Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Wook-Je Kim

Kwan-heum Lee

Satoru Yamada

Sang-Bom Kang

Bon-Young Koo

Jin-bum Kim

Gyeom Kim

Kyung-In Choi

Gyo-young Jin

Yong-chul Oh

Hong-Sik Yoon

Nak-jin Son

Sun-ghil Lee

Se-myeong Jang

Kyo-Suk Chae

Sang-Yeon Han

Soon-Wook Jung

Myeong-Cheol Kim

Yu-Gyun Shin

Cheol Kyu Kim

Hee-Soo Kang

Jung-Hyun Park

Hyun-Jo Kim

Ki-Hong Kim

Jae-yup Chung

Soo-Hun Hong

Jong-Seo Hong

Yu-gyun Shin

Hee-Don Jeong

Young-jin Choi

Young-Jin Choi

Young-Su Chung

Jong-Sang Ban

Shin-Deuk Kim

A semiconductor device includes a gate pattern on a substrate, a multi-channel active pattern under the gate pattern to cross the gate pattern and having a first region not overlapping the gate pattern and a second region overlapping the gate pattern, a diffusion layer in the multi-channel active pattern along the outer periphery of the first region and including an impurity having a concentration, and a liner on the multi-channel active pattern, the liner extending on lateral surfaces of the first region and not extending on a top surface of the first region. Related fabrication methods are also described.

Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices including gate pattern, multi-channel active pattern and diffusion layer

A four transistor layout can include an isolation region that defines an active region, the active region extending along first and second different directions. A common source region of the four transistors extends from a center of the active region along both the first and second directions to define four quadrants of the active region that are outside the common source region. Four drain regions are provided, a respective one of which is in a respective one of the four quadrants and spaced apart from the common source region. Finally, four gate electrodes are provided, a respective one of which is in a respective one of the four quadrants between the common source region and a respective one of the four drain regions. A respective gate electrode includes a vertex and first and second extending portions, the first extending portions extending from the vertex along the first direction and the second extending portions extending from the vertex along the second direction.

Gate electrode and gate contact plug layouts for integrated circuit field effect transistors

Semiconductor devices including gate pattern, multi-channel active pattern and diffusion layer

Semiconductor devices may include first and second fins that protrude from a substrate, extend in a first direction, and are separated from each other in the first direction. Semiconductor devices may also include a field insulating layer that is disposed between the first and second fins to extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction, an etch-stop layer pattern that is formed on the field insulating layer and a dummy gate structure that is formed on the etch-stop layer pattern.

Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices

A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device are provided. In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a gate structure is formed on a substrate. An epitaxial layer is formed on a top surface of the substrate adjacent to the gate structure. An elevated source/drain (ESD) layer and an impurity region are formed by implanting impurities and carbon in the epitaxial layer and an upper portion of the substrate using the gate structure as an ion implantation mask. A metal silicide layer is formed on the ESD layer.

Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a gate structure on a substrate; forming a sacrificial spacer may be formed on a sidewall of the gate substrate; implanting first impurities into portions of the substrate by a first ion implantation process using the gate structure and the sacrificial spacer as ion implantation masks to form source and drain regions; removing the sacrificial spacer; and implanting second impurities and carbon atoms into portions of the substrate by a second ion implantation process using the gate structure as an ion implantation mask to form source and drain extension regions and carbon doping regions, respectively.

Provided is a simplified method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a stress creating layer. A first conductive first impurity region is formed on a semiconductor substrate on both sides of a first gate of a first area of the semiconductor substrate, and a second conductive second impurity region is formed on the semiconductor substrate on both sides of a second gate of a second area. First and second spacers are formed on sidewalls of the first and second gates, respectively. First and second semiconductor layers are formed in portions of the semiconductor substrate so as to contact the first and second impurity regions, respectively. The second semiconductor layer is removed. First and second barrier layers are formed in the first and second contact holes of the insulation layer, respectively.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device having stress creating layer

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may include forming a first interlayer insulation layer on a substrate including at least one gate structure formed thereon, the substrate having a plurality of source/drain regions formed on both sides of the at least one gate structure, forming at least one buried contact plug on at least one of the plurality of source/drain regions and in the first interlayer insulation layer, forming a second interlayer insulation layer on the first interlayer insulation layer and the at least one buried contact plug, exposing the at least one buried contact plug in the second interlayer insulation layer by forming at least one contact hole, implanting ions in the at least one contact hole in order to create an amorphous upper portion of the at least one buried contact plug, depositing a lower electrode layer on the second interlayer insulation layer and the at least one contact hole, and forming a metal silicide layer in the amorphous upper portion of the at least one buried contact plug.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device

Provided are semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same. In the semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same, different insulating patterns are disposed around a cell gate pattern and a peripheral gate pattern to impose different heat budgets around the cell gate pattern and the peripheral gate pattern. For this purpose, a semiconductor substrate having a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region is prepared. First and second cell gate patterns are disposed in the cell array region. A peripheral gate pattern is disposed in the peripheral circuit region to be adjacent to the second cell gate pattern. Buried insulating patterns are disposed around the first and second cell gate patterns. Planarization insulating patterns are disposed around the peripheral gate pattern.

Semiconductor devices

Embodiments prevent or substantially reduce diffusion of a P-type impurity into a channel region in a PMOS transistor having a dual gate. Some embodiments include forming a device isolation film on a semiconductor substrate, forming a channel impurity region in an active region of the semiconductor substrate, and forming a gate insulation layer including a silicon oxide layer and a silicon oxide nitride layer on the semiconductor substrate. Also, the embodiments can include forming a polysilicon layer containing an N-type impurity on the gate insulation layer, and forming a gate electrode by selectively ion-implanting a P-type impurity into the polysilicon layer formed in a PMOS transistor region of the circuit region. The embodiments further include forming a conductive metal layer and a gate upper insulation layer on the gate electrode, and forming a gate stack in a gate region.

Method of doping polysilicon layer that utilizes gate insulation layer to prevent diffusion of ion implanted impurities into underlying semiconductor substrate

Method of fabricating transistor of DRAM semiconductor device

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Gwacheon-si, South Korea

Wook-Je Kim