Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Suk-pil Kim

June-mo Koo

Young-Soo Park

Jung-Hyun Lee

Sang-min Shin

Sang-Min Shin

Yoon-dong Park

Jae-young Choi

Jung-hyun Lee

Choong-Rae Cho

Byung-hee Hong

According to some embodiments, a semiconductor device includes first and second auxiliary gate electrodes and a semiconductor layer crossing the first and second auxiliary gate electrodes. A primary gate electrode is provided on the semiconductor layer so that the semiconductor layer is between the primary gate electrode and the first and second auxiliary gate electrodes. Moreover, the first and second auxiliary gate electrodes are configured to induce respective first and second field effect type source/drain regions in the semiconductor layer. Related methods are also discussed.

Semiconductor devices including auxiliary gate electrodes and methods of fabricating the same

A non-volatile memory device includes at least one semiconductor column having a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The device also includes at least one gate electrode is disposed on the first sidewall and at least one control gate electrode disposed on the second sidewall. The device further includes at least one charge storage layer is disposed between the second sidewall and the at least one control gate electrode. The at least one gate electrode and the at least one control gate electrode may be disposed on opposite sides of the at least one semiconductor column such that they commonly control a channel region in the semiconductor column.

Columnar non-volatile memory devices with auxiliary transistors and methods of operating the same

A ferroelectric capacitor comprises a first electrode comprising an alloy of Ir and Ru, a ferroelectric layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the ferroelectric layer. A ferroelectric memory comprises a substrate and a plurality of memory cells arranged on the substrate. Each memory cell comprises a first electrode comprising an alloy of Ir and Ru, a ferroelectric layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the ferroelectric layer.

Ferroelectric capacitor and ferroelectric memory with Ir-Ru alloy electrode and method of manufacturing the same

A ferroelectric capacitor comprises a first electrode comprising an alloy containing a first element and a second element of the periodic table of the elements, the first element being selected from the group consisting of Ir and Ru. A ferroelectric layer is disposed on the first electrode, wherein the ferroelectric layer comprises a ferroelectric material containing the second element. A second electrode is disposed on the ferroelectric layer. The ferroelectric capacitor can be provided as part of a memory cell of a ferroelectric memory.

Ferroelectric memory and ferroelectric capacitor with Ir-alloy electrode or Ru-alloy electrode and method of manufacturing same

A capacitor of a memory device, and a method of fabricating the same, includes a lower electrode electrically coupled to a doping region of a transistor structure, the lower electrode having a metal electrode and a metal oxide electrode, a ferroelectric layer covering and extending laterally along the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the ferroelectric layer.

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Suk-pil Kim