Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Infineon Technologies Ag

International Business Machines Corporation

Yoon-Hae Kim

Hwa-Sung Rhee

Kyung-Tae Lee

Jong-shik Yoon

Sun-Oo Kim

Hong-Seong Kang

Jeong-Hoon Ahn

Keun-Hwi Cho

Byung-jun Oh

Junjie Xiong

Yoon-seok Lee

You-Shin Choi

Bo-un Yoon

Hong-Jae Shin

Kyoung-woo Lee

Jeong-Nam Han

Oh-Jung Kwon

Sang-Jine Park

Young-Gun Ko

O Sung Kwon

Yong-jun Lee

Seung-man Choi

Byung-Sung Kim

Doo-Sung Yun

Bong-Seok Suh

Seong-ho Liu

Seung-Koo Lee

Myoung-Hwan Oh

Dong-Hee Yu

Myung-Soo Yeo

Hea-Yean Park

A semiconductor device includes a gate structure extending in a second direction on a substrate, a source/drain layer disposed on a portion of the substrate adjacent the gate structure in a first direction crossing the second direction, a first conductive contact plug on the gate structure, and a second contact plug structure disposed on the source/drain layer. The second contact plug structure includes a second conductive contact plug and an insulation pattern, and the second conductive contact plug and the insulation pattern are disposed in the second direction and contact each other. The first conductive contact plug and the insulation pattern are adjacent to each other in the first direction. The first and second conductive contact plugs are spaced apart from each other.

Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same

Provided are method of fabricating semiconductor device and computing system for implementing the method. The method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a target layer, forming a first mask on the target layer to expose a first region, subsequently forming a second mask on the target layer to expose a second region separated from the first region in a first direction, subsequently forming a third mask in the exposed first region to divide the first region into a first sub region and a second sub region separated from each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and etching the target layer using the first through third masks such that the first and second sub regions and the second region are defined in the target layer.

Method of fabricating semiconductor device and computing system for implementing the method

A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a transistor area, a gate structure disposed on the transistor area of the substrate, a first interlayer insulating layer covering the gate structure, a blocking pattern disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer, and a jumper pattern disposed on the blocking pattern. The jumper pattern includes jumper contact plugs vertically penetrating the first interlayer insulating layer to be in contact with the substrate exposed at both sides of the gate structure, and a jumper section configured to electrically connect the jumper contact plugs.

Semiconductor device having jumper pattern and blocking pattern

Semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor devices may include an active pattern and a insulation layer. The semiconductor devices may include a gate that is on the active pattern and that includes a first material, and a dummy gate that is on the insulation layer and that includes a second material different from the first material.

Semiconductor devices including gates and dummy gates of different materials

A semiconductor device includes an interlayer dielectric layer on a substrate, the interlayer dielectric layer having an upper surface, a lower plug extending down into the interlayer dielectric layer from the upper surface of the interlayer dielectric layer, the lower plug having an upper surface, a first dielectric layer pattern on the upper surface of the lower plug, at least a portion of the first dielectric layer pattern being directly connected to the upper surface of the lower plug, a first metal electrode pattern on the first dielectric layer pattern, a first upper plug electrically connected to the first metal electrode pattern, and a second upper plug on the lower plug, the second upper plug being spaced apart from the first upper plug.

Semiconductor device comprising capacitor and method of manufacturing the same

Semiconductor devices including a resistor structure is provided. The semiconductor device may include a gate structure on an active region, a resistor structure on a field region and a first interlayer insulating layer on the gate structure and the resistor structure. The semiconductor devices may also include a resistor trench plug vertically penetrating through the first interlayer insulating layer and contacting the resistor structure and a second interlayer insulating layer on the first interlayer insulating layer and the resistor trench plug. Further, the semiconductor devices may include a resistor contact plug vertically penetrating through the first and second interlayer insulating layers and contacting the resistor structure.

Semiconductor devices including a resistor structure and methods of forming the same

Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device may include a transistor area and a resistor area. The transistor area may include a gate structure. The resistor area may include an insulating layer and a resistor structure on the insulating layer. A top surface of the gate structure and a top surface of the resistor structure may be substantially coplanar.

Semiconductor devices including a resistor structure

Semiconductor devices, and a method of manufacturing the same, include a gate insulating film pattern over a semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode is formed over the gate insulating film pattern. A spacer structure is formed on at least one side of the gate electrode and the gate insulating film pattern. The spacer structure includes a first insulating film spacer contacting the gate insulating film pattern, and a second insulating film spacer on an outer side of the first insulating film spacer. The semiconductor device has an air gap between the first insulating film spacer and the second insulating film spacer.

Semiconductor devices and method of manufacturing the same

Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a capacitor plate includes a first propeller-shaped portion and a second propeller-shaped portion. A via portion is disposed between the first propeller-shaped portion and the second propeller-shaped portion.

Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof

A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; device isolation regions formed in the substrate; an impurity region formed in a region of the substrate between every two adjacent ones of the device isolation regions; a gate electrode formed on the substrate; first and second interlayer insulating films sequentially formed on the substrate; a metal interlayer insulating film formed on the second interlayer insulating film and comprising metal wiring layers; a first contact plug electrically connecting each of the metal wiring layers and the impurity region; and a second contact plug electrically connecting each of the metal wiring layers and the gate electrode, wherein the first contact plug is formed in the first and second interlayer insulating films, and the second contact plug is formed in the second interlayer insulating film.

Semiconductor device

In a method for fabricating a semiconductor device, a semiconductor device is provided including an interlayer dielectric film and first and second hard mask patterns sequentially stacked thereon. A first trench is provided in the interlayer dielectric film through the second hard mask pattern and the first hard mask pattern. A filler material is provided on the interlayer dielectric film and the first and second hard mask patterns to fill the first trench. First and second hard mask trimming patterns are formed by trimming sidewalls of the first and second hard mask patterns and removing the filler material to expose the first trench. A damascene wire is formed by filling the first trench with a conductive material.

Methods for fabricating semiconductor devices

A semiconductor device and methods of fabricating the same, wherein insulation layers are interposed to sequentially dispose the semiconductor device on a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device includes a first conductive plate, a second conductive plate, a third conductive plate, and a fourth conductive plate. At least two of the first second, third and fourth conductive plates are electrically connected and constitute at least two capacitors.

Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same

Methods of forming a three-dimensional capacitor network may include forming a first horizontal MIM capacitor on a semiconductor substrate and forming a first interlayer insulating layer on the first horizontal MIM capacitor. A first vertical capacitor electrode is then formed in the first interlayer insulating layer and a second horizontal MIM capacitor is formed on the first interlayer insulating layer. This second horizontal MIM capacitor may be formed by forming an upper capacitor electrode and a lower capacitor electrode. The upper capacitor electrode may be electrically connected by the first vertical capacitor electrode to an upper capacitor electrode of the underlying first MIM capacitor. The lower capacitor electrode, which may be formed in the first interlayer insulating layer, may extend opposite the upper electrodes of the first and second MIM capacitors.

Methods of fabricating three-dimensional capacitor structures having planar metal-insulator-metal and vertical capacitors therein

Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices and structures thereof are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor wafer, forming a first insulating material over the semiconductor wafer, and forming a plurality of first features and a plurality of second features in the first insulating material. The plurality of first features is removed, leaving an unfilled pattern in the first insulating material. The unfilled pattern in the first insulating material is filled with a second insulating material.

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