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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
May. 18, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Deokhan Bae, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyonwook Ra, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyung Jong Lee, Osan-si, KR;
Juhun Park, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including active patterns, a device isolation layer filling a trench between a pair of adjacent active patterns, a gate electrode on the active patterns, and a gate contact on the gate electrode. Each active pattern includes source/drain patterns at opposite sides of the gate electrode. The gate contact includes a first portion vertically overlapping with the gate electrode, and a second portion laterally extending from the first portion such that the second portion vertically overlaps with the device isolation layer and does not vertically overlap with the gate electrode. A bottom surface of the second portion is distal to the substrate in relation to a bottom surface of the first portion. The bottom surface of the second portion is distal to the substrate in relation to a top of a source/drain pattern that is adjacent to the second portion.