Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active region extending in a first direction; a gate structure disposed on the substrate, intersecting the active region, and extending in a second direction; channel layers disposed on the active region to be spaced apart from each other in a third direction, perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and to be surrounded by the gate structure; source/drain regions disposed on both sides of the gate structure and connected to the channel layers; air gap regions located between the source/drain regions and the active region and spaced apart from each other in the third direction; and semiconductor layers alternately disposed with the air gap regions in the third direction and defining the air gap regions, wherein lower ends of the source/drain regions are located on a level lower than an uppermost air gap region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes; a first fin vertically protruding from a substrate and extending in a first horizontal direction, a second fin vertically protruding from the substrate, an isolation layer contacting side surfaces of the first fin and the second fin, a first lower barrier layer on the first fin, a second lower barrier layer on the second fin, source/drain regions spaced apart in the first horizontal direction on the first lower barrier layer, channel layers disposed between the source/drain regions and vertically spaced apart on the first barrier layer, a gate structure intersecting the first lower barrier layer, surrounding each of the channel layers, and extending in a second horizontal direction, an upper barrier layer on the second lower barrier layer, and first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers stacked on the upper barrier layer.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a fin-type active region on a substrate, a nanosheet on a fin top surface of the fin-type active region, the nanosheet being apart from the fin top surface of the fin-type active region in a vertical direction, a gate line surrounding the nanosheet on the fin-type active region, and a source/drain region on the fin-type active region, the source/drain region being in contact with the nanosheet, wherein the nanosheet includes a multilayered sheet comprising a first outer semiconductor sheet, a core semiconductor sheet, and a second outer semiconductor sheet, which are sequentially stacked in the vertical direction.

Abstract: The integrated circuit device includes a fin-type active region extending in a first direction, a channel region on the fin-type active region, a gate line on the channel region and extending in a second direction, and a source/drain region on the fin-type active region and in contact with the channel region, wherein the source/drain region includes a plurality of semiconductor layers including a first semiconductor layer that includes a portion in contact with the channel region and a portion in contact with the fin-type active region, a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a third semiconductor layer on the second semiconductor layer, a germanium (Ge) content ratio in the first semiconductor layer is greater than or equal to 10 at % and less than 100 at %, and the Ge content ratio in the first semiconductor layer decreases towards a boundary with the second semiconductor layer.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a first transistor comprising a first conductivity type, which includes a first channel region and a first source/drain region, a second transistor comprising a second conductivity type, which includes a second channel region and a second source/drain region, a first contact structure that contacts the first source/drain region and comprising a first length, and the first contact structure extends from above the first source/drain region and beyond an uppermost surface of the first channel region by a first vertical distance, and a second contact structure that contacts the second source/drain region and having a second length that is greater than the first length, the second contact extends from above the second source/drain region and beyond an uppermost surface of the second channel region by a second vertical distance, which is greater than the first vertical distance.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes: an active pattern extending in a first direction on a substrate; channel layers arranged on the active pattern; a gate structure crossing the active pattern, and surrounding the plurality of channel layers, the gate structure extending in a second direction that crosses the first direction; and source/drain regions provided on the active pattern on both sides of the gate structure, and including a first epitaxial layer connected to each of side surfaces of the channel layers, and a second epitaxial layer provided on the first epitaxial layer and having a composition different from that of the first epitaxial layer. Each of the side surfaces of the plurality of channel layers has a crystal plane of (111) or (100). The first epitaxial layer extends in the second direction and has a first thickness in the first direction that is substantially constant.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active pattern, a channel pattern including a plurality of semiconductor patterns spaced apart from each other and vertically stacked, on the active pattern, a source/drain pattern connected to the plurality of semiconductor patterns, and a gate electrode including a first inner electrode provided below a first semiconductor pattern among the plurality of semiconductor patterns, on the plurality of semiconductor patterns, and a second inner electrode provided above the first semiconductor pattern, the first semiconductor pattern includes a first portion adjacent to the first inner electrode, a second portion adjacent to the second inner electrode, and a third portion between the first and second portions, the first semiconductor pattern includes a dopant having an atomic weight greater than that of silicon, and a dopant concentration of the third portion is smaller than a dopant concentration of each of the first and second portions.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a substrate including an active pattern, a channel pattern on the active pattern, the channel pattern including a plurality of semiconductor patterns, which are vertically stacked to be spaced apart from each other, a source/drain pattern connected to the plurality of semiconductor patterns, a gate electrode including a plurality of gate electrode portions, a gate electrode portion interposed between adjacent ones of the semiconductor patterns, and a plurality of barrier patterns each comprising an epitaxial layer including single-crystalline silicon oxide. ,A barrier pattern interposed between each of the adjacent ones of the semiconductor patterns and a respective gate electrode portion.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a fin-type active region extending on a substrate in a first lateral direction. A gate line extends on the fin-type active region in a second lateral direction. The second lateral direction intersects the first lateral direction. A channel region is between the substrate and the gate line. A source/drain region is adjacent to the gate line on the fin-type active region and has a sidewall facing the channel region. A superlattice barrier is between the substrate and the channel region. The superlattice barrier is in contact with the source/drain region. The superlattice barrier has a structure in which a plurality of first sub-layers including a semiconductor layer doped with oxygen atoms and a plurality of second sub-layers including an undoped semiconductor layer are alternately stacked.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes; a first fin vertically protruding from a substrate and extending in a first horizontal direction, a second fin vertically protruding from the substrate, an isolation layer contacting side surfaces of the first fin and the second fin, a first lower barrier layer on the first fin, a second lower barrier layer on the second fin, source/drain regions spaced apart in the first horizontal direction on the first lower barrier layer, channel layers disposed between the source/drain regions and vertically spaced apart on the first barrier layer, a gate structure intersecting the first lower barrier layer, surrounding each of the channel layers, and extending in a second horizontal direction, an upper barrier layer on the second lower barrier layer, and first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers stacked on the upper barrier layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active region extending in a first direction; a gate structure disposed on the substrate, intersecting the active region, and extending in a second direction; channel layers disposed on the active region to be spaced apart from each other in a third direction, perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and to be surrounded by the gate structure; source/drain regions disposed on both sides of the gate structure and connected to the channel layers; air gap regions located between the source/drain regions and the active region and spaced apart from each other in the third direction; and semiconductor layers alternately disposed with the air gap regions in the third direction and defining the air gap regions, wherein lower ends of the source/drain regions are located on a level lower than an uppermost air gap region.