Patents by Inventor Soobin Yim

Soobin Yim 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: 12727145
    Abstract: Semiconductor memory devices may include a cell array structure that may include a memory cell array including three-dimensionally arranged memory cells and first bonding pads connected to the memory cell array and a peripheral circuit structure that may include peripheral circuits and second bonding pads bonded to the first bonding pads. The cell array structure may include a lower dielectric layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a stack structure including horizontal electrodes stacked in a vertical direction on the first surface of the lower dielectric layer, a vertical structure including vertical conductive patterns that extend in the vertical direction and cross the horizontal electrodes, and an input/output pad on the second surface of the lower dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiseok Lee, Hyungeun Choi, Gijae Kang, Keunnam Kim, Soobin Yim, Moonyoung Jeong, Seungjae Jung
  • Publication number: 20260107438
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a stacked structure by alternately and repeatedly stacking insulation layers and silicon layers on a substrate; forming first openings in a vertical direction and arranged in parallel to be spaced apart in a first direction; forming second openings in the vertical direction and arranged to face the first openings in a second direction; laterally etching the silicon layer exposed by sidewalls of the first and second openings to form silicon patterns spaced apart from the substrate in the vertical direction and extending in the second direction between the first openings in the first direction and between the second openings in the first direction; filling the first and second openings and a space between the silicon patterns with an insulation layer; and forming a word line on each of upper and lower surfaces of each silicon pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Soobin Yim, Insu Kim, Seohyun Maeng, Kijong Park, Imsoo Park, Kiseok Lee
  • Patent number: 12507394
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include first pillar insulation patterns on a substrate, second pillar insulation patterns on the substrate, silicon patterns stacked on the substrate to be spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction, a word line on each of upper and lower surfaces of each silicon pattern, a bit line contacting a first sidewall of at least a first silicon pattern of the silicon patterns, and a capacitor contacting a second sidewall of the first silicon pattern. Each of the first pillar insulation patterns may extend in the vertical direction from an upper surface of the substrate. The first pillar insulation patterns may be spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and may be aligned in a line. Each of the second pillar insulation patterns may extend in the vertical direction. The second pillar insulation patterns may be spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and may be aligned in a line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soobin Yim, Insu Kim, Seohyun Maeng, Kijong Park, Imsoo Park, Kiseok Lee
  • Publication number: 20230301063
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include first pillar insulation patterns on a substrate, second pillar insulation patterns on the substrate, silicon patterns stacked on the substrate to be spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction, a word line on each of upper and lower surfaces of each silicon pattern, a bit line contacting a first sidewall of at least a first silicon pattern of the silicon patterns, and a capacitor contacting a second sidewall of the first silicon pattern. Each of the first pillar insulation patterns may extend in the vertical direction from an upper surface of the substrate. The first pillar insulation patterns may be spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and may be aligned in a line. Each of the second pillar insulation patterns may extend in the vertical direction. The second pillar insulation patterns may be spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and may be aligned in a line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Soobin Yim, Insu Kim, Seohyun Maeng, Kijong Park, Imsoo Park, Kiseok Lee
  • Publication number: 20230178505
    Abstract: Semiconductor memory devices may include a cell array structure that may include a memory cell array including three-dimensionally arranged memory cells and first bonding pads connected to the memory cell array and a peripheral circuit structure that may include peripheral circuits and second bonding pads bonded to the first bonding pads. The cell array structure may include a lower dielectric layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a stack structure including horizontal electrodes stacked in a vertical direction on the first surface of the lower dielectric layer, a vertical structure including vertical conductive patterns that extend in the vertical direction and cross the horizontal electrodes, and an input/output pad on the second surface of the lower dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: KISEOK LEE, Hyungeun Choi, Gijae Kang, Keunnam Kim, Soobin Yim, Moonyoung Jeong, Seungjae Jung