Patents by Inventor Kang Sik Choi

Kang Sik Choi 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: 20180366483
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may be provided. The semiconductor device may include a source select line. The semiconductor device may include word lines. The semiconductor device may include a channel layer. The semiconductor device may include a source structure. The source structure may be disposed under the source select line. The source structure may be in contact with the channel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kang Sik CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180366488
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer spaced apart from the first semiconductor layer and disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a gate stack structure disposed on the second semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer positioned between the first and second semiconductor layers, and a channel pillar passing through the gate stack structure, the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer and extending into the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kang Sik CHOI, Bong Hoon LEE, Seung Cheol LEE
  • Publication number: 20180265780
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal fluoride red phosphor and an application of the phosphor as a light emitting element, the metal fluoride red phosphor having a tetragonal crystal structure of a novel composition, and emitting light in the red color wavelength by being excited by ultraviolet rays or a blue excitation source, thereby being usefully applicable to a light emitting element such as a light emitting diode, a laser diode, a surface emitting laser diode, an inorganic electroluminescence element, and an organic electroluminescence element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chang Hae KIM, Bo Geuk BANG, Kang Sik CHOI, June Kyu Park, Min Seuk KIM, Kee Sun SOHN
  • Publication number: 20180247949
    Abstract: Provided herein may be a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device may include a stack. The semiconductor device may include channel layers including channel patterns passing through the stack, dummy channel patterns passing through the stack, and a coupling pattern which may be disposed below the stack and couples the channel patterns with the dummy channel patterns. The semiconductor device may include a bit line which is disposed on the stack and coupled with the channel patterns. The semiconductor device may include a well pick-up line which is disposed on the stack and coupled with the dummy channel patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kang Sik CHOI
  • Patent number: 9935194
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor integrated circuit device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. An active pillar is formed on a semiconductor substrate, and an interlayer insulating layer is formed so that the active pillar is buried in the interlayer insulating layer. The interlayer insulating layer is etched to form a hole so that the active pillar and a peripheral region of the active pillar are exposed. An etching process is performed on the peripheral region of the active pillar exposed through the hole by a certain depth, and a space having the depth is provided between the active pillar and the interlayer insulating layer. A silicon material layer is formed to be buried in the space having the depth, and an ohmic contact layer is formed on the silicon material layer and the active pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Ha Kim, Jun Kwan Kim, Kang Sik Choi, Su Jin Chae, Young Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20180076218
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a source layer, a well pickup layer formed on the source layer, a body structure formed on the well pickup layer and including a well region contacting the well pickup layer and first junctions formed on side walls of the body structure, channel pillars contacting the body structure and protruding from the body structure, and contact layers formed on the side walls of the body structure and electrically connecting the body structure and the well pickup layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventor: Kang Sik CHOI
  • Patent number: 9853047
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a source layer, a well pickup layer formed on the source layer, a body structure formed on the well pickup layer and including a well region contacting the well pickup layer and first junctions formed on side walls of the body structure, channel pillars contacting the body structure and protruding from the body structure, and contact layers formed on the side walls of the body structure and electrically connecting the body structure and the well pickup layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kang Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 9754670
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes sub-block stack structures respectively including source layers, where the sub-block stack structures are disposed to be spaced apart from each other along a first direction, a memory block stack structure including word lines stacked over the sub-block stack structures, the word lines being coupled to memory cells, the memory block stack structure extending along the first direction to overlap the sub-block stack structures, and channel layers respectively coupled to the source layers by penetrating the memory block stack structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kang Sik Choi
  • Publication number: 20170243651
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes sub-block stack structures respectively including source layers, where the sub-block stack structures are disposed to be spaced apart from each other along a first direction, a memory block stack structure including word lines stacked over the sub-block stack structures, the word lines being coupled to memory cells, the memory block stack structure extending along the first direction to overlap the sub-block stack structures, and channel layers respectively coupled to the source layers by penetrating the memory block stack structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: Kang Sik CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170213843
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a source layer, a well pickup layer formed on the source layer, a body structure formed on the well pickup layer and including a well region contacting the well pickup layer and first junctions formed on side walls of the body structure, channel pillars contacting the body structure and protruding from the body structure, and contact layers formed on the side walls of the body structure and electrically connecting the body structure and the well pickup layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventor: Kang Sik CHOI
  • Patent number: 9716099
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first source seed layer, a second source seed layer disposed over the first source seed layer while being spaced apart from the first source seed layer, a stacked structure formed on the second source seed layer, channel layers extending inside the first source seed layer by penetrating the stacked structure, and an interlayer source layer extending into a space between the first source seed layer and the second source seed layer while contacting each of the channel layers, the first source seed layer, and the second source seed layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kang Sik Choi
  • Publication number: 20170162591
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first source seed layer, a second source seed layer disposed over the first source seed layer while being spaced apart from the first source seed layer, a stacked structure formed on the second source seed layer, channel layers extending inside the first source seed layer by penetrating the stacked structure, and an interlayer source layer extending into a space between the first source seed layer and the second source seed layer while contacting each of the channel layers, the first source seed layer, and the second source seed layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Kang Sik CHOI
  • Patent number: 9640587
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a vertical channel and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A plurality of active lines are formed in a semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode having a lower height than each active line is formed on a sidewall of the active line. A first insulating layer having a height lower than that of the active line and higher than that of the gate electrode is buried between active lines, and a silicide layer is formed on an exposed upper surface and a lateral surface of the active line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kang Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 9608041
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprising a bit line extending in a first direction, a vertical gate cell including a gate oxide layer and a gate metal layer that are formed in a pillar shape, a lower electrode and a data storage material layer formed on the vertical gate cell, and an interconnection layer formed on the data storage material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Nam Kyun Park, Kang Sik Choi
  • Publication number: 20170084740
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor integrated circuit device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. An active pillar is formed on a semiconductor substrate, and an interlayer insulating layer is formed so that the active pillar is buried in the interlayer insulating layer. The interlayer insulating layer is etched to form a hole so that the active pillar and a peripheral region of the active pillar are exposed. An etching process is performed on the peripheral region of the active pillar exposed through the hole by a certain depth, and a space having the depth is provided between the active pillar and the interlayer insulating layer. A silicon material layer is formed to be buried in the space having the depth, and an ohmic contact layer is formed on the silicon material layer and the active pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jin Ha KIM, Jun Kwan KIM, Kang Sik CHOI, Su Jin CHAE, Young Ho LEE
  • Patent number: 9543401
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor integrated circuit device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. An active pillar is formed on a semiconductor substrate, and an interlayer insulating layer is formed so that the active pillar is buried in the interlayer insulating layer. The interlayer insulating layer is etched to form a hole so that the active pillar and a peripheral region of the active pillar are exposed. An etching process is performed on the peripheral region of the active pillar exposed through the hole by a certain depth, and a space having the depth is provided between the active pillar and the interlayer insulating layer. A silicon material layer is formed to be buried in the space having the depth, and an ohmic contact layer is formed on the silicon material layer and the active pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Ha Kim, Jun Kwan Kim, Kang Sik Choi, Su Jin Chae, Young Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 9508428
    Abstract: A vertical type semiconductor device and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The vertical type semiconductor device includes a pillar structure having a stacking structure of a conductive layer and a data storage material and formed on a common source region, and a gate electrode formed to surround the data storage material of the pillar structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kang Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 9508429
    Abstract: A vertical type semiconductor device and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The vertical type semiconductor device includes a pillar structure having a stacking structure of a conductive layer and a data storage material and formed on a common source region, and a gate electrode formed to surround the data storage material of the pillar structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kang Sik Choi
  • Publication number: 20160336376
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a vertical channel and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A plurality of active lines are formed in a semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode having a lower height than each active line is formed on a sidewall of the active line. A first insulating layer having a height lower than that of the active line and higher than that of the gate electrode is buried between active lines, and a silicide layer is formed on an exposed upper surface and a lateral surface of the active line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Kang Sik CHOI
  • Patent number: 9490339
    Abstract: A semiconductor device forms a salicide layer to surround an upper surface and a circumference of a lateral surface of a pillar. A contact area between the pillar and a lower electrode may be increased to reduce a contact resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Suk Ki Kim, Kang Sik Choi