Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Keunhwi Cho

Myunggil Kang

Dongwon Kim

Dongsuk Shin

Seokhoon Kim

Pankwi Park

Minhee Choi

Daewon Ha

Byounghak Hong

Sanghoon Lee

Jinkyu Kim

Sungil Park

Hwichan Jun

Munhyeon Kim

Gibum Kim

Jaechul Kim

Woonggi Kim

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an active fin on the substrate, and a transistor on the active fin. The transistor includes a lower channel layer, an intermediate channel layer, and an upper channel layer sequentially stacked, and a gate structure traversing the active fin, respectively surrounding the channel layers, and including a gate dielectric and a gate electrode. The gate electrode includes a lower electrode portion between the active fin and the lower channel layer, an intermediate electrode portion between the lower channel layer and the intermediate channel layer, and an upper electrode portion between the intermediate channel layer and the upper channel layer. The gate electrode includes a work function adjusting metal element, and a content of the work function adjusting metal element in the lower electrode portion is different from that in each of the intermediate electrode portion and the upper electrode portion.

Semiconductor device including plurality of channel layers

A semiconductor device may include: an active pattern on a substrate and extending in a first direction; a plurality of source/drain patterns on the active pattern and spaced apart from each other in the first direction; a gate electrode between the plurality of source/drain patterns that crosses the active pattern and extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a plurality of channel patterns stacked on the active pattern and configured to connect two or more of the source/drain patterns to each other. The channel patterns may be spaced apart from each other. Each of the channel patterns may include a first portion between the gate electrode and the source/drain patterns, and a plurality of second portions connected to the first portion and overlapped with the gate electrode in a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by an upper surface of the substrate.

Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same

A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first device region and a second device region, active regions spaced apart from each other on the substrate, having a constant width, extending in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate and including a first active region and a second active region provided on the first device region and a third active region and a fourth active region provided on the second device region, a plurality of channel layers provided on the active regions and configured to be spaced apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate, gate structures provided on the substrate and extending to cross the active regions and the plurality of channel layers, and source/drain regions provided on the active regions on at least one side of the gate structures.

Semiconductor device

An integrated circuit device includes a fin-type active area along a first horizontal direction on a substrate, a device isolation layer on opposite sidewalls of the fin-type active area, a gate structure along a second horizontal direction crossing the first horizontal direction, the gate structure being on the fin-type active area and on the device isolation layer, and a source/drain area on the fin-type active area, the source/drain area being adjacent to the gate structure, and including an outer blocking layer, an inner blocking layer, and a main body layer sequentially stacked on the fin-type active area, and each of the outer blocking layer and the main body layer including a Si1-xGex layer, where x≠0, and the inner blocking layer including a Si layer.

Integrated circuit device

An integrated circuit device includes a fin-type active area along a first horizontal direction on a substrate, a device isolation layer on opposite sidewalls of the fin-type active area, a gate structure along a second horizontal direction crossing the first horizontal direction, the gate structure being on the fin-type active area and on the device isolation layer, and a source/drain area on the fin-type active area, the source/drain area being adjacent to the gate structure, and including an outer blocking layer, an inner blocking layer, and a main body layer sequentially stacked on the fin-type active area, and each of the outer blocking layer and the main body layer including a Si1−xGex layer, where x≠0, and the inner blocking layer including a Si layer.

A semiconductor device including an active structure on a substrate, the active structure including silicon germanium patterns and silicon patterns alternately and repeatedly stacked in a vertical direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate; a semiconductor layer on sidewalls of the active structure that face in a first direction parallel to the upper surface of the substrate, the semiconductor layer being a source/drain region; and a gate structure on a surface of the active structure and the substrate, the gate structure extending in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the silicon germanium patterns are silicon rich-silicon germanium.

Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device

An integrated circuit device includes a fin-type active area along a first horizontal direction on a substrate, a device isolation layer on opposite sidewalls of the fin-type active area, a gate structure along a second horizontal direction crossing the first horizontal direction, the gate structure being on the fin-type active area and on the device isolation layer, and a source/drain area on the fin-type active area, the source/drain area being adjacent to the gate structure, and including an outer blocking layer, an inner blocking layer, and a main body layer sequentially stacked on the fin-type active area, and each of the outer blocking layer and the main body layer including a SiGelayer, where x&#x2260;0, and the inner blocking layer including a Si layer.

Semiconductor devices

Semiconductor devices may include a gate pattern and a contact pattern disposed on an active region. The contact pattern may include a recessed portion near the gate pattern, and a rising portion away from the gate pattern. The gate pattern may include a gate insulating layer and a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer. An upper surface of the recessed portion may be lower than an upper surface of the rising portion.

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