Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080217616 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device and a method of fabricating the same - A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit includes forming a first dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate, patterning the first dielectric layer to form a first patterned dielectric layer, forming a non-single crystal seed layer on the first patterned dielectric layer, removing a portion of the seed layer to form a patterned seed layer, forming a second dielectric layer on the first patterned dielectric layer and the patterned seed layer, removing portions of the second dielectric layer to form a second patterned dielectric layer, irradiating the patterned seed layer to single-crystallize the patterned seed layer, removing portions of the first patterned dielectric layer and the second patterned dielectric layer such that the single-crystallized seed layer protrudes in the vertical direction with respect to the first and/or the second patterned dielectric layer, and forming a gate electrode in contact with the single-crystal active pattern. | 09-11-2008 |
20080308876 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device includes a first gate structure on a first region of a substrate, the first gate structure including sequentially formed a first insulating layer pattern, a first conductive layer pattern, and a first polysilicon layer pattern doped with first impurities of a first conductivity type, a first source/drain in the first region of the substrate doped with second impurities of a second conductivity type, a second gate structure on a second region of the substrate, the second gate structure including sequentially formed a second insulating layer pattern, a second conductive layer pattern, and a second polysilicon layer pattern doped with third impurities with the first conductivity type, and a second source/drain in the second region of the substrate doped with fourth impurities having a conductivity type opposite the second conductivity. | 12-18-2008 |
20090014781 | Nonvolatile memory devices and methods for fabricating nonvolatile memory devices - A nonvolatile memory device may include: a tunnel insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate; a charge storage layer on the tunnel insulating layer; a blocking insulating layer on the charge storage layer; and a control gate electrode on the blocking insulating layer. The tunnel insulating layer may include a first tunnel insulating layer and a second tunnel insulating layer. The first tunnel insulating layer and the second tunnel insulating layer may be sequentially stacked on the semiconductor substrate. The second tunnel insulating layer may have a larger band gap than the first tunnel insulating layer. A method for fabricating a nonvolatile memory device may include: forming a tunnel insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a charge storage layer on the tunnel insulating layer; forming a blocking insulating layer on the charge storage layer; and forming a control gate electrode on the blocking insulating layer. | 01-15-2009 |
20090045448 | Non-volatile memory device and methods of forming the same - Example embodiments provide a non-volatile memory device and methods of forming the same. The non-volatile memory device may define an active region in a semiconductor substrate, and may include a device isolation layer extending in a first direction, bit lines in the semiconductor substrate, the bit lines extending in a second direction which intersects the first direction; word lines extending in the first direction and covering the active region; and charge storage patterns between the word lines and active region, wherein the charge storage patterns may be in pairs on both edges of the bit lines, and a pair of charge storage patterns may be spaced apart from each other by the word lines. | 02-19-2009 |
20090072294 | Method of manufacturing a non-volatile memory device - A method of manufacturing a non-volatile memory device employing a relatively thin polysilicon layer as a floating gate is disclosed, wherein a tunnel oxide layer is formed on a substrate and a polysilicon layer having a thickness of about 35 Å to about 200 Å is then formed on the tunnel oxide layer using a trisilane (Si | 03-19-2009 |
20090134448 | Non-volatile memory device and method of forming the same - Example embodiments provide a non-volatile semiconductor memory device and method of forming the same. The non-volatile memory device may include a tunnel insulation layer on a semiconductor substrate, a charge storage layer on the tunnel insulation layer, a first blocking insulation layer on the charge storage layer, and a gate electrode on the first blocking insulation layer, wherein the gate electrode includes aluminum and the first blocking insulation layer does not include aluminum. | 05-28-2009 |
20090134450 | Tunneling insulating layer, flash memory device including the same, memory card and system including the flash memory device, and methods of manufacturing the same - Provided is a tunneling insulating layer, a flash memory device including the same that increases a program/erase operation speed of the flash memory device and has improved data retention in order to increase reliability of the flash memory device, a memory card and system including the flash memory device, and methods of manufacturing the same. A tunneling insulating layer may include a first region and a second region on the first region, wherein the first region has a first nitrogen atomic percent, the second region has a second nitrogen atomic percent, and the second nitrogen atomic percent is less than the first nitrogen atomic percent. The flash memory device according to example embodiments may include a substrate including source and drain regions and a channel region between the source and drain regions, the tunneling insulating layer on the channel region, a charge storage layer on the tunneling insulating layer, a blocking insulation layer on the charge storage layer, and a gate electrode on the blocking insulation layer. | 05-28-2009 |
20090134451 | Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same - An example embodiment of a non-volatile memory device and an example embodiment of a method of fabricating the same are provided. The non-volatile memory devices includes a tunnel insulation layer on a semiconductor substrate, a charge storage layer on the tunnel insulation layer, a blocking insulation layer including at least one nano dot on the charge storage layer, and a control gate electrode on the blocking insulation layer. | 05-28-2009 |
20090142892 | Method of fabricating semiconductor device having thin strained relaxation buffer pattern and related device - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a buffer pattern on a substrate, the buffer pattern including germanium, recrystallizing the buffer pattern to form a strained relaxation buffer pattern, and forming a tensile silicon cap on the strained relaxation buffer pattern, the cap being under tensile strain. | 06-04-2009 |
20090203190 | Method of forming a mask stack pattern and method of manufacturing a flash memory device including an active area having rounded corners - A method of forming a mask stack pattern and a method of manufacturing a flash memory device including an active area having rounded corners are provided. The method of manufacture including forming a mask stack pattern defining an active region, the mask stack pattern having a pad oxide layer formed on a semiconductor substrate, a silicon nitride layer formed on the pad oxide layer and a stack oxide layer formed on the silicon nitride layer, oxidizing a surface of the semiconductor substrate exposed by the mask stack pattern and lateral surfaces of the silicon nitride layer such that corners of the active region are rounded, etching the semiconductor substrate having an oxidized surface to form a trench in the semiconductor substrate, forming a device isolation oxide layer in the trench, removing the silicon nitride layer from the semiconductor substrate, and forming a gate electrode in a portion where the silicon nitride layer is removed. | 08-13-2009 |
20090325356 | METHODS OF FORMING A LOW TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION LAYER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided are methods of forming a low temperature deposition layer and methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the same. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming a mask layer exposing a gate pattern on a substrate on which the gate pattern is formed, forming a sacrifice layer on the mask layer and on a substrate not covered by the mask layer using a plasma ion immersion implantation and deposition (PIIID), and doping a substrate adjacent to both sidewalls of the gate pattern with an impurity. | 12-31-2009 |
20100117141 | Memory cell transistors having limited charge spreading, non-volatile memory devices including such transistors, and methods of formation thereof - In one aspect, a transistor comprises: a substrate body; a tunnel oxide layer on the body; a charge trapping layer on the tunnel oxide layer; a blocking layer on the charge trapping layer; a control gate on the blocking layer, the control gate having first and second sidewalls, the first and second sidewalls being spaced apart from each other by a first distance; and charge confinement features on the body, the charge confinement features being spaced apart from each other by a second distance that is greater than or substantially equal to the first distance, the charge confinement features suppressing or preventing migration of charge present in the charge trapping layer. | 05-13-2010 |
20100123198 | Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same - Provided are semiconductor devices having low resistance contacts and methods of manufacturing the same. One or more of the semiconductor devices include a substrate having first and second active regions; a P-channel field-effect transistor associated with the first active region and including at least one of the source and drain regions; a N-channel field-effect transistor associated with the second active region and including at least one of the source and drain regions; a first contact pad layer comprising silicon (Si) and SiGe epitaxial layers on the at least one of the source and drain regions of the P-channel field-effect transistor, the SiGe epitaxial layer being sequentially stacked on the Si epitaxial layer; a second contact pad layer comprising silicon (Si) and SiGe epitaxial layers on the at least one of the source and drain regions of the N-channel field-effect transistor, the SiGe epitaxial layer being sequentially stacked on the Si epitaxial layer; an interlayer insulating film formed on the P-channel and the N-channel field-effect transistors and including first and second contact holes, wherein the first contact hole includes a first lower region that exposes the SiGe epitaxial layer of the first contact pad layer and the second contact hole includes a second lower region that penetrates through the SiGe epitaxial layer of the second contact pad layer to expose the Si epitaxial layer of the second contact pad layer; first and second metal silicide films formed respectively in the first and second lower regions of the contact holes; and contact plugs formed on the first and second metal silicide films and filled in the first and second contact holes. | 05-20-2010 |
20100240197 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND RELATED FABRICATION METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a semiconductor integrated circuit device and a method for fabricating the device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a cell region and a peripheral region, a cell active region formed in the cell region, and a peripheral active region formed in the peripheral region, wherein the cell active region and the peripheral active region are defined by isolation regions. The semiconductor device further includes a first gate stack formed on the cell active region, a second gate stack formed on the peripheral active region, a cell epitaxial layer formed on an exposed portion of the cell active region, and a peripheral epitaxial layer formed on an exposed portion of the peripheral active region, wherein the height of the peripheral epitaxial layer is greater than the height of the cell epitaxial layer. | 09-23-2010 |
20100248465 | METHODS OF FABRICATING SILICON OXIDE LAYERS USING INORGANIC SILICON PRECURSORS AND METHODS OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME - Methods of fabricating a silicon oxide layer using an inorganic silicon precursor and methods of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same are provided. The methods of fabricating a semiconductor device include forming a tunnel insulating layer and a charge storage layer on a substrate; forming a dielectric layer structure on the charge storage layer using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method, the dielectric layer structure including a first dielectric layer formed of silicon oxide, a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer formed of a material different from the material forming the first dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer formed of the silicon oxide on the second dielectric layer; and forming a control gate on the dielectric layer structure. The first and third dielectric layers formed of the silicon oxide are formed using a first gas including an inorganic silicon precursor, a second gas including hydrogen gas or a hydrogen component, and a third gas including an oxide gas. | 09-30-2010 |
20110127530 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit includes forming a first dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate, patterning the first dielectric layer to form a first patterned dielectric layer, forming a non-single crystal seed layer on the first patterned dielectric layer, removing a portion of the seed layer to form a patterned seed layer, forming a second dielectric layer on the first patterned dielectric layer and the patterned seed layer, removing portions of the second dielectric layer to form a second patterned dielectric layer, irradiating the patterned seed layer to single-crystallize the patterned seed layer, removing portions of the first patterned dielectric layer and the second patterned dielectric layer such that the single-crystallized seed layer protrudes in the vertical direction with respect to the first and/or the second patterned dielectric layer, and forming a gate electrode in contact with the single-crystal active pattern. | 06-02-2011 |
20110237037 | Methods of Forming Recessed Channel Array Transistors and Methods of Manufacturing Semiconductor Devices - In methods of manufacturing a recessed channel array transistor, a recess may be formed in an active region of a substrate. A plasma oxidation process may be performed on the substrate to form a preliminary gate oxide layer on an inner surface of the recess and an upper surface of the substrate. Moistures may be absorbed in a surface of the preliminary gate oxide layer to form a gate oxide layer. A gate electrode may be formed on the gate oxide layer to fill up the recess. Source/drain regions may be formed in an upper surface of the substrate at both sides of the gate electrode. Thus, the oxide layer may have a uniform thickness distribution and a dense structure. | 09-29-2011 |
20110237055 | Methods of Manufacturing Stacked Semiconductor Devices - A stacked semiconductor device that is reliable by forming an insulating layer on a lower memory layer and by forming a single crystalline semiconductor in portions of the insulating layer. A method of manufacturing the stacked semiconductor device, including: providing a lower memory layer including a plurality of lower memory structures; forming an insulating layer on the lower memory layer; forming trenches by removing portions of the insulating layer; forming a preparatory semiconductor layer for filling the trenches; and forming a single crystalline semiconductor layer by phase-changing the preparatory semiconductor layer. | 09-29-2011 |
20110237059 | Non-volatile memory devices with multiple layers having band gap relationships among the layers - A nonvolatile memory device may include: a tunnel insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate; a charge storage layer on the tunnel insulating layer; a blocking insulating layer on the charge storage layer; and a control gate electrode on the blocking insulating layer. The tunnel insulating layer may include a first tunnel insulating layer and a second tunnel insulating layer. The first tunnel insulating layer and the second tunnel insulating layer may be sequentially stacked on the semiconductor substrate. The second tunnel insulating layer may have a larger band gap than the first tunnel insulating layer. A method for fabricating a nonvolatile memory device may include: forming a tunnel insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a charge storage layer on the tunnel insulating layer; forming a blocking insulating layer on the charge storage layer; and forming a control gate electrode on the blocking insulating layer. | 09-29-2011 |
20120003799 | Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices with Si and SiGe epitaxial layers - Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices may include forming a first layer on a first active region (P-channel FET), forming a second layer on a second active region (N-channel FET), the first and second layers including a silicon germanium (SiGe) epitaxial layer sequentially stacked on a silicon (Si) epitaxial layer, forming a first contact hole in an interlayer insulating film including a first lower region exposing the SiGe epitaxial layer of the first layer, forming a second contact hole in the interlayer insulating film including a second lower region penetrating through the SiGe epitaxial layer of the second layer and exposing the Si epitaxial layer of the second layer, forming a first metal silicide film including germanium (Ge) in the first lower region, forming a second metal silicide film not including Ge in the second lower region simultaneously with the forming of the first metal silicide film. | 01-05-2012 |
20120058420 | Mask for Forming Patterns of Semiconductor Device - A mask for forming patterns of a semiconductor device is provided. The mask includes first and second main patterns disposed to be spaced apart from each other about a cross point and extending in first and second directions different from each other, a third main pattern disposed spaced apart from the first and second main patterns while being disposed between the first and second main patterns so as to overlap the cross point, and at least one auxiliary pattern spaced apart from the third main pattern in the periphery of a portion of the third main pattern, which is not adjacent with the first and second main patterns. | 03-08-2012 |
20120094492 | METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN, RETICLE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM FOR FORMING PATTERN - A method of forming a pattern includes forming a plurality of target patterns, forming a plurality of pitch violating patterns that make contact with the plurality of target patterns and are disposed between the plurality of target patterns, classifying the plurality of pitch violating patterns into a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, and forming an initial pattern corresponding to one of the first region and the second region. | 04-19-2012 |
20120097950 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND A METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit includes forming a first dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate, patterning the first dielectric layer to form a first patterned dielectric layer, forming a non-single crystal seed layer on the first patterned dielectric layer, removing a portion of the seed layer to form a patterned seed layer, forming a second dielectric layer on the first patterned dielectric layer and the patterned seed layer, removing portions of the second dielectric layer to form a second patterned dielectric layer, irradiating the patterned seed layer to single-crystallize the patterned seed layer, removing portions of the first patterned dielectric layer and the second patterned dielectric layer such that the single-crystallized seed layer protrudes in the vertical direction with respect to the first and/or the second patterned dielectric layer, and forming a gate electrode in contact with the single-crystal active pattern. | 04-26-2012 |
20130143372 | METHODS OF FORMING PATTERNS OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Methods of forming patterns of a semiconductor device are provided. The methods may include forming a hard mask film on a semiconductor substrate. The methods may include forming first and second sacrificial film patterns that are spaced apart from each other on the hard mask film. The methods may include forming a first spacer on opposing sidewalls of the first sacrificial film pattern and a second spacer on opposing sidewalls of the second sacrificial film pattern. The methods may include removing the first and second sacrificial film patterns. The methods may include trimming the second spacer such that a line width of the second spacer becomes smaller than a line width of the first spacer. The methods may include forming first and second hard mask film patterns by etching the hard mask film using the first spacer and the trimmed second spacer as an etch mask. | 06-06-2013 |
20150076617 | METHODS OF FORMING PATTERNS OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Methods of forming patterns of a semiconductor device are provided. The methods may include forming a hard mask film on a semiconductor substrate. The methods may include forming first and second sacrificial film patterns that are spaced apart from each other on the hard mask film. The methods may include forming a first spacer on opposing sidewalls of the first sacrificial film pattern and a second spacer on opposing sidewalls of the second sacrificial film pattern. The methods may include removing the first and second sacrificial film patterns. The methods may include trimming the second spacer such that a line width of the second spacer becomes smaller than a line width of the first spacer. The methods may include forming first and second hard mask film patterns by etching the hard mask film using the first spacer and the trimmed second spacer as an etch mask. | 03-19-2015 |