Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the device including a semiconductor substrate that includes a trench defining an active region; a buried dielectric pattern in the trench; a silicon oxide layer between the buried dielectric pattern and an inner wall of the trench; and a polycrystalline silicon layer between the silicon oxide layer and the inner wall of the trench, wherein the polycrystalline silicon layer has a first surface in contact with the semiconductor substrate and a second surface in contact with the silicon oxide layer, and wherein the second surface includes a plurality of silicon grains that are uniformly distributed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor device may include a substrate having a groove therein extending in a first direction, a gate insulating layer in the groove, a first conductive pattern in the groove and on the gate insulating layer, and a word line capping pattern in the groove and on the first conductive pattern. The first conductive pattern may include a first material and may include a first conductive portion adjacent to the word line capping pattern and a second conductive portion adjacent to a bottom end of the groove. A largest dimension of a grain of the first material of the first conductive portion may be equal to or larger than that of the first material of the second conductive portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the device including a semiconductor substrate that includes a trench defining an active region; a buried dielectric pattern in the trench; a silicon oxide layer between the buried dielectric pattern and an inner wall of the trench; and a polycrystalline silicon layer between the silicon oxide layer and the inner wall of the trench, wherein the polycrystalline silicon layer has a first surface in contact with the semiconductor substrate and a second surface in contact with the silicon oxide layer, and wherein the second surface includes a plurality of silicon grains that are uniformly distributed.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including a device isolation pattern defining an active pattern extending in a first direction and including first and second source/drain regions, a word line extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a bit line that is on the word line and electrically connected to the first source/drain region and that extends in a third direction that intersects the first and second directions, a bit-line spacer on a sidewall of the bit line, a storage node contact electrically connected to the second source/drain region and spaced apart from the bit line across the bit-line spacer, and a dielectric pattern between the bit-line spacer and the storage node contact. The bit-line spacer includes a first spacer covering the sidewall of the bit line and a second spacer between the dielectric pattern and the first spacer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the device including a semiconductor substrate that includes a trench defining an active region; a buried dielectric pattern in the trench; a silicon oxide layer between the buried dielectric pattern and an inner wall of the trench; and a polycrystalline silicon layer between the silicon oxide layer and the inner wall of the trench, wherein the polycrystalline silicon layer has a first surface in contact with the semiconductor substrate and a second surface in contact with the silicon oxide layer, and wherein the second surface includes a plurality of silicon grains that are uniformly distributed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the device including a semiconductor substrate that includes a trench defining an active region; a buried dielectric pattern in the trench; a silicon oxide layer between the buried dielectric pattern and an inner wall of the trench; and a polycrystalline silicon layer between the silicon oxide layer and the inner wall of the trench, wherein the polycrystalline silicon layer has a first surface in contact with the semiconductor substrate and a second surface in contact with the silicon oxide layer, and wherein the second surface includes a plurality of silicon grains that are uniformly distributed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible thermoelectric element and a production method therefor, the flexible thermoelectric element comprising: a thermoelectric material column array including one or more N-type thermoelectric material and one or more P-type thermoelectric material which are spaced apart from each other; an electrode configured to electrically connect the thermoelectric materials of the thermoelectric material column array; and a foam configured to fill in at least a void of the thermoelectric material column array.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible thermoelectric device and a manufacturing method thereof, and a thermoelectric material is formed on a mesh type substrate made of a glass fabric, and the like. According to the present invention, since the thermoelectric material is supported by a mesh type substrate without a substrate made of alumina, and the like, the thermoelectric device has a high flexibility and a light weight, and thermal loss is minimized by the substrate to maximize thermoelectric efficiency.