Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Pan Kwi Park

Seok Hoon Kim

Jung Taek Kim

Ryong Ha

Moon Seung Yang

Seo Jin Jeong

Min-Hee Choi

Seung Hun Lee

Sun Jung Kim

Dong Suk Shin

Keum Seok Park

Nam Kyu Cho

Sang Gil Lee

Yi Hwan Kim

Do Hyun Go

Mark Stephen Rodder

Borna Josip Obradovic

Joon Goo Hong

Gyeom Kim

Yang Xu

Hyun Kwan Yu

Jeong Ho Yoo

Seung Ryul Lee

Yong Seung Kim

Si Hyung Lee

A semiconductor device includes a first active pattern having a first lower pattern and a first sheet pattern on the first lower pattern. First gate structures include a first gate electrode. A second active pattern includes a second lower pattern. A second sheet pattern is on the second lower pattern. Second gate structures include a second gate electrode that surrounds the second sheet pattern. A first source/drain recess is between adjacent first gate structures. A second source/drain recess is between adjacent second gate structures. A first source/drain pattern extends along the first source/drain recess. A first silicon germanium filling film is on the first silicon germanium liner. A second source/drain pattern includes a second silicon germanium liner extending along the second source/drain recess. A second silicon germanium filling film is on the second silicon germanium liner.

Multi gate semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes an active pattern including a lower pattern and a plurality of sheet patterns; a gate structure disposed on the lower pattern and surrounding the plurality of sheet patterns; and a source/drain pattern filling a source/drain recess formed on one side of the gate structure. The source/drain pattern includes a first semiconductor pattern extending along the source/drain recess and contacting the lower pattern, a second and third semiconductor patterns sequentially disposed on the first semiconductor pattern, a lower surface of the third semiconductor pattern is disposed below a lower surface of a lowermost sheet pattern, a side surface of the third semiconductor pattern includes a planar portion, and a thickness of the second semiconductor pattern on the lower surface of the third semiconductor pattern is different from a thickness of the second semiconductor pattern on the planar portion of the side surface of the third semiconductor pattern.

Semiconductor device having multi-bridge channel field-effect transistor including source/drain pattern with a plurality of semiconductor patterns

A semiconductor device includes a multi-channel active pattern, a plurality of gate structures on the multi-channel active pattern and spaced apart from each other in a first direction, the plurality of gate structures including a gate electrode that extends in a second direction different from the first direction, a source/drain recess between the adjacent gate structures, and a source/drain pattern on the multi-channel active pattern in the source/drain recess, wherein the source/drain pattern includes: a semiconductor liner layer including silicon-germanium and extending along the source/drain recess, a semiconductor filling layer including silicon-germanium on the semiconductor liner layer, and at least one or more semiconductor insertion layers between the semiconductor liner layer and the semiconductor filling layer, and wherein the at least one or more semiconductor insertion layers have a saddle structure.

Semiconductor devices

A semiconductor device including first fin-shaped patterns in a first region of a substrate and spaced apart from each other in a first direction, second fin-shaped patterns in a second region of the substrate and spaced apart from each other in a second direction, a first field insulating film on the substrate and covering sidewalls of the first fin-shaped patterns, a second field insulating film on the substrate and covering sidewalls of the second fin-shaped patterns, a first source/drain pattern on the first field insulating film, connected to the first fin-shaped patterns, and including a first silicon-germanium pattern, and a second source/drain pattern on the second field insulating film, connected to the second fin-shaped patterns, and including a second silicon-germanium pattern, the second source/drain pattern and the second field insulating film defining one or more first air gaps therebetween may be provided.

Semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes an active pattern which includes a lower pattern, and a sheet pattern that is spaced apart from the lower pattern in a first direction, a gate structure on the lower pattern that includes a gate electrode that surrounds the sheet pattern, the gate electrode extending in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and a source/drain pattern on the lower pattern and in contact with the sheet pattern. A contact surface between the sheet pattern and the source/drain pattern has a first width in the second direction, and the sheet pattern has a second width in the second direction that is greater than the first width.

A semiconductor process chamber includes a susceptor, a base plate surrounding the susceptor, a liner on an inner sidewall of the base plate, and a preheat ring between the susceptor and the base plate and coplanar with the susceptor. The process chamber further includes an upper dome coupled to the base plate and covering an upper surface of the susceptor. The upper dome includes a first section on an upper surface of the base plate and a second section extending from the first section and overlapping the susceptor. The first section includes a first region on the upper surface of the base plate, a second region extending from the first region past the base plate, and a third region extending from the second region with a decreasing thickness to contact the second section.

Semiconductor process chamber including lower volume upper dome

A precleaning apparatus includes a chamber having an internal space in which a substrate is cleaned, a substrate support disposed in the chamber and configured to support the substrate, a plasma generation unit disposed in the chamber and configured to generate plasma gas, a heating unit configured to heat the substrate on the substrate support, a cleaning gas supply unit configured to supply gas for oxide etching to the internal space of the chamber, and a hydrogen gas supply unit configured to supply hydrogen gas to the internal space of the chamber.

Precleaning apparatus and substrate processing system

A CMOS circuit includes a partial GAA nFET and a partial GAA pFET. The nFET and the pFET each include a fin including a stack of nanowire-like channel regions and a dielectric separation region extending completely between first and second nanowire-like channel regions of the stack. The nFET and the pFET each also include a source electrode and a drain electrode on opposite sides of the fin, and a gate stack extending along a pair of sidewalls of the stack of nanowire-like channel regions. The gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer and a metal layer on the gate dielectric layer. The metal layer does not extend between the first and second nanowire-like channel regions. The channel heights of the nanowire-like channel regions of the partial GAA nFET and the partial GAA pFET are different.

Field effect transistor with stacked nanowire-like channels and methods of manufacturing the same

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