Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Seojin Jeong

Seokhoon Kim

Jungtaek Kim

Pankwi Park

Moonseung Yang

Ryong Ha

Minhee Choi

Sumin Yu

Seung Hun Lee

Sihyung Lee

Edward Namkyu Cho

Jeongho Yoo

Dongchan Suh

Jinyeong Joe

Seungryul Lee

Yongseung Kim

Moon Seung Yang

Sanggil Lee

Dohyun Go

Edwardnamkyu Cho

A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, includes forming a plurality of main gate sacrificial patterns spaced apart from each other on a stacked structure of subgate sacrificial patterns and semiconductor patterns; forming a first insulating layer between main gate sacrificial patterns; removing the main gate sacrificial patterns; removing the subgate sacrificial patterns; forming a main gate dummy pattern in a space from which the main gate sacrificial patterns are removed; forming a plurality of subgate dummy patterns in a space from which the subgate sacrificial patterns are removed; forming a recess under a space where the first insulating layer is removed; forming a source/drain pattern within the recess; forming a second insulating layer on the source/drain pattern; removing the main gate dummy pattern and the subgate dummy patterns; and forming a gate electrode in a space where the main gate dummy pattern and the subgate dummy patterns are removed.

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

An integrated circuit (IC) device including fin-type active regions parallel to each other on a substrate, the fin-type active regions extending in a first lateral direction, a first nanosheet stack apart from a fin top surface of a first fin-type active region selected from the fin-type active regions, the first nanosheet stack including at least one nanosheet facing the fin top surface of the first fin-type active region, a gate structure surrounding the first nanosheet stack, the gate structure extending in a second lateral direction, a first source/drain region in contact with one sidewall of the first nanosheet stack, and a second source/drain region in contact with another sidewall of the first nanosheet stack, wherein a greatest width of the first source/drain region is less than a greatest width of the second source/drain region in the second lateral direction may be provided.

Integrated circuit device including field-effect transistor with controlled sizes and configurations

A semiconductor device includes a substrate that includes an active pattern, a channel pattern disposed on the active pattern, where the channel pattern includes a plurality of semiconductor patterns that are vertically stacked and spaced apart from each other, a source/drain pattern connected to the semiconductor patterns, and a gate electrode disposed on the semiconductor patterns. The gate electrode includes a plurality of portions that are respectively interposed between the semiconductor patterns, and the source/drain pattern includes a buffer layer in contact with the semiconductor patterns and a main layer disposed on the buffer layer. The buffer layer contains silicon germanium (SiGe) and includes a first semiconductor layer and a first reflow layer thereon. A germanium concentration of the first reflow layer is less than that of the first semiconductor layer.

Semiconductor device including reflow layers

An integrated circuit device includes a fin-type active region on a substrate; at least one nanosheet having a bottom surface facing the fin top; a gate line on the fin-type active region; and a source/drain region on the fin-type active region, adjacent to the gate line, and in contact with the at least one nanosheet, wherein the source/drain region includes a lower main body layer and an upper main body layer, a top surface of the lower main body layer includes a lower facet declining toward the substrate as it extends in a direction from the at least one nanosheet to a center of the source/drain region, and the upper main body layer includes a bottom surface contacting the lower facet and a top surface having an upper facet. With respect to a vertical cross section, the lower facet extends along a corresponding first line and the upper facet extends along a second line that intersects the first line.

Integrated circuit device

An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a fin-type active region, a channel region on the fin-type active region, a gate line surrounding the channel region on the fin-type active region, a source/drain region that is adjacent to the gate line on the fin-type active region and has a sidewall facing the channel region, wherein the source/drain region includes a first buffer layer, a second buffer layer, and a main body layer, which are sequentially stacked in a direction away from the fin-type active region, each include a SiGelayer (x≠0) doped with a p-type dopant, and have different Ge concentrations, and the second buffer layer conformally covers a surface of the first buffer layer that faces the main body layer. A thickness ratio of the side buffer portion to the bottom buffer portion is in a range of about 0.9 to about 1.1.

An integrated circuit device includes a fin-type active region protruding from a substrate and extending in a first direction, a plurality of semiconductor patterns disposed apart from an upper surface of the fin-type active region, the plurality of semiconductor patterns each including a channel region; a gate electrode surrounding the plurality of semiconductor patterns, extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and including a main gate electrode, which is disposed on an uppermost semiconductor pattern of the plurality of semiconductor patterns and extends in the second direction, and a sub-gate electrode disposed between the plurality of semiconductor patterns; a spacer structure disposed on both sidewalls of the main gate electrode; and a source/drain region connected to the plurality of semiconductor patterns, disposed at both sides of the gate electrode, and contacting a bottom surface of the spacer structure.

Integrated circuit device and method of manufacturing the same

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a device isolation layer on the substrate, the device isolation layer defining a first active pattern, a pair of first source/drain patterns on the first active pattern, the pair of first source/drain patterns being spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and each of the pair of first source/drain patterns having a maximum first width in the first direction, a first channel pattern between the pair of first source/drain patterns, a gate electrode on the first channel pattern and extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a first amorphous region in the first active pattern, the first amorphous region being below at least one of the pair of first source/drain patterns, and having a maximum second width in the first direction that is less than the maximum first width.

Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device

Semiconductor device

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Incheon, South Korea

Seojin Jeong