Patents by Inventor Nam Kyun Park

Nam Kyun Park 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: 9064564
    Abstract: Provided are a variable resistive memory device, and methods of fabricating and driving the same. The variable resistive memory device includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in a first direction and in a second direction different from the first direction, each of the plurality of memory cells comprising a variable resistor and a selection device serially connected to the variable resistor. A common wiring is electrically connected to first ends of the plurality of memory cells to apply a common reference voltage. Each wiring line of a plurality of wiring lines is electrically connected to second ends of the plurality of memory cells arranged n the plurality of rows oriented in the first direction. A plurality of selection lines are respectively connected to the selection devices of the plurality of memory cells to select any one of the plurality of memory cells via the plurality of wiring lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Nam Kyun Park, Gap Sok Do
  • Publication number: 20150171143
    Abstract: A resistance variable memory device including a vertical transistor includes an active pillar including a channel region, a source formed in one end of the channel region, and a lightly doped drain (LDD) region and a drain formed in the other end of the channel region, a first gate electrode formed to surround a periphery of the LDD region and having a first work function, and a second gate electrode formed to be connected to the first gate electrode and to surround the channel region and having a second work function that is higher than the first work function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Nam Kyun PARK
  • Patent number: 9054033
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, a resistive memory device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a pillar extending substantially perpendicular from a semiconductor substrate, the pillar including an inner portion and an outer portion surrounding the inner portion. A junction region is formed in an upper region and a lower region of the vertical pillar, and a gate surrounds the pillar. The inner portion of the pillar includes a semiconductor layer having a lattice constant that is larger than a lattice constant of the outer portion of the pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Kyun Park
  • Publication number: 20150155335
    Abstract: A variable resistance memory device includes a semiconductor substrate having a vertical transistor with a shunt gate that increases an area of a gate of the vertical transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventor: Nam Kyun PARK
  • Patent number: 9018610
    Abstract: A resistive memory device capable of improving an integration density is provided. The resistive memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of resistive memory cells configured to be stacked on the semiconductor substrate and insulated from one another, where each of the plurality of resistive memory cells includes a switching transistor and a resistive device layer electrically connected to the switching transistor, a common source line electrically connected to the plurality of stacked resistive memory cells, and a bit line electrically connected to the plurality of stacked resistive memory cells and being insulated from the common source line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Nam Kyun Park, Kang Sik Choi
  • Publication number: 20150104919
    Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor device, a resistive variable memory device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Nam Kyun PARK
  • Patent number: 8981448
    Abstract: A variable resistance memory device includes a semiconductor substrate having a vertical transistor with a shunt gate that increases an area of a gate of the vertical transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Kyun Park
  • Publication number: 20150048294
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a vertical channel, a variable resistive memory device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device having a vertical channel includes a vertical pillar formed on a semiconductor substrate and including an inner portion and an outer portion surrounding the inner portion, junction regions formed in the outer portion of the vertical pillar, and a gate formed to surround the vertical pillar. The inner portion of the vertical pillar has a lattice constant smaller than that of the outer portion of the vertical pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Kyun PARK
  • Publication number: 20150048292
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, a resistive memory device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a pillar extending substantially perpendicular from a semiconductor substrate, the pillar including an inner portion and an outer portion surrounding the inner portion. A junction region is formed in an upper region and a lower region of the vertical pillar, and a gate surrounds the pillar. The inner portion of the pillar includes a semiconductor layer having a lattice constant that is larger than a lattice constant of the outer portion of the pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Kyun PARK
  • Publication number: 20150048296
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a fin gate that improves an operation current, and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes an active pillar formed on a semiconductor substrate, the active pillar including an inner region and an outer region surrounding the inner region, and a fin gate overlapping an upper surface and a lateral surface of the active pillar. The inner portion of the active pillar includes a first semiconductor layer having a first lattice constant, and the outer region of the active pillar includes a second semiconductor layer having a second lattice constant smaller than the first lattice constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: Nam Kyun PARK
  • Publication number: 20150048295
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a fin gate that improves an operation current, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes an active pillar formed on a semiconductor substrate, and including a first region and a second region surrounding at least one surface of the first region, and a fin gate extending to overlap an upper surface and a lateral surface of the active pillar. The first region of the active pillar is formed of a semiconductor layer having a lattice constant smaller than that of the second region of the active pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: Nam Kyun PARK
  • Publication number: 20150048293
    Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor device, a resistive variable memory device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The 3D semiconductor device includes a source formed of a first semiconductor material, a channel layer formed on the source and formed of the first semiconductor material, a lightly doped drain (LDD) region formed on the channel layer and formed of a second semiconductor material having a higher oxidation rate than that of the first semiconductor material, a drain formed on the LDD region and formed of the first semiconductor material, and a gate insulating layer formed on outer circumferences of the channel layer, the LDD region, and the drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventor: Nam Kyun PARK
  • Patent number: 8953361
    Abstract: A stack memory apparatus is provided. The stack memory apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of memory cells, each including a switching element and a variable resister connected in parallel, stacked on the semiconductor substrate. The plurality of memory cells is configured to be connected to each other in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Kyun Park
  • Patent number: 8946670
    Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor device, a resistive variable memory device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The 3D semiconductor device includes a source formed of a first semiconductor material, a channel layer formed on the source and formed of the first semiconductor material, a lightly doped drain (LDD) region formed on the channel layer and formed of a second semiconductor material having a higher oxidation rate than that of the first semiconductor material, a drain formed on the LDD region and formed of the first semiconductor material, and a gate insulating layer formed on outer circumferences of the channel layer, the LDD region, and the drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Kyun Park
  • Patent number: 8934294
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of driving the same are provided. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, an upper electrode extending from a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of switching structures extending from both sidewalls of the upper electrode in a direction parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a phase-change material layer disposed between the plurality of switching structures and the upper electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Myoung Sub Kim, Soo Gil Kim, Nam Kyun Park, Sung Cheoul Kim, Gap Sok Do, Joon Seop Sim, Hyun Jeong Lee
  • Patent number: 8917545
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of driving the same are provided. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, an upper electrode extending from a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of switching structures extending from both sidewalls of the upper electrode in a direction parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a phase-change material layer disposed between the plurality of switching structures and the upper electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Myoung Sub Kim, Soo Gil Kim, Nam Kyun Park, Sung Cheoul Kim, Gap Sok Do, Joon Seop Sim, Hyun Jeong Lee
  • Patent number: 8890110
    Abstract: A vertical memory device capable of minimizing a cell size and improving current drivability and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The vertical memory device includes a common source region and source regions formed on the common source region and extending in a first direction. Channel regions are formed on each of the source regions, the channel regions extending in the first direction. Trenches are formed between the channel regions. A drain region is formed on each of the channel regions. A conductive layer is formed on a side of each of the channel regions, the conductive layer extending to the first direction. A data storage material is formed on each of the drain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Kyun Park
  • Publication number: 20140321193
    Abstract: A variable resistance memory device includes a plurality of cell gate electrodes extending in a first direction, wherein the plurality of cell gate electrodes are stacked in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. A gate insulating layer surrounds each cell gate electrode of the plurality of cell gate electrodes and a cell drain region is formed on two sides of the each cell gate electrode of the plurality of cell gate electrodes. A channel layer extends in the second direction along the stack of the plurality of cell gate electrodes, and a variable resistance layer contacting the channel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Kyun PARK
  • Publication number: 20140301128
    Abstract: A 3D variable resistance memory device having a junction FET and a driving method thereof are provided. The variable resistance memory device includes a semiconductor substrate and a string selection switch formed on the semiconductor substrate. A channel layer is formed on the column string selection switch. A plurality of gates stacked along a length of the channel layer and each of the gates contacts an outer side of the channel layer. A variable resistance layer is formed on an inner side of the channel layer, and contacts the channel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Kyun PARK
  • Publication number: 20140299831
    Abstract: A 3D variable resistance memory device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A semiconductor substrate includes a peripheral area, having a top surface, wherein a peripheral circuit is formed in the peripheral area. The peripheral circuit includes a driving transistor formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate forms the channel of the driving transistor. The semiconductor substrate includes a cell area, having a top surface, wherein a height of the top surface of the cell area is lower than a height of the top surface of the peripheral area, thereby defining a trench in the cell area. A plurality of memory cells, each include a switching transistor formed on the semiconductor substrate in the cell area, a channel extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a variable resistance layer that selectively stores data in response to the switching transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventor: Nam Kyun PARK