Patents by Inventor Young-Min Ko

Young-Min Ko 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: 20160379985
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a storage node hole passing through an upper support layer, a bowing prevention layer and an upper mold layer using a dry etching process, forming a lower electrode in the storage node hole, patterning the upper support layer and the bowing prevention layer to expose a portion of the upper mold layer, removing the upper mold layer and at least a portion of the bowing prevention layer using a first wet etching process, and sequentially forming a dielectric layer and an upper electrode that cover the lower electrode. An etch rate of the bowing prevention layer may be substantially equal to an etch rate of the upper support layer during the dry etching process. An etch rate of the bowing prevention layer may be higher than an etch rate of the upper support layer during the first wet etching process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Youn-Seok CHOI, Young-min KO, HONGGUN KIM, JONGMYEONG LEE, BYOUNGDEOG CHOI
  • Patent number: 9263536
    Abstract: Methods include sequentially forming a first mold film, a first support film, a second mold film, and a second support film on a substrate, forming a contact hole through the second support film, the second mold film, the first support film and the first mold film, forming an electrode in the contact hole, and removing portions of the second support film, the second mold film and the first mold film to leave a portion of the first support film as a first support pattern surrounding the electrode and to leave a portion of the second support film as a second support pattern surrounding the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Gun Kim, Young-Min Ko, Kwang-Tae Hwang
  • Patent number: 9142610
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same, the device including a substrate having a transistor formed thereon; a plurality of lower electrodes formed on the substrate; a first supporter and a second supporter on the plurality of lower electrodes; a dielectric film formed on the lower electrode, the first supporter, and the second supporter; and an upper electrode formed on the dielectric film, wherein the first and second supporters are positioned between the lower electrodes, and the first and second supporters include a first material and a second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-Gun Kim, Kwang-Tae Hwang, Young-Min Ko
  • Publication number: 20140145303
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same, the device including a substrate having a transistor formed thereon; a plurality of lower electrodes formed on the substrate; a first supporter and a second supporter on the plurality of lower electrodes; a dielectric film formed on the lower electrode, the first supporter, and the second supporter; and an upper electrode formed on the dielectric film, wherein the first and second supporters are positioned between the lower electrodes, and the first and second supporters include a first material and a second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-Gun KIM, Kwang-Tae HWANG, Young-Min KO
  • Publication number: 20140134839
    Abstract: Methods include sequentially forming a first mold film, a first support film, a second mold film, and a second support film on a substrate, forming a contact hole through the second support film, the second mold film, the first support film and the first mold film, forming an electrode in the contact hole, and removing portions of the second support film, the second mold film and the first mold film to leave a portion of the first support film as a first support pattern surrounding the electrode and to leave a portion of the second support film as a second support pattern surrounding the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Gun Kim, Young-Min Ko, Kwang-Tae Hwang
  • Patent number: 8399363
    Abstract: Methods of forming integrated circuit substrates include forming first and second trenches having unequal widths in a semiconductor substrate and then depositing a first oxide layer at a first temperature into the first and second trenches. The first oxide layer has a thickness sufficient to completely fill the first trench but only partially fill the second trench, which is wider than the first trench. A step is also performed to selectively remove a portion of the first oxide layer from a bottom of the second trench. A second oxide layer is then deposited at a second temperature onto the bottom of the second trench. The second temperature is greater than the first temperature. For example, the first temperature may be in a range from about 300° C. to about 460° C. and the second temperature may be in a range from about 500° C. to about 600° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-chan Lee, Seung-jae Lee, Jin-gi Hong, Young-min Ko
  • Patent number: 5776250
    Abstract: A device is for recovering superfluous photoresist material exhausted from a spin coater having a drive motor alternately operated at a high speed and a low speed at predetermined intervals. The device includes a solution collecting member into which superfluous photoresist material and cleaning solution are collected after a photoresist is coated onto a wafer and the wafer is cleaned during operation of the drive motor. The solution collecting member has a groove circumferentially formed therein to allow the superfluous photoresist material to flow therein. First and second discharge pipes communicate with the solution collecting member to drain the superfluous photoresist material and a cleaning solution and a third discharging pipe communicates with the groove formed in the solution collecting member. An actuator is provided to move a blocking member between an open position and closed position to open and close the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Hwa Shin, Young-Min Ko