Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate that includes a peripheral region, a first active pattern on the peripheral region, a first source/drain pattern on the first active pattern, a first channel pattern formed on the first active pattern and connected to the first source/drain pattern, wherein the first channel pattern includes semiconductor patterns that are stacked and spaced apart from each other, a first gate electrode that extends in a first direction and crosses the first channel pattern, a gate insulating layer interposed between the first gate electrode and the first channel pattern, a first gate contact disposed on the first gate electrode and that extends in the first direction, and a first dielectric layer interposed between the first gate electrode and the first gate contact. The first dielectric layer is interposed between the first gate contact and the first gate electrode and extends in the first direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes; a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first active pattern extending upward from the first region, a first superlattice pattern on the first active pattern, a first active fin centrally disposed on the first active pattern, a first gate electrode disposed on the first active fin, and first source/drain patterns disposed on opposing sides of the first active fin and on the first active pattern. The first superlattice pattern includes at least one first semiconductor layer and at least one first blocker-containing layer, and the first blocker-containing layer includes at least one of oxygen, carbon, fluorine and nitrogen.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions, first and second standard cells on the first active region and the second active region, and a filler cell between the first and second standard cells and including first and second insulating isolations. The filler cell has a one-pitch dimension. The first and second insulating isolations are spaced the one-pitch dimension apart from each other. The first insulating isolation of the filler cell is disposed at a first boundary between the first standard cell and the filler cell. The second insulating isolation of the filler cell is disposed at a second boundary between the second standard cell and the filler cell. The first and second insulating isolations separate at least a part of the first active region, and at least a part of the second active region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device that reduces the occurrence of a leakage current by forming a doped layer in each of an NMOS region and a PMOS region on an SOT substrate, and completely separating the doped layer of the NMOS region from the doped layer of the PMOS region using the element isolation layer is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, a substrate including a first layer, an insulating layer on the first layer, and a second layer on the insulating layer, a first doped layer on the second layer in the first region and including a first impurity, a second doped layer on the second layer in the second region and including a second impurity different from the first impurity, and an element isolation layer configured to separate the first doped layer from the second doped layer, and in contact with the insulating layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The device may include a substrate, an active pattern in an upper portion of the substrate and is extending in a first direction, a gate electrode crossing the active pattern and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a first gate spacer covering a side surface of the gate electrode, a first inhibition layer between the gate electrode and the first gate spacer, and a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode and the active pattern. The gate insulating layer may include a high-k dielectric layer and a gate oxide layer. The gate oxide layer may be between the high-k dielectric layer and the active pattern. The high-k dielectric layer may be between the gate oxide layer and the gate electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, first to sixth nanowires extending in a first direction and spaced apart from each other, first to third gate electrodes extending in a second direction and respectively on first to third regions of the substrate, a first interface layer of a first thickness between the first gate electrode and the second nanowire, a second interface layer of a second thickness between the third gate electrode and the sixth nanowire. The first to third gate electrodes respectively may surround the first and second nanowires, third and fourth nanowires, and fifth and sixth nanowires. A first internal spacer may be on a side wall of at least one of the first to third gate electrodes. In the first direction, a first length of the first nanowire may be smaller than a second length of the third nanowire.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices include a first active pattern including a first lower pattern extending in a first direction and a first sheet pattern spaced apart from the first lower pattern; and a first gate electrode on the first lower pattern, the first gate electrode extending in a second direction different from the first direction and surrounding the first sheet pattern, wherein the first lower pattern includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to each other, each of the first sidewall of the first lower pattern and the second sidewall of the first lower pattern extends in the first direction, the first gate electrode overlaps the first sidewall of the first lower pattern in the second direction by a first depth, the first gate electrode overlaps the second sidewall of the first lower pattern in the second direction by a second depth, and the first depth is different from the second depth.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are disclosed. The semiconductor devices may include a substrate including a first region and a second region, which are spaced apart from each other with a device isolation layer interposed therebetween, a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode on the first and second regions, respectively, an insulating separation pattern separating the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode from each other and extending in a second direction that traverses the first direction, a connection structure electrically connecting the first gate electrode to the second gate electrode, and a first signal line electrically connected to the connection structure. The first and second gate electrodes are extended in a first direction and are aligned to each other in the first direction. The first signal line may extend in the second direction and may vertically overlap the insulating separation pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes; a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first active pattern extending upward from the first region, a first superlattice pattern on the first active pattern, a first active fin centrally disposed on the first active pattern, a first gate electrode disposed on the first active fin, and first source/drain patterns disposed on opposing sides of the first active fin and on the first active pattern. The first superlattice pattern includes at least one first semiconductor layer and at least one first blocker-containing layer, and the first blocker-containing layer includes at least one of oxygen, carbon, fluorine and nitrogen.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a first wire pattern disposed on a substrate and extending in a first direction; a first gate electrode surrounding the first wire pattern and extending in a second direction, the first direction intersecting the second direction perpendicularly; a first transistor including the first wire pattern and the first gate electrode; a second wire pattern disposed on the substrate and extending in the first direction; a second gate electrode surrounding the second wire pattern and extending in the second direction; and a second transistor including the second wire pattern and the second gate electrode, wherein a width of the first wire pattern in the second direction is different from a width of the second wire pattern in the second direction.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor devices may include a first wire pattern extending in a first direction on a substrate and a second wire pattern on the first wire pattern. The second wire pattern may be spaced apart from the first wire pattern and extends in the first direction. The semiconductor devices may also include a first gate structure at least partially surrounding the first wire pattern and the second wire pattern, a second gate structure spaced apart from the first gate structure in the first direction, a first source/drain region between the first gate structure and the second gate structure, a first spacer between a bottom surface of the first source/drain region and the substrate, a first source/drain contact on the first source/drain region, and a second spacer between the first source/drain contact and the first gate structure.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device includes: a fin-type active area protruding from a substrate and extending in a first horizontal direction; a first nanosheet disposed above an upper surface of the fin-type active area with a first separation space therebetween; a second nanosheet disposed above the first nanosheet with a second separation space therebetween; a gate line extending on the substrate in a second horizontal direction intersecting the first horizontal direction, at least a portion of the gate line being disposed in the second separation space; and a bottom insulation structure disposed in the first separation space.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an example embodiment includes a substrate extending in first and second directions intersecting with each other; nanowires on the substrate and spaced apart from each other in the second direction; gate electrodes extending in the first direction and spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and surrounding the nanowires to be superimposed vertically with the nanowires; external spacers on the substrate and covering sidewalls of the gate electrodes on the nanowires; and an isolation layer between the gate electrodes and extending in the first direction, wherein an upper surface of the isolation layer is flush with upper surfaces of the gate electrodes.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a first wire pattern disposed on a substrate and extending in a first direction; a first gate electrode surrounding the first wire pattern and extending in a second direction, the first direction intersecting the second direction perpendicularly; a first transistor including the first wire pattern and the first gate electrode; a second wire pattern disposed on the substrate and extending in the first direction; a second gate electrode surrounding the second wire pattern and extending in the second direction; and a second transistor including the second wire pattern and the second gate electrode, wherein a width of the first wire pattern in the second direction is different from a width of the second wire pattern in the second direction.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor devices may include a first wire pattern extending in a first direction on a substrate and a second wire pattern on the first wire pattern. The second wire pattern may be spaced apart from the first wire pattern and extends in the first direction. The semiconductor devices may also include a first gate structure at least partially surrounding the first wire pattern and the second wire pattern, a second gate structure spaced apart from the first gate structure in the first direction, a first source/drain region between the first gate structure and the second gate structure, a first spacer between a bottom surface of the first source/drain region and the substrate, a first source/drain contact on the first source/drain region, and a second spacer between the first source/drain contact and the first gate structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an example embodiment includes a substrate extending in first and second directions intersecting with each other; nanowires on the substrate and spaced apart from each other in the second direction; gate electrodes extending in the first direction and spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and surrounding the nanowires to be superimposed vertically with the nanowires; external spacers on the substrate and covering sidewalls of the gate electrodes on the nanowires; and an isolation layer between the gate electrodes and extending in the first direction, wherein an upper surface of the isolation layer is flush with upper surfaces of the gate electrodes.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a well region in a substrate, an impurity region in the well region, a first active fin on the impurity region, a second active fin on the well region, and a connection pattern penetrating the second active fin and connected to the well region may be provided. The substrate and the impurity region include impurities having a first conductivity type. The well region includes impurities having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type. The first active fin includes a plurality of first semiconductor patterns that are spaced apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate. The first semiconductor patterns and the impurity region include impurities having the first conductivity type.

Abstract: A vertical field effect transistor (VFET) including a first source/drain region, a channel structure upwardly protruding from the first source/drain region and configured to serve as a channel, the channel structure having a two-dimensional structure in a plan view, the channel structure having an opening at at least one side thereof, the channel structure including one or two first portions and one or more second portions, the one or two first portion extending in a first direction, and the one or more second portions connected to corresponding one or more of the one or more first portions and extending in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction, a gate structure horizontally surrounding the channel structure, and a second source/drain region upwardly on the channel structure may be provided.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second active regions, first and second standard cells on the first active region and the second active region, and a filler cell between the first and second standard cells and including first and second insulating isolations. The filler cell has a one-pitch dimension. The first and second insulating isolations are spaced the one-pitch dimension apart from each other. The first insulating isolation of the filler cell is disposed at a first boundary between the first standard cell and the filler cell. The second insulating isolation of the filler cell is disposed at a second boundary between the second standard cell and the filler cell. The first and second insulating isolations separate at least a part of the first active region, and at least a part of the second active region.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device includes: a fin-type active area protruding from a substrate and extending in a first horizontal direction; a first nanosheet disposed above an upper surface of the fin-type active area with a first separation space therebetween; a second nanosheet disposed above the first nanosheet with a second separation space therebetween; a gate line extending on the substrate in a second horizontal direction intersecting the first horizontal direction, at least a portion of the gate line being disposed in the second separation space; and a bottom insulation structure disposed in the first separation space.