Patents by Inventor In Kyu Chun

In Kyu Chun 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: 7763537
    Abstract: Disclosed are a metal interconnection of a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same, capable of improving the reliability of the semiconductor device. The metal interconnection of the semiconductor device includes a first metal interconnection formed on a semiconductor substrate; an interlayer dielectric layer formed on the semiconductor substrate including the first metal interconnection, the interlayer dielectric layer being selectively removed to form a via hole and a trench on the via hole; a metal diffusion blocking layer formed in the via hole and the trench formed on the via hole; a second metal interconnection buried in the via hole and the trench below a top portion of the metal diffusion blocking layer; and a protection layer covering the interlayer dielectric layer, the metal diffusion blocking layer, and the second metal interconnection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Dongbu Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: In Kyu Chun
  • Patent number: 7645679
    Abstract: A method for forming an isolation layer for a semiconductor device is provided. The preferred method is capable of securing a gap fill margin during formation of an isolation layer. A device isolation layer formed according to a preferred method includes a trench formed in a device separation area of a semiconductor substrate; a thermal oxidation layer formed in a part of the trench; an oxidation silicon layer formed on the thermal oxidation layer; and an oxidation isolation layer formed on the oxidation silicon layer and filling the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Dongbu Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: In Kyu Chun
  • Patent number: 7482692
    Abstract: A tungsten plug structure of a semiconductor device wherein a method for forming the same is performed at least twice to form a tungsten plug having a low aspect ratio, thereby obtaining an overlap margin between the tungsten plug and a metal line and minimizing contact resistance between the tungsten plug and a lower metal line layer. The plug structure of a semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate in which various elements for the semiconductor device are formed, a first dielectric film formed on the silicon substrate, having a first contact hole, a first plug buried in the first contact hole of the first dielectric film, having a low aspect ratio, a second dielectric film formed on an entire surface including the first dielectric film, having a second contact hole on the first plug, a second plug buried in the second contact hole of the second dielectric film, having a low aspect ratio, and a metal line formed on the second plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Dongbu Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: In Kyu Chun
  • Patent number: 7271087
    Abstract: A dual damascene interconnection in a semiconductor device is formed to be capable of preventing fluorine (F) component from being diffused through sidewalls of a via hole and a trench. The dual damascene interconnection includes a lower metal interconnection film, an intermetal insulating film having a via hole and a trench and formed on the lower metal interconnection film, first and second insulative spacer films formed on sidewalls of the via hole and the trench, respectively, a barrier metal layer covering the first and second insulative spacer films and the lower metal interconnection film in the via hole and the trench, and an upper metal interconnection film formed on the barrier metal layer, the via hole and the trench being filled with the upper metal interconnection film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Dongbu Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: In-Kyu Chun
  • Publication number: 20070166949
    Abstract: A method for forming an isolation layer for a semiconductor device is provided. The preferred method is capable of securing a gap fill margin during formation of an isolation layer. A device isolation layer formed according to a preferred method includes a trench formed in a device separation area of a semiconductor substrate; a thermal oxidation layer formed in a part of the trench; an oxidation silicon layer formed on the thermal oxidation layer; and an oxidation isolation layer formed on the oxidation silicon layer and filling the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventor: In Kyu Chun
  • Publication number: 20070161231
    Abstract: Provided is a method for forming a metal wiring through a damascene process in a semiconductor device. The method includes: forming a metal diffusion barrier on a semiconductor substrate having a via hole and a trench therein; depositing a metal on the metal diffusion barrier, and filling the via hole and trench with the metal; performing a CMP process until an insulating layer is exposed, thereby forming the metal wiring from the metal; etching the exposed insulating layer by predetermined amount; and forming a passivation layer on the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventor: In Kyu Chun
  • Publication number: 20070152335
    Abstract: Disclosed are a metal interconnection of a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same, capable of improving the reliability of the semiconductor device. The metal interconnection of the semiconductor device includes a first metal interconnection formed on a semiconductor substrate; an interlayer dielectric layer formed on the semiconductor substrate including the first metal interconnection, the interlayer dielectric layer being selectively removed to form a via hole and a trench on the via hole; a metal diffusion blocking layer formed in the via hole and the trench formed on the via hole; a second metal interconnection buried in the via hole and the trench below a top portion of the metal diffusion blocking layer; and a protection layer covering the interlayer dielectric layer, the metal diffusion blocking layer, and the second metal interconnection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventor: In Kyu Chun
  • Patent number: 7238606
    Abstract: Methods for fabricating a copper interconnect of a semiconductor device are disclosed. An example method for fabricating a copper interconnect of a semiconductor device deposits a first insulating layer on a substrate having at least one predetermined structure, forms a trench and via hole through the first insulating layer by using a dual damascene process, and deposits a barrier layer along the bottom and the sidewalls of the trench and via hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Dongbu Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: In Kyu Chun
  • Patent number: 7166532
    Abstract: A method for forming a contact using a Cu line in semiconductor fabrication process is disclosed. An example method forms a dual damascene pattern by etching a pre-metal dielectric (PMD) layer formed on a substrate. The dual damascene pattern includes a contact hole portion located on the substrate and a trench portion located on the contact hole portion. The width of the contact hole portion is narrower than that of the trench portion. The example method deposits a tungsten diffusion barrier on sidewalls of the damascene pattern, fills the damascene pattern with tungsten by depositing tungsten on the tungsten diffusion barrier to form a tungsten layer and uses chemical mechanical polishing to polish a portion of the tungsten layer over the trench portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Dongbu Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: In Kyu Chun
  • Publication number: 20050142862
    Abstract: A dual damascene interconnection in a semiconductor device is formed to be capable of preventing fluorine (F) component from being diffused through sidewalls of a via hole and a trench. The dual damascene interconnection includes a lower metal interconnection film, an intermetal insulating film having a via hole and a trench and formed on the lower metal interconnection film, first second insulative spacer films formed on sidewalls of the via hole and the trench, respectively, a barrier metal layer covering the first second insulative spacer films and the lower metal interconnection film in the via hole and the trench, and an upper metal interconnection film formed on the barrier metal layer, the via hole and the trench being filled with the upper metal interconnection film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: DongbuAnam Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: In-Kyu Chun
  • Publication number: 20050142803
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming a trench device isolation film in a semiconductor device, which is capable of preventing voids from being generated, regardless of the trench aspect ratio. The method includes forming a trench in a device isolation field of a semiconductor substrate using a mask pattern on the semiconductor substrate, implanting oxygen in a lower portion of the trench, filling the trench with a fill insulating film, and stabilizing the implanted oxygen as an oxide film by annealing and/or compacting the fill insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventor: In-Kyu Chun
  • Publication number: 20040127023
    Abstract: A method for forming a contact using a Cu line in semiconductor fabrication process is disclosed. An example method forms a dual damascene pattern by etching a pre-metal dielectric (PMD) layer formed on a substrate. The dual damascene pattern includes a contact hole portion located on the substrate and a trench portion located on the contact hole portion. The width of the contact hole portion is narrower than that of the trench portion. The example method deposits a tungsten diffusion barrier on sidewalls of the damascene pattern, fills the damascene pattern with tungsten by depositing tungsten on the tungsten diffusion barrier to form a tungsten layer and uses chemical mechanical polishing to polish a portion of the tungsten layer over the trench portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventor: In Kyu Chun