Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090090947 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first area and a second area, a first active structure disposed in the first area, a second active structure disposed in the second area, a first transistor disposed in the first area and a second transistor disposed in the second area. The second active structure may have a height substantially the same as a height of the first active structure. The first transistor includes a first gate structure enclosing an upper portion of the first active structure, a first impurity region formed at a lower portion of the first active structure, and a second impurity region formed at the upper portion of the first active structure. The second transistor includes a second gate structure formed on the second active structure and third impurity regions formed at an upper portion of the second active structure. | 04-09-2009 |
20090108318 | Integrated Circuit Semiconductor Device Including Stacked Level Transistors and Fabrication Method Thereof - An integrated circuit semiconductor device includes a first transistor formed at a lower substrate and configured with at least one of a vertical transistor and a planar transistor. A bonding insulation layer is formed on the first transistor, and an upper substrate is bonded on the bonding insulation layer. A second transistor configured with at least one of a vertical transistor and a planar transistor is formed at the upper substrate. The first transistor and the second transistor are connected by an interconnection layer. | 04-30-2009 |
20090148991 | Method of fabricating semiconductor device having vertical channel transistor - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device having a vertical channel transistor, the method including forming a hard mask pattern on a substrate, forming a preliminary active pillar by etching the substrate using the hard mask pattern as an etch mask, reducing a width of the preliminary active pillar to form an active pillar having a width less than that of the hard mask pattern, forming a lower source/drain region by implanting impurity ions into the substrate adjacent to the active pillar using the hard mask pattern as an ion implantation mask, and forming an upper source/drain region on the active pillar and vertically separated from the lower source/drain region. | 06-11-2009 |
20090242975 | Vertical pillar transistor - A vertical pillar transistor may include a plurality of lower pillars, a plurality of upper pillars, a first insulation part, a second insulation part and a word line. The plurality of lower pillars protrudes substantially perpendicular to a substrate and is defined by a plurality of trenches. The plurality of lower pillars extends along a second direction and may be separated from each other along a first direction substantially perpendicular to the second direction. The plurality of upper pillars may be formed on the plurality of lower pillars. The plurality of upper pillars has a width substantially smaller than that of the plurality of lower pillars. The first insulation part has a substantially uniform thickness on a sidewall of each of the plurality of lower pillars. The second insulation part may be formed on the first insulation part to fill a gap between the adjacent upper pillars. The word line may be formed on the second insulation part and may extend between facing sidewalls of the adjacent pair of upper pillars along the first direction. | 10-01-2009 |
20090250736 | Semiconductor device - In a semiconductor device and associated methods, the semiconductor device includes a substrate, an insulation layer on the substrate, a conductive structure on the insulation layer, the conductive structure including at least one metal silicide film pattern, a semiconductor pattern on the conductive structure, the semiconductor pattern protruding upwardly from the conductive structure, a gate electrode at least partially enclosing the semiconductor pattern, the gate electrode being spaced apart from the conductive structure, a first impurity region at a lower portion of the semiconductor pattern, and a second impurity region at an upper portion of the semiconductor pattern. | 10-08-2009 |
20100001327 | Semiconductor device - In a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device may include a first active structure, a first gate insulation layer, a first gate electrode, a first impurity region, a second impurity region and a contact structure. The first active structure may include a first lower pattern in a first region of a substrate and a first upper pattern on the first lower pattern. The first gate insulation layer may be formed on a sidewall of the first upper pattern. The first gate electrode may be formed on the first gate insulation layer. The first impurity region may be formed in the first lower pattern. The second impurity region may be formed in the first upper pattern. The contact structure may surround an upper surface and an upper sidewall of the first upper pattern including the second impurity region. Accordingly, the contact resistance between the contact structure and the second impurity region may be decreased and structural stability of the contact structure may be improved. | 01-07-2010 |
20100140692 | METHODS OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING MULTIPLE CHANNEL TRANSISTORS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES FABRICATED THEREBY - In methods of fabricating a semiconductor device having multiple channel transistors and semiconductor devices fabricated thereby, the semiconductor device includes an isolation region disposed within a semiconductor substrate and defining a first region. A plurality of semiconductor pillars self-aligned with the first region and spaced apart from each other are disposed within the first region, and each of the semiconductor pillars has at least one recessed region therein. At least one gate structure may be disposed across the recessed regions, which crosses the semiconductor pillars and extends onto the isolation region. | 06-10-2010 |
20100181613 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES - A semiconductor memory device includes first and second active pillar structures protruding at an upper part of a substrate, buried bit lines each extending in a first direction, and first gate patterns and second gate patterns each extending in a second direction. The first and second active pillar structures occupy odd-numbered and even-numbered rows, respectively. The first and the second active pillar structures also occupy even-numbered and odd-numbered columns, respectively. The columns of the second active pillar structures are offset in the second direction from the columns of the first active pillar structures. Each buried bit line is connected to lower portions of the first active pillar structures which occupy one of the even-numbered columns and to lower portions of the second active pillar structures which occupy an adjacent one of the odd-numbered columns. | 07-22-2010 |
20100244110 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, an insulation interlayer pattern and a capacitor. The first transistor is formed in a first region of a substrate. The first transistor has a pillar protruding upwardly from the substrate and an impurity region provided in an upper portion of the pillar. The second transistor is formed in a second region of the substrate. The insulation interlayer pattern is formed on the first region and the second region to cover the second transistor and expose an upper surface of the pillar. The insulation interlayer pattern has an upper surface substantially higher than the upper surface of the pillar in the first region. The capacitor is formed on the impurity region in the upper portion of the pillar and is electrically connected to the impurity region. | 09-30-2010 |
20110068384 | Semiconductor Device Comprising Buried Word Lines - A semiconductor device includes: an isolation layer for defining a plurality of active areas of a substrate, where the isolation layer is disposed on the substrate; a plurality of buried word lines having upper surfaces that are lower than the upper surfaces of the active areas, being surrounded by the active areas, and extending in a first direction parallel to a main surface of the substrate; a gate dielectric film interposed between the buried word lines and the active areas; and a plurality of buried bit lines having upper surfaces that are lower than the upper surfaces of the plurality of buried word lines and extending parallel to the main surface of the substrate in a second direction that differs from the first direction. | 03-24-2011 |
20110183483 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device - In a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device may include a first active structure, a first gate insulation layer, a first gate electrode, a first impurity region, a second impurity region and a contact structure. The first active structure may include a first lower pattern in a first region of a substrate and a first upper pattern on the first lower pattern. The first gate insulation layer may be formed on a sidewall of the first upper pattern. The first gate electrode may be formed on the first gate insulation layer. The first impurity region may be formed in the first lower pattern. The second impurity region may be formed in the first upper pattern. The contact structure may surround an upper surface and an upper sidewall of the first upper pattern including the second impurity region. Accordingly, the contact resistance between the contact structure and the second impurity region may be decreased and structural stability of the contact structure may be improved. | 07-28-2011 |
20110281408 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a semiconductor device and associated methods, the semiconductor device includes a substrate, an insulation layer on the substrate, a conductive structure on the insulation layer, the conductive structure including at least one metal silicide film pattern, a semiconductor pattern on the conductive structure, the semiconductor pattern protruding upwardly from the conductive structure, a gate electrode at least partially enclosing the semiconductor pattern, the gate electrode being spaced apart from the conductive structure, a first impurity region at a lower portion of the semiconductor pattern, and a second impurity region at an upper portion of the semiconductor pattern. | 11-17-2011 |
20120070950 | Method of Manufacturing a Semiconductor Device - A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first area and a second area, a first active structure disposed in the first area, a second active structure disposed in the second area, a first transistor disposed in the first area and a second transistor disposed in the second area. The second active structure may have a height substantially the same as a height of the first active structure. The first transistor includes a first gate structure enclosing an upper portion of the first active structure, a first impurity region formed at a lower portion of the first active structure, and a second impurity region formed at the upper portion of the first active structure. The second transistor includes a second gate structure formed on the second active structure and third impurity regions formed at an upper portion of the second active structure. | 03-22-2012 |
20120276698 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, an insulation interlayer pattern and a capacitor. The first transistor is formed in a first region of a substrate. The first transistor has a pillar protruding upwardly from the substrate and an impurity region provided in an upper portion of the pillar. The second transistor is formed in a second region of the substrate. The insulation interlayer pattern is formed on the first region and the second region to cover the second transistor and expose an upper surface of the pillar. The insulation interlayer pattern has an upper surface substantially higher than the upper surface of the pillar in the first region. The capacitor is formed on the impurity region in the upper portion of the pillar and is electrically connected to the impurity region. | 11-01-2012 |