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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Deokhan Bae, Suwon-si, KR;
Sungmin Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Juhun Park, Seoul, KR;
Yuri Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Yoonyoung Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Sooyeon Hong, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Integrated circuit devices may include a fin-type active region, a gate line extending on the fin-type active region, a source/drain region on the fin-type active region and adjacent to the gate line, an interlayer insulating film covering the source/drain region, a source/drain contact hole penetrating the interlayer insulating film toward the source/drain region, a metal plug in the source/drain contact hole, and a conductive barrier film covering a sidewall of the metal plug in the source/drain contact hole. The metal plug includes a lateral expansion portion and a through portion vertically extending from the lateral expansion portion toward the source/drain region. A width of the lateral expansion is greater than a width of the through portion, and a topmost surface of the conductive barrier film is closer than a topmost surface of the metal plug to the substrate.