Abstract: Example embodiments may provide metal line structures, and example methods may include forming the same. Example embodiment metal line structures may include a first metal line on a substrate, a first barrier metal layer on sidewalls and a lower surface of the first metal line, a first insulating layer covering the first metal line, a second metal line on the first insulating layer, a contact plug passing through the first insulating layer to electrically connect the first metal line and the second metal line, and a second barrier metal layer on sidewalls and a lower surface of the contact plug and the second metal line. The first barrier metal layer and the second barrier metal layer may contact each other.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having pads is provided. The semiconductor device includes first pads formed along a first row, and second pads formed along a second row. The first via contact portions extending from the first pads toward the second row, and second via contact portions extending from the second pads toward the first row. The first and second via contact portions are arranged along a third row between the first and second rows.

Abstract: In a trench isolation method, a semiconductor substrate having an N-MOS region and a P-MOS region is prepared. A first mask pattern exposing an N-MOS field region is formed on the N-MOS region, and a second mask pattern exposing a P-MOS field region is formed on the P-MOS region. A first photoresist pattern is formed to cover the P-MOS region and expose the N-MOS region. First impurity ions are implanted into the N-MOS region, using the first mask pattern and the first photoresist pattern as ion implantation masks, thereby forming a first impurity layer in the N-MOS field region. In this case, a portion of the first impurity layer is formed to extend below the first mask pattern. The first photoresist pattern is removed. The semiconductor substrate is etched using the first and second mask patterns as etch masks, thereby forming trenches in the N-MOS field region and the P-MOS field region and concurrently, forming a first impurity pattern of the first impurity layer remaining below the first mask pattern.

Abstract: A MOS transistor can include a substrate and a field region formed at the semiconductor substrate to define an active region. An I-shaped spacer is on sidewalls of the gate electrode. A lightly doped region and a heavily doped region are on the semiconductor substrate on sides of the gate electrode. A first silicide layer is on a surface of the heavily doped region and a second silicide layer is on the lightly doped region between the I-shaped spacer and the first silicide layer.

Abstract: Methods of forming MOS transistors include forming lightly and heavily doped source/drain regions adjacent to one another in a substrate and a gate electrode with a sidewall spacer thereon. A salicide process is performed on a surface of the heavily doped source/drain region to provide a first suicide layer self-aligned to the sidewall spacer. At least a portion of the sidewall spacer is removed to expose a portion of the lightly doped source/drain region adjacent to the first silicide layer. A salicide process in performed on the exposed portion of the lightly doped source/drain region to provide a second silicide layer adjacent to the first suicide layer. Related devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: Integrated circuit memory devices include an integrated circuit substrate and a plurality of lower wiring lines on the substrate and extending in a first direction. An interlayer insulating layer is on the plurality of lower wiring lines. An upper damascene wiring line is in an upper portion of the interlayer insulating layer and extending in a second direction, different from the first direction, to extend over the plurality of lower wiring lines. The upper damascene wiring line has protruded regions extending therefrom in a direction different from the second direction, the protruded regions extending over respective underlying ones of the lower wiring lines. A first via extends through the interlayer insulating layer under a first of the protruded regions and connects the upper damascene wiring line to a corresponding underlying first one of the plurality of wiring lines.

Abstract: A shared contact structure, semiconductor device and method of fabricating the semiconductor device, in which the shared contact structure may include a gate electrode disposed on an active region of a substrate and including facing first and second sidewalls. The first sidewall may be covered with an insulating spacer. The source/drain regions may be formed within the active region adjacent the first sidewall, and provided on the opposite side of the second sidewall. A corner protection pattern may be formed adjacent the source/drain regions and the insulating spacer, and covered by an inter-layer dielectric. A shared contact plug may be formed through the inter-layer dielectric, to be in contact with the gate electrode, corner protection pattern and source/drain regions.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a local interconnection layer and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A local interconnection layer is formed in an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer on an isolation layer and a junction layer, for covering a semiconductor substrate, the isolation layer, and a gate pattern. An etch stopper pattern having at least one layer for preventing the etching of the isolation layer is formed under the local interconnection layer. The etch stopper pattern having at least one layer for preventing the etching of the isolation layer can be included when forming the local interconnection layer, thereby preventing leakage current caused by the etching of the isolation layer, improving the electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device, and improving the yield of a process of manufacturing a semiconductor device.

Abstract: In a trench isolation method, a semiconductor substrate having an N-MOS region and a P-MOS region is prepared. A first mask pattern exposing an N-MOS field region is formed on the N-MOS region, and a second mask pattern exposing a P-MOS field region is formed on the P-MOS region. A first photoresist pattern is formed to cover the P-MOS region and expose the N-MOS region. First impurity ions are implanted into the N-MOS region, using the first mask pattern and the first photoresist pattern as ion implantation masks, thereby forming a first impurity layer in the N-MOS field region. In this case, a portion of the first impurity layer is formed to extend below the first mask pattern. The first photoresist pattern is removed. The semiconductor substrate is etched using the first and second mask patterns as etch masks, thereby forming trenches in the N-MOS field region and the P-MOS field region and concurrently, forming a first impurity pattern of the first impurity layer remaining below the first mask pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a local interconnection layer and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A local interconnection layer is formed in an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer on an isolation layer and a junction layer, for covering a semiconductor substrate, the isolation layer, and a gate pattern. An etch stopper pattern having at least one layer for preventing the etching of the isolation layer is formed under the local interconnection layer. The etch stopper pattern having at least one layer for preventing the etching of the isolation layer can be included when forming the local interconnection layer, thereby preventing leakage current caused by the etching of the isolation layer, improving the electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device, and improving the yield of a process of manufacturing a semiconductor device.

Abstract: Scribe-line structures and methods of forming such scribe-line structures on a face of a semiconductor substrate are provided. By means of the scribe-line structures and the methods of this invention, physical shock and cracking tendencies along a semiconductor substrate can be minimized during performance of a cutting process on the semiconductor substrate as part of post-fabrication processing. A representative method according to this invention comprises the sequential steps of: forming a lower layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a molding layer on the lower layer such that the molding layer includes at least one protective contact hole; subsequently forming a dielectric layer and an upper layer on the molding layer so as to fill the protective contact hole, such dielectric layer being formed of a material having a greater mechanical intensity than that of the molding layer; and then forming protective layer patterns on the upper layer.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device including a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor and a method for fabricating the same, a first metal layer and a dielectric film are sequentially formed on an insulating layer. The dielectric film is patterned, wherein a remaining portion is incorporated into the MIM capacitor, and a second metal layer is formed on the patterned dielectric film and the first metal layer. The second metal layer, the patterned dielectric film, and the first metal layer are patterned at one time.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device including a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor and a method for fabricating the same, a first metal layer and a dielectric film are sequentially formed on an insulating layer. The dielectric film is patterned, wherein a remaining portion is incorporated into the MIM capacitor, and a second metal layer is formed on the patterned dielectric film and the first metal layer. The second metal layer, the patterned dielectric film, and the first metal layer are patterned at one time. Interconnects are formed by stacking the first and the second metal layers when forming the MIM capacitor, which includes a lower electrode formed of the first metal layer, the dielectric film, and an upper electrode formed of the second metal layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device on a SOI and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor wafer having a SOI structure including an insulating layer having a predetermined thickness and a monocrystalline silicon layer formed on the insulating layer, an isolation insulating layer formed on the insulating layer on the semiconductor wafer, a gate comprised of a gate dielectric layer and a gate conductive layer, which are sequentially stacked on the monocrystalline silicon layer, insulating layer spacers formed at the sidewalls of the gate, and a source junction and a drain junction asymmetrically formed at either side of the gate between the isolation insulating layer spacers and the insulating layer. In the semiconductor device formed on a SOI, source and drain junctions are formed at either side of a gate to be asymmetrical, and thus a ground of a transistor is formed on the SOI, and thus the electrical characteristics of the semiconductor device are improved.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device including a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor and a method for fabricating the same, a first metal layer and a dielectric film are sequentially formed on an insulating layer. The dielectric film is patterned, wherein a remaining portion is incorporated into the MIM capacitor, and a second metal layer is formed on the patterned dielectric film and the first metal layer. The second metal layer, the patterned dielectric film, and the first metal layer are patterned at one time.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a self-aligned BiCMOS including a SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) for performing high-frequency operations. In this method, an extrinsic base and a selective ion-implanted collector (SIC) are formed by a self-alignment process.

Abstract: A bipolar transistor includes a substrate having a collector region of a first conductivity type, a base layer of a second conductivity type extending horizontally over the collector region, and an emitter region of the first conductivity type at least partially contained in the base layer. The bipolar transistor also includes an emitter electrode confronting an upper surface of the emitter region, and a base electrode confronting an upper surface of the base layer. A vertical profile of at least a portion the base electrode is equal to or greater than a vertical profile of the emitter electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a self-aligned BiCMOS including a SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) for performing high-frequency operations. In this method, an extrinsic base and a selective ion-implanted collector (SIC) are formed by a self-alignment process.

Abstract: A semiconductor device on a SOI and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor wafer having a SOI structure including an insulating layer having a predetermined thickness and a monocrystalline silicon layer formed on the insulating layer, an isolation insulating layer formed on the insulating layer on the semiconductor wafer, a gate comprised of a gate dielectric layer and a gate conductive layer, which are sequentially stacked on the monocrystalline silicon layer, insulating layer spacers formed at the sidewalls of the gate, and a source junction and a drain junction asymmetrically formed at either side of the gate between the isolation insulating layer spacers and the insulating layer. In the semiconductor device formed on a SOI, source and drain junctions are formed at either side of a gate to be asymmetrical, and thus a ground of a transistor is formed on the SOI, and thus the electrical characteristics of the semiconductor device are improved.

Abstract: A semiconductor device on a SOI and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor wafer having a SOI structure including an insulating layer having a predetermined thickness and a monocrystalline silicon layer formed on the insulating layer, an isolation insulating layer formed on the insulating layer on the semiconductor wafer, a gate comprised of a gate dielectric layer and a gate conductive layer, which are sequentially stacked on the monocrystalline silicon layer, insulating layer spacers formed at the sidewalls of the gate, and a source junction and a drain junction asymmetrically formed at either side of the gate between the isolation insulating layer spacers and the insulating layer. In the semiconductor device formed on a SOI, source and drain junctions are formed at either side of a gate to be asymmetrical, and thus a ground of a transistor is formed on the SOI, and thus the electrical characteristics of the semiconductor device are improved.