Patents by Inventor Sungkwan Kang
Sungkwan Kang 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).
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Patent number: 11004976Abstract: A semiconductor device has a silicide source/drain region is fabricated by growing silicon on an epitaxial region including silicon and either germanium or carbon. In the method, a gate electrode is formed on a semiconductor substrate with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween. An epitaxial layer is formed in the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the gate electrodes. A silicon layer is formed to cap the epitaxial layer. The silicon layer and a metal material are reacted to form a silicide layer. In a PMOS, the epitaxial layer has a top surface and inclined side surfaces that are exposed above the upper surface of the active region. The silicon layer is grown on the epitaxial layer in such a way as to cap the top and inclined surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sungkwan Kang, Keum Seok Park, Byeongchan Lee, Sangbom Kang, Nam-Kyu Kim
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Publication number: 20190214498Abstract: A semiconductor device has a silicide source/drain region is fabricated by growing silicon on an epitaxial region including silicon and either germanium or carbon. In the method, a gate electrode is formed on a semiconductor substrate with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween. An epitaxial layer is formed in the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the gate electrodes. A silicon layer is formed to cap the epitaxial layer. The silicon layer and a metal material are reacted to form a silicide layer. In a PMOS, the epitaxial layer has a top surface and inclined side surfaces that are exposed above the upper surface of the active region. The silicon layer is grown on the epitaxial layer in such a way as to cap the top and inclined surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Sungkwan Kang, Keum Seok Park, Byeongchan Lee, Sangbom Kang, Nam-Kyu Kim
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Patent number: 10263109Abstract: A semiconductor device has a silicide source/drain region is fabricated by growing silicon on an epitaxial region including silicon and either germanium or carbon. In the method, a gate electrode is formed on a semiconductor substrate with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween. An epitaxial layer is formed in the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the gate electrodes. A silicon layer is formed to cap the epitaxial layer. The silicon layer and a metal material are reacted to form a silicide layer. In a PMOS, the epitaxial layer has a top surface and inclined side surfaces that are exposed above the upper surface of the active region. The silicon layer is grown on the epitaxial layer in such a way as to cap the top and inclined surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sungkwan Kang, Keum Seok Park, Byeongchan Lee, Sangbom Kang, Nam-Kyu Kim
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Patent number: 10170622Abstract: A semiconductor device has a silicide source/drain region is fabricated by growing silicon on an epitaxial region including silicon and either germanium or carbon. In the method, a gate electrode is formed on a semiconductor substrate with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween. An epitaxial layer is formed in the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the gate electrodes. A silicon layer is formed to cap the epitaxial layer. The silicon layer and a metal material are reacted to form a silicide layer. In a PMOS, the epitaxial layer has a top surface and inclined side surfaces that are exposed above the upper surface of the active region. The silicon layer is grown on the epitaxial layer in such a way as to cap the top and inclined surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sungkwan Kang, Keum Seok Park, Byeongchan Lee, Sangbom Kang, Nam-Kyu Kim
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Publication number: 20170278967Abstract: A semiconductor device has a silicide source/drain region is fabricated by growing silicon on an epitaxial region including silicon and either germanium or carbon. In the method, a gate electrode is formed on a semiconductor substrate with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween. An epitaxial layer is formed in the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the gate electrodes. A silicon layer is formed to cap the epitaxial layer. The silicon layer and a metal material are reacted to form a silicide layer. In a PMOS, the epitaxial layer has a top surface and inclined side surfaces that are exposed above the upper surface of the active region. The silicon layer is grown on the epitaxial layer in such a way as to cap the top and inclined surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Sungkwan Kang, Keum Seok Park, Byeongchan Lee, Sangbom Kang, Nam-Kyu Kim
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Publication number: 20160133748Abstract: A semiconductor device has a silicide source/drain region is fabricated by growing silicon on an epitaxial region including silicon and either germanium or carbon. In the method, a gate electrode is formed on a semiconductor substrate with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween. An epitaxial layer is formed in the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the gate electrodes. A silicon layer is formed to cap the epitaxial layer. The silicon layer and a metal material are reacted to form a silicide layer. In a PMOS, the epitaxial layer has a top surface and inclined side surfaces that are exposed above the upper surface of the active region. The silicon layer is grown on the epitaxial layer in such a way as to cap the top and inclined surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Sungkwan Kang, Keum Seok Park, Byeongchan Lee, Sangbom Kang, Nam-Kyu Kim
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Publication number: 20150031183Abstract: A semiconductor device has a silicide source/drain region is fabricated by growing silicon on an epitaxial region including silicon and either germanium or carbon. In the method, a gate electrode is formed on a semiconductor substrate with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween. An epitaxial layer is formed in the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the gate electrodes. A silicon layer is formed to cap the epitaxial layer. The silicon layer and a metal material are reacted to form a silicide layer. In a PMOS, the epitaxial layer has a top surface and inclined side surfaces that are exposed above the upper surface of the active region. The silicon layer is grown on the epitaxial layer in such a way as to cap the top and inclined surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Sungkwan Kang, Keum Seok Park, Byeongchan Lee, Sangbom Kang, Nam-Kyu Kim
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Patent number: 8835995Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode structure including a gate electrode located on an active region of the semiconductor substrate, first and second epitaxial regions located in the active region at opposite sides of the gate electrode structure, and first and second silicide layers on upper surfaces of the first and second epitaxial regions, respectively. The first and second epitaxial regions include Si—X, where X is one of germanium and carbon, and at least a portion of each of the first and second silicide layers is devoid of X and includes Si—Y, where Y is a metal or metal alloy.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sungkwan Kang, Keum Seok Park, Byeongchan Lee, Sangbom Kang, Nam-Kyu Kim
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Publication number: 20120056245Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode structure including a gate electrode located on an active region of the semiconductor substrate, first and second epitaxial regions located in the active region at opposite sides of the gate electrode structure, and first and second silicide layers on upper surfaces of the first and second epitaxial regions, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sungkwan Kang, Keum Seok Park, Byeongchan Lee, Sangbom Kang, Nam-Kyu Kim
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Patent number: 7674660Abstract: A method of fabricating a multilevel semiconductor integrated circuit is provided, comprising: forming on a first active semiconductor structure a first plurality of transistors with respective gate structures disposed on a first substrate and source or drain regions disposed within the first substrate; depositing a first insulation layer on the first substrate and the gate structures; etching the insulation layer to form a plurality of openings exposing portions of the first substrate contacting the bottoms of the openings; forming a semiconductor seed layer filling the openings; forming an amorphous layer on the seed layer and the insulation layer; subjecting the first active semiconductor structure to at least one application of laser irradiation to transform the amorphous layer to a crystalline semiconductor layer having a protrusion region with a peak at or near the middle of two adjacent openings; forming on a second active semiconductor structure a second plurality of transistors with respective gate sType: GrantFiled: July 22, 2006Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yonghoon Son, Sungkwan Kang, Jongwook Lee
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Methods of fabricating silicon-on-insulator substrates having a laser-formed single crystalline film
Patent number: 7432173Abstract: In some methods of fabricating a silicon-on-insulator substrate, a semiconductor substrate is provided that includes a single crystalline structure within at least a defined region thereof. A first insulating film is formed on the defined region of the semiconductor substrate with an opening that exposes a portion of the defined region of the semiconductor substrate having the single crystalline structure. A first non-single crystalline film is formed on the exposed portion of the semiconductor substrate and that at least substantially fills the opening in the first insulating film. A laser beam is generated that heats the first non-single crystalline film to change the first non-single crystalline film into a first single crystalline film having substantially the same single crystalline structure as the defined region of the semiconductor substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2007Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sungkwan Kang, Yong-Hoon Son, Jongwook Lee, Yugyun Shin -
Patent number: 7396744Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor thin film is provided, comprising: forming an insulation layer on a semiconductor substrate; etching the insulation layer to form a plurality of openings exposing the substrate at the bottom of the openings; filling the openings with a semiconductor seed layer; forming an amorphous layer on the seed layer and the insulation layer; transforming the amorphous layer to a polycrystalline layer by exposing the amorphous layer to a first laser irradiation at a first energy level; and forming a single semiconductor crystalline film by annealing the polycrystalline layer and the semiconductor seed layer with a second laser irradiation at a second energy level.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2006Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yonghoon Son, Sungkwan Kang, Jongwook Lee
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Methods of fabricating silicon-on-insulator substrates having a laser-formed single crystalline film
Publication number: 20070224789Abstract: In some methods of fabricating a silicon-on-insulator substrate, a semiconductor substrate is provided that includes a single crystalline structure within at least a defined region thereof. A first insulating film is formed on the defined region of the semiconductor substrate with an opening that exposes a portion of the defined region of the semiconductor substrate having the single crystalline structure. A first non-single crystalline film is formed on the exposed portion of the semiconductor substrate and that at least substantially fills the opening in the first insulating film. A laser beam is generated that heats the first non-single crystalline film to change the first non-single crystalline film into a first single crystalline film having substantially the same single crystalline structure as the defined region of the semiconductor substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Inventors: Sungkwan Kang, Yong-Hoon Son, Jongwook Lee, Yugyun Shin -
Publication number: 20070170433Abstract: A method of fabricating a multilevel semiconductor integrated circuit is provided, comprising: forming on a first active semiconductor structure a first plurality of transistors with respective gate structures disposed on a first substrate and source or drain regions disposed within the first substrate; depositing a first insulation layer on the first substrate and the gate structures; etching the insulation layer to form a plurality of openings exposing portions of the first substrate contacting the bottoms of the openings; forming a semiconductor seed layer filling the openings; forming an amorphous layer on the seed layer and the insulation layer; subjecting the first active semiconductor structure to at least one application of laser irradiation to transform the amorphous layer to a crystalline semiconductor layer having a protrusion region with a peak at or near the middle of two adjacent openings; forming on a second active semiconductor structure a second plurality of transistors with respective gate sType: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2006Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: Yonghoon Son, Sungkwan Kang, Jongwook Lee
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Publication number: 20070166963Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor thin film is provided, comprising: forming an insulation layer on a semiconductor substrate; etching the insulation layer to form a plurality of openings exposing the substrate at the bottom of the openings; filling the openings with a semiconductor seed layer; forming an amorphous layer on the seed layer and the insulation layer; transforming the amorphous layer to a polycrystalline layer by exposing the amorphous layer to a first laser irradiation at a first energy level; and forming a single semiconductor crystalline film by annealing the polycrystalline layer and the semiconductor seed layer with a second laser irradiation at a second energy level.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2006Publication date: July 19, 2007Inventors: Yonghoon Son, Sungkwan Kang, Jongwook Lee