Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sungkyunkwan University

E-collar Technologies, Inc.

Yongseok Kim

Kyunghwan Lee

Hyuncheol Kim

Jaeho Hong

Sungwon Yoo

Dongsoo Woo

Hyunseok Ryu

Kohji Kanamori

Hyunkyu Yu

Satoru Yamada

Junhee Lim

Hyeoungwon Seo

Ilgweon Kim

Peng Xue

Sangwon Choi

Kuyeon Whang

Jongman Park

Huijung Kim

Seokhan Park

Minjun Lee

Taehun Kim

Tae Hun Kim

Minhee Cho

Byoung-taek Kim

Dongkyun Seo

Taeyoung Kim

Shin Hyoung Kim

Kiseok Lee

Hui-Jung Kim

Jeehoon Han

Min Hee Cho

Daewon Ha

Yongjin Lee

Seokki Ahn

Chiwoo Lim

Dongoh Kim

Wonsok Lee

Changseok Kang

Changsung Seok

Jaeyoul Jeong

Yeonkyu Jeong

Min Tae Ryu

Hosung So

Cheonan Lee

Kwangsoo Kim

Kwangtaik Kim

Mintae Ryu

Hyunyong Lee

Jung Ju Kim

Unghwan Pi

Sinae Kim

Huije Ryu

Minhan Shin

Minro Yun

A semiconductor device includes a source structure, a plurality of gate electrodes on the source structure. The plurality of gate electrodes are stacked and spaced apart from each other in a first direction and extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a channel structure in a channel hole extends through the plurality of gate electrodes and in the first direction, the channel structure including a first dielectric layer on a sidewall of the channel hole, a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer opposite the sidewall of the channel hole, a channel layer on the second dielectric layer opposite the sidewall of the channel hole, and a filling insulating layer on the channel layer opposite the sidewall of the channel hole, and further including a channel pad layer in a region including an upper end of the channel hole, wherein the second dielectric layer includes a ferroelectric material, and wherein the channel pad layer is in contact with an internal side surface of the first dielectric layer and covers an upper surface of the second dielectric layer, an upper surface of the channel layer, and an upper surface of the filling insulating layer.

Semiconductor devices

A semiconductor memory device is provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a substrate; a transistor disposed above the substrate, the transistor having a channel region defining an inner space; and a capacitor passing through the transistor in a vertical direction in the inner space.

Semiconductor memory device

A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a conductive line extending in a first horizontal direction above the substrate, an isolation insulating layer including a channel trench extending in a second horizontal direction intersecting with the first horizontal direction and extending from an upper surface to a lower surface of the isolation insulating layer, above the conductive line, a channel structure disposed above the conductive line, a gate electrode extending in the second horizontal direction, in the channel trench, a capacitor structure above the isolation insulating layer, and a contact structure interposed between the channel structure and the capacitor structure, wherein the channel structure includes an amorphous oxide semiconductor layer disposed in the channel trench above the conductive line, and an upper crystalline oxide semiconductor layer interposed between the amorphous oxide semiconductor layer and the contact structure.

A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first conductive lines extending in a first direction and spaced apart from each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the first direction and second direction being horizontal directions, a plurality of vertical semiconductor patterns disposed on the plurality of first conductive lines, respectively, a gate electrode crossing the plurality of first conductive lines and penetrating each of the plurality of vertical semiconductor patterns, a ferroelectric pattern between the gate electrode and each of the plurality of vertical semiconductor patterns, and a gate insulating pattern between the ferroelectric pattern and each of the plurality of vertical semiconductor patterns.

Vertical channel semiconductor device with ferroelectric-insulator gate stack

A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a substrate, a fin structure on the substrate, a gate structure on the fin structure, a first source/drain at one end of the fin structure, and a second source/drain at the other end of the fin structure, wherein the gate structure includes a trap layer, a blocking layer, and a gate electrode layer sequentially stacked on the fin structure, the first source/drain is doped with or has incorporated therein dopants of a first conductivity-type, and the second source/drain is doped with or has incorporated therein dopants of a second conductivity-type dopants that are different from the dopants of the first conductivity-type.

Memory device

A semiconductor device including a substrate including a cell array region and a connection region, an electrode structure stacked on the substrate, each of the electrodes including a line portion on the cell array region and a pad portion on the connection region, Vertical patterns penetrating the electrode structure, a cell contact on the connection region and connected to the pad portion, an insulating pillar below the cell contact, with the pad portion interposed therebetween may be provided. The pad portion may include a first portion having a top surface higher than the line portion, and a second portion including a first protruding portion, the first protruding portion extending from the first portion toward the substrate and covering a top surface of the insulating pillar.

Semiconductor device and electronic system including the same

Disclosed is a semiconductor memory device including a substrate, a plurality of source lines extending in a first direction on the substrate, a plurality of word lines crossing the source lines and extending in a second direction different from the first direction, a plurality of bit lines crossing the source lines and the word lines and extending in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction, and a plurality of memory cells disposed at intersections between the source lines, the word lines, and the bit lines. The first, second, and third directions are parallel to a top surface of the substrate.

A semiconductor memory device may include a stack including word lines and interlayer insulating patterns alternatingly stacked on a substrate, the word lines being extended in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate, semiconductor patterns crossing the word lines and having a long axis extended in a second direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate, data storage patterns respectively interposed between the semiconductor patterns and the word lines, the data storage patterns including a ferroelectric material, bit lines extended in a third direction perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate and spaced apart from each other in the first direction, each of the bit lines being in contact with first side surfaces of the semiconductor patterns spaced apart from each other in the third direction, and a source line in contact with second side surfaces of the semiconductor patterns.

Semiconductor memory device including vertical cell structure and method of fabricating the same

A semiconductor device includes first conductive lines provided on a substrate and spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, second conductive lines spaced apart from the first conductive lines in a second direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate, a gate electrode disposed between the first and second conductive lines and extended in the first direction, a plurality of channel patterns provided to enclose a side surface of the gate electrode and spaced apart from each other in the first direction, a ferroelectric pattern between each of the channel patterns and the gate electrode, and a gate insulating pattern between each of the channel patterns and the ferroelectric pattern. Each of the channel patterns is connected to a corresponding one of the first conductive lines and a corresponding one of the second conductive lines.

Semiconductor device

A variable resistance memory device including a stack including insulating sheets and conductive sheets, which are alternatingly stacked on a substrate, the stack including a vertical hole vertically penetrating therethrough, a bit line on the stack, a conductive pattern electrically connected to the bit line and vertically extending in the vertical hole, and a resistance varying layer between the conductive pattern and an inner side surface of the stack defining the vertical hole may be provided. The resistance varying layer may include a first carbon nanotube electrically connected to the conductive sheets, and a second carbon nanotube electrically connected to the conductive pattern.

Variable resistance memory device

A semiconductor device includes: a channel; a gate structure on the channel; a first source/drain arranged at a first end of the channel and including a metal; a first tunable band-gap layer arranged between the channel and the first source/drain and having a band gap that changes according to stress; a first electrostrictive layer between the gate structure and the first tunable band-gap layer, the first electrostrictive layer having a property of being deformed based on and upon application of an electric field; and a second source/drain at a second end of the channel.

A semiconductor memory device includes a word line extending in a vertical direction, a semiconductor pattern having a ring-shaped horizontal cross-section that extends around the word line, a bit line disposed at a first end of the semiconductor pattern, and a capacitor structure disposed at second end of the semiconductor pattern. The capacitor structure includes a lower electrode layer electrically connected to the second end of the semiconductor pattern, having a ring-shaped horizontal cross-section, and including a connector extending in the vertical direction. A first segment extends in a horizontal direction from an upper end of the connector, and a second segment extends in the horizontal direction from a lower end of the connector. An upper electrode layer surrounded by the lower electrode layer, extends in the vertical direction, and a capacitor dielectric layer is between the lower electrode layer and the upper electrode layer.

A semiconductor device includes a first conductive line and a second conductive line spaced apart from the first conductive line. A semiconductor pattern is disposed between the first conductive line and the second conductive line. The semiconductor pattern includes a first semiconductor pattern having first-conductivity-type impurities disposed adjacent to the first conductive line. A second semiconductor pattern having second-conductivity-type impurities is disposed adjacent to the second conductive line. A third semiconductor pattern is disposed between the first semiconductor pattern and the second semiconductor pattern. The third semiconductor pattern includes a first region disposed adjacent to the first semiconductor pattern and a second region disposed between the first region and the second semiconductor pattern. At least one of the first region and the second region comprises an intrinsic semiconductor layer. A first gate line crosses the first region and a second gate line crosses the second region.

Semiconductor devices including semiconductor pattern

A vertical variable resistance memory device including gate electrodes spaced apart from each other in a first direction on a substrate, each of the gate electrodes including graphene and extending in a second direction, the first direction being substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate and the second direction being substantially parallel to the upper surface of the substrate; first insulation patterns between the gate electrodes, each of the first insulation patterns including boron nitride (BN); and at least one pillar structure extending in the first direction through the gate electrodes and the first insulation patterns on the substrate, wherein the at least one pillar structure includes a vertical gate electrode extending in the first direction; and a variable resistance pattern on a sidewall of the vertical gate electrode.

Vertical variable resistance memory devices

A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate a gate structure extending in a vertical direction on the semiconductor device, a plurality of charge trap layers spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction and each having a horizontal cross-section with a first ring shape surrounding the gate structure, a plurality of semiconductor patterns spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction and each having a horizontal cross-section with a second ring shape surrounding the plurality of charge trap layers, a source region and a source line at one end of each of the plurality of semiconductor patterns in a horizontal direction, and a drain region and a drain line at an other end of each of the plurality of semiconductor patterns in the horizontal direction. The gate structure may include a gate insulation layer and a gate electrode layer.

Semiconductor memory devices

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