Patents by Inventor Kyeong K. Choi

Kyeong K. 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).

  • Patent number: 5637533
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a diffusion barrier metal layer of a semiconductor device for preventing a material of a metal wiring of said semiconductor device from being diffused into a silicon layer under said metal wiring is disclosed including the steps of: exposing the surface of said silicon layer to oxygen plasma, to prevent a silicide from being formed at the interface between said silicon layer and diffusion barrier metal layer; forming a first diffusion barrier metal layer on said silicon layer; implanting oxygen ions into said first diffusion barrier metal layer; and forming a second diffusion barrier metal layer on said first diffusion barrier metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyeong K. Choi
  • Patent number: 5633201
    Abstract: A method for forming tungsten (or aluminum) plugs in contact holes of an ultra highly integrated semiconductor device is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: applying an etch process to a first insulating layer covering an active region and a field oxide film of a substrate and to a second insulating layer to form a first deep contact hole on the active region by use of a first photosensitive pattern, said first photosensitive pattern being formed on said second insulating film atop said first insulating film; depositing tungsten (or aluminum) on said active region of said first contact hole by use of a selective metal deposition reactor to form a first tungsten (or aluminum) plug filling said first contact hole completely; treating the upper surface of said first tungsten (or aluminum) plug chemically with a mixture of BCl.sub.3, Cl.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyeong K. Choi
  • Patent number: 5595936
    Abstract: A method for forming contacts of a semiconductor device, capable of simultaneously forming metal plugs having a uniform thickness in contact holes respectively formed at P.sup.+ and N.sup.+ impurity-diffused regions of a semiconductor substrate, thereby minimizing the formation of poor contacts and simplifying the formation of contacts. The method includes the steps of forming a metal pad having a small thickness only at the N.sup.+ impurity-diffused region, where a severe eroding reaction occurs, compared to the P.sup.+ impurity-diffused region, by use of a reacting gas at a low temperature, and then depositing tungsten on all contact regions by use of reacting gases at a high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyeong K. Choi, Choon H. Kim
  • Patent number: 5459100
    Abstract: A method for forming a metal wiring of a semiconductor device, capable of avoiding a complexity of procedural steps involved in the formation of a metal plug buried in deeper contact holes having different depths in the formation of the metal wiring buried in the contact holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyeong K. Choi
  • Patent number: 5455198
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a contact plug capable of achieving a smooth tungsten growth by implanting silicon ions in the bottom surface of a via contact hole not only to remove a polymer formed on the bottom surface of the via contact hole, but also to provide a seed layer for the tungsten growth, and capable of preventing an adverse effect on the contact resistance resulting from a formation of AlF.sub.3 due to a direct contact between Al and WF.sub.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyeong K. Choi
  • Patent number: 5427981
    Abstract: A process for fabricating a metal plug having a uniform surface capable of preventing a junction consumption reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyeong K. Choi
  • Patent number: 5380680
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming a metal contact in a semiconductor device which improves the reliability of electric wiring by forming a double thin metal layer on the contact plug metal. This method comprises the steps of: forming a first contact hole up to the upper surface of a semiconductor substrate 1; filling a tungsten 5 in the first contact hole; depositing a first thin metal film 6 and a second thin metal film 7 on the entire structure sequentially; applying a photoresist 8 on the second thin metal film 7; forming a pattern for a second contact hole; forming the second contact hole by etching the second thin metal film 7, the first thin metal film 6 and the insulation layer 4 sequentially by using a photoresist 8 as an etch barrier; stripping the photoresist 8 and etching the second thin metal film 7; and depositing an aluminum alloy 9 on the entire structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyeong K. Choi