Patents by Inventor Jai-hoon Sim
Jai-hoon Sim 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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Patent number: 9231066Abstract: A vertical-channel semiconductor device includes an active pillar including a channel region, a gate located at a sidewall of the active pillar, a buried bit-line formed below the active pillar, and an insulation film formed below the buried bit-line. Some parts of the buried bit-line are replaced with an insulation film, such that a bit-line junction leakage is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.Inventors: Seung Hwan Kim, Jai Hoon Sim
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Patent number: 9196617Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are provided to prevent a floating body effect and reduce coupling capacitance between buried bit lines. The semiconductor device comprises a first pillar disposed over a semiconductor substrate and including a vertical channel region, a bit line located in the lower portion of the vertical channel region inside the first pillar and a semiconductor layer extended from the semiconductor substrate to one sidewall of the first pillar.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.Inventors: Seung Hwan Kim, Jai Hoon Sim
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Publication number: 20150008495Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are provided to prevent a floating body effect and reduce coupling capacitance between buried bit lines. The semiconductor device comprises a first pillar disposed over a semiconductor substrate and including a vertical channel region, a bit line located in the lower portion of the vertical channel region inside the first pillar and a semiconductor layer extended from the semiconductor substrate to one sidewall of the first pillar.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Seung Hwan KIM, Jai Hoon SIM
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Publication number: 20140353745Abstract: A vertical-channel semiconductor device includes an active pillar including a channel region, a gate located at a sidewall of the active pillar, a buried bit-line formed below the active pillar, and an insulation film formed below the buried bit-line. Some parts of the buried bit-line are replaced with an insulation film, such that a bit-line junction leakage is prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: SK HYNIX INC.Inventors: Seung Hwan KIM, Jai Hoon SIM
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Patent number: 8872259Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are provided to prevent a floating body effect and reduce coupling capacitance between buried bit lines. The semiconductor device comprises a first pillar disposed over a semiconductor substrate and including a vertical channel region, a bit line located in the lower portion of the vertical channel region inside the first pillar and a semiconductor layer extended from the semiconductor substrate to one sidewall of the first pillar.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.Inventors: Seung Hwan Kim, Jai Hoon Sim
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Publication number: 20140021537Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for forming the same includes a pillar formed over a semiconductor substrate, a buried bit line formed below the semiconductor substrate, a vertical gate formed over a sidewall of the pillar, an insulation film pattern formed to expose one side of the vertical gate disposed between the pillars, and a word line coupled to the exposed vertical gate. The vertical gate is formed to cover a portion of a sidewall of the pillar with a metal material, a word line overlaps with some parts of the vertical gate, and some parts of the pillar are shifted to be coupled to the vertical gate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: SK HYNIX INC.Inventors: Seung Hwan KIM, Jai Hoon SIM
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Patent number: 8467220Abstract: The present invention relates to a DRAM device having 4F2 size cells and a method for fabricating the same. The DRAM device comprises plural word lines arranged parallel to each other in one direction, plural bit lines arranged parallel to each other and in an intersecting manner with the word line, and plural memory cells having a transistor and a capacitor connected electrically to a source terminal of the transistor. A gate terminal of the transistor is filling an associated trench between two adjacent memory cells in a bit line direction and simultaneously covering a sidewall of said two adjacent memory cells via a gate insulating film interposed between the gate terminal and said two adjacent memory cells. An interval between the gate terminals in the bit or the word line direction, is more distant than 1F, and the F means minimal processing size.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Inventor: Jai Hoon Sim
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Publication number: 20130105872Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same are provided to prevent a floating body effect and reduce coupling capacitance between buried bit lines. The semiconductor device comprises a first pillar disposed over a semiconductor substrate and including a vertical channel region, a bit line located in the lower portion of the vertical channel region inside the first pillar and a semiconductor layer extended from the semiconductor substrate to one sidewall of the first pillar.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.Inventors: Seung Hwan KIM, Jai Hoon Sim
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Publication number: 20120236620Abstract: The present invention relates to a nonvolatile memory device and a manufacturing method thereof, the device comprising a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines perpendicular to the word lines; and a plurality of memory cells including a transistor with a source connected to a source line, a gate, and a drain connected to a memory element, with the other end of the memory element connected to the bit lines. Between memory cells adjacent along a bit line, a gate terminal in a groove between the memory cells connects the gates in the memory cells to a word line. Memory cells adjacent along a word line are connected to one bit line contact point, and memory cells sharing a gate terminal are connected to different bit lines. Bit lines are disposed at the upper portion and source lines at the lower end of the memory cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventor: Jai-Hoon Sim
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Publication number: 20120134195Abstract: The present invention relates to a memory device having 4F2 size cells and a method for fabricating the same. The memory device comprises plural word lines arranged parallel to each other in one direction, plural bit lines arranged parallel to each other, and plural memory cells having a transistor that fills a groove between two adjoining memory cells in a direction of the bit lines. A side wall between the two adjoining memory cells is simultaneously covered by an insulating film formed between the gate terminal and the two memory cells. The gate terminal is connected electrically to a word line, drain terminals of two adjoining memory cells are connected electrically to a bit line, and the gate and drain terminals are alternately arranged. One of the plural memory cells is buried in the substrate, and is electrically connected with a substrate or a well formed in the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Inventor: Jai-Hoon Sim
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Patent number: 8084321Abstract: A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell and the method of manufacturing the same are provided. The DRAM cell includes a cell transistor and a cell capacitor. The cell capacitor includes a first, second and third dielectric layer, and a first, second and third capacitor electrode. The first dielectric layer is located on a first capacitor electrode. The second capacitor electrode is located on top of the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is located on the second capacitor electrode. The third capacitor electrode is located on the second dielectric layer and is electrically connected with the drain. The third dielectric layer is located between the third capacitor electrode and the gate for isolating the gate from the third capacitor electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jai-Hoon Sim
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Publication number: 20110230023Abstract: A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell and the method of manufacturing the same are provided. The DRAM cell includes a cell transistor and a cell capacitor. The cell capacitor includes a first, second and third dielectric layer, and a first, second and third capacitor electrode. The first dielectric layer is located on a first capacitor electrode. The second capacitor electrode is located on top of the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is located on the second capacitor electrode. The third capacitor electrode is located on the second dielectric layer and is electrically connected with the drain. The third dielectric layer is located between the third capacitor electrode and the gate for isolating the gate from the third capacitor electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Inventor: Jai-Hoon SIM
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Publication number: 20110170336Abstract: The present invention relates to a DRAM device having 4F2 size cells and a method for fabricating the same. The DRAM device comprises plural word lines arranged parallel to each other in one direction, plural bit lines arranged parallel to each other and in an intersecting manner with the word line, and plural memory cells having a transistor and a capacitor connected electrically to a source terminal of the transistor. A gate terminal of the transistor is filling an associated trench between two adjacent memory cells in a bit line direction and simultaneously covering a sidewall of said two adjacent memory cells via a gate insulating film interposed between the gate terminal and said two adjacent memory cells. An interval between the gate terminals in the bit or the word line direction, is more distant than 1F, and the F means minimal processing size.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Inventor: Jai Hoon Sim
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Patent number: 7977726Abstract: A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell and the method of manufacturing the same are provided. The DRAM cell includes a cell transistor and a cell capacitor. The cell capacitor includes a first, second and third dielectric layer, and a first, second and third capacitor electrode. The first dielectric layer is located on a first capacitor electrode. The second capacitor electrode is located on top of the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is located on the second capacitor electrode. The third capacitor electrode is located on the second dielectric layer and is electrically connected with the drain. The third dielectric layer is located between the third capacitor electrode and the gate for isolating the gate from the third capacitor electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2007Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jai-Hoon Sim
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Patent number: 7541241Abstract: A memory cell structure comprises a semiconductor substrate, two stack structures positioned on the semiconductor substrate, two conductive spacers positioned on sidewalls of the two stack structures, a gate oxide layer covering a portion of the semiconductor substrate between the two conductive spacers and a gate structure positioned at least on the gate oxide layer. Particularly, each of two stack structures includes a first oxide block, a conductive block and a second oxide block, and the two conductive spacers are positioned at on the sidewall of the two conductive blocks of the two stack structures. The two conductive spacers are preferably made of polysilicon, and have a top end lower than the bottom surface of the second oxide block. In addition, a dielectric spacer is positioned on each of the two conductive spacers.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2005Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Promos Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jai Hoon Sim, Jih Wen Chou
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Publication number: 20090057741Abstract: A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell and the method of manufacturing the same are provided. The DRAM cell includes a cell transistor and a cell capacitor. The cell capacitor includes a first, second and third dielectric layer, and a first, second and third capacitor electrode. The first dielectric layer is located on a first capacitor electrode. The second capacitor electrode is located on top of the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is located on the second capacitor electrode. The third capacitor electrode is located on the second dielectric layer and is electrically connected with the drain. The third dielectric layer is located between the third capacitor electrode and the gate for isolating the gate from the third capacitor electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Jai-Hoon Sim
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Publication number: 20080057660Abstract: A semiconductor device using a recessed step gate. An embodiment comprises a recessed region in a portion of the substrate, a transistor with one source/drain region located within the recessed region and one source/drain region located out of the recessed region, a storage device connected to the source/drain located out of the recessed region, and a bit line connected to the source/drain located within the recessed region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2006Publication date: March 6, 2008Inventors: Kuo-Chi Tu, Jai-Hoon Sim, Chun-Yao Chen
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Patent number: 6440793Abstract: An improved process for making a vertical MOSFET structure comprising: A method of forming a semiconductor memory cell array structure comprising: providing a vertical MOSFET DRAM cell structure having a deposited gate conductor layer planarized to a top surface of a trench top oxide on the overlying silicon substrate; forming a recess in the gate conductor layer below the top surface of the silicon substrate; implanting N-type dopant species through the recess at an angle to form doping pockets in the array P-well; depositing an oxide layer into the recess and etching said oxide layer to form spacers on sidewalls of the recess; depositing a gate conductor material into said recess and planarizing said gate conductor to said top surface of the trench top oxide.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2001Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ramachandra Divakaruni, Heon Lee, Jack A. Mandelman, Carl J. Radens, Jai-Hoon Sim
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Patent number: 6441422Abstract: An ultra-scalable hybrid memory cell having a low junction leakage and a process of fabricating the same are provided. The ultra-scalable hybrid memory cell contains a conductive connection to the body region therefore avoiding isolation of the P-well due to cut-off by the buried strap outdiffusion region. The ultra-scalable hybrid memory cell avoids the above by using a shallower than normal isolation region that allows the P-well to remain connected to the body of the memory cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2000Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jack A. Mandelman, Ramachandra Divakaruni, Carl J. Radens, Jai-hoon Sim
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Publication number: 20020089007Abstract: An improved process for making a vertical MOSFET structure comprising: A method of forming a semiconductor memory cell array structure comprising: providing a vertical MOSFET DRAM cell structure having a deposited gate conductor layer planarized to a top surface of a trench top oxide on the overlying silicon substrate; forming a recess in the gate conductor layer below the top surface of the silicon substrate; implanting N-type dopant species through the recess at an angle to form doping pockets in the array P-well; depositing an oxide layer into the recess and etching said oxide layer to form spacers on sidewalls of the recess; depositing a gate conductor material into said recess and planarizing said gate conductor to said top surface of the trench top oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2001Publication date: July 11, 2002Inventors: Ramachandra Divakaruni, Heon Lee, Jack A. Mandelman, Carl J. Radens, Jai-Hoon Sim