Patents by Inventor Jung-Ho Do

Jung-Ho Do 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: 12532545
    Abstract: An integrated circuit may include a first active region and a second active region, and the first and second active regions may extend on a substrate in a first horizontal direction in parallel to each other and have different conductivity types from each other. A first gate line may extend in a second horizontal direction crossing the first horizontal direction, and may form a first transistor with the first active region. The first transistor may include a gate to which a first input signal is applied. The first gate line may include a first partial gate line that overlaps the first active region in a perpendicular direction and that has an end on a region between the first and second active regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Do, Dal-Hee Lee, Jin-Young Lim, Tae-Joong Song, Jong-Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 12456663
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions extending in a first direction, a first gate line extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the first and second active regions, and a first contact jumper including a first conductive pattern intersecting the first gate line above the first active region and a second conductive pattern extending in the second direction above the first gate line and connected to the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Do, Tae-Joong Song, Seung-Young Lee, Jong-Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 12136626
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a first cell arranged in a first row extending in a first horizontal direction, a second cell arranged in a second row adjacent to the first row, and a third cell continuously arranged in the first row and the second row. The first cell and the second cell comprise respective portions of a first power line extending in the first horizontal direction, and the third cell includes a second power line electrically connected to the first power line and extending in the first horizontal direction in the first row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-ho Do, Ji-su Yu, Hyeon-gyu You, Seung-young Lee, Jae-boong Lee
  • Patent number: 12125787
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including: a power rail including first and second conductive lines spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction, wherein the first and second conductive lines extend in parallel to each other in a first horizontal direction, and are electrically connected to each other, to supply power to a first standard cell, wherein the first and second conductive lines are disposed at a boundary of the first standard cell; and a third conductive line between the first and second conductive lines and extending in a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction, to transfer an input signal or an output signal of the first standard cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Boong Lee, Jung-Ho Do, Tae-Joong Song, Seung-Young Lee, Jong-Hoon Jung, Ji-Su Yu
  • Publication number: 20240203974
    Abstract: An integrated circuit may include a first active region and a second active region, and the first and second active regions may extend on a substrate in a first horizontal direction in parallel to each other and have different conductivity types from each other. A first gate line may extend in a second horizontal direction crossing the first horizontal direction, and may form a first transistor with the first active region. The first transistor may include a gate to which a first input signal is applied. The first gate line may include a first partial gate line that overlaps the first active region in a perpendicular direction and that has an end on a region between the first and second active regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: JUNG-HO DO, DAL-HEE LEE, JIN-YOUNG LIM, TAE-JOONG SONG, JONG-HOON JUNG
  • Patent number: 11955471
    Abstract: An integrated circuit may include a first active region and a second active region, and the first and second active regions may extend on a substrate in a first horizontal direction in parallel to each other and have different conductivity types from each other. A first gate line may extend in a second horizontal direction crossing the first horizontal direction, and may form a first transistor with the first active region. The first transistor may include a gate to which a first input signal is applied. The first gate line may include a first partial gate line that overlaps the first active region in a perpendicular direction and that has an end on a region between the first and second active regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Do, Dal-Hee Lee, Jin-Young Lim, Tae-Joong Song, Jong-Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11887914
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions extending in a first direction, a first gate line extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the first and second active regions, and a first contact jumper including a first conductive pattern intersecting the first gate line above the first active region and a second conductive pattern extending in the second direction above the first gate line and connected to the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Do, Tae-Joong Song, Seung-Young Lee, Jong-Hoon Jung
  • Publication number: 20230223319
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions extending in a first direction, a first gate line extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the first and second active regions, and a first contact jumper including a first conductive pattern intersecting the first gate line above the first active region and a second conductive pattern extending in the second direction above the first gate line and connected to the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: JUNG-HO DO, TAE-JOONG SONG, SEUNG-YOUNG LEE, JONG-HOON JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230207429
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions extending in a first direction, a first gate line extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the first and second active regions, and a first contact jumper including a first conductive pattern intersecting the first gate line above the first active region and a second conductive pattern extending in the second direction above the first gate line and connected to the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: JUNG-HO DO, TAE-JOONG SONG, SEUNG-YOUNG LEE, JONG-HOON JUNG
  • Patent number: 11626348
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions extending in a first direction, a first gate line extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the first and second active regions, and a first contact jumper including a first conductive pattern intersecting the first gate line above the first active region and a second conductive pattern extending in the second direction above the first gate line and connected to the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Do, Tae-Joong Song, Seung-Young Lee, Jong-Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11557585
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a plurality of active patterns. A plurality of gate electrodes intersects the plurality of active patterns. An active contact is electrically connected to the active patterns. A plurality of vias includes a first regular via and a first dummy via. A plurality of interconnection lines is disposed on the vias. The plurality of interconnection lines includes a first interconnection line disposed on both the first regular via and the first dummy via. The first interconnection line is electrically connected to the active contact through the first regular via. Each of the vias includes a via body portion and a via barrier portion covering a bottom surface and sidewalls of the via body portion. Each of the interconnection lines includes an interconnection line body portion and an interconnection line barrier portion covering a bottom surface and sidewalls of the interconnection line body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Do, Woojin Rim, Jisu Yu, Jonghoon Jung
  • Publication number: 20220302131
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a conductor disposed on a substrate; a first contact disposed on the conductor; a second contact having a first portion disposed on the first contact and a second portion protruded away from the first portion in a direction parallel to the substrate, wherein the first and second contacts are disposed in an insulating layer; a via disposed on the insulating layer and the second portion of the second contact; and a metal line disposed on the via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: JUNG-HO DO, SEUNGYOUNG LEE, JONGHOON JUNG, JINYOUNG LIM, GIYOUNG YANG, SANGHOON BAEK, TAEJOONG SONG
  • Patent number: 11437315
    Abstract: Provided is an integrated circuit which includes: a plurality of conductive lines extending in a first horizontal direction on a plane separate from a gate line, and including first and second conductive lines; a source/drain contact having a bottom surface connected to a source/drain region, and including a lower source/drain contact and an upper source/drain contact which are connected to each other in a vertical direction; and a gate contact having a bottom surface connected to the gate line, and extending in the vertical direction, in which the upper source/drain contact is placed below the first conductive line, and the gate contact is placed below the second conductive line. A top surface of the lower source/drain contact may be larger than a bottom surface of the upper source/drain contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-hyung Kim, Jung-ho Do, Dae-young Moon, Sang-yeop Baeck, Jae-hyun Lim, Jae-seung Choi, Sang-shin Han
  • Patent number: 11404443
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first active region and a second active region, the first active region having a conductivity type that is different than a conductivity type of the second active region, and the first active region being spaced apart from the second active region in a first direction, gate electrodes extending in the first direction, the gate electrodes intersecting the first active region and the second active region, a first shallow isolation pattern disposed in an upper portion of the first active region, the first shallow isolation pattern extending in the first direction, and a deep isolation pattern disposed in an upper portion of the second active region, the deep isolation pattern extending in the first direction, and the deep isolation pattern dividing the second active region into a first region and a second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taejoong Song, Ha-Young Kim, Jung-Ho Do, Sanghoon Baek, Jinyoung Lim, Kwangok Jeong
  • Patent number: 11335673
    Abstract: An integrated circuit may include a first active region and a second active region, and the first and second active regions may extend on a substrate in a first horizontal direction in parallel to each other and have different conductivity types from each other. A first gate line may extend in a second horizontal direction crossing the first horizontal direction, and may form a first transistor with the first active region. The first transistor may include a gate to which a first input signal is applied. The first gate line may include a first partial gate line that overlaps the first active region in a perpendicular direction and that has an end on a region between the first and second active regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Do, Dal-Hee Lee, Jin-Young Lim, Tae-Joong Song, Jong-Hoon Jung
  • Publication number: 20220149032
    Abstract: An integrated circuit may include a first active region and a second active region, and the first and second active regions may extend on a substrate in a first horizontal direction in parallel to each other and have different conductivity types from each other. A first gate line may extend in a second horizontal direction crossing the first horizontal direction, and may form a first transistor with the first active region. The first transistor may include a gate to which a first input signal is applied. The first gate line may include a first partial gate line that overlaps the first active region in a perpendicular direction and that has an end on a region between the first and second active regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jung-Ho Do, Dal-Hee Lee, Jin-Young Lim, Tae-Joong Song, Jong-Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11289469
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the standard cell includes first and second active regions defining an intermediate region between the first and second active regions; and first, second and third gate lines crossing the first and second active regions and crossing the intermediate region. The first gate line is divided into an upper first gate line and a lower first gate line by a first gap insulating layer in the intermediate region, the second gate line is undivided, and the third gate line is divided into an upper third gate line and a lower third gate line by a second gap insulating layer in the intermediate region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Young Lee, Jong-hoon Jung, Myoung-ho Kang, Jung-ho Do
  • Patent number: 11201150
    Abstract: A system on chip includes first to third nanowires extending in a second direction, first to third gate lines respectively surrounding the first to third nanowires, each of the first to third gate lines extending in a first direction across the second direction, a gate isolation region cutting the first to third gate lines and extending in the second direction, a first gate contact formed on the second gate line arranged between the first gate line and the third gate line, and electrically connecting the cut second gate line, a second gate contact formed on the first gate line, a third gate contact formed on the third gate line, a first metal line electrically connecting the second gate contact and the third gate contact; and a second metal line electrically connected to the first gate contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hoon Baek, Sun-Young Park, Sang-Kyu Oh, Ha-young Kim, Jung-Ho Do, Moo-Gyu Bae, Seung-Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20210384222
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a first cell arranged in a first row extending in a first horizontal direction, a second cell arranged in a second row adjacent to the first row, and a third cell continuously arranged in the first row and the second row. The first cell and the second cell comprise respective portions of a first power line extending in the first horizontal direction, and the third cell includes a second power line electrically connected to the first power line and extending in the first horizontal direction in the first row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jung-ho Do, Ji-su Yu, Hyeon-gyu You, Seung-young Lee, Jae-boong Lee
  • Patent number: RE49780
    Abstract: A method of designing a semiconductor device includes preparing a standard cell layout including a layout out a preliminary pin pattern in at least one interconnection layout, performing a routing step to connect the preliminary pin pattern to a high-level interconnection layout, and generating a pin pattern in the interconnection layout, based on hitting information obtained at the completion of the routing step. The pin pattern is smaller than the preliminary pin pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Taejoong Song, Sanghoon Baek, Sungwe Cho, Jung-Ho Do, Giyoung Yang, Jinyoung Lim