Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Su Min Cho

Ho Kyun An

Ha Young Kim

Bum Soo Kim

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor memory device comprises providing a substrate, etching a portion of the substrate that forms a trench therein, forming an element isolation film that fills the trench and defines an active area, herein the element isolation film includes a first liner that covers an inner sidewall and a bottom surface of the trench, wherein the first liner is recessed and exposes a corner portion of the substrate, doping nitrogen into the substrate, and forming a pre-gate insulating film that extends along and on the exposed corner portion of the substrate and an upper surface of the substrate. The pre-gate insulating film includes a first portion on the upper surface of the substrate, and a second portion on the corner portion of the substrate. A thickness of the first portion is less than a thickness of the second portion.

Method for manufacturing semiconductor memory device

A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first silicon-germanium film which is conformally formed inside a surface of the substrate of the first region and defines a first gate trench, a first gate insulating film which extends on the first silicon-germanium film along a profile of the first gate trench and is in physical contact with the first silicon-germanium film, a first metallic gate electrode on the first gate insulating film, a source/drain region formed inside the substrate on both sides of the first metallic gate electrode, a second gate insulating film in the second region and a second metallic gate electrode on the second gate insulating film.

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Hwaseong-si, South Korea

Su Min Cho