Patents by Inventor Myung Gil Kang

Myung Gil Kang 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).

  • Publication number: 20240096894
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer having first and second regions, a plurality of first channel layers spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction on the first region of the first semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode surrounding the plurality of first channel layers, a plurality of second channel layers spaced apart from one another in the vertical direction on the second region of the first semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode surrounding the plurality of second channel layers, wherein each of the plurality of first channel layers has a first crystallographic orientation, and each of the plurality of second channel layers has a second crystallographic orientation different from the first crystallographic orientation, and wherein a thickness of each of the plurality of first channel layers is different from a thickness of each of the plurality of second channel layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Woo Cheol SHIN, Myung Gil KANG, Sadaaki MASUOKA, Sang Hoon LEE, Sung Man WHANG
  • Publication number: 20240079466
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active pattern, a channel pattern on the active pattern, the channel pattern including a plurality of semiconductor patterns spaced apart from each other, a source/drain pattern connected to the plurality of semiconductor patterns, a gate electrode including, an inner electrode between a first semiconductor pattern of the plurality of semiconductor patterns and a second semiconductor pattern of the plurality of semiconductor patterns, the first semiconductor pattern and the second semiconductor pattern being adjacent to each other, and an outer electrode on an uppermost semiconductor pattern of the plurality of semiconductor patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangwon Baek, Beomjin Park, Myung Gil Kang, Dongwon Kim, Hyumin Yoo, Namkyu Cho
  • Patent number: 11923362
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myung-gil Kang, Beom-jin Park, Geum-jong Bae, Dong-won Kim, Jung-gil Yang
  • Publication number: 20240030304
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Munhyeon KIM, Myung Gil KANG, Wandon KIM
  • Publication number: 20240006497
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern having a lower pattern, and a plurality of sheet patterns spaced apart from the lower pattern in a first direction; first and second structures disposed on the lower pattern, wherein the first and second structures are arranged and spaced apart from each other in a second direction; a source/drain recess defined between first and second gate structures; and a source/drain pattern filling the source/drain recess, wherein the source/drain pattern includes a stacking fault spaced apart from the lower pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Soo Jin JEONG, Myung Gil KANG, Tae Gon KIM, Dong Won KIM, Ju Ri LEE
  • Patent number: 11862639
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer having first and second regions, a plurality of first channel layers spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction on the first region of the first semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode surrounding the plurality of first channel layers, a plurality of second channel layers spaced apart from one another in the vertical direction on the second region of the first semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode surrounding the plurality of second channel layers, wherein each of the plurality of first channel layers has a first crystallographic orientation, and each of the plurality of second channel layers has a second crystallographic orientation different from the first crystallographic orientation, and wherein a thickness of each of the plurality of first channel layers is different from a thickness of each of the plurality of second channel layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Cheol Shin, Myung Gil Kang, Sadaaki Masuoka, Sang Hoon Lee, Sung Man Whang
  • Publication number: 20230420552
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate that includes an active pattern; a channel pattern disposed on the active pattern, wherein the channel pattern includes a plurality of semiconductor patterns that are stacked on each other and spaced apart from each other; a source/drain pattern connected to the plurality of semiconductor patterns; a gate electrode disposed on the plurality of semiconductor patterns, the gate electrode extending in a first direction; a gate dielectric layer disposed between the plurality of semiconductor patterns and the gate electrode; and a lower dielectric pattern disposed between the active pattern and the gate dielectric layer, wherein the gate dielectric layer includes an interface layer and a high-k dielectric layer, wherein the interface layer covers the semiconductor patterns, wherein the high-k dielectric layer is disposed on the interface layer, and wherein a thickness of the lower dielectric pattern is greater than a thickness of the interface layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: BEOMJIN PARK, Myung Gil Kang, Dongwon Kim, Younggwon Kim, Sungkeun Lim, Soojin Jeong, Yuyeong Jo
  • Patent number: 11855165
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun Hwi Cho, Soonmoon Jung, Dongwon Kim, Myung Gil Kang
  • Publication number: 20230411458
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ilgyou Shin, Minyi Kim, Myung Gil Kang, Jinbum Kim, Seung Hun Lee, Keun Hwi Cho
  • Patent number: 11843000
    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 SOI 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Beom Jin Park, Myung Gil Kang, Dong Won Kim, Keun Hwi Cho
  • Publication number: 20230387237
    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 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: MYUNG GIL KANG, Dong Won Kim, Woo Seok Park, Keun Hwi Cho, Sung Gi Hur
  • Patent number: 11804530
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Munhyeon Kim, Myung Gil Kang, Wandon Kim
  • Patent number: 11777001
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventors: Ilgyou Shin, Minyi Kim, Myung Gil Kang, Jinbum Kim, Seung Hun Lee, Keun Hwi Cho
  • Patent number: 11769813
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Gil Kang, Dong Won Kim, Woo Seok Park, Keun Hwi Cho, Sung Gi Hur
  • Publication number: 20230299139
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active region on a substrate, source/drain patterns on the active region, channel patterns on the active region and connected to the source/drain patterns, each of the channel patterns including a plurality of semiconductor patterns, which are vertically stacked to be spaced apart from each other, gate electrodes, which are respectively on the channel patterns and are extended in a first direction and parallel to each other, and active contacts, which are electrically and respectively connected to the source/drain patterns. A bottom surface of a first active contact is located at a first level, and a bottom surface of a second active contact is located at a second level higher than the first level. A bottom surface of a third active contact is located at a third level higher than the second level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun Hwi CHO, Myung Gil KANG, Gibum KIM, Dongwon KIM
  • Publication number: 20230290783
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an N-stack cell, a buffer cell and an M-stack cell that are on the substrate, the buffer cell being between the N-stack and M-stack cells, an active pattern extending from the N-stack cell to the M-stack cell via the buffer cell, an N-stack channel pattern on the active pattern of the N-stack cell, an M-stack channel pattern on the active pattern of the M-stack cell, a dummy channel pattern on the active pattern of the buffer cell, an N-stack epitaxial pattern between the N-stack channel pattern and the dummy channel pattern, and an M-stack epitaxial pattern between the M-stack channel pattern and the dummy channel pattern. The N-stack channel pattern includes stacked N semiconductor patterns. The M-stack channel pattern includes stacked M semiconductor patterns. Each of N and M is an integer number of 2 or more, and M is greater than N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jeongsoon Kong, Myung Gil Kang, Sanghoon Baek
  • Publication number: 20230282642
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS JCO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myung-gil KANG, Beom-jin Park, Geum-jong Bae, Dong-won Kim, Jung-gil Yang
  • Patent number: 11742411
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-woo Noh, Myung-gil Kang, Ho-jun Kim, Geum-jong Bae, Dong-il Bae
  • Patent number: 11710741
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Woo Noh, Myung Gil Kang, Geum Jong Bae, Dong Il Bae, Jung Gil Yang, Sang Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11695002
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sanghoon Baek, Myung Gil Kang, Jae-Ho Park, Seung Young Lee