Patents by Inventor Jae-Man Yoon

Jae-Man 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).

  • Publication number: 20240121948
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device comprises an active region formed in a substrate, and including flat surfaces and hole-shaped recess portions; upper-level plugs disposed over the flat surfaces; a spacer disposed between the upper-level plugs and providing a trench exposing the hole-shaped recess portions; a lower-level plug filling the hole-shaped recess portions; and a buried conductive line disposed over the lower-level plug and partially filling the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jae Man YOON, Jin Hwan JEON, Tae Kyun KIM, Jung Woo PARK, Su Ock CHUNG, Jae Won HA
  • Publication number: 20240079456
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a trench in an insulating interlayer by etching the insulating interlayer; forming a conductive layer on bottom, side, and upper surfaces of the insulating interlayer where the trench is formed, using a first deposition process, the conductive layer on the bottom surface of the trench being thicker than the conductive layer on the side surface of the trench; forming a sacrificial layer in the trench covering the conductive layer formed on the bottom surface of the trench using a second deposition process different from the first deposition process; selectively removing the conductive layer formed on the upper surface of the insulating interlayer and formed on the side surface of the trench left exposed through the sacrificial layer; and selectively removing the sacrificial layer, to form a conductive line using the conductive layer remaining on the bottom surface of the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Man YOON, Jun Ki KIM, Tae Kyun KIM, Jung Woo PARK, Jae Won HA
  • Patent number: 11895828
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device comprises an active region formed in a substrate, and including flat surfaces and hole-shaped recess portions; upper-level plugs disposed over the flat surfaces; a spacer disposed between the upper-level plugs and providing a trench exposing the hole-shaped recess portions; a lower-level plug filling the hole-shaped recess portions; and a buried conductive line disposed over the lower-level plug and partially filling the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Man Yoon, Jin Hwan Jeon, Tae Kyun Kim, Jung Woo Park, Su Ock Chung, Jae Won Ha
  • Publication number: 20230102043
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device comprises an active region formed in a substrate, and including flat surfaces and hole-shaped recess portions; upper-level plugs disposed over the flat surfaces; a spacer disposed between the upper-level plugs and providing a trench exposing the hole-shaped recess portions; a lower-level plug filling the hole-shaped recess portions; and a buried conductive line disposed over the lower-level plug and partially filling the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Man YOON, Jin Hwan JEON, Tae Kyun KIM, Jung Woo PARK, Su Ock CHUNG, Jae Won HA
  • Publication number: 20220367282
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a bit line contact hole in a substrate; forming a first spacer on a sidewall of the bit line contact hole; forming a sacrificial spacer over the first spacer; forming a first conductive material that fills the bit line contact hole over the sacrificial spacer; forming a second conductive material over the first conductive material; forming a bit line by etching the second conductive material; and forming a bit line contact plug and a gap between the bit line contact plug and the first spacer by partially etching the first conductive material and the sacrificial spacer to be aligned with the bit line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jae Man YOON, Dae Ik KIM, Hong Kyun LEE
  • Patent number: 11437282
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a bit line contact hole in a substrate; forming a first spacer on a sidewall of the bit line contact hole; forming a sacrificial spacer over the first spacer; forming a first conductive material that fills the bit line contact hole over the sacrificial spacer; forming a second conductive material over the first conductive material; forming a bit line by etching the second conductive material; and forming a bit line contact plug and a gap between the bit line contact plug and the first spacer by partially etching the first conductive material and the sacrificial spacer to be aligned with the bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Man Yoon, Dae Ik Kim, Hong Kyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20220077002
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a bit line contact hole in a substrate; forming a first spacer on a sidewall of the bit line contact hole; forming a sacrificial spacer over the first spacer; forming a first conductive material that fills the bit line contact hole over the sacrificial spacer; forming a second conductive material over the first conductive material; forming a bit line by etching the second conductive material; and forming a bit line contact plug and a gap between the bit line contact plug and the first spacer by partially etching the first conductive material and the sacrificial spacer to be aligned with the bit line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jae Man YOON, Dae Ik KIM, Hong Kyun LEE
  • Patent number: 10923390
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a plurality of bit line structures over a semiconductor substrate; forming a line-type opening between the bit line structures; forming a sacrificial spacer on both sidewalls of the line-type opening; forming a line-type plug filling the line-type opening over the sacrificial spacer; forming a plurality of plug isolation openings that expose the sacrificial spacer by etching a portion of the line-type plug in a direction crossing the bit line structures; forming a plurality of air gaps by removing the exposed sacrificial spacer; removing a remaining line-type plug below the plug isolation openings to form a plurality of island-type plugs; and forming a plug isolation layer inside the plug isolation openings to isolate neighboring island-type plugs from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Jae-Man Yoon
  • Publication number: 20200203213
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a plurality of bit line structures over a semiconductor substrate; forming a line-type opening between the bit line structures; forming a sacrificial spacer on both sidewalls of the line-type opening; forming a line-type plug filling the line-type opening over the sacrificial spacer; forming a plurality of plug isolation openings that expose the sacrificial spacer by etching a portion of the line-type plug in a direction crossing the bit line structures; forming a plurality of air gaps by removing the exposed sacrificial spacer; removing a remaining line-type plug below the plug isolation openings to form a plurality of island-type plugs; and forming a plug isolation layer inside the plug isolation openings to isolate neighboring island-type plugs from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Jae-Man YOON
  • Patent number: 10622249
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a plurality of bit line structures over a semiconductor substrate; forming a line-type opening between the bit line structures; forming a sacrificial spacer on both sidewalls of the line-type opening; forming a line-type plug filling the line-type opening over the sacrificial spacer; forming a plurality of plug isolation openings that expose the sacrificial spacer by etching a portion of the line-type plug in a direction crossing the bit line structures; forming a plurality of air gaps by removing the exposed sacrificial spacer; removing a remaining line-type plug below the plug isolation openings to form a plurality of island-type plugs; and forming a plug isolation layer inside the plug isolation openings to isolate neighboring island-type plugs from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Jae-Man Yoon
  • Publication number: 20190103302
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a plurality of bit line structures over a semiconductor substrate; forming a line-type opening between the bit line structures; forming a sacrificial spacer on both sidewalls of the line-type opening; forming a line-type plug filling the line-type opening over the sacrificial spacer; forming a plurality of plug isolation openings that expose the sacrificial spacer by etching a portion of the line-type plug in a direction crossing the bit line structures; forming a plurality of air gaps by removing the exposed sacrificial spacer; removing a remaining line-type plug below the plug isolation openings to form a plurality of island-type plugs; and forming a plug isolation layer inside the plug isolation openings to isolate neighboring island-type plugs from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventor: Jae-Man YOON
  • Patent number: 9576965
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a bit line disposed over a semiconductor substrate, a supporting film being perpendicular to the bit line, a first storage node contact disposed at a lower part of a region disposed between the bit line and the supporting film, and a second storage node contact having a line shape, disposed over the first storage node contact and the bit line, isolated by the supporting film, and patterned in a diagonal direction across the bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventors: Jae Man Yoon, Young Bog Kim, Yun Seok Chun, Woong Choi, Woo Jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20150380415
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a bit line disposed over a semiconductor substrate, a supporting film being perpendicular to the bit line, a first storage node contact disposed at a lower part of a region disposed between the bit line and the supporting film, and a second storage node contact having a line shape, disposed over the first storage node contact and the bit line, isolated by the supporting film, and patterned in a diagonal direction across the bit line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Jae Man YOON, Young Bog KIM, Yun Seok CHUN, Woong CHOI, Woo Jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20150115392
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a bit line disposed over a semiconductor substrate, a supporting film being perpendicular to the bit line, a first storage node contact disposed at a lower part of a region disposed between the bit line and the supporting film, and a second storage node contact having a line shape, disposed over the first storage node contact and the bit line, isolated by the supporting film, and patterned in a diagonal direction across the bit line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventors: Jae Man YOON, Young Bog KIM, Yun Seok CHUN, Woong CHOI, Woo Jun LEE
  • Patent number: 8958257
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device including a memory cell array including at least one word line, at least one cell bit line, and at least one memory cell that is disposed in a region where the at least one word line and the at least one cell bit line cross each other; at least one sense amplifier that is disposed above or below the memory cell array to be overlapped with the memory cell array in a planar fashion, connected to at least one bit line connected to the at least one cell bit line, and at least one complementary bit line corresponding to the at least one bit line, and senses data stored in the at least one memory cell; a decompression unit for decompressing a signal having a lower voltage level from among a signal of the at least one bit line and a signal of the at least one complementary bit line; a boosting unit for boosting a signal having a higher voltage level from among the signal of the at least one bit line and the signal of the at least one complementary bit line; and an equalizing unit for eq
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Inventor: Jae Man Yoon
  • Patent number: 8791526
    Abstract: A vertical type integrated circuit device includes a substrate and a pillar vertically protruding from the substrate. The pillar includes a lower impurity region and an upper impurity region therein and a vertical channel region therebetween. A portion of the pillar including the lower impurity region therein includes a mesa laterally extending therefrom. The device further includes a first conductive line extending on a first sidewall of the pillar and electrically contacting the lower impurity region, and a second conductive line extending on a second sidewall of the pillar adjacent the vertical channel region. The second conductive line extends in a direction perpendicular to the first conductive line and is spaced apart from the mesa. Related devices and methods of fabrication are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-man Yoon, Hyeong-sun Hong, Kwang-youl Chun, Makoto Yoshida, Deok-sung Hwang, Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 8623724
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, an insulation interlayer pattern and a capacitor. The first transistor is formed in a first region of a substrate. The first transistor has a pillar protruding upwardly from the substrate and an impurity region provided in an upper portion of the pillar. The second transistor is formed in a second region of the substrate. The insulation interlayer pattern is formed on the first region and the second region to cover the second transistor and expose an upper surface of the pillar. The insulation interlayer pattern has an upper surface substantially higher than the upper surface of the pillar in the first region. The capacitor is formed on the impurity region in the upper portion of the pillar and is electrically connected to the impurity region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui-Jung Kim, Yong-Chul Oh, Jae-Man Yoon, Hyun-Woo Chung, Hyun-Gi Kim, Kang-Uk Kim
  • Patent number: 8557664
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device using a recess channel array is disclosed. A substrate is provided having a first region and a second region, including a first transistor in the first region including a first gate electrode partially filling a trench, and source and drain regions that are formed at both sides of the trench, and covered by a first insulating layer. A first conductive layer is formed on the substrate. A contact hole through which the drain region is exposed is formed by patterning the first conductive layer and the first insulating layer. A contact plug is formed that fills the contact hole. A bit line is formed that is electrically connected to the drain region through the contact plug, and simultaneously a second gate electrode is formed in the second region by patterning the first conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwan-sik Cho, Kwang-youl Chun, Jae-man Yoon, Bong-soo Kim
  • Patent number: 8502341
    Abstract: Provided is a trench-type capacitor. To form the capacitor, first and second active regions are disposed in a semiconductor substrate. Node patterns are disposed in the first active region. Each node pattern may have a conductive pattern and an insulating pattern, which are sequentially stacked. Impurity diffusion regions are disposed in the vicinity of the node patterns. Substrate connection patterns in electrical contact with the first and second active regions are disposed. Node connection patterns in electrical contact with the node patterns are disposed in the vicinity of the first and second active regions. In addition, a semiconductor device having the trench-type capacitor and a semiconductor module having the semiconductor device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Lee, Hyeong-Sun Hong, Deok-Sung Hwang, Jae-Man Yoon, Bong-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 8482045
    Abstract: Channels of two transistors are vertically formed on portions of two opposite side surfaces of one active region, and gate electrodes are vertically formed on a device isolation layer contacting the channels of the active region. A common bit line contact plug is formed in the central portions of the active region, two storage node contact plugs are formed on both sides of the bit line contact plug, and an insulating spacer is formed on a side surface of the bit line contact plug. A word line, a bit line, and a capacitor are sequentially stacked on the semiconductor substrate, like a conventional semiconductor memory device. Thus, effective space arrangement of a memory cell is possible such that a 4F2 structure is constituted, and a conventional line and contact forming process can be applied such that highly integrated semiconductor memory device is readily fabricated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeoung-won Seo, Bong-soo Kim, Dong-gun Park, Kang-yoon Lee, Jae-man Yoon, Seong-goo Kim, Seung-bae Park