Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kyosuk Chae

Hyewon Kim

Dongsoo Woo

Sangwoon Lee

Sungmi Yoon

Donghyun Im

Juhyung We

Kyounghee Kim

Jinseong Lee

Taiuk Rim

A semiconductor device including a cell active pattern; a cell gate structure connected to the cell active pattern; a peripheral active pattern; a peripheral gate structure connected to the peripheral active pattern; a conductive pattern connected to the peripheral active pattern, the cell gate structure, or the peripheral gate structure; a capacitor structure electrically connected to the cell active pattern; an interlayer insulating layer surrounding the capacitor structure; and a peripheral contact connected to the conductive pattern while extending through the interlayer insulating layer, wherein the interlayer insulating layer includes a first material layer contacting the capacitor structure, and a second material layer on the first material layer, the peripheral contact includes a first portion contacting the first material layer, and a second portion contacting the second material layer, and a maximum width of the first portion is greater than a minimum width of the second portion.

Semiconductor device including peripheral contact

A semiconductor device including a substrate including a recess; a gate insulation layer on a surface of the recess; a first gate pattern on the gate insulation layer and filling a lower portion of the recess; a second gate pattern on the first gate pattern in the recess and including a material having a work function different from a work function of the first gate pattern; a capping insulation pattern on the second gate pattern and filling an upper portion of the recess; a leakage blocking oxide layer on the gate insulation layer at an upper sidewall of the recess above an upper surface of the first gate pattern and contacting a sidewall of the capping insulation pattern; and impurity regions in the substrate and adjacent to the upper sidewall of the recess, each impurity region having a lower surface higher than the upper surface of the first gate pattern.

Semiconductor devices including a buried gate electrode

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Kyosuk Chae