Patents by Inventor Se-Han Kwon

Se-Han Kwon 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: 11935792
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a trench in a substrate, forming a gate dielectric layer on a surface of the trench, forming a lower gate, which partially fills the trench, over the gate dielectric layer, forming a low work function layer over the lower gate, forming a spacer over the low work function layer, etching the low work function layer to be self-aligned with the spacer in order to form vertical gate on both upper edges of the lower gate, and forming an upper gate over the lower gate between inner sidewalls of the vertical gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Dong-Soo Kim, Se-Han Kwon
  • Patent number: 11917816
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region, the peripheral circuit region including a first peripheral circuit region including a first transistor and a second peripheral circuit region including a second transistor; a storage node contact plug positioned in an upper portion of the substrate in the memory cell region; a landing pad over the storage node contact plug; a first metal wire coupled to the first transistor; and a second metal wire coupled to the second transistor, wherein a thickness of the landing pad and a thickness of the first metal wire are smaller than a thickness of the second metal wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Se Han Kwon
  • Patent number: 11791390
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device for improving a gate induced drain leakage and a method for fabricating the same, and the method may include forming a trench in a substrate, lining a surface of the trench with an initial gate dielectric layer, forming a gate electrode to partially fill the lined trench, forming a sacrificial material spaced apart from a top surface of the gate electrode and to selectively cover a top corner of the lined trench, removing a part of the initial gate dielectric layer of the lined trench which is exposed by the sacrificial material in order to form an air gap, and forming a capping layer to cap a side surface of the air gap, over the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Se-Han Kwon, Dong-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20230292494
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a trench formed in a substrate; a gate dielectric layer covering sidewalls and a bottom surface of the trench; a first gate electrode gap-filling a bottom portion of the trench over the gate dielectric layer; a second gate electrode including a metal nitride which is the same as the first gate electrode over the first gate electrode and doped with a low work function adjusting element; a buffer layer covering a top surface of the second gate electrode and the gate dielectric layer exposed over second gate electrode; and a capping layer gap-filling the other portion of the trench over the buffer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Dong Soo KIM, Se Han KWON
  • Publication number: 20230290848
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate including a gate trench; a gate dielectric layer formed along sidewalls and bottom surfaces of the gate trench; a high work function layer and a lower gate electrode that fill a bottom portion of the gate trench over the gate dielectric layer; an upper gate electrode including a low work function adjusting element over the lower gate electrode and including the same metal nitride as a material of the lower gate electrode; and a capping layer that gap-fills the other portion of the gate trench over the upper gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Dong Soo KIM, Se Han KWON
  • Publication number: 20230282518
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a trench in a substrate, forming a gate dielectric layer on a surface of the trench, forming a lower gate, which partially fills the trench, over the gate dielectric layer, forming a low work function layer over the lower gate, forming a spacer over the low work function layer, etching the low work function layer to be self-aligned with the spacer in order to form vertical gate on both upper edges of the lower gate, and forming an upper gate over the lower gate between inner sidewalls of the vertical gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Dong-Soo KIM, Se-Han KWON
  • Publication number: 20230247821
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a semiconductor pillar including a first sidewall and a second sidewall a semiconductor pillar including a first sidewall and a second sidewall facing each other; a bit line coupled to a lower portion of the semiconductor pillar; a capacitor coupled to an upper portion of the semiconductor pillar; a body line coupled to the first sidewall of the semiconductor pillar; and a vertical word line disposed over the second sidewall of the semiconductor pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Se Han KWON
  • Patent number: 11694930
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a trench in a substrate, forming a gate dielectric layer on a surface of the trench, forming a lower gate, which partially fills the trench, over the gate dielectric layer, forming a low work function layer over the lower gate, forming a spacer over the low work function layer, etching the low work function layer to be self-aligned with the spacer in order to form vertical gate on both upper edges of the lower gate, and forming an upper gate over the lower gate between inner sidewalls of the vertical gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Dong-Soo Kim, Se-Han Kwon
  • Publication number: 20230052958
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method for fabricating the semiconductor device, which secure an overlay margin between the storage node and the storage node contact plug, as well as a processing margin, by excluding the connecting structure between the storage node and the storage node contact plug. A semiconductor device comprises a storage node contact hole provided between bit line structures, a first plug filling a lower portion of the storage node contact hole, a second plug protruding from the first plug, an insulation layer spacer covering a side wall of the second plug, and a storage node positioned at a higher level than the second plug and including an extension contacting another side wall of the second plug and a portion of a top surface of the first plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventor: Se Han Kwon
  • Patent number: 11532631
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method for fabricating the semiconductor device, which secure an overlay margin between the storage node and the storage node contact plug, as well as a processing margin, by excluding the connecting structure between the storage node and the storage node contact plug. A semiconductor device comprises a storage node contact hole provided between bit line structures, a first plug filling a lower portion of the storage node contact hole, a second plug protruding from the first plug, an insulation layer spacer covering a side wall of the second plug, and a storage node positioned at a higher level than the second plug and including an extension contacting another side wall of the second plug and a portion of a top surface of the first plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Se Han Kwon
  • Publication number: 20220122888
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a trench in a substrate, forming a gate dielectric layer on a surface of the trench, forming a lower gate, which partially fills the trench, over the gate dielectric layer, forming a low work function layer over the lower gate, forming a spacer over the low work function layer, etching the low work function layer to be self-aligned with the spacer in order to form vertical gate on both upper edges of the lower gate, and forming an upper gate over the lower gate between inner sidewalls of the vertical gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Dong-Soo KIM, Se-Han KWON
  • Patent number: 11296088
    Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor device capable of reducing parasitic capacitance between adjacent conductive structures and a method for fabricating the same. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of bit line structures each comprising a first contact plug formed over a substrate and a bit line formed over the first contact plug. A spacer structure having air gaps is formed on sidewalls of the first contact plug and on sidewalls of the bit line. An plug isolation layer is formed between the plurality of bit line structures. The isolation layer includes an opening. A second contact plug is formed in the opening and a memory element is formed over the second contact plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Chang-Youn Hwang, Noh-Jung Kwak, Hong-Gu Yi, Yun-Je Choi, Se-Han Kwon, Ki-Soo Choi, Seung-Bum Kim, Do-Hyung Kim, Doo-Sung Jung, Dae-Sik Park
  • Publication number: 20220077294
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device for improving a gate induced drain leakage and a method for fabricating the same, and the method may include forming a trench in a substrate, lining a surface of the trench with an initial gate dielectric layer, forming a gate electrode to partially fill the lined trench, forming a sacrificial material spaced apart from a top surface of the gate electrode and to selectively cover a top corner of the lined trench, removing a part of the initial gate dielectric layer of the lined trench which is exposed by the sacrificial material in order to form an air gap, and forming a capping layer to cap a side surface of the air gap, over the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Se-Han KWON, Dong-Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 11244712
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active region and a dummy active region that are spaced apart by an isolation layer, a buried word line extending from the active region to the dummy active region, and a contact plug coupled to an edge portion of the buried word line, wherein an upper surface of the active region is positioned at a higher level than an upper surface of the buried word line, and an upper surface of the dummy active region is positioned at a lower level than the upper surface of the buried word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Se Han Kwon
  • Patent number: 11239118
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a trench in a substrate, forming a gate dielectric layer on a surface of the trench, forming a lower gate, which partially fills the trench, over the gate dielectric layer, forming a low work function layer over the lower gate, forming a spacer over the low work function layer, etching the low work function layer to be self-aligned with the spacer in order to form vertical gate on both upper edges of the lower gate, and forming an upper gate over the lower gate between inner sidewalls of the vertical gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Dong-Soo Kim, Se-Han Kwon
  • Publication number: 20220013526
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method for fabricating the semiconductor device, which secure an overlay margin between the storage node and the storage node contact plug, as well as a processing margin, by excluding the connecting structure between the storage node and the storage node contact plug. A semiconductor device comprises a storage node contact hole provided between bit line structures, a first plug filling a lower portion of the storage node contact hole, a second plug protruding from the first plug, an insulation layer spacer covering a side wall of the second plug, and a storage node positioned at a higher level than the second plug and including an extension contacting another side wall of the second plug and a portion of a top surface of the first plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Se Han KWON
  • Publication number: 20220005813
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region, the peripheral circuit region including a first peripheral circuit region including a first transistor and a second peripheral circuit region including a second transistor; a storage node contact plug positioned in an upper portion of the substrate in the memory cell region; a landing pad over the storage node contact plug; a first metal wire coupled to the first transistor; and a second metal wire coupled to the second transistor, wherein a thickness of the landing pad and a thickness of the first metal wire are smaller than a thickness of the second metal wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: Se Han KWON
  • Patent number: 11211466
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device for improving a gate induced drain leakage and a method for fabricating the same, and the method may include forming a trench in a substrate, lining a surface of the trench with an initial gate dielectric layer, forming a gate electrode to partially fill the lined trench, forming a sacrificial material spaced apart from a top surface of the gate electrode and to selectively cover a top corner of the lined trench, removing a part of the initial gate dielectric layer of the lined trench which is exposed by the sacrificial material in order to form an air gap, and forming a capping layer to cap a side surface of the air gap, over the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Se-Han Kwon, Dong-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20210304803
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active region and a dummy active region that are spaced apart by an isolation layer, a buried word line extending from the active region to the dummy active region, and a contact plug coupled to an edge portion of the buried word line, wherein an upper surface of the active region is positioned at a higher level than an upper surface of the buried word line, and an upper surface of the dummy active region is positioned at a lower level than the upper surface of the buried word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Se Han KWON
  • Publication number: 20210082767
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a trench in a substrate, forming a gate dielectric layer on a surface of the trench, forming a lower gate, which partially fills the trench, over the gate dielectric layer, forming a low work function layer over the lower gate, forming a spacer over the low work function layer, etching the low work function layer to be self-aligned with the spacer in order to form vertical gate on both upper edges of the lower gate, and forming an upper gate over the lower gate between inner sidewalls of the vertical gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Dong-Soo KIM, Se-Han KWON