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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sun-Ki Min, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor device including a first insulating interlayer on a substrate; a second insulating interlayer on the first insulating interlayer; a gate structure extending through the first insulating interlayer and the second insulating interlayer on the substrate, a lower portion of the gate structure having a first width, and an upper portion of the gate structure having a second width that is greater than the first width and that gradually increases from a bottom toward a top thereof; and a spacer structure on a sidewall of the gate structure, a width of an upper portion of the spacer structure being less than a width of a lower portion of the spacer structure.