Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a trench, a bit line in the trench, a first spacer extending along the trench and at least a portion of a side surface of the bit line and in contact with the bit line, and a second spacer disposed within the trench on the first spacer. The bit line is narrower than the trench, and the first spacer includes silicon oxide. A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a trench in a substrate, forming a bit line within the first trench of width less than that of the first trench, and forming a first spacer that lines a portion of the trench and includes silicon oxide in contact with at least a portion of a side surface of the bit line, and forming a second spacer over the first spacer in the trench.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including spaced-apart active regions, and device isolating regions isolating the active regions from each other, and a pillar array pattern including a plurality of pillar patterns overlapping the active regions, the plurality of pillar patterns being spaced apart from each other at an equal distance in a first direction and in a second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein the plurality of pillar patterns include first pillar patterns and second pillar patterns disposed alternatingly in the first direction and in the second direction, a shape of a horizontal cross section of the first pillar patterns being different from a shape of a horizontal cross section of the second pillar patterns.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first contact plug on a substrate, a first lower electrode disposed on the first contact plug and extended in a thickness direction of the substrate, a first supporter pattern on the first lower electrode and including an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface of the first supporter pattern being higher than a top surface of the first lower electrode, a dielectric film on the first lower electrode, the upper surface of the first supporter pattern and the lower surface of the first supporter pattern and an upper electrode disposed on the dielectric film.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region separated from each other along a direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. An interface device isolation layer fills an interface trench in an interface region between the first region and the second region and defines a portion of a first active area positioned in the first region and a portion of a second active area positioned in the second region. An insulation pattern extends from the first region to an upper portion of the interface device isolation layer. The insulation pattern covers the first active area and at least a portion of the interface device isolation layer. The insulation pattern defines an undercut area on an upper surface of the interface device isolation layer. A buried pattern substantially fills the undercut region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first wiring line patterns on a support layer, second wiring line patterns on the first wiring line patterns, and a multiple insulation pattern. The first wiring line patterns extend in a first direction and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction. The support layer includes first contact hole patterns between the first wiring line patterns that are spaced apart from each other in the first and second directions. The second wiring line patterns extend in the second direction perpendicular and are spaced apart from each other in the first direction. The multiple insulation pattern is on an upper surface of the support layer where the first contact hole patterns are not formed, arranged in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, and between the first wiring line patterns and the second wiring line patterns.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including spaced-apart active regions, and device isolating regions isolating the active regions from each other, and a pillar array pattern including a plurality of pillar patterns overlapping the active regions, the plurality of pillar patterns being spaced apart from each other at an equal distance in a first direction and in a second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein the plurality of pillar patterns include first pillar patterns and second pillar patterns disposed alternatingly in the first direction and in the second direction, a shape of a horizontal cross section of the first pillar patterns being different from a shape of a horizontal cross section of the second pillar patterns.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell active region and a peripheral active region, a direct contact arranged on a cell insulating pattern formed on the substrate and connected to the cell active region, a bit line structure including a thin conductive pattern, contacting a top surface of the direct contact and extending in one direction, and a peripheral gate structure in the peripheral active region. The peripheral gate structure include a stacked structure of a peripheral gate insulating pattern and a peripheral gate conductive pattern, the thin conductive pattern includes a first material and the peripheral gate conductive pattern include the first material, and a level of an upper surface of the thin conductive pattern is lower than a level of an upper surface of the peripheral gate conductive pattern.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a case having a wrapping material cutting function. For this purpose, there is disclosed a case having a wrapping material cutting function, in which a body (51) includes a front panel (57), a bottom panel (65), a back panel (64), a cover (58), and a plurality of side panels, wherein the body (51) is made of a synthetic resin material, and wherein cutting protrusions (52) are kept spaced apart from each other and successively formed to protrude upward by connection portions (53) along a bend line, i.e., a bend line between the front panel (57) constituting part of the body (51) and an adjacent inward bend portion (56), so that a wrapping material accommodated in the body (51) is cut off by the cutting protrusions (52) protruding upward along the bend line.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to technology for a sensor network, machine to machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and the Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure can be utilized in intelligent services (such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related services) based on the technology. The present disclosure relates to a method for a terminal for a position-based service, comprising the steps of: detecting a first signal related to a position of the position-based service in a first mode of scanning the first signal; and determining whether to switch to a second mode of transmitting a second signal related to a position of the terminal according to second mode related information included in the first signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active region defined by a device isolation layer and at least a gate trench linearly extending in a first direction to cross the active region, the active region having a gate area at a bottom of the gate trench and a junction area at a surface of the substrate. The device further may include a first conductive line filling the gate trench and extending in the first direction, the first conductive line having a buried gate structure on the gate area of the active region. The device also may include a junction including implanted dopants at the junction area of the active region, and a junction separator on the device isolation layer and defining the junction. The junction separator may be formed of an insulative material and have an etch resistance greater than that of the device isolation layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active region defined by a device isolation layer and at least a gate trench linearly extending in a first direction to cross the active region, the active region having a gate area at a bottom of the gate trench and a junction area at a surface of the substrate. The device further may include a first conductive line filling the gate trench and extending in the first direction, the first conductive line having a buried gate structure on the gate area of the active region. The device also may include a junction including implanted dopants at the junction area of the active region, and a junction separator on the device isolation layer and defining the junction. The junction separator may be formed of an insulative material and have an etch resistance greater than that of the device isolation layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell region, a core region, and a boundary region between the cell region and the core region, a boundary element isolation layer in the boundary region of the substrate to separate the cell region from the core region, a high-k dielectric layer on at least a part of the boundary element isolation layer and the core region of the substrate, a first work function metal pattern comprising a first extension overlapping the boundary element isolation layer on the high-k dielectric layer, and a second work function metal pattern comprising a second extension overlapping the boundary element isolation layer on the first work function metal pattern, wherein a first length of the first extension is different from a second length of the second extension.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for detecting a counterfeit advertiser by a server includes detecting a random delay time or a cumulative interval for a reference device based on a time stamp for an advertisement packet received from the reference device, and detecting a random delay time or a cumulative interval for a receiving device other than the reference device based on a time stamp for an advertisement packet received from the receiving device.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming features of a first mold pattern on a substrate including a first region and a second region, and forming a first insulation layer covering the first mold pattern from the first region to the second region. The method further includes forming a photoresist pattern on the first insulation layer in the second region, forming a second insulation layer covering the first insulation layer in the first region and the photoresist pattern in the second region from the first region to the second region, etching the second insulation layer, removing the photoresist pattern, and forming a first double patterning technology pattern having a first width in the first region and a second DPT pattern having a second width in the second region, wherein the second width is different from the first width.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell active region and a peripheral active region, a direct contact arranged on a cell insulating pattern formed on the substrate and connected to the cell active region, a bit line structure including a thin conductive pattern, contacting a top surface of the direct contact and extending in one direction, and a peripheral gate structure in the peripheral active region. The peripheral gate structure include a stacked structure of a peripheral gate insulating pattern and a peripheral gate conductive pattern, the thin conductive pattern includes a first material and the peripheral gate conductive pattern include the first material, and a level of an upper surface of the thin conductive pattern is lower than a level of an upper surface of the peripheral gate conductive pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate with a first trench, a first insulation liner on inner flanks of the first trench, and a second insulation liner on inner flanks of a first sub trench, the first insulation trench defined by the first insulation liner in the first trench, a top level of the second insulation liner that adjoins the inner flanks of the first sub trench in a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate being different from the top surface of the substrate outside the first trench, may be provided.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a device isolation film on a substrate between first and second regions, forming first and second sealing films, such that an etch selectivity of the second sealing film is smaller than that of the first sealing film, patterning the first and second sealing films to expose the second region and a portion of the device isolation film, such that an undercut is defined under a lower surface of the second sealing film, forming a filling film filling the undercut, a thickness of the filling film being thicker on a side surface of the second sealing film than on an upper surface thereof, removing a portion of the filling film to form a filling spacer in the undercut, forming a high-k dielectric film and a metal film on the filling spacer, and patterning the high-k dielectric film and the metal film.

Abstract: Methods for manufacturing a semiconductor device include forming a gate line extending in a first direction in a substrate, and an impurity region on a side surface of the gate line, forming an insulating film pattern on the substrate, the insulating film pattern extending in the first direction and comprising a first through-hole that is configured to expose the impurity region, forming a barrier metal layer on the first through-hole, forming a conductive line contact that fills the first through-hole and that is electrically connected to the impurity region, fowling a first mask pattern on the conductive line contact and the insulating film pattern, the first mask pattern extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction and the first mask pattern comprising a first opening, and removing corners of the barrier metal layer by partially etching the barrier metal layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active region defined by a device isolation layer and at least a gate trench linearly extending in a first direction to cross the active region, the active region having a gate area at a bottom of the gate trench and a junction area at a surface of the substrate. The device further may include a first conductive line filling the gate trench and extending in the first direction, the first conductive line having a buried gate structure on the gate area of the active region. The device also may include a junction including implanted dopants at the junction area of the active region, and a junction separator on the device isolation layer and defining the junction. The junction separator may be formed of an insulative material and have an etch resistance greater than that of the device isolation layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for transmitting a beacon frame signal by a transmitting node in a wireless communication network is provided.