Patents by Inventor Yoonjoong Kim

Yoonjoong Kim 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: 20240088295
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate that includes first to third regions; a first channel structure on the first region and including first channel patterns that are vertically stacked on the substrate; a second channel structure on the second region and including a second channel pattern on the substrate; a third channel structure on the third region and including third channel patterns and fourth channel patterns that are vertically and alternately stacked on the substrate; first to third gate electrodes on the first to third channel structures; and first to third source/drain patterns on opposite sides of the first to third channel structures, wherein the first, second, and fourth channel patterns include a first semiconductor material, and the third channel patterns include a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Junggun YOU, Yoonjoong KIM, Seungwoo DO, Sungil PARK
  • Publication number: 20240006411
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a plurality of first channel structures on a substrate, a plurality of second channel structures on the substrate, a first impurity region structure between the first channel structures, a second impurity region structure between second channel structures, a third impurity region structure between the first and second channel structures, and a plurality of gate structures disposed between the first to third impurity region structures, respectively. Each of the first channel structure may have a first width, and each of the second channel structure may have a second width less than the first width. The first impurity region structure may have a first volume, and the second impurity region structure may have a second volume smaller than the first volume. The third impurity region structure may have a third volume smaller than the first volume and greater than the second volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Taeyong Kwon, Yoonjoong Kim, Seungmin Kim, Dogeon Lee
  • Patent number: 11855209
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate that includes first to third regions; a first channel structure on the first region and including first channel patterns that are vertically stacked on the substrate; a second channel structure on the second region and including a second channel pattern on the substrate; a third channel structure on the third region and including third channel patterns and fourth channel patterns that are vertically and alternately stacked on the substrate; first to third gate electrodes on the first to third channel structures; and first to third source/drain patterns on opposite sides of the first to third channel structures, wherein the first, second, and fourth channel patterns include a first semiconductor material, and the third channel patterns include a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junggun You, Yoonjoong Kim, Seungwoo Do, Sungil Park
  • Publication number: 20230402307
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a main chip region and a scribe lane region, wherein first trenches are formed in the scribe lane region. A well region doped with impurities is provided on an upper part of the main chip region of the substrate. Align key patterns formed on surfaces of the first trenches and on surfaces of the substrate adjacent to the first trenches in the scribe lane region and having an alternately and repeatedly stacked structure of a silicon germanium pattern and a silicon pattern, are provided. A multi-bridge channel transistor is formed on the main chip region of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taeyong KWON, Yoonjoong KIM, Youngjin YANG, Dain JANG
  • Publication number: 20220181489
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate that includes first to third regions; a first channel structure on the first region and including first channel patterns that are vertically stacked on the substrate; a second channel structure on the second region and including a second channel pattern on the substrate; a third channel structure on the third region and including third channel patterns and fourth channel patterns that are vertically and alternately stacked on the substrate; first to third gate electrodes on the first to third channel structures; and first to third source/drain patterns on opposite sides of the first to third channel structures, wherein the first, second, and fourth channel patterns include a first semiconductor material, and the third channel patterns include a second semiconductor material different from the first semiconductor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Junggun YOU, Yoonjoong KIM, Seungwoo DO, Sungil PARK
  • Patent number: 10515982
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor column including a first conductive region of first conductivity type, a second conductive region of second conductivity type, an intrinsic region disposed between the first conductive region and the second conductive region, and a barrier region of the first conductivity type disposed between the intrinsic region and the second conductive region. A gate electrode is disposed to cover the intrinsic region, and a gate insulating layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the intrinsic region. The semiconductor device may operate as a switch or a volatile memory according to a gate voltage applied to a gate and a drain voltage applied to a drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Sangsig Kim, Kyoungah Cho, Minsuk Kim, Yoonjoong Kim, Sola Woo, Doohyeok Lim
  • Patent number: 10483284
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes stacked transistors. Each of the transistors includes a semiconductor column including a first conductive region of first conductivity type, a second conductive region of second conductivity type, an intrinsic region disposed between the first conductive region and the second conductive region, and a barrier region of the first conductivity type disposed between the intrinsic region and the second conductive region. A gate electrode is disposed to cover the intrinsic region, and a gate insulating layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the intrinsic region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Sangsig Kim, Kyoungah Cho, Minsuk Kim, Yoonjoong Kim, Sola Woo, Doohyeok Lim
  • Publication number: 20180138200
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes stacked transistors. Each of the transistors includes a semiconductor column including a first conductive region of first conductivity type, a second conductive region of second conductivity type, an intrinsic region disposed between the first conductive region and the second conductive region, and a barrier region of the first conductivity type disposed between the intrinsic region and the second conductive region. A gate electrode is disposed to cover the intrinsic region, and a gate insulating layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the intrinsic region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Sangsig Kim, Kyoungah Cho, Minsuk Kim, Yoonjoong Kim, Sola Woo, Doohyeok Lim
  • Publication number: 20180138199
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor column including a first conductive region of first conductivity type, a second conductive region of second conductivity type, an intrinsic region disposed between the first conductive region and the second conductive region, and a barrier region of the first conductivity type disposed between the intrinsic region and the second conductive region. A gate electrode is disposed to cover the intrinsic region, and a gate insulating layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the intrinsic region. The semiconductor device may operate as a switch or a volatile memory according to a gate voltage applied to a gate and a drain voltage applied to a drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Sangsig Kim, Kyoungah Cho, Minsuk Kim, Yoonjoong Kim, Sola Woo, Doohyeok Lim
  • Patent number: 9614067
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising: an insulation substrate; an intrinsic semiconductor nanowire formed on the insulation substrate and having both ends doped in a p-type and an n-type, respectively and a region, which is not doped, between the doped region; doped region electrodes formed on each of the p-type doped region and the n-type doped region of the semiconductor nanowire; a lower insulation layer formed on an intrinsic region of the semiconductor nanowire; an intrinsic region electrode formed on a part of the lower insulation layer; and a metal or semiconductor nanoparticle region formed on the lower insulation layer and between the intrinsic region electrode and the doped region electrode and spaced apart from the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sang Sig Kim, Young In Jeon, Min Suk Kim, Doo Hyuk Lim, Yoonjoong Kim