Patents by Inventor Yong-koo Kyoung

Yong-koo Kyoung has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8823078
    Abstract: Provided are a non-volatile memory devices having a stacked structure, and a memory card and a system including the same. A non-volatile memory device may include a substrate. A stacked NAND cell array may have at least one NAND set and each NAND set may include a plurality of NAND strings vertically stacked on the substrate. At least one signal line may be arranged on the substrate so as to be commonly coupled with the at least one NAND set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-joo Kim, Yoon-dong Park, Jung-hun Sung, Yong-Koo Kyoung, Sang-moo Choi, Tae-hee Lee
  • Patent number: 8440527
    Abstract: A memory device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The memory device includes a tunneling dielectric layer on a substrate, a charge storage layer on the tunneling dielectric layer, a blocking dielectric layer on the charge storage layer, the blocking dielectric layer including a first dielectric layer having silicon oxide, a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer and having aluminum silicate, and a third dielectric layer formed on the second dielectric layer and having aluminum oxide, and an upper electrode on the blocking dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Chul Yoo, Eun-Ha Lee, Hyung-Ik Lee, Ki-Hyun Hwang, Sung Heo, Han-Mei Choi, Yong-Koo Kyoung, Byong-Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 8385122
    Abstract: Provided are a non-volatile memory devices having a stacked structure, and a memory card and a system including the same. A non-volatile memory device may include a substrate. A stacked NAND cell array may have at least one NAND set and each NAND set may include a plurality of NAND strings vertically stacked on the substrate. At least one signal line may be arranged on the substrate so as to be commonly coupled with the at least one NAND set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-joo Kim, Yoon-dong Park, Jung-hun Sung, Yong-koo Kyoung, Sang-moo Choi, Tae-hee Lee
  • Patent number: 8324043
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-bum Kim, Si-young Choi, Hyung-ik Lee, Ki-hong Kim, Yong-koo Kyoung
  • Publication number: 20120003799
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Jin-bum Kim, Si-young Choi, Hyung-Ik Lee, Ki-hong Kim, Yong-koo Kyoung
  • Patent number: 8039902
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices include a substrate having first and second active regions; a P-channel transistor associated with the first active region and including at least one of source and drain regions; an N-channel field-effect transistor associated with the second active region and including at least one of the source and drain regions; first and second contact pad layers each including silicon (Si) and SiGe epitaxial layers on the source and drain regions the SiGe epitaxial layers being sequentially stacked on the Si epitaxial layers; an interlayer insulating film; a first metal silicide film on the SiGe epitaxial layer of the P-channel transistor and a second metal silicide film on the Si epitaxial layer of the N-channel transistor; and contact plugs on the first and second metal silicide films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-bum Kim, Si-young Choi, Hyung-ik Lee, Ki-hong Kim, Yong-koo Kyoung
  • Publication number: 20110001183
    Abstract: A memory device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The memory device includes a tunneling dielectric layer on a substrate, a charge storage layer on the tunneling dielectric layer, a blocking dielectric layer on the charge storage layer, the blocking dielectric layer including a first dielectric layer having silicon oxide, a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer and having aluminum silicate, and a third dielectric layer formed on the second dielectric layer and having aluminum oxide, and an upper electrode on the blocking dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Dong-Chul Yoo, Eun-Ha Lee, Hyung-Ik Lee, Ki-Hyun Hwang, Sung Heo, Han-Mei Choi, Yong-Koo Kyoung, Byong-Ju Kim
  • Publication number: 20100177566
    Abstract: Provided are a non-volatile memory devices having a stacked structure, and a memory card and a system including the same. A non-volatile memory device may include a substrate. A stacked NAND cell array may have at least one NAND set and each NAND set may include a plurality of NAND strings vertically stacked on the substrate. At least one signal line may be arranged on the substrate so as to be commonly coupled with the at least one NAND set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Won-joo Kim, Yoon-dong Park, Jung-hun Sung, Yong-koo Kyoung, Sang-moo Choi, Tae-hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20100123198
    Abstract: Provided are semiconductor devices having low resistance contacts and methods of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Jin-bum Kim, Si-young Choi, Hyung-ik Lee, Ki-hong Kim, Yong-koo Kyoung