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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dae-Won Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jae-Kyu Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A method of forming patterns of a semiconductor device, including partially etching an upper portion of a substrate to form first preliminary active patterns and a first trench, each of the first preliminary active patterns having a first width, and the first trench having a second width of about 2 to 3 times the first width; forming an insulating spacer on each sidewall of the first trench to form a second trench having the first width; forming a second preliminary active pattern in the second trench, the second preliminary active pattern having the first width; partially etching the first and second preliminary active patterns to form a plurality of first active patterns and a plurality of second active patterns and an opening between the plurality of first and second active patterns; and forming an insulation pattern to fill the opening.