surface of the first bit line may be lower than a level of a bottom surface of the second bit line.

Semiconductor memory device having bit lines with different height

A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active region, a word line structure crossing the active region and extending in a first direction, a bit line structure extending in a second direction, a bit line contact electrically connecting a first impurity region of the active region to the bit line structure, a storage node contact on a sidewall of the bit line structure and electrically connected to a second impurity region of the active region, and a contact barrier layer covering at least a portion of the bit line contact, wherein the bit line contact includes a lower portion having a first width and an upper portion on the lower portion and having a second width, the first width is greater than the second width, and the contact barrier layer covers a bottom surface and a side surface of the lower portion.

Semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes a cell active pattern including a first portion and a second portion that are spaced apart from each other; a gate structure between the first portion and the second portion of the cell active pattern; a bit-line contact on the first portion of the cell active pattern; a connection pattern on the second portion of the cell active pattern; and a cell separation pattern in contact with the bit-line contact and the connection pattern, wherein the cell separation pattern includes a first sidewall in contact with the connection pattern and a second sidewall in contact with the bit-line contact, an upper portion of the second sidewall of the cell separation pattern is in contact with the bit-line contact, and a lower portion of the second sidewall of the cell separation pattern is spaced apart from the bit-line contact.

Semiconductor device having a cell separation pattern in contact with the bit line contact

A semiconductor device includes; a substrate including an active region including a first region and a second region, a bitline extending in a first direction on the substrate and electrically connected to the first region of the active region, a spacer structure disposed on a side surface of the bitline, a contact structure disposed on a side surface of the spacer structure and electrically connected to the second region of the active region and a data storage structure disposed on the contact structure and electrically connected to the contact structure. The contact structure includes; a conductive contact layer including a first portion and a second portion disposed on the first portion, a barrier layer surrounding the first portion of the conductive contact layer, and an air gap surrounding the second portion of the conductive contact layer.

Semiconductor device having an air gap surrounding a portion of a conductive contact layer

A semiconductor memory device includes an active portion defined by a device isolation pattern, the active portion including a first impurity region located at a center portion of the active portion and a second impurity region located at an end portion of the active portion, a word line provided on the active portion and extending in a first direction, a bit line provided on the word line and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a bit line contact provided between the bit line and the first impurity region of the active portion, a storage node pad provided on the second impurity region of the active portion, and a storage node contact provided on the storage node pad and at a side of the bit line.

Semiconductor memory device having an ohmic contact on the impurity regions

An integrated circuit device includes a substrate comprising an active region and a word line trench, a word line extending longitudinally in a first horizontal direction in the word line trench, a buried insulating layer on the word line, a conductive plug on the substrate, and a pad structure on the substrate and having a portion in contact with a top surface of the active region and a portion in contact with the conductive plug. The pad structure includes a conductive pad having a bottom surface in contact with the top surface of the active region and a pad spacer in contact with a sidewall of the conductive pad and protruding beyond an inner sidewall of the word line trench in a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction such that the pad spacer vertically overlaps a portion of the word line in the word line trench.

Integrated circuit device

A semiconductor memory device includes a device isolation pattern on a substrate and defining a first active section, a first storage node pad on the first active section, a word line in the substrate and extending across the first active section, a bit line on the first storage node pad and crossing over the word line, a storage node contact on one side of the bit line and adjacent to the first storage node pad, and an ohmic layer between the storage node contact and the first storage node pad. A bottom surface of the ohmic layer is rounded.

Semiconductor memory device and method of fabricating the same

Provided is a semiconductor device including a substrate including a cell array area and a peripheral circuit area and including a plurality of first active areas defined in the cell array area and at least one second active area defined in the peripheral circuit area; a plurality of bit lines arranged in the cell array area of the substrate and extending in a first direction; a plurality of cell pad structures arranged between the bit lines and each including a first conductive layer, a first intermediate layer, and a first metal layer that are sequentially arranged on a top surface of the first active area; and a peripheral circuit gate electrode disposed on the peripheral circuit area of the substrate and including a second conductive layer, a second intermediate layer, and a second metal layer sequentially arranged on the at least one second active area.

Semiconductor device and methods of manufacturing the same

Provided is a semiconductor device including a conductive contact plug on a substrate, the conductive contact plug including a lower portion and an upper portion on the lower portion, the lower portion having a first width, and the upper portion having a second width less than the first width, a bit line structure on the conductive contact plug, the bit line structure including a conductive structure and an insulation structure provided in a vertical direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and a first lower spacer, a second lower spacer, and a third lower spacer sequentially provided on a sidewall of the lower portion of the conductive contact plug in a horizontal direction parallel to the upper surface of the substrate, wherein an uppermost surface of the third lower spacer is higher than an upper surface of the first lower spacer and an upper surface of the second lower spacer.

Semiconductor devices

A semiconductor device includes; an active region defined by an isolation film on a substrate, a word line in the substrate, the word line extending in a first direction and crossing the active region, a bit line above the word line and extending in a second direction, a contact between bit lines adjacent in the first direction, the contact connecting the active region and extending in a vertical direction, and a contact fence disposed on each of opposing side surfaces of the contact in the second direction and extending in the vertical direction, wherein the active region has a bar shape extending oblique to the first direction, and the contact fence includes a carbon-containing insulating film.

Semiconductor device including carbon-containing contact fence

A semiconductor device includes: a substrate including a cell area and an interface area; a gate electrode disposed in the substrate within the cell area and extending in a first direction; a plurality of bit lines intersecting the gate electrode and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein the plurality of bit lines includes a plurality of first bit lines and a plurality of second bit lines alternately disposed in the first direction; edge spacers disposed within the interface area and contacting the plurality of second bit lines; and edge insulating layers disposed between the edge spacers and contacting the plurality of first bit lines, wherein at least a portion of each of the edge insulating layers is disposed within the interface area.

Semiconductor devices including an edge insulating layer

A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a first active pattern including first and second source/drain regions, a gate electrode intersecting the first active pattern and disposed between the first and second source/drain regions, a bit line intersecting the first active pattern and electrically connected to the first source/drain region, a spacer disposed on a sidewall of the bit line, a contact electrically connected to the second source/drain region and spaced apart from the bit line with the spacer interposed therebetween, an interface layer disposed between the second source/drain region and the contact, and forming an ohmic contact between the second source/drain region and the contact, and a data storage element disposed on the contact. A bottom of the contact is lower than a top surface of the substrate. The contact is formed of a metal, a conductive metal nitride, and/or a combination thereof.

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