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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Kyungbum Koo, Yongin-si, KR;
Wandon Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Sangjin Hyun, Suwon-si, KR;
Shinhye Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
TaekSoo Jeon, Yongin-si, KR;
Byung-Suk Jung, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor device may include a substrate with an active pattern, a gate electrode provided at the active pattern, and a gate capping structure disposed above the gate electrode. The gate capping structure may include two or more gate capping patterns with different properties from each other, and the use of the gate capping structure makes it possible to form contact plugs in a self-aligned manner and improve operational speed and characteristics of the semiconductor device.