Patents by Inventor Ilyoung Yoon
Ilyoung Yoon 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).
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Publication number: 20230005935Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a substrate, a patterned structure, a filling pattern, and a conductive spacer. The substrate may include a semiconductor chip region and an overlay region. The patterned structure may include bit line structures spaced by a first distance on the semiconductor region, define a first trench and a second trench on first and second regions of the overlay region, and include key structures on the second region and spaced apart by the second trench. The filling pattern may fill lower portions of the first and second trenches on the first and second regions. The first region may be an edge portion of the overlay region. The second region may be a central portion of the overlay region. The conductive spacer may contact an upper surface of the filling pattern and may be on an upper sidewall of each of the first and second trenches.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yanghee LEE, Jonghyuk PARK, Ilyoung YOON, Boun YOON, Jeehwan HEO
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Publication number: 20220344345Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including first and second region, a bit line structure on the first region, key structures on the second region, each key structure having an upper surface substantially coplanar with an upper surface of the bit line structure, a first trench disposed between two adjacent key structures spaced apart from each other in a first direction, a filling pattern in a lower portion of the first trench, the filling pattern having a flat upper surface and including a first conductive material, and a first conductive structure on the flat upper surface of the filling pattern, an upper sidewall of the first trench, and the upper surface of each of the plurality of key structures, the first conductive structure including a second conductive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Yanghee Lee, Jonghyuk Park, Ilyoung Yoon, Boun Yoon, Heesook Cheon
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Patent number: 11411004Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including first and second region, a bit line structure on the first region, key structures on the second region, each key structure having an upper surface substantially coplanar with an upper surface of the bit line structure, a first trench disposed between two adjacent key structures spaced apart from each other in a first direction, a filling pattern in a lower portion of the first trench, the filling pattern having a flat upper surface and including a first conductive material, and a first conductive structure on the flat upper surface of the filling pattern, an upper sidewall of the first trench, and the upper surface of each of the plurality of key structures, the first conductive structure including a second conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yanghee Lee, Jonghyuk Park, Ilyoung Yoon, Boun Yoon, Heesook Cheon
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Publication number: 20220115379Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a lower structure that includes a substrate and conductive lines on the substrate, within a chip region and an edge region of the lower structure; forming data storage structures on the chip region of the lower structure; forming dummy structures on the edge region of the lower structure; forming an interlayer insulating layer covering the data storage structures and the dummy structures on the lower structure, the interlayer insulating layer including high step portions and low step portions, an upper end of the low step portions being lower than an upper end of the high step portions; and planarizing the interlayer insulating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yanghee Lee, Seokhan Park, Sungchang Park, Boun Yoon, Ilyoung Yoon, Youngsuk Lee, Junseop Lee, Seungho Han, Jaeyong Han, Jeehwan Heo
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Publication number: 20220069101Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate; a gate structure on the substrate; a gate spacer on a sidewall of the gate structure; and a polishing stop pattern on the gate structure and the gate spacer, the polishing stop pattern including a first portion covering an upper surface of the gate structure and an upper surface of the gate spacer; and a second portion extending from the first portion in a vertical direction substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, wherein an upper surface of a central portion of the first portion of the polishing stop pattern is higher than an upper surface of an edge portion of the first portion thereof, and the upper surface of the central portion of the first portion of the polishing stop pattern is substantially coplanar with an upper surface of the second portion thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Seunghoon CHOI, Ilyoung YOON, Ilsu PARK, Kiho BAE, Boun YOON, Yooyong LEE
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Publication number: 20210134806Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including first and second region, a bit line structure on the first region, key structures on the second region, each key structure having an upper surface substantially coplanar with an upper surface of the bit line structure, a first trench disposed between two adjacent key structures spaced apart from each other in a first direction, a filling pattern in a lower portion of the first trench, the filling pattern having a flat upper surface and including a first conductive material, and a first conductive structure on the flat upper surface of the filling pattern, an upper sidewall of the first trench, and the upper surface of each of the plurality of key structures, the first conductive structure including a second conductive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Yanghee Lee, Jonghyuk Park, Ilyoung Yoon, Boun Yoon, Heesook Cheon
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Patent number: 10535533Abstract: A semiconductor may include a substrate including a cell array region and a TSV region, an insulation layer disposed on the substrate and having a recess region on the TSV region, a capacitor on the insulation layer of the cell array region, a dummy support pattern disposed on the insulation layer of the TSV region and overlapping the recess region, when viewed in plan, and a TSV electrode penetrating the dummy support pattern and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yanghee Lee, Jonghyuk Park, Choongseob Shin, Hyojin Oh, Boun Yoon, Ilyoung Yoon
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Patent number: 9006067Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming first gate patterns on a semiconductor substrate using an etch mask pattern, forming a trench in the semiconductor substrate between the first gate patterns, forming an insulating layer in the trench, such that the insulating layer fills the trench and is disposed on the etch mask pattern, planarizing the insulating layer until a top surface of the etch mask pattern is exposed, etching a portion of the planarized insulating layer to form a device isolation layer in the trench, forming a second gate layer covering the etch mask pattern and disposed on the device isolation pattern, and planarizing the second gate layer until the top surface of the etch mask pattern is exposed, such that a second gate pattern is formed.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bo Kyeong Kang, Jaeseok Kim, Boun Yoon, Hoyoung Kim, Ilyoung Yoon
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Publication number: 20140227848Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming first gate patterns on a semiconductor substrate using an etch mask pattern, forming a trench in the semiconductor substrate between the first gate patterns, forming an insulating layer in the trench, such that the insulating layer fills the trench and is disposed on the etch mask pattern, planarizing the insulating layer until a top surface of the etch mask pattern is exposed, etching a portion of the planarized insulating layer to form a device isolation layer in the trench, forming a second gate layer covering the etch mask pattern and disposed on the device isolation pattern, and planarizing the second gate layer until the top surface of the etch mask pattern is exposed, such that a second gate pattern is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Bo Kyeong KANG, Jaeseok KIM, Boun YOON, Hoyoung KIM, Ilyoung YOON
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Publication number: 20140051246Abstract: Methods of fabricating a semiconductor device are provided. The methods may include preparing a semiconductor substrate, forming insulating patterns including a trench on the semiconductor substrate, conformally forming a metal layer covering an inner surface of the trench on the insulating patterns, conformally forming a protecting layer on the metal layer, and performing a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process on the protecting layer and the metal layer until top surfaces of the insulating patterns are exposed, thereby forming a metal pattern and a protecting pattern in the trench. The CMP process may use a slurry including polishing particles having negative charges.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chae Lyoung Kim, Ilyoung Yoon, Boun Yoon
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Publication number: 20110151316Abstract: A battery pack including a plurality of battery cells, the battery cells including positive electrode terminals and negative electrode terminals; and a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate and second substrate being selectively coupleable to the positive electrode terminals and the negative electrode terminals of the plurality of battery cells, wherein the first substrate includes a first circuit for connecting the positive electrode terminals and the negative electrode terminals to connect the plurality of battery cells together in a first manner, and the second substrate includes a second circuit for electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells in a second manner different from the first manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventor: Ji-Ilyoung Yoon
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Patent number: 7452817Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) method is disclosed for use in the fabrication of a semiconductor device having dense and sparse regions. The method uses an abrasive stop layer formed on the dense and sparse regions to control polishing of a material layer formed on the abrasive stop layer by a rigid, fixed abrasive polishing pad.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2006Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ilyoung Yoon, Jae Ouk Choo, JaEung Koo
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Publication number: 20070167014Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) method is disclosed for use in the fabrication of a semiconductor device having dense and sparse regions. The method uses an abrasive stop layer formed on the dense and sparse regions to control polishing of a material layer formed on the abrasive stop layer by a rigid, fixed abrasive polishing pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2006Publication date: July 19, 2007Inventors: Ilyoung Yoon, Jae Ouk Choo, JaEung Koo