Patents by Inventor Seungyong YOO

Seungyong YOO 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: 20240258205
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a lower insulating structure disposed over a substrate, a lower wiring structure that passes through the lower insulating structure in a vertical direction, an upper insulating structure disposed on the lower insulating structure, and an upper wiring structure that passes through the upper insulating structure in the vertical direction and contacts the lower wiring structure. The upper wiring structure includes an upper metal plug and an upper conductive barrier structure that surrounds a sidewall and a lower surface of the upper metal plug. The upper conductive barrier structure includes a first barrier portion that faces a sidewall of the upper insulating structure, and a second barrier portion interposed between the lower wiring structure and the upper metal plug. The first barrier portion and the second barrier portion have different structures from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Hoyun Jeon, Seungyong Yoo
  • Publication number: 20240203883
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes an insulating structure above a substrate, and an interconnection structure penetrating the insulating structure in a first direction and including a first local protrusion portion. The first local protrusion portion protrudes outward in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction from a position adjacent to a lower surface of the insulating structure. The interconnection structure further includes a metal plug including a first metal, and a plurality of metal-containing particles including a second metal that is different from the first metal. The plurality of metal-containing particles are irregularly dispersed in a lower plug region of the metal plug, and the lower plug region is spaced apart from an upper surface of the metal plug and includes the first local protrusion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Seungyong Yoo, Eunji Jung
  • Patent number: 11967554
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices includes a first interlayer insulating layer, a lower interconnection line in the first interlayer insulating layer, an etch stop layer on the first interlayer insulating layer and the lower interconnection line, a second interlayer insulating layer on the etch stop layer, and an upper interconnection line in the second interlayer insulating layer. The upper interconnection line includes a via portion extending through the etch stop layer and contacting the lower interconnection line. The via portion includes a barrier pattern and a conductive pattern. The barrier pattern includes a first barrier layer between the conductive pattern and the second interlayer insulating layer, and a second barrier layer between the conductive pattern and the lower interconnection line. A resistivity of the first barrier layer is greater than that of the second barrier layer. A nitrogen concentration of the first barrier layer is greater than that of the second barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongjin Lee, Kyungwook Kim, Rakhwan Kim, Seungyong Yoo, Eun-Ji Jung
  • Publication number: 20230064127
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices includes a first interlayer insulating layer, a lower interconnection line in the first interlayer insulating layer, an etch stop layer on the first interlayer insulating layer and the lower interconnection line, a second interlayer insulating layer on the etch stop layer, and an upper interconnection line in the second interlayer insulating layer. The upper interconnection line includes a via portion extending through the etch stop layer and contacting the lower interconnection line. The via portion includes a barrier pattern and a conductive pattern. The barrier pattern includes a first barrier layer between the conductive pattern and the second interlayer insulating layer, and a second barrier layer between the conductive pattern and the lower interconnection line. A resistivity of the first barrier layer is greater than that of the second barrier layer. A nitrogen concentration of the first barrier layer is greater than that of the second barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: JONGJIN LEE, Kyungwook Kim, Rakhwan Kim, Seungyong Yoo, Eun-Ji Jung
  • Patent number: 11587867
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices includes a first interlayer insulating layer, a lower interconnection line in the first interlayer insulating layer, an etch stop layer on the first interlayer insulating layer and the lower interconnection line, a second interlayer insulating layer on the etch stop layer, and an upper interconnection line in the second interlayer insulating layer. The upper interconnection line includes a via portion extending through the etch stop layer and contacting the lower interconnection line. The via portion includes a barrier pattern and a conductive pattern. The barrier pattern includes a first barrier layer between the conductive pattern and the second interlayer insulating layer, and a second barrier layer between the conductive pattern and the lower interconnection line. A resistivity of the first barrier layer is greater than that of the second barrier layer. A nitrogen concentration of the first barrier layer is greater than that of the second barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongjin Lee, Kyungwook Kim, Rakhwan Kim, Seungyong Yoo, Eun-Ji Jung
  • Publication number: 20220068805
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices includes a first interlayer insulating layer, a lower interconnection line in the first interlayer insulating layer, an etch stop layer on the first interlayer insulating layer and the lower interconnection line, a second interlayer insulating layer on the etch stop layer, and an upper interconnection line in the second interlayer insulating layer. The upper interconnection line includes a via portion extending through the etch stop layer and contacting the lower interconnection line. The via portion includes a barrier pattern and a conductive pattern. The barrier pattern includes a first barrier layer between the conductive pattern and the second interlayer insulating layer, and a second barrier layer between the conductive pattern and the lower interconnection line. A resistivity of the first barrier layer is greater than that of the second barrier layer. A nitrogen concentration of the first barrier layer is greater than that of the second barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: JONGJIN LEE, KYUNGWOOK KIM, RAKHWAN KIM, SEUNGYONG YOO, EUN-JI JUNG
  • Patent number: 10192782
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing the semiconductor device includes providing a first interlayer dielectric layer having a conductive pattern, sequentially forming a first etch stop layer, a second etch stop layer, a second interlayer dielectric layer and a mask pattern on the first interlayer dielectric layer, forming an opening in the second interlayer dielectric layer using the mask pattern as a mask, the opening exposing the second etch stop layer, and performing an etching process including simultaneously removing the mask pattern and the second etch stop layer exposed by the opening to expose the first etch stop layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woojin Lee, VietHa Nguyen, Wookyung You, Doo-Sung Yun, Hyunbae Lee, Byunghee Kim, Sang Hoon Ahn, Seungyong Yoo, Naein Lee, Hoyun Jeon
  • Publication number: 20160133512
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing the semiconductor device includes providing a first interlayer dielectric layer having a conductive pattern, sequentially forming a first etch stop layer, a second etch stop layer, a second interlayer dielectric layer and a mask pattern on the first interlayer dielectric layer, forming an opening in the second interlayer dielectric layer using the mask pattern as a mask, the opening exposing the second etch stop layer, and performing an etching process including simultaneously removing the mask pattern and the second etch stop layer exposed by the opening to expose the first etch stop layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Woojin LEE, VietHa NGUYEN, Wookyung YOU, Doo-Sung YUN, Hyunbae LEE, Byunghee KIM, Sang Hoon AHN, Seungyong YOO, Naein LEE, Hoyun JEON