Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a stack in which first material layers and second material layers are alternately stacked, forming a channel structure passing through the stack, forming openings by removing the first material layers, forming an amorphous blocking layer in the openings, and performing a first heat treatment process to supply deuterium through the openings and substitute hydrogen in the channel structure with the deuterium.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first interlayer insulating film; a conductive pattern in the first interlayer insulating film; a resistance pattern on the conductive pattern; an upper etching stopper film spaced apart from the resistance pattern, extending in parallel with a top surface of the resistance pattern, and including a first metal; a lower etching stopper film on the conductive pattern, extending in parallel with a top surface of the first interlayer insulating film, and including a second metal; and a second interlayer insulating film on the upper etching stopper film and the lower etching stopper film, wherein a distance from a top surface of the second interlayer insulating film to a top surface of the upper etching stopper film is smaller than a distance from the top surface of the second interlayer insulating film to a top surface of the lower etching stopper film.

Abstract: A quantum dot including a core that includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc and selenium, and optionally sulfur and/or tellurium, and a shell that includes a second semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, and at least one of sulfur or selenium is disclosed. The quantum dot has an average particle diameter of greater than or equal to about 13 nm, an emission peak wavelength in a range of about 440 nm to about 470 nm, and a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of an emission wavelength of less than about 25 nm. A method for preparing the quantum dot, a quantum dot-polymer composite including the quantum dot, and an electronic device including the quantum dot is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heteroaryl derivative compound and a use thereof. Since the heteroaryl derivative of the present invention exhibits excellent inhibitory activity against EGFR, the heteroaryl derivative can be usefully used as a therapeutic agent for EGFR-associated diseases.

Abstract: A includes an element isolation region, a first active region bounded by the element isolation region and that extends in a first direction and includes first and second parts disposed at a first level, and a third part disposed at a second level located above the first level, and a gate electrode disposed inside each of the element isolation region and the first active region and that extends in a second direction different from the first direction. The second part is spaced apart in the first direction from the first part, and the third part contacts each of the first and second parts. A first width in the second direction of the first part is less than a second width in the second direction of the third part.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a device isolation layer defining first and second active regions, a buried contact connected to the second active region, and first and second bit line structures disposed on the first and second active regions. Each of the first and second bit line structures comprises a bit line contact part and a bit line pass part. The bit line contact part is electrically connected to the first active region. The bit line pass part is disposed on the device isolation layer. A height of a lowest part of the buried contact is smaller than a height of a lowest part of the bit line pass part. The height of the lowest part of the buried contact is greater than a height of a lowest part of the bit line contact part. A lower end of the bit line pass part is buried in the second active region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of conductive structures arranged on a substrate and spaced apart from each other in a second direction substantially perpendicular to a first direction, in which each of the plurality of conductive structures extends in the first direction. A plurality of contact structures are arranged between the conductive structures in an alternating arrangement and spaced apart from each other in the first direction. A plurality of insulation structures are arranged in a space between the conductive structures and between the contact structures. A plurality of air spacers are arranged between the alternating arrangement of the plurality of conductive structures and the plurality of contact structures, respectively and spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle door checker that includes: an open lever configured to rotate a pawl in an open direction; a handle open lever having a link pin insertion groove; an inner handle lever connected to an inner handle cable and including a first contact end and a second contact end configured to come into contact with the handle open lever while being rotated in the open direction; an inner link lever configured to come into contact with the first contact end when the inner handle lever is rotated in the open direction; an inner lock lever configured to share a rotation axis with the inner link lever; an elastic member fastened between the inner link lever and the inner lock lever; and a link including a link pin interlocked with rotation of the inner lock lever in an unlocking direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a device isolation layer defining first and second active regions, a buried contact connected to the second active region, and first and second bit line structures disposed on the first and second active regions. Each of the first and second bit line structures comprises a bit line contact part and a bit line pass part. The bit line contact part is electrically connected to the first active region. The bit line pass part is disposed on the device isolation layer. A height of a lowest part of the buried contact is smaller than a height of a lowest part of the bit line pass part. The height of the lowest part of the buried contact is greater than a height of a lowest part of the bit line contact part. A lower end of the bit line pass part is buried in the second active region.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device may include a support pattern over a substrate, a lower electrode pattern and a dielectric structure over the substrate, and an upper electrode structure on the dielectric structure. The support pattern may include a first support structure extending in a vertical direction. The lower electrode pattern may be between the support pattern and the dielectric structure. The lower electrode pattern may include a first group of N (e.g., an integer of 4 or more) lower electrodes that are spaced apart from each other and may extend in the vertical direction to a first level above the substrate. The dielectric structure may include a first dielectric protrusion that extends in the vertical direction and surrounds the first support structure and the first group of N lower electrodes. The upper electrode structure may include a first upper electrode protrusion that surrounds the first dielectric protrusion.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a device isolation layer defining first and second active regions, a buried contact connected to the second active region, and first and second bit line structures disposed on the first and second active regions. Each of the first and second bit line structures comprises a bit line contact part and a bit line pass part. The bit line contact part is electrically connected to the first active region. The bit line pass part is disposed on the device isolation layer. A height of a lowest part of the buried contact is smaller than a height of a lowest part of the bit line pass part. The height of the lowest part of the buried contact is greater than a height of a lowest part of the bit line contact part. A lower end of the bit line pass part is buried in the second active region.

Abstract: A includes an element isolation region, a first active region bounded by the element isolation region and that extends in a first direction and includes first and second parts disposed at a first level, and a third part disposed at a second level located above the first level, and a gate electrode disposed inside each of the element isolation region and the first active region and that extends in a second direction different from the first direction. The second part is spaced apart in the first direction from the first part, and the third part contacts each of the first and second parts. A first width in the second direction of the first part is less than a second width in the second direction of the third part.

Abstract: First and second mask layers are formed on a target layer. The second mask layer is patterned to form second mask patterns each of which having a rhomboid shape with a first diagonal length and a second diagonal length. A trimming process is performed on the second mask patterns to form second masks by etch. First portions of first opposite vertices of each second mask pattern are etched more than second portions of second opposite vertices of each second mask pattern. A first diagonal length between the first opposite vertices is greater than a second diagonal length between the second opposite vertices. The first mask layer is patterned to form first masks by etching the first mask layer using the second masks as an etching mask. The target layer is patterned to form target patterns by etching the target layer using the first masks as an etching mask.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a device isolation layer defining first and second active regions, a buried contact connected to the second active region, and first and second bit line structures disposed on the first and second active regions. Each of the first and second bit line structures comprises a bit line contact part and a bit line pass part. The bit line contact part is electrically connected to the first active region. The bit line pass part is disposed on the device isolation layer. A height of a lowest part of the buried contact is smaller than a height of a lowest part of the bit line pass part. The height of the lowest part of the buried contact is greater than a height of a lowest part of the bit line contact part. A lower end of the bit line pass part is buried in the second active region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of conductive structures arranged on a substrate and spaced apart from each other in a second direction substantially perpendicular to a first direction, in which each of the plurality of conductive structures extends in the first direction. A plurality of contact structures are arranged between the conductive structures in an alternating arrangement and spaced apart from each other in the first direction. A plurality of insulation structures are arranged in a space between the conductive structures and between the contact structures. A plurality of air spacers are arranged between the alternating arrangement of the plurality of conductive structures and the plurality of contact structures, respectively and spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate having active regions defined by a device isolation region; a conductive line extending in a direction on the active regions; insulating liners on both sidewalls of a lower portion of the conductive line that contacts with the active regions; spacers that are apart from the insulating liners in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate and sequentially formed on both sidewalls of an upper portion of the conductive line; a blocking layer arranged at a spacing between a spacer located in the middle of the spacers and the insulating liners and in a recess portion recessed from one end of the spacer located in the middle of the spacers toward the conductive line; and conductive patterns arranged on the active regions on both sides of the spacers.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of conductive structures arranged on a substrate and spaced apart from each other in a second direction substantially perpendicular to a first direction, in which each of the plurality of conductive structures extends in the first direction. A plurality of contact structures are arranged between the conductive structures in an alternating arrangement and spaced apart from each other in the first direction. A plurality of insulation structures are arranged in a space between the conductive structures and between the contact structures. A plurality of air spacers are arranged between the alternating arrangement of the plurality of conductive structures and the plurality of contact structures, respectively and spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device may include a support pattern over a substrate, a lower electrode pattern and a dielectric structure over the substrate, and an upper electrode structure on the dielectric structure. The support pattern may include a first support structure extending in a vertical direction. The lower electrode pattern may be between the support pattern and the dielectric structure. The lower electrode pattern may include a first group of N (e.g., an integer of 4 or more) lower electrodes that are spaced apart from each other and may extend in the vertical direction to a first level above the substrate. The dielectric structure may include a first dielectric protrusion that extends in the vertical direction and surrounds the first support structure and the first group of N lower electrodes. The upper electrode structure may include a first upper electrode protrusion that surrounds the first dielectric protrusion.

Abstract: First and second mask layers are formed on a target layer. The second mask layer is patterned to form second mask patterns each of which having a rhomboid shape with a first diagonal length and a second diagonal length. A trimming process is performed on the second mask patterns to form second masks by etch. First portions of first opposite vertices of each second mask pattern are etched more than second portions of second opposite vertices of each second mask pattern. A first diagonal length between the first opposite vertices is greater than a second diagonal length between the second opposite vertices. The first mask layer is patterned to form first masks by etching the first mask layer using the second masks as an etching mask. The target layer is patterned to form target patterns by etching the target layer using the first masks as an etching mask.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, including an active region defined in a semiconductor substrate; a first contact plug on the semiconductor substrate, the first contact plug being connected to the active region; a bit line on the semiconductor substrate, the bit line being adjacent to the first contact plug; a first air gap spacer between the first contact plug and the bit line; a landing pad on the first contact plug; a blocking insulating layer on the bit line; and an air gap capping layer on the first air gap spacer, the air gap capping layer vertically overlapping the first air gap spacer, the air gap capping layer being between the blocking insulating layer and the landing pad, an upper surface of the blocking insulating layer being at a height equal to or higher than an upper surface of the landing pad.