Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern including: a lower pattern extending in a first direction, and a plurality of sheet patterns spaced apart from the lower pattern in a second direction; a gate structure on the lower pattern and including a gate electrode and a gate insulating film including an interfacial insulating film including a first vertical portion and a horizontal portion. A dimension in a third direction of the first vertical portion is greater than a dimension in the second direction of the horizontal portion. The first vertical portion includes: a first area contacting a source/drain pattern; and a second area provided between the first area and the gate electrode. The interfacial insulating film includes a first element other than silicon, wherein a concentration of the first element in the first area is greater than a concentration of the first element in the second area.

Abstract: Example semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating a semiconductor device are disclosed. An example device may include a substrate, a first semiconductor pattern spaced apart from the substrate, a first antioxidant pattern extending along a bottom surface of the first semiconductor pattern and spaced apart from the substrate, and a field insulating film on the substrate. The insulating film may cover at least a part of a side wall of the first semiconductor pattern. The first antioxidant pattern may include a first semiconductor material film doped with a first impurity.

Abstract: Example semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating a semiconductor device are disclosed. An example device may include a substrate, a first semiconductor pattern spaced apart from the substrate, a first antioxidant pattern extending along a bottom surface of the first semiconductor pattern and spaced apart from the substrate, and a field insulating film on the substrate. The insulating film may cover at least a part of a side wall of the first semiconductor pattern. The first antioxidant pattern may include a first semiconductor material film doped with a first impurity.

Abstract: Example semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating a semiconductor device are disclosed. An example device may include a substrate, a first semiconductor pattern spaced apart from the substrate, a first antioxidant pattern extending along a bottom surface of the first semiconductor pattern and spaced apart from the substrate, and a field insulating film on the substrate. The insulating film may cover at least a part of a side wall of the first semiconductor pattern. The first antioxidant pattern may include a first semiconductor material film doped with a first impurity.

Abstract: Example semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating a semiconductor device are disclosed. An example device may include a substrate, a first semiconductor pattern spaced apart from the substrate, a first antioxidant pattern extending along a bottom surface of the first semiconductor pattern and spaced apart from the substrate, and a field insulating film on the substrate. The insulating film may cover at least a part of a side wall of the first semiconductor pattern. The first antioxidant pattern may include a first semiconductor material film doped with a first impurity.

Abstract: A system of analyzing a crystal defect includes an image processor, an image generator, and a comparator. The image processor processes a measured transmission electron microscope (TEM) image that is provided by capturing an image of a specimen having a crystal structure, to provide structural defect information of the specimen. The image generator provides a plurality of virtual TEM images corresponding to a plurality of three-dimensional structural defects of the crystal structure. The comparator compares the measured TEM image with the plurality of virtual TEM images using the structural defect information to determine a defect type of the measured TEM image.

Abstract: A system of analyzing a crystal defect includes an image processor, an image generator, and a comparator. The image processor processes a measured transmission electron microscope (TEM) image that is provided by capturing an image of a specimen having a crystal structure, to provide structural defect information of the specimen. The image generator provides a plurality of virtual TEM images corresponding to a plurality of three-dimensional structural defects of the crystal structure. The comparator compares the measured TEM image with the plurality of virtual TEM images using the structural defect information to determine a defect type of the measured TEM image.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device capable of enhancing short channel effect by forming a carbon-containing semiconductor pattern in a source/drain region. The semiconductor device includes a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode spaced apart from each other on a fin-type pattern, a recess formed in the fin-type pattern between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, and a semiconductor pattern including a lower semiconductor film formed along a profile of the recess and an upper semiconductor film on the lower semiconductor film, wherein the lower semiconductor film includes a lower epitaxial layer and an upper epitaxial layer sequentially formed on the fin-type pattern, and a carbon concentration of the upper epitaxial layer is greater than a carbon concentration of the lower epitaxial layer.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a dummy gate electrode on a substrate, forming a trench on a side surface of the dummy gate electrode, performing a bake process of removing an impurity from the trench and forming a source/drain in the trench, wherein the bake process comprises a first stage and a second stage following the first stage, an air pressure in which the substrate is disposed during the first stage is different from an air pressure in which the substrate is disposed during the second stage, and the bake process is performed while the substrate is on a stage rotating the substrate, wherein a revolution per minute (RPM) of the substrate during the first stage is different from a revolution per minute (RPM) of the substrate during the second stage.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device capable of enhancing short channel effect by forming a carbon-containing semiconductor pattern in a source/drain region. The semiconductor device includes a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode spaced apart from each other on a fin-type pattern, a recess formed in the fin-type pattern between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, and a semiconductor pattern including a lower semiconductor film formed along a profile of the recess and an upper semiconductor film on the lower semiconductor film, wherein the lower semiconductor film includes a lower epitaxial layer and an upper epitaxial layer sequentially formed on the fin-type pattern, and a carbon concentration of the upper epitaxial layer is greater than a carbon concentration of the lower epitaxial layer.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a dummy gate electrode on a substrate, forming a trench on a side surface of the dummy gate electrode, performing a bake process of removing an impurity from the trench and forming a source/drain in the trench, wherein the bake process comprises a first stage and a second stage following the first stage, an air pressure in which the substrate is disposed during the first stage is different from an air pressure in which the substrate is disposed during the second stage, and the bake process is performed while the substrate is on a stage rotating the substrate, wherein a revolution per minute (RPM) of the substrate during the first stage is different from a revolution per minute (RPM) of the substrate during the second stage.