Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first gate pattern disposed in a peripheral region of a substrate; a second gate pattern disposed in a cell region of the substrate; a first insulator formed on sidewalls of the first gate pattern; and a second insulator formed on sidewalls of the second gate pattern, wherein a dielectric constant of the first insulator is different from a dielectric constant of the second insulator, and wherein a height of the second insulator is greater than a height of the second gate pattern.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming first and second gate structures on a substrate in first and second regions, respectively, forming a first capping layer on the substrate by a first high density plasma process, such that the first capping layer covers the first and second gate structures except for sidewalls thereof, removing a portion of the first capping layer in the first region, removing an upper portion of the substrate in the first region using the first gate structure as an etching mask to form a first trench, and forming a first epitaxial layer to fill the first trench.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided including a substrate having a first surface and a second surface recessed from opposite sides of the first surface, a gate pattern formed on the first surface and having a gate insulating layer and a gate electrode, a carbon-doped silicon buffer layer formed on the second surface, and source and drain regions doped with an n-type dopant or p-type dopant, epitaxially grown on the silicon buffer layer to be elevated from a top surface of the gate insulating layer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor may include providing a substrate having first and second regions defined therein, forming an interlayer dielectric layer including first and second trenches formed in the first and second regions, respectively, and conformally forming a gate dielectric layer along a top surface of the interlayer dielectric layer, side and bottom surfaces of the first trench and side, and bottom surfaces of the second trench. An etch stop dielectric layer may be formed on the gate dielectric layer, a first metal layer may be formed to fill the first and second trenches, and the first metal layer in the first region may be removed using the etch stop dielectric layer as an etch stopper.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming first and second gate structures on a substrate in first and second regions, respectively, forming a first capping layer on the substrate by a first high density plasma process, such that the first capping layer covers the first and second gate structures except for sidewalls thereof, removing a portion of the first capping layer in the first region, removing an upper portion of the substrate in the first region using the first gate structure as an etching mask to form a first trench, and forming a first epitaxial layer to fill the first trench.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulating film on a substrate and including a trench, a gate insulating film in the trench, a DIT (Density of Interface Trap) improvement film on the gate insulating film to improve a DIT of the substrate, and a first conductivity type work function adjustment film on the DIT improvement film. Related methods of forming semiconductor devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having an improved negative bias temperature instability lifetime characteristic is manufactured by forming a first insulating layer on a substrate, performing a first nitridation on the first insulating layer to form a second insulating layer, and sequentially performing a first and second anneal on the second insulating layer to form a third insulating layer, wherein the second anneal is performed at a higher temperature and with a different gas than the first anneal. A second nitridation is performed on the third insulating layer to form a fourth insulating layer, and a sequential third and fourth anneal on the fourth insulating layer forms a fifth insulating layer. The third anneal is performed at a higher temperature than the first anneal, and the fourth anneal is performed at a higher temperature than the second anneal and with a different gas than the third anneal.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor may include providing a substrate having first and second regions defined therein, forming an interlayer dielectric layer including first and second trenches formed in the first and second regions, respectively, and conformally forming a gate dielectric layer along a top surface of the interlayer dielectric layer, side and bottom surfaces of the first trench and side, and bottom surfaces of the second trench. An etch stop dielectric layer may be formed on the gate dielectric layer, a first metal layer may be formed to fill the first and second trenches, and the first metal layer in the first region may be removed using the etch stop dielectric layer as an etch stopper.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device may include a first wordline on a substrate, an insulating layer on the first wordline, and a second wordline on the insulating layer so that the insulating layer is between the first and second wordlines. A bit pillar may extend adjacent the first wordline, the insulating layer, and the second wordline in a direction perpendicular with respect to a surface of the substrate, and the bit pillar may be electrically conductive. In addition, a first memory cell may include a first resistance changeable element electrically coupled between the first wordline and the bit pillar, and a second memory cell may include a second resistance changeable element electrically coupled between the second wordline and the bit pillar. Related methods and systems are also discussed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first gate pattern disposed in a peripheral region of a substrate; a second gate pattern disposed in a cell region of the substrate; a first insulator formed on sidewalls of the first gate pattern; and a second insulator formed on sidewalls of the second gate pattern, wherein a dielectric constant of the first insulator is different from a dielectric constant of the second insulator, and wherein a height of the second insulator is greater than a height of the second gate pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is formed with a gate pattern formed on a substrate, and a recrystallized region having a stacking fault defect in the substrate at one side of the gate pattern. The semiconductor device can have a reduced leakage current and improved channel conductivity.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an interlayer dielectric film that has first and second trenches on first and second regions of a substrate, respectively, forming a first metal layer along a sidewall and a bottom surface of the first trench and along a top surface of the interlayer dielectric film in the first region, forming a second metal layer along a sidewall and a bottom surface of the second trench and along a top surface of the interlayer dielectric film in the second region, forming a first sacrificial layer pattern on the first metal layer such that the first sacrificial layer fills a portion of the first trench, forming a first electrode layer by etching the first metal layer and the second metal layer using the first sacrificial layer pattern, and removing the first sacrificial layer pattern.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device can be provided by forming an opening that exposes a surface of an elevated source/drain region. The size of the opening can be reduced and a pre-amorphization implant (PAI) can be performed into the elevated source/drain region, through the opening, to form an amorphized portion of the elevated source/drain region. A metal-silicide can be formed from a metal and the amorphized portion.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an interlayer dielectric film that has first and second trenches on first and second regions of a substrate, respectively, forming a first metal layer along a sidewall and a bottom surface of the first trench and along a top surface of the interlayer dielectric film in the first region, forming a second metal layer along a sidewall and a bottom surface of the second trench and along a top surface of the interlayer dielectric film in the second region, forming a first sacrificial layer pattern on the first metal layer such that the first sacrificial layer fills a portion of the first trench, forming a first electrode layer by etching the first metal layer and the second metal layer using the first sacrificial layer pattern, and removing the first sacrificial layer pattern.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device can uniformly form a metal gate irrespective of gate pattern density. The method includes forming an interlayer dielectric layer having a trench on a substrate, forming a metal layer having first, second and third sections extending along the sides of the trench, the bottom of the trench and on the interlayer dielectric layer, respectively, forming a sacrificial layer pattern exposing an upper part of the first section of the metal layer, forming a spacer pattern on the exposed part of the first section of the metal layer, and forming a first gate metal layer by etching the first section of the metal layer using the sacrificial layer pattern and the spacer pattern as masks.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor may include providing a substrate having first and second regions defined therein, forming an interlayer dielectric layer including first and second trenches formed in the first and second regions, respectively, and conformally forming a gate dielectric layer along a top surface of the interlayer dielectric layer, side and bottom surfaces of the first trench and side, and bottom surfaces of the second trench. An etch stop dielectric layer may be formed on the gate dielectric layer, a first metal layer may be formed to fill the first and second trenches, and the first metal layer in the first region may be removed using the etch stop dielectric layer as an etch stopper.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having an improved negative bias temperature instability lifetime characteristic is manufactured by forming a first insulating layer on a substrate, performing a first nitridation on the first insulating layer to form a second insulating layer, and sequentially performing a first and second anneal on the second insulating layer to form a third insulating layer, wherein the second anneal is performed at a higher temperature and with a different gas than the first anneal. A second nitridation is performed on the third insulating layer to form a fourth insulating layer, and a sequential third and fourth anneal on the fourth insulating layer forms a fifth insulating layer. The third anneal is performed at a higher temperature than the first anneal, and the fourth anneal is performed at a higher temperature than the second anneal and with a different gas than the third anneal.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices including first and second fin active regions protruding vertically from a substrate and integrally formed with the substrate, a gate insulation layer formed on the first and second fin active regions, a first gate metal contacting the gate insulation layer on the first fin active region, and a second gate metal contacting the first gate metal on the first fin active region and contacting the gate insulation layer on the second fin active region.

Abstract: Methods for fabricating a semiconductor device are provided wherein, in an embodiment, the method includes the steps of forming a gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate, forming a trench by recessing the semiconductor substrate in the vicinity of the gate electrode, doping an anti-diffusion ion into a portion of the semiconductor substrate in the trench, and growing an impurity-doped epitaxial layer on the semiconductor substrate doped with the anti-diffusion ion.

Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes providing a substrate having a channel region; forming a gate structure, which comprises a dummy gate pattern, on the substrate; forming first and second trenches by recessing the substrate on both sides of the gate structure, respectively; forming a first semiconductor pattern in the first and second trenches; removing the dummy gate pattern to expose a portion of the channel region; forming a recessed channel region by recessing the portion of the channel region; and forming a second semiconductor pattern in the recessed region.