Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yong-Suk Tak

Bon-Young Koo

Gi-Gwan Park

Ki-Yeon Park

Tae-Jong Lee

Sung-Hyun Choi

Wan-don Kim

Bonyoung Koo

Sunjung Kim

Oh-seong Kwon

Teawon Kim

Hyung Joon Kim

Sunghyun Choi

Seung-hwan Lee

Kyungin Choi

Bong-jin Kuh

Kyu-Ho Cho

Hyunjung Lee

Byung-Hong Chung

Jongryeol Yoo

Miseon Park

Beom-Seok Kim

Yurim Kim

Soon-Wook Jung

Jaejong Han

Geun-Kyu Choi

Won-Oh Seo

Hyun-Jeong Yang

Sunyoung Lee

Jin Yong Kim

Chang-ki Hong

Ki-chul Kim

Sang-Su Kim

Cheol Kyu Kim

Wandon Kim

Min-Young Park

Sung-Dae Suk

Jin-bum Kim

Seungmin Song

Beom Seok Kim

Jae-hyoung Choi

Hyun Jung Lee

Gyeom Kim

Suk-Hun Choi

Jin-Yong Kim

Jong Cheol Lee

Yong-Ho Jeon

Seunghee Lee

Jung-hee Chung

Ji-myoung Lee

Yoon-Ho Son

Wan-Don Kim

Kyuho Cho

Kongsoo Lee

Jinyeong Joe

Myung-geun Song

Seungwoo Jang

Se-Yeon Kim

Ji-Eun Lim

Ohseong Kwon

Ju-Ri Lee

Kong Soo Lee

Hyun-seung Kim

Tea Won Kim

Juri Lee

Yu Rim Kim

Min-jae Kang

Kang-hun Moon

Minjae Kang

Mi-seon Park

Keumseok Park

A semiconductor memory device includes a bit line, a channel pattern including a horizontal channel portion on the bit line and a vertical channel portion vertically protruding from the horizontal channel portion, a word line on the horizontal channel portion and on a sidewall of the vertical channel portion, and a gate insulating pattern between the word line and the channel pattern. The channel pattern includes an oxide semiconductor and includes first, second, and third channel layers sequentially stacked. The first to third channel layers include a first metal, and the second channel layer further includes a second metal different from the first metal. At least a portion of the first channel layer contacts the bit line.

Semiconductor memory device

Disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising an oxide semiconductor layer on a substrate and including a first part and a pair of second parts that are spaced apart from each other across the first part, a gate electrode on the first part of the oxide semiconductor layer, and a pair of electrodes on corresponding second parts of the oxide semiconductor layer. A first thickness of the first part of the oxide semiconductor layer is less than a second thickness of each second part of the oxide semiconductor layer. A number of oxygen vacancies in the first part of the oxide semiconductor layer is less than a number of oxygen vacancies in each second part of the oxide semiconductor layer.

Oxide semiconductor device comprising oxygen vacancies

A semiconductor device includes a conductive line that extends in a first direction on a substrate, a first oxide semiconductor layer, including a first crystalline oxide semiconductor material containing a first metal element, on the conductive line, a second oxide semiconductor layer, which is in physical contact with the first oxide semiconductor layer and is connected to the conductive line, on the conductive line, a gate electrode that extends in a second direction, which crosses the first direction, on a side of the second oxide semiconductor layer, and a capacitor structure connected to the second oxide semiconductor layer on the second oxide semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, wherein the second oxide semiconductor layer includes a second crystalline oxide semiconductor material containing the first metal element and second and third metal elements, which are different from the first metal element.

Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same

A method of forming a low-k layer includes forming a layer by providing a silicon source, a carbon source, an oxygen source, and a nitrogen source onto a substrate. The forming of the layer includes a plurality of main cycles, and each of the main cycles includes providing the silicon source, providing the carbon source, providing the oxygen source, and providing the nitrogen source, each of which is performed at least one time. Each of the main cycles includes sub-cycles in which the providing of the carbon source and the providing of the oxygen source are alternately performed.

Method of forming a low-k layer and method of forming a semiconductor device

A semiconductor device includes an active fin on a substrate, a gate structure on the active fin, a gate spacer structure on a sidewall of the gate structure, and a source/drain layer on at least a portion of the active fin adjacent the gate spacer structure. The gate spacer structure includes a wet etch stop pattern, an oxygen-containing silicon pattern, and an outgas sing prevention pattern sequentially stacked.

Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same

A material layer, a semiconductor device including the material layer, and methods of forming the material layer and the semiconductor device are provided herein. A method of forming a SiOCN material layer may include supplying a silicon source onto a substrate, supplying a carbon source onto the substrate, supplying an oxygen source onto the substrate, supplying a nitrogen source onto the substrate, and supplying hydrogen onto the substrate. When a material layer is formed according to a method of the present inventive concepts, a material layer having a high tolerance to wet etching and/or good electric characteristics may be formed, and may even be formed when the method is performed at a low temperature.

Material layers, semiconductor devices including the same, and methods of fabricating material layers and semiconductor devices

A method of forming a SiOCN material layer, a material layer stack, a semiconductor device, a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, and a deposition apparatus, the method of forming a SiOCN material layer including providing a substrate; providing a silicon precursor onto the substrate; providing an oxygen reactant onto the substrate; providing a first carbon precursor onto the substrate; providing a second carbon precursor onto the substrate; and providing a nitrogen reactant onto the substrate, wherein the first carbon precursor and the second carbon precursor are different materials.

Methods of fabricating a SiOCN layer using a first and second carbon precursor, the first carbon precursor being different from the second carbon precursor

A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device and an integrated circuit device prepared according to the method, the method including forming a silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN) material layer on an active region of a substrate, the forming the SiOCN material layer including using a precursor that has a bond between a silicon (Si) atom and a carbon (C) atom; etching a portion of the active region to form a recess in the active region; baking a surface of the recess at about 700&#xb0; C. to about 800&#xb0; C. under a hydrogen (H) atmosphere, and exposing the SiOCN material layer to the atmosphere of the baking while performing the baking; and growing a semiconductor layer from the surface of the recess baked under the hydrogen atmosphere.

Method of manufacturing integrated circuit device

An integrated circuit device includes: a pair of width-setting patterns over a substrate, the pair of width-setting patterns defining a width of a gate structure space in a first direction and extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. A gate electrode layer is provided that extends in the gate structure space along the second direction. A gate insulating layer is provided in the gate structure space and between the substrate and the gate electrode layer. An insulating spacer is provides on the pair of width-setting patterns, the insulating spacer covering both sidewalls of the gate electrode layer, wherein the pair of width-setting patterns have a carbon content that is greater than a carbon content of the insulating spacer.

Integrated circuit device and method of fabricating the same

An integrated circuit device includes a fin type active area protruding from a substrate and having an upper surface at a first level; a nanosheet extending in parallel to the upper surface of the fin type active area and comprising a channel area, the nanosheet being located at a second level spaced apart from the upper surface of the fin type active area; a gate disposed on the fin type active area and surrounding at least a part of the nanosheet, the gate extending in a direction crossing the fin type active area; a gate dielectric layer disposed between the nanosheet and the gate; a source and drain region formed on the fin type active area and connected to one end of the nanosheet; a first insulating spacer on the nanosheet, the first insulating spacer covering sidewalls of the gate; and a second insulating spacer disposed between the gate and the source and drain region in a space between the upper surface of the fin type active area and the nanosheet, the second insulating spacer having a multilayer structure.

Integrated circuit device and method of manufacturing the same

A semiconductor device includes an active fin on a substrate, a gate structure on the active fin, a gate spacer structure on a sidewall of the gate structure, and a source/drain layer on at least a portion of the active fin adjacent the gate spacer structure. The gate spacer structure includes a wet etch stop pattern, an oxygen-containing silicon pattern, and an outgassing prevention pattern sequentially stacked.

A semiconductor device may include fin active regions extending parallel to each other on a substrate, an isolation region between the fin active regions, gate patterns intersecting the fin active regions and extending parallel to each other, source/drain areas on the fin active regions between the gate patterns and fin active region spacers contacting side surfaces of the fin active regions and formed over a surface of the isolation region between the fin active regions. Uppermost levels of the fin active region spacers may be higher than interfaces between the fin active regions and the source/drain areas. The upper surface of the isolation region may be lower than bottom surfaces of the source/drain areas.

Semiconductor device having fin active regions and method of fabricating the same

A semiconductor device, including a first fin-type pattern; a first gate spacer on the first fin-type pattern, intersecting the first fin-type pattern, and including an upper portion and a lower portion; a second gate spacer on the first fin-type pattern, intersecting the first fin-type pattern, and being spaced apart from the first gate spacer; a first trench defined by the first gate spacer and the second gate spacer; a first gate electrode partially filling the first trench; a first capping pattern on the first gate electrode and filling the first trench; and an interlayer insulating layer covering an upper surface of the capping pattern, a width of the upper portion of the first gate spacer decreasing as a distance from an upper surface of the first fin-type pattern increases, and an outer sidewall of the upper portion of the first gate spacer contacting the interlayer insulating layer.

Disclosed are semiconductor devices including a field effect transistor and methods of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device comprises a device isolation layer in an upper portion of a substrate, first active patterns on a first region of the substrate and second active patterns on a second region of the substrate, gate structures extending in one direction and running across the first and second active patterns, and a blocking layer on a recessed region of the device isolation layer of the first region. Each of the first and second active patterns comprises a plurality of semiconductor patterns that are vertically stacked and spaced apart from each other. The semiconductor patterns of the first active patterns have conductivity different from that of the semiconductor patterns of the second active patterns. The blocking layer is limited on the first region.

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Yong-Suk Tak