Patents by Inventor Kyoungseob Kim

Kyoungseob Kim 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: 10361100
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus is provided. The apparatus may include a process chamber configured to have an internal space, a substrate supporting member disposed in the process chamber to support a substrate, a first supplying port configured to supply a supercritical fluid to a region of the internal space located below the substrate, a second supplying port configured to supply a supercritical fluid to other region of the internal space located over the substrate, and an exhaust port configured to exhaust the supercritical fluid from the process chamber to an exterior region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyosan Lee, Yongsun Ko, Kyoungseob Kim, Kwangsu Kim, SeokHoon Kim, Kuntack Lee, Yongmyung Jun, Yong-Jhin Cho
  • Patent number: 10155903
    Abstract: The present inventive concepts provide metal etchant compositions and methods of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same. The metal etchant composition includes an organic peroxide in a range of about 0.1 wt % to about 20 wt %, an organic acid in a range of about 0.1 wt % to about 70 wt %, and an alcohol-based solvent in a range of about 10 wt % to about 99.8 wt %. The metal etchant composition may be used in an anhydrous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Cornell University
    Inventors: Hyosan Lee, Yongsun Ko, Kyoungseob Kim, Kuntack Lee, Jihoon Jeong, Chen Lin, Christopher K. Ober
  • Patent number: 9941110
    Abstract: A method of manufacture and fluid supply system for treating a substrate is provided. The fluid supply system for treating a substrate may include a substrate dry part supplying a dry fluid to dry a rinse solution doped on a substrate; a dry fluid separation part retrieving a mixed fluid that the dry fluid and the rinse solution are mixed with each other during a dry process of the substrate from the substrate dry part and separating the dry fluid from the mixed fluid; and a dry fluid supply part resupplying the dry fluid separated from the dry fluid separation part to the substrate dry part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Min Oh, HyoSan Lee, YongSun Ko, KyoungSeob Kim, SeokHoon Kim, KunTack Lee, YongMyung Jun, Yong-Jhin Cho
  • Patent number: 9721801
    Abstract: A substrate treating method may include jetting a fluid containing an abrasive onto a substrate, and polishing the substrate using the jetted fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongjin Kim, Kyoungseob Kim, Sungho Shin, Kuntack Lee, Kihong Cho
  • Patent number: 9627233
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate treating apparatus including a housing; a plurality of opening-and-closing members configured to provide a driving force for opening and closing the housing; a fluid storing member supplying a fluid to the opening-and-closing members; and a fluid distribution unit connected to the fluid storing member via a supply conduit to distribute the fluid supplied from the fluid storing member to the opening-and-closing members. The fluid distribution unit includes a distribution conduit diverging from the supply conduit and connected to a corresponding one of the opening-and-closing members; and a fluid distribution member provided at a junction between the supply conduit and the distribution conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SeokHoon Kim, Yongmyung Jun, Yongsun Ko, Kyoungseob Kim, Jung-Min Oh, Kuntack Lee, Jihoon Jeong, Yong-Jhin Cho
  • Publication number: 20170084469
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus is provided. The apparatus may include a process chamber configured to have an internal space, a substrate supporting member disposed in the process chamber to support a substrate, a first supplying port configured to supply a supercritical fluid to a region of the internal space located below the substrate, a second supplying port configured to supply a supercritical fluid to other region of the internal space located over the substrate, and an exhaust port configured to exhaust the supercritical fluid from the process chamber to an exterior region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Hyosan Lee, Yongsun Ko, Kyoungseob Kim, Kwangsu Kim, SeokHoon Kim, Kuntack Lee, Yongmyung Jun, Yong-Jhin Cho
  • Patent number: 9595434
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a pattern on a surface of a semiconductor substrate; placing the substrate on a platform of a substrate treatment apparatus; rotating the wafer while applying a cleaning liquid from a first nozzle and a wetting liquid from a second nozzle to treat a first region on the surface of the substrate; vertically changing the distance of the second nozzle together with the first nozzle with respect to the platform; after the vertical change, rotating the wafer while applying the cleaning liquid from the first nozzle and the wetting liquid from the second nozzle to treat a second region on the surface of the substrate; and forming a semiconductor device from the treated substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoungseob Kim, Yongsun Ko, Kyoung Hwan Kim, SeokHoon Kim, Kuntack Lee, Hyosan Lee
  • Publication number: 20170062208
    Abstract: A method of manufacture and fluid supply system for treating a substrate is provided. The fluid supply system for treating a substrate may include a substrate dry part supplying a dry fluid to dry a rinse solution doped on a substrate; a dry fluid separation part retrieving a mixed fluid that the dry fluid and the rinse solution are mixed with each other during a dry process of the substrate from the substrate dry part and separating the dry fluid from the mixed fluid; and a dry fluid supply part resupplying the dry fluid separated from the dry fluid separation part to the substrate dry part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jung-Min Oh, HyoSan Lee, YongSun Ko, KyoungSeob Kim, SeokHoon Kim, KunTack Lee, YongMyung Jun, Yong-Jhin Cho
  • Patent number: 9524864
    Abstract: A method of manufacture and fluid supply system for treating a substrate is provided. The fluid supply system for treating a substrate may include a substrate dry part supplying a dry fluid to dry a rinse solution doped on a substrate; a dry fluid separation part retrieving a mixed fluid that the dry fluid and the rinse solution are mixed with each other during a dry process of the substrate from the substrate dry part and separating the dry fluid from the mixed fluid; and a dry fluid supply part resupplying the dry fluid separated from the dry fluid separation part to the substrate dry part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Min Oh, HyoSan Lee, YongSun Ko, KyoungSeob Kim, SeokHoon Kim, KunTack Lee, YongMyung Jun, Yong-Jhin Cho
  • Publication number: 20160204001
    Abstract: The present inventive concepts provide metal etchant compositions and methods of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same. The metal etchant composition includes an organic peroxide in a range of about 0.1 wt % to about 20 wt %, an organic acid in a range of about 0.1 wt % to about 70 wt %, and an alcohol-based solvent in a range of about 10 wt % to about 99.8 wt %. The metal etchant composition may be used in an anhydrous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Hyosan Lee, Yongsun Ko, Kyoungseob Kim, Kuntack Lee, Jihoon Jeong, Chen Lin, Christopher K. Ober
  • Publication number: 20160104629
    Abstract: A substrate treating method may include jetting a fluid containing an abrasive onto a substrate, and polishing the substrate using the jetted fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: HONGJIN KIM, KYOUNGSEOB KIM, SUNGHO SHIN, KUNTACK LEE, KIHONG CHO
  • Patent number: 9293336
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a storage node contact on a substrate, and a lower electrode on the storage node contact, a lower sidewall of the lower electrode being covered by a contact residue of a same material as the storage node contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangryol Yang, Soonwook Jung, Kyoungseob Kim, Youngsub You, Byunghong Chung, Hanmei Choi
  • Publication number: 20160027637
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a pattern on a surface of a semiconductor substrate; placing the substrate on a platform of a substrate treatment apparatus; rotating the wafer while applying a cleaning liquid from a first nozzle and a wetting liquid from a second nozzle to treat a first region on the surface of the substrate; vertically changing the distance of the second nozzle together with the first nozzle with respect to the platform; after the vertical change, rotating the wafer while applying the cleaning liquid from the first nozzle and the wetting liquid from the second nozzle to treat a second region on the surface of the substrate; and forming a semiconductor device from the treated substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: KYOUNGSEOB KIM, YONGSUN KO, KYOUNG HWAN KIM, SeokHoon KIM, KUNTACK LEE, HYOSAN LEE
  • Publication number: 20150368557
    Abstract: The present inventive concepts provide metal etchant compositions and methods of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same. The metal etchant composition includes an organic peroxide in a range of about 0.1 wt % to about 20 wt %, an organic acid in a range of about 0.1 wt % to about 70 wt %, and an alcohol-based solvent in a range of about 10 wt % to about 99.8 wt %. The metal etchant composition may be used in an anhydrous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Hyosan Lee, Yongsun Ko, Kyoungseob Kim, Kuntack Lee, Jihoon Jeong, Chen Lin, Christopher K. Ober
  • Publication number: 20150343495
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a substrate includes a spin chuck supporting a substrate, a nozzle movably disposed on the spin chuck, the nozzle providing droplets of a treatment liquid onto a surface of the substrate, and a nozzle arm moving the nozzle above the spin chuck, wherein the nozzle arm moves the nozzle horizontally along the surface of the substrate, and vertically with respect to the surface of the substrate, wherein the nozzle arm moves the nozzle between an edge of the substrate and a center of the substrate, the nozzle moving away from the surface of the substrate while approaching toward the center of the substrate, and wherein droplets provided onto the center of the substrate have a smaller vertical spacing than that of droplets provided onto the edge of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Kyoungseob KIM, Yongsun KO, SeokHoon KIM, Kuntack LEE, Hyosan LEE, Gilheyun CHOI
  • Patent number: 9027576
    Abstract: Substrate treatment systems are provided. The substrate treatment systems may include a treating device configured to treat a substrate with a supercritical fluid, and a supplying device configured to supply the supercritical fluid to the treating device. The treating device may include a supercritical process zone in which the substrate is treated with the supercritical fluid, and a pre-supercritical process zone in which the supercritical fluid is expanded and then provided into the supercritical process zone to create a supercritical state in the supercritical process zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Jhin Cho, Yongsun Ko, Kyoungseob Kim, Kwangsu Kim, SeokHoon Kim, Jung-Min Oh, Kuntack Lee, Wonho Jang, Yongmyung Jun
  • Publication number: 20140373881
    Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus including a support member configured to support a substrate container configured to surround an upper portion of the support member, a nozzle member including at least one nozzle, which is configured to spray a treating solution onto the substrate disposed on the support member, and a treating solution supply unit connected to the nozzle and configured to supply the treating solution to the nozzle through a main tube may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Min OH, Kyoungseob KIM, Young-Hoo KIM, Yongsun KO, Kuntack LEE, Yongmyung JUN, Yong-Jhin CHO
  • Publication number: 20140360041
    Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus includes a fluid supply unit to supply a fluid to a chamber. The substrate is dried in the chamber using the fluid in a supercritical state. The fluid supply unit includes a storing tank to store the fluid and a conversion tank connected to the storing tank through a connection tube and to the chamber through a supply tube. The conversion tank includes a heater to heat the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihoon JEONG, Yongsun KO, Kuntack LEE, Kyoungseob KIM, SeokHoon KIM, Jung-Min OH, Yongmyung JUN, Yong-Jhin CHO
  • Publication number: 20140319690
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a storage node contact on a substrate, and a lower electrode on the storage node contact, a lower sidewall of the lower electrode being covered by a contact residue of a same material as the storage node contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangryol YANG, Soonwook JUNG, Kyoungseob KIM, Youngsub YOU, Byunghong CHUNG, Hanmei CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140291421
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate treating apparatus including a housing; a plurality of opening-and-closing members configured to provide a driving force for opening and closing the housing; a fluid storing member supplying a fluid to the opening-and-closing members; and a fluid distribution unit connected to the fluid storing member via a supply conduit to distribute the fluid supplied from the fluid storing member to the opening-and-closing members. The fluid distribution unit includes a distribution conduit diverging from the supply conduit and connected to a corresponding one of the opening-and-closing members; and a fluid distribution member provided at a junction between the supply conduit and the distribution conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SeokHoon Kim, Yongmyung Jun, Yongsun Ko, Kyoungseob Kim, Jung-Min Oh, Kuntack Lee, Jihoon Jeong, Yong-Jhin Cho