Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kyungseok Min

Jeongyun Lee

Youngmook Oh

GeumJung Seong

Bora Lim

Seungsoo Hong

HyunHo Jung

Minchan Gwak

Sughyun Sung

Seongjin Nam

Jae-Hoon Woo

Taesoon Duyeon Kwon

A-reum Ji

Sung Dae Suk

Hyunggoo Lee

Moojin Kim

InWon Park

Seungju Park

Hyungdong Kim

YoungHoon Song

Migyeong Gwon

A semiconductor device includes a first active pattern and a second active pattern on a substrate, a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode respectively across the first active pattern and the second active pattern, a first insulation pattern between and separating the first and second gate electrodes, a gate spacer on a sidewall of the first gate electrode, on a sidewall of the second gate electrode, and on a sidewall of the first insulation pattern, and a second insulation pattern between the gate spacer and the sidewall of the first insulation pattern, wherein the first gate electrode, the first insulation pattern, and the second gate electrode are arranged along a first direction, and wherein the gate spacer extends in the first direction.

Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device

Disclosed is a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, channel semiconductor patterns vertically stacked and spaced apart from each other on the substrate, a gate electrode running across the channel semiconductor patterns, source/drain regions at opposite sides of the gate electrode, the source/drain regions being connected to the channel semiconductor patterns, and air gaps between the substrate and bottom surfaces of the source/drain regions so that the bottom surfaces of the source/drain regions do not contact the substrate.

Semiconductor devices

A method of fabricating a semiconductor device may include forming trenches in a substrate to define a fin structure extending in a direction, forming a device isolation layer to fill the trenches, and removing an upper portion of the device isolation layer to expose an upper side surface of the fin structure. The exposing of the upper side surface of the fin structure may include repeatedly performing an etching cycle including a first step and a second step, and an etching rate of the device isolation layer to the fin structure may be higher in the second step than in the first step.

Method of fabricating a semiconductor device

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

A semiconductor device can include a first active pattern on a substrate, the first active pattern including a plurality of first active regions that protrude from the substrate. A second active pattern can be on the substrate including a plurality of second active regions that protrude from the substrate. A first gate electrode can include an upper portion that extends over the first active pattern at a first height and include a recessed portion that extends over the first active pattern at a second height that is lower than the first height of the first gate electrode. A second gate electrode can include an upper portion that extends over the second active pattern at a first height and include a recessed portion that extends over the second active pattern at a second height that is lower than the first height of the second gate electrode. An insulation pattern can be located between, and directly adjacent to, the recessed portion of the first gate electrode and the recessed portion of the second gate electrode, the insulation pattern electrically isolating the first and second gate electrodes from one another.

Semiconductor devices including recessed gate electrode portions

A semiconductor device includes a device isolation layer on a substrate, a first active pattern defined by the device isolation layer, and source/drain regions. The first active pattern extends in a first direction and includes a channel region between a pair of recesses formed at an upper portion of the first active pattern. The source/drain regions fill the pair of recesses in the first active pattern. Each of the source/drain regions include a first semiconductor pattern in the recess and a second semiconductor pattern on the first semiconductor pattern. The source/drain region have an upper portion whose width is less than a width of its lower portion. The second semiconductor pattern has an upper portion whose width is less than a width of its lower portion. The upper portion of the second semiconductor pattern is positioned higher than a top surface of the channel region.

A semiconductor device includes a fin structure which vertically protrudes from a substrate and extends in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate. The fin structure includes a lower pattern and an active pattern vertically protruding from a top surface of the lower pattern. The top surface of the lower pattern includes a flat portion substantially parallel to the top surface of the substrate. The lower pattern includes a first sidewall extending in the first direction and a second sidewall extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first sidewall is inclined relative to the top surface of the substrate at a first angle greater than a second angle corresponding to the second sidewall that is inclined relative to the top surface of the substrate.

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

Active patterns protrude from a substrate. The active patterns include a first active pattern, a second active pattern spaced apart from the first active pattern at a first distance, and a third active pattern spaced apart from the second active pattern at a second distance greater than the first distance. A gate spacer is disposed on sidewalls of a gate electrode running across the active patterns. Source/drain regions include a first to a third source/drain regions disposed on a region of one of the active patterns. The region of one of the active patterns is disposed adjacent to a side of the gate electrode. First and second protective insulation patterns are disposed on the substrate between the first and second active patterns below the first and second source/drain regions and between the second and third active patterns below the second and third source/drain regions, respectively.

Semiconductor device

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Kyungseok Min