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| 20100120212 | Method of forming capacitor of semiconductor memory device - A method of forming a semiconductor memory device includes sequentially forming an etch stop layer and then a mold layer, forming a plurality of line-shaped support structures and a first sacrificial layer filling gaps between the support structures on the mold layer, sequentially forming a plurality of line-shaped first mask patterns, a second sacrificial layer, and then second mask patterns on the support structures and on the first sacrificial layer, removing the second sacrificial layer, the first sacrificial layer, and the mold layer using the first mask patterns, the second mask patterns, and the support structures as masks, removing the first mask patterns and second mask patterns, filling the storage node electrode holes with a conductive material and etching back the conductive material to expose the support structures, and removing the first sacrificial layer and the mold layer to form pillar-type storage node electrodes supported by the support structures. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100187101 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, lower electrodes having cylindrical shapes are provided to be arranged repeatedly on a substrate. Upper surfaces of the lower electrodes are flat so that the lower electrodes have uniform heights. Supporting structures are provided between the lower electrodes to support the lower electrode, the supporting structure partially contacting outer surfaces of sidewalls of the lower electrodes that are arranged in a line. A dielectric layer is formed on surfaces of the lower electrodes and the supporting structures. An upper electrode is provided on the dielectric layer. The semiconductor device includes a capacitor having an improved capacitance. Further, the capacitor includes the support structure between the lower electrodes to prevent the adjacent lower electrodes from being short each other. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100187588 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A CYLINDER TYPE STORAGE NODE AND A METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided is a semiconductor memory device including cylinder type storage nodes and a method of fabricating the semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate including switching devices; a recessed insulating layer including storage contact plugs therein, wherein the storage contact plugs are electrically connected to the switching devices and the recessed insulating layer exposes at least some portions of upper surfaces and side surfaces of the storage contact plugs. The semiconductor device further includes cylinder type storage nodes each having a lower electrode. The lower electrode contacting the at least some portions of the exposed upper surfaces and side surfaces of the storage node contact plugs. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100200901 | Semiconductor memory device having cylinder-type capacitor lower electrode and associated methods - A semiconductor memory device including a plurality of supports extending parallel to each other in a first direction on a semiconductor substrate, and capacitor lower electrode rows including a plurality of capacitor lower electrodes arranged in a line along the first direction between two adjacent supports from among the plurality of supports, each capacitor lower electrode including outside walls, wherein each of the capacitor lower electrodes includes two support contact surfaces on the outside walls of the capacitor lower electrode, the support contact surfaces respectively contacting the two adjacent supports from among the plurality of supports. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100237394 | Semiconductor memory device - A semiconductor memory device includes unit active regions, word lines extending in a first direction over the unit active region, bit lines extending on the word lines in a second direction substantially perpendicularly to the first direction, first pad contacts in contact with central portions of the unit active regions, the first pad contacts being arranged between the word lines, direct contacts electrically connected between the first pad contacts and the bit lines, second pad contacts in contact with edge portions of the unit active regions, the second pad contacts being arranged between the word lines and between the bit lines, buried contacts electrically connected to the second pad contacts, and capacitors electrically connected to the buried contacts. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100283117 | FUSE BOX GUARD RINGS INCLUDING PROTRUSIONS AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME - A structure included in a semiconductor device can include a fuse box guard ring that defines an interior region of the fuse box inside the fuse box guard ring and that defines an exterior region of the fuse box outside the fuse box guard ring. The fuse box guard ring can include protruding support members that protruding from an interior sidewall or from an exterior sidewall of the fuse box guard ring. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110049670 | Semiconductor Device Including Fuse Having Form of Capacitor - A semiconductor device includes a fuse having the form of a capacitor. The semiconductor device includes a cathode formed on a semiconductor substrate, an anode formed over the cathode, and at least one filament having a cylindrical-shell shape formed between the cathode and the anode and electrically connecting the cathode and the anode. | 03-03-2011 |
