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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Gyeom Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Dahye Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jinbum Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyungbin Chun, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a fin-type active region, a channel region on the fin-type active region, a gate line surrounding the channel region, an outer insulating spacer covering a sidewall of the gate line, a source/drain region on the fin-type active region, wherein the source/drain region includes a buffer layer including a portion in contact with the channel region and a portion in contact with the fin-type active region, the buffer layer including an edge buffer portion having a smaller thickness than other portions thereof at a position adjacent to the outer insulating spacer, a local buffer pattern including a wedge portion, the wedge portion filling a space defined by the edge buffer portion and the outer insulating spacer, and a main body layer in contact with each of the buffer layer and the local buffer pattern.