Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a vessel providing a processing space for processing a substrate, a substrate support supporting the substrate loaded in the processing space, and a barrier between a side wall of the vessel and the substrate support and surrounding an edge of the substrate supported by the substrate support.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a spin chuck, on which a substrate is mounted, the spin chuck rotating the substrate; At least one of a chemical liquid nozzle configured to provide a chemical liquid to a surface of the substrate and a deionzed water nozzle configured to provide a deionized water to a surface of the substrate; and a laser device configured to emit a pulse waver laser beam having a period of 10?9 seconds or less for etching an edge of the substrate.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method are provided, in which a flow rate of CO2 injected into a supercritical drying vessel is controlled through multi-level pressure control. The substrate processing method includes disposing a substrate coated with a chemical liquid in a process chamber, that includes a space in which the substrate is processed; drying the substrate by using a supercritical fluid; and taking the substrate out of the process chamber when the substrate is dried.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing a substrate includes a process chamber; a support which is placed inside the process chamber and supports the substrate; a fluid supplier which supplies fluid into the process chamber; and a controller configured to perform a compressing step to bring the fluid into a supercritical phase inside the process chamber, in which the compressing step includes a continuous first section and second section, the fluid supplier includes a first portion and a second portion, and the controller supplies the fluid into the process chamber at a first speed during the first section using the first portion, and supplies the fluid into the process chamber at a second speed higher than the first speed during the second section using the second portion.

Abstract: A substrate drying apparatus includes; a drying chamber configured to load a substrate and including a lower chamber and an upper chamber above the lower chamber, a supply port configured to supply a supercritical fluid into the drying chamber and including a main supply port and a sub-supply port horizontally spaced apart from the main supply port, wherein the main supply port penetrates a center portion of the upper chamber, and a first buffer member coupled to the upper chamber, vertically separated from the sub-supply port, and vertically overlapping the sub-supply port, such that supercritical fluid vertically introduced into the drying chamber through the sub-supply port is impeded by the first buffer member to change a flow direction for the supercritical fluid.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a vessel providing a processing space for processing a substrate, a substrate support supporting the substrate loaded in the processing space, and a barrier between a side wall of the vessel and the substrate support and surrounding an edge of the substrate supported by the substrate support.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a vessel providing a processing space for processing a substrate, a substrate support supporting the substrate loaded in the processing space, and a barrier between a side wall of the vessel and the substrate support and surrounding an edge of the substrate supported by the substrate support.

Abstract: Disclosed are a supercritical process chamber and an apparatus having the same. The process chamber includes a body frame having a protrusion protruding in an upward vertical direction from a first surface of the body frame and a recess defined by the protrusion and the first surface of the body frame; a cover frame; a buffer chamber arranged between the body frame and the cover frame; and a connector. The buffer chamber includes an inner vessel detachably coupled to the body frame providing a chamber space in the recess and an inner cover detachably coupled to the cover frame. The inner cover is in contact with a first surface of the inner vessel enclosing the chamber space from surroundings. The connector couples the body frame and the cover frame having the buffer chamber arranged therebetween such that the enclosed chamber space is transformed into a process space in which the supercritical process is performed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate spacer that defines a trench on a substrate and includes an upper part and a lower part, a gate insulating film that extends along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the trench and is not in contact with the upper part of the gate spacer, a lower conductive film that extends on the gate insulating film along the sidewalls and the bottom surface of the trench and is not overlapped with the upper part of the gate spacer, and an upper conductive film on an uppermost part of the gate insulating film on the lower conductive film.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a spin chuck, on which a substrate is mounted, the spin chuck rotating the substrate; At least one of a chemical liquid nozzle configured to provide a chemical liquid to a surface of the substrate and a deionzed water nozzle configured to provide a deionized water to a surface of the substrate; and a laser device configured to emit a pulse waver laser beam having a period of 10?9 seconds or less for etching an edge of the substrate.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices including a dummy gate structure on a fin are provided. A semiconductor device includes a fin protruding from a substrate. The semiconductor device includes a source/drain region in the fin, and a recess region of the fin that is between first and second portions of the source/drain region. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a dummy gate structure overlapping the recess region, and a spacer that is on the fin and adjacent a sidewall of the dummy gate structure.

Abstract: A method of fabricating semiconductor devices includes sequentially forming a gate layer and a mandrel layer on a substrate, forming a first photoresist on the mandrel layer, forming a mandrel pattern by at least partially removing the mandrel layer using the first photoresist as a mask, forming a spacer pattern that comprises a first mandrel spacer located on a side of a first mandrel included in the mandrel pattern and a second mandrel spacer located on the other side of the first mandrel, forming a sacrificial layer that covers the first and second mandrel spacers after removing the mandrel pattern, forming a second photoresist including a bridge pattern overlapping parts of the first and second mandrel spacers on the sacrificial layer; and forming a gate pattern by at least partially removing the gate layer using the first and second mandrel spacers and the second photoresist as a mask.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes an insulating film on a substrate, a lower wiring layer penetrating at least a portion of the insulating film, the lower wiring layer including a first metal, a lower conductive barrier film surrounding a bottom surface and a sidewall of the lower wiring layer, the lower conductive barrier film including a second metal different from the first metal, a first metal silicide capping layer covering a top surface of the lower wiring layer, the first metal silicide capping layer including the first metal, and a second metal silicide capping layer contacting the first metal silicide capping layer and disposed on the lower conductive barrier film, the second metal silicide capping layer including the second metal.

Abstract: A chemical supplier includes a chemical reservoir containing a chemical mixture at a room temperature, an inner space of the chemical reservoir being separated from surroundings, a supply line through which the chemical mixture is supplied to a process chamber from the chemical reservoir, an inline heater positioned on the supply line and heating the chemical mixture in the supply line to a process temperature, and a power source driving the chemical mixture to move the chemical mixture toward the process chamber.

Abstract: Disclosed are a supercritical process chamber and an apparatus having the same. The process chamber includes a body frame having a protrusion protruding in an upward vertical direction from a first surface of the body frame and a recess defined by the protrusion and the first surface of the body frame; a cover frame; a buffer chamber arranged between the body frame and the cover frame; and a connector. The buffer chamber includes an inner vessel detachably coupled to the body frame providing a chamber space in the recess and an inner cover detachably coupled to the cover frame. The inner cover is in contact with a first surface of the inner vessel enclosing the chamber space from surroundings. The connector couples the body frame and the cover frame having the buffer chamber arranged therebetween such that the enclosed chamber space is transformed into a process space in which the supercritical process is performed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate spacer that defines a trench on a substrate and includes an upper part and a lower part, a gate insulating film that extends along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the trench and is not in contact with the upper part of the gate spacer, a lower conductive film that extends on the gate insulating film along the sidewalls and the bottom surface of the trench and is not overlapped with the upper part of the gate spacer, and an upper conductive film on an uppermost part of the gate insulating film on the lower conductive film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate spacer defining a trench. The trench includes a first part and a second part sequentially positioned on a substrate. An inner surface of the first part has a slope of an acute angle and an inner surface of the second part has a slope of a right angle or obtuse angle with respect to the substrate. A gate electrode fills at least a portion of the trench.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices including a dummy gate structure on a fin are provided. A semiconductor device includes a fin protruding from a substrate. The semiconductor device includes a source/drain region in the fin, and a recess region of the fin that is between first and second portions of the source/drain region. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a dummy gate structure overlapping the recess region, and a spacer that is on the fin and adjacent a sidewall of the dummy gate structure.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a vessel providing a processing space for processing a substrate, a substrate support supporting the substrate loaded in the processing space, and a barrier between a side wall of the vessel and the substrate support and surrounding an edge of the substrate supported by the substrate support.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes a fin protruding from a substrate. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes first and second gate structures on the fin, and an isolation region between the first and second gate structures. The isolation region includes first and second portions having different respective widths. Related methods of forming semiconductor devices are also provided.