Patents by Inventor Kwang-You Seo

Kwang-You Seo 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: 9721952
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating film formed on a substrate and including a trench, a gate insulating film formed in the trench, a work function adjusting film formed on the gate insulating film in the trench along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the trench, and including an inclined surface having an acute angle with respect to the sidewalls of the trench, and a metal gate pattern formed on the work function adjusting film in the trench to fill up the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Youn Kim, Kwang-You Seo
  • Patent number: 9653572
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a dummy gate on a substrate, forming a dummy gate mask on the dummy gate, forming a gate spacer on the substrate, the gate spacer covering at least one sidewall surface of the dummy gate and the dummy gate mask, forming a recess on at least one side of the dummy gate by etching the substrate, and forming an epitaxial layer in the recess using an epitaxial growth process. The forming of the dummy gate mask includes forming an oxide layer and a dummy gate mask layer on the dummy gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-Ah Nam, Sung-Hoon Kim, Il-Ryong Kim, Kwang-You Seo, Kwang-Yong Jang
  • Patent number: 9627380
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating film formed on a substrate and including a trench, a gate insulating film formed in the trench, a work function adjusting film formed on the gate insulating film in the trench along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the trench, and including an inclined surface having an acute angle with respect to the sidewalls of the trench, and a metal gate pattern formed on the work function adjusting film in the trench to fill up the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Youn Kim, Kwang-You Seo
  • Publication number: 20160225876
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a dummy gate on a substrate, forming a dummy gate mask on the dummy gate, forming a gate spacer on the substrate, the gate spacer covering at least one sidewall surface of the dummy gate and the dummy gate mask, forming a recess on at least one side of the dummy gate by etching the substrate, and forming an epitaxial layer in the recess using an epitaxial growth process. The forming of the dummy gate mask includes forming an oxide layer and a dummy gate mask layer on the dummy gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: SEON-AH NAM, SUNG-HOON KIM, IL-RYONG KIM, KWANG-YOU SEO, KWANG-YONG JANG
  • Publication number: 20160204109
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating film formed on a substrate and including a trench, a gate insulating film formed in the trench, a work function adjusting film formed on the gate insulating film in the trench along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the trench, and including an inclined surface having an acute angle with respect to the sidewalls of the trench, and a metal gate pattern formed on the work function adjusting film in the trench to fill up the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Ju-Youn Kim, Kwang-You SEO
  • Patent number: 9324716
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating film formed on a substrate and including a trench, a gate insulating film formed in the trench, a work function adjusting film formed on the gate insulating film in the trench along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the trench, and including an inclined surface having an acute angle with respect to the sidewalls of the trench, and a metal gate pattern formed on the work function adjusting film in the trench to fill up the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Youn Kim, Kwang-You Seo
  • Publication number: 20150364473
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating film formed on a substrate and including a trench, a gate insulating film formed in the trench, a work function adjusting film formed on the gate insulating film in the trench along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the trench, and including an inclined surface having an acute angle with respect to the sidewalls of the trench, and a metal gate pattern formed on the work function adjusting film in the trench to fill up the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Ju-Youn Kim, Kwang-You Seo
  • Patent number: 9099336
    Abstract: A semiconductor device using a high-k dielectric film is provided. The semiconductor device comprises a first gate insulating layer on a substrate and a first barrier layer on the first gate insulating layer, the first barrier layer having a first thickness. A first work function control layer is on the first barrier layer. A second barrier layer is present on the first work function control layer, the second barrier layer having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Won Ha, Suk-Hoon Kim, Ju-Youn Kim, Kwang-You Seo, Jong-Mil Youn
  • Publication number: 20140239405
    Abstract: A semiconductor device using a high-k dielectric film is provided. The semiconductor device comprises a first gate insulating layer on a substrate and a first barrier layer on the first gate insulating layer, the first barrier layer having a first thickness. A first work function control layer is on the first barrier layer. A second barrier layer is present on the first work function control layer, the second barrier layer having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Won Ha, Suk-Hoon Kim, Ju-Youn Kim, Kwang-You Seo, Jong-Mil Youn
  • Publication number: 20130299918
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating film formed on a substrate and including a trench, a gate insulating film formed in the trench, a work function adjusting film formed on the gate insulating film in the trench along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the trench, and including an inclined surface having an acute angle with respect to the sidewalls of the trench, and a metal gate pattern formed on the work function adjusting film in the trench to fill up the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Ju-Youn Kim, Kwang-You Seo