Patents by Inventor Sang Min Hwang

Sang Min Hwang 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: 8022499
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor memory device including floating body cells. The semiconductor memory device includes memory cell active regions formed on a Silicon-On Isolator (SOI) semiconductor substrate, a plurality of floating body cell transistors formed in the memory cell active regions, and “inactive transistors” for providing cell isolation that are formed between the plurality of floating body cell transistors. Here, the inactive transistors for providing cell isolation are controlled so that they always are in an OFF state while the semiconductor memory device is operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Sang Min Hwang
  • Publication number: 20100155798
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor memory device including floating body cells. The semiconductor memory device includes memory cell active regions formed on a Silicon-On Isolator (SOI) semiconductor substrate, a plurality of floating body cell transistors formed in the memory cell active regions, and inactive transistors for providing cell isolation that are formed between the plurality of floating body cell transistors. Here, the inactive transistors for providing cell isolation are controlled so that they always are in an OFF state while the semiconductor memory device is operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventor: Sang Min Hwang
  • Publication number: 20100109162
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor memory device for reducing a junction resistance and increasing amount of current throughout the unit cell. A semiconductor memory device comprises plural unit cells, each coupled to contacts formed in different shape at both sides of a word line in a cell array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
    Inventor: Sang Min Hwang
  • Publication number: 20100019297
    Abstract: A spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) device comprises adjacent magnetic tunneling junctions (MTJ), respectively, formed in different layers, thereby preventing interference between the MTJs and securing thermal stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
    Inventor: Sang Min Hwang
  • Publication number: 20090273088
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a metal word line additionally over a vertical transistor to obtain a multi-layered structure, thereby preventing degradation of the operating speed of the semiconductor device by preventing an increase of resistance of a damascene word line that connects a surrounding gate of a vertical transistor. As a result, the yield and reliability of the semiconductor device can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
    Inventors: Sung Woong Chung, Sang Min Hwang, Hyun Jung Kim
  • Publication number: 20090230447
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a capacitor and a transistor on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device may include forming such a structure. A semiconductor device, formed on a silicon-on-insulator structure including first and second silicon layers and a insulating layer buried between the first and the second silicon layers, may include a capacitor including one electrode formed in a doped region of the first silicon layer and the other electrode formed in a well region of the second silicon layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
    Inventor: Sang Min Hwang