Patents by Inventor Dae Sung EOM

Dae Sung EOM 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).

  • Publication number: 20250331186
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor memory device are provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a first insulating layer including a cell region and an extension region, a channel structure penetrating the first insulating layer in the cell region, a memory layer extending along a side wall of the channel structure, conductive layers disposed to be spaced apart in the vertical direction along a side wall of the memory layer over the first insulating layer, an active pattern coupled to a corresponding conductive layer among the conductive layers, and a gate electrode disposed over the active pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung EOM
  • Publication number: 20250311216
    Abstract: A memory device and a manufacturing method are provided. The memory device includes a first gate conductive pattern disposed within a cell region and a word line contact region and extending in a first direction; and a second gate conductive pattern sequentially disposed with the first gate conductive pattern and extending in the first direction. Each of the first gate conductive pattern and the second gate conductive pattern includes a first extension extending in parallel with a second extension within the word line contact region; a first extending member extending in a third direction from an end of the first extension and a second extending member extending in the third direction from an end of the second extension, wherein the third direction is orthogonal to the first direction; and a connection connecting the first extending member to the second extending member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung EOM
  • Patent number: 12432913
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate including a first region and a second region; a memory cell array over the first region of the semiconductor substrate; a dummy stack structure over the second region of the semiconductor substrate; a chip guard structure penetrating the dummy stack structure; and a void-containing structure penetrating the dummy stack structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung Eom
  • Publication number: 20250294743
    Abstract: Provided herein is a memory device and a method of manufacturing the memory device. The method of manufacturing a memory device includes forming a stacked body including first and second material layers on a lower structure, forming first openings passing through the stacked body, filling the first openings with preliminary contact plugs, respectively, forming, on the stacked body, a stepped structure including steps respectively corresponding to the preliminary contact plugs, forming second openings passing through respective steps of the stepped structure and open at least portions of the first openings, respectively, at different depths, exposing side surfaces of the second material layers by removing respective portions of the preliminary contact plugs adjacent to respective first sides of the first openings through the second openings, and forming the stacked body having a reverse step structure by removing exposed portions of the second material layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung EOM
  • Patent number: 12341095
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first conductive pattern having a first line portion extending in a first direction and a first bending portion that extends from the first line portion. A closed area, surrounded by the first line portion and the first bending portion, is defined at one side of the first line portion. The semiconductor device further includes a second conductive pattern disposed in the closed area, the second conductive pattern being spaced apart from the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung Eom
  • Publication number: 20240357823
    Abstract: Provided herein is a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes a stacked body, and first pass transistors and second pass transistors configured to couple global word lines to local lines, wherein any one of the plurality of conductive lines is a block select line, and gates of the first pass transistors and the second pass transistors are coupled to the block select line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung EOM
  • Patent number: 12101934
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a stacked structure comprising a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers, wherein the dielectric layers are alternately stacked with the conductive layers; a groove formed for each conductive layer by recessing the conductive layer to the inside of the stacked structure; and an isolation structure formed through the stacked structure so as to isolate the stacked structure into a first block and a second block. The isolation structure comprises a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure adjacent to the first isolation structure with a gap provided between the first and second isolation structures, and one end of the first isolation structure and the other end of the second isolation structure, which face each other, have a vortex shape when viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung Eom
  • Publication number: 20240244842
    Abstract: Provided herein is a memory device and a method of manufacturing the memory device. The memory device includes a first conductive layer extending in a first direction, a second conductive layer extending from the first conductive layer in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a plurality of first channel structures penetrating the first conductive layer and disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and a plurality of second channel structures penetrating the second conductive layer, wherein the first conductive layer may form an interface with the second conductive layer, and the interface may be disposed between the plurality of first channel structures and the plurality of second channel structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung EOM
  • Patent number: 11923406
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first insulating layer, a plurality of first electrodes penetrating the first insulating layer, a plurality of second electrodes penetrating the first insulating layer, the plurality of second electrodes being located between the plurality of first electrodes: a first high dielectric constant layer having a dielectric constant higher than a dielectric constant of the first insulating layer, a plurality of third electrodes penetrating the first high dielectric constant layer, the plurality of third electrodes being respectively connected to the plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of fourth electrodes penetrating the first high dielectric constant layer, the plurality of fourth electrodes being located between the plurality of third electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung Eom
  • Publication number: 20240015966
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a gate stack structure including a plurality of conductive layers stacked to be spaced apart from each other in a first direction, the gate stack structure surrounding the periphery of a polygonal opening. The semiconductor memory device also includes a stepped structure formed along a sidewall of the polygonal opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung EOM
  • Publication number: 20240008272
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a stacked structure comprising a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers, wherein the dielectric layers are alternately stacked with the conductive layers; a groove formed for each conductive layer by recessing the conductive layer to the inside of the stacked structure; and an isolation structure formed through the stacked structure so as to isolate the stacked structure into a first block and a second block. The isolation structure comprises a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure adjacent to the first isolation structure with a gap provided between the first and second isolation structures, and one end of the first isolation structure and the other end of the second isolation structure, which face each other, have a vortex shape when viewed from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung EOM
  • Patent number: 11765895
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a stacked structure comprising a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers, wherein the dielectric layers are alternately stacked with the conductive layers; a groove formed for each conductive layer by recessing the conductive layer to the inside of the stacked structure; and an isolation structure formed through the stacked structure so as to isolate the stacked structure into a first block and a second block. The isolation structure comprises a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure adjacent to the first isolation structure with a gap provided between the first and second isolation structures, and one end of the first isolation structure and the other end of the second isolation structure, which face each other, have a vortex shape when viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung Eom
  • Publication number: 20230217651
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate including a first region and a second region; a memory cell array over the first region of the semiconductor substrate; a dummy stack structure over the second region of the semiconductor substrate; a chip guard structure penetrating the dummy stack structure; and a void-containing structure penetrating the dummy stack structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung EOM
  • Publication number: 20220367502
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a stacked structure comprising a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers, wherein the dielectric layers are alternately stacked with the conductive layers; a groove formed for each conductive layer by recessing the conductive layer to the inside of the stacked structure; and an isolation structure formed through the stacked structure so as to isolate the stacked structure into a first block and a second block. The isolation structure comprises a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure adjacent to the first isolation structure with a gap provided between the first and second isolation structures, and one end of the first isolation structure and the other end of the second isolation structure, which face each other, have a vortex shape when viewed from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung EOM
  • Publication number: 20220302248
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first insulating layer, a plurality of first electrodes penetrating the first insulating layer, a plurality of second electrodes penetrating the first insulating layer, the plurality of second electrodes being located between the plurality of first electrodes: a first high dielectric constant layer having a dielectric constant higher than a dielectric constant of the first insulating layer, a plurality of third electrodes penetrating the first high dielectric constant layer, the plurality of third electrodes being respectively connected to the plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of fourth electrodes penetrating the first high dielectric constant layer, the plurality of fourth electrodes being located between the plurality of third electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung EOM
  • Patent number: 11404428
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a stacked structure comprising a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers, wherein the dielectric layers are alternately stacked with the conductive layers; a groove formed for each conductive layer by recessing the conductive layer to the inside of the stacked structure; and an isolation structure formed through the stacked structure so as to isolate the stacked structure into a first block and a second block. The isolation structure comprises a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure adjacent to the first isolation structure with a gap provided between the first and second isolation structures, and one end of the first isolation structure and the other end of the second isolation structure, which face each other, have a vortex shape when viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung Eom
  • Publication number: 20220173029
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first conductive pattern having a first line portion extending in a first direction and a first bending portion that extends from the first line portion. A closed area, surrounded by the first line portion and the first bending portion, is defined at one side of the first line portion. The semiconductor device further includes a second conductive pattern disposed in the closed area, the second conductive pattern being spaced apart from the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung EOM
  • Patent number: 11289420
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first conductive pattern having a first line portion extending in a first direction and a first bending portion that extends from the first line portion. A closed area, surrounded by the first line portion and the first bending portion, is defined at one side of the first line portion. The semiconductor device further includes a second conductive pattern disposed in the closed area, the second conductive pattern being spaced apart from the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung Eom
  • Patent number: 11201170
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes conductive patterns stacked and spaced apart from each other in a first direction to form a stepped structure, a stepped insulating layer overlapping the stepped structure, contact plugs extending through the stepped insulating layer in the first direction to contact respective contact portions of the conductive patterns, and barrier patterns disposed on sidewalls of the stepped insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung Eom
  • Publication number: 20210249432
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a stacked structure comprising a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers, wherein the dielectric layers are alternately stacked with the conductive layers; a groove formed for each conductive layer by recessing the conductive layer to the inside of the stacked structure; and an isolation structure formed through the stacked structure so as to isolate the stacked structure into a first block and a second block. The isolation structure comprises a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure adjacent to the first isolation structure with a gap provided between the first and second isolation structures, and one end of the first isolation structure and the other end of the second isolation structure, which face each other, have a vortex shape when viewed from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Sung EOM