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20090001451 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a fin-shaped active region including opposing sidewalls and a surface therebetween protruding from a substrate, forming a gate structure on the surface of the active region, and performing an ion implantation process to form source/drain regions in the active region at opposite sides of the gate structure. The source/drain regions respectively include a first impurity region in the surface of the active region and second impurity regions in the opposing sidewalls of the active region. The first impurity region has a doping concentration that is greater than that of the second impurity regions. Related devices are also discussed. | 01-01-2009 |
20090085096 | Nonvolatile Memory Devices and Methods of Forming the Same - Provided are nonvolatile memory devices and methods of forming nonvolatile memory devices. Nonvolatile memory devices include a device isolation layer that defines an active region in a substrate. Nonvolatile memory devices further include a first insulating layer, a nonconductive charge storage pattern, a second insulating layer and a control gate line that are sequentially disposed on the active region. The charge storage pattern includes a horizontal portion and a protrusion disposed on an upper portion of an edge of the horizontal portion. | 04-02-2009 |
20090212340 | FLASH MEMORY DEVICES - A gate electrode line which extends in a second direction crossing a first direction on a substrate including an active region which is defined by a device isolation layer and extends in the first direction and a charge trap layer disposed between the active region and the gate electrode line, wherein a bottom surface of the gate electrode line disposed on the device isolation layer is lower than a top surface of the charge trap layer disposed on the active region and higher than a top surface of the active region. | 08-27-2009 |
20110079838 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a fin-shaped active region including opposing sidewalls and a surface therebetween protruding from a substrate, forming a gate structure on the surface of the active region, and performing an ion implantation process to form source/drain regions in the active region at opposite sides of the gate structure. The source/drain regions respectively include a first impurity region in the surface of the active region and second impurity regions in the opposing sidewalls of the active region. The first impurity region has a doping concentration that is greater than that of the second impurity regions. Related devices are also discussed. | 04-07-2011 |
20110101439 | INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURES FOR SEMICONDCUTOR DEVICES - An interconnection structure for a semiconductor device includes an inter-level insulation layer disposed on a semiconductor substrate. First contact constructions penetrate the inter-level insulation layer. Second contact constructions penetrate the inter-level insulation layer. Metal interconnections connect the first contact constructions to the second contact constructions on the inter-level insulation layer. The first contact constructions include first and second plugs stacked in sequence and the second contact constructions include the second plug. | 05-05-2011 |
20110233650 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - Provided are nonvolatile memory devices and methods of forming nonvolatile memory devices. Nonvolatile memory devices include a device isolation layer that defines an active region in a substrate. Nonvolatile memory devices further include a first insulating layer, a nonconductive charge storage pattern, a second insulating layer and a control gate line that are sequentially disposed on the active region. The charge storage pattern includes a horizontal portion and a protrusion disposed on an upper portion of an edge of the horizontal portion. | 09-29-2011 |
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20090072298 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same - An embodiment of a semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral region; a cell gate pattern on the cell region; and a peripheral gate pattern on the peripheral region, wherein a first cell insulation layer, a second cell insulation layer, and a third cell insulation layer may be between the substrate and the cell gate pattern, a first peripheral insulation layer, a second peripheral insulation layer, and a third peripheral insulation layer may be between the substrate and the peripheral gate pattern, and the second cell insulation layer and the third cell insulation layer include the same material as the respective second peripheral insulation layer and third peripheral insulation layer. | 03-19-2009 |
20090315099 | METHOD OF MAKING FLASH MEMORY CELLS AND PERIPHERAL CIRCUITS HAVING STI, AND FLASH MEMORY DEVICES AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS HAVING THE SAME - An integrated circuit includes flash memory cells, and peripheral circuitry including low voltage transistors (LVT) and high voltage transistors (HVT). The integrated circuit includes a tunnel barrier layer comprising SiON, SiN or other high-k material. The tunnel barrier layer may comprise a part of the gate dielectric of the HVTs. The tunnel barrier layer may constitute the entire gate dielectric of the HVTs. The corresponding tunnel barrier layer may be formed between or upon shallow trench isolation (STIs). Therefore, the manufacturing efficiency of a driver chip IC may be increased. | 12-24-2009 |
20110084329 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A non-volatile memory device includes a semiconductor layer including a cell region and a peripheral region, a cell region gate structure disposed in the cell region of the semiconductor layer, and wherein the cell region gate structure includes a tunneling insulating layer and a first blocking insulating layer, a second blocking insulating layer, and a third blocking insulating layer. The non-volatile memory device further includes a peripheral region gate structure formed in the peripheral region of the semiconductor layer. The peripheral region gate structure includes a first peripheral region insulating layer including a same material as a material included in the tunneling insulating layer and a second peripheral region insulating layer including a same material as a material included in the third blocking insulating layer. | 04-14-2011 |
20110117713 | METHOD OF MAKING FLASH MEMORY CELLS AND PERIPHERAL CIRCUITS HAVING STI, AND FLASH MEMORY DEVICES AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS HAVING THE SAME - An integrated circuit includes flash memory cells, and peripheral circuitry including low voltage transistors (LVT) and high voltage transistors (HVT). The integrated circuit includes a tunnel barrier layer comprising SiON, SiN or other high-k material. The tunnel barrier layer may comprise a part of the gate dielectric of the HVTs. The tunnel barrier layer may constitute the entire gate dielectric of the HVTs. The corresponding tunnel barrier layer may be formed between or upon shallow trench isolation (STIs). Therefore, the manufacturing efficiency of a driver chip IC may be increased. | 05-19-2011 |
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20150008499 | VERTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A vertical semiconductor device includes a channel structure extending from a substrate in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and a ground selection line, word lines, and a string selection line sequentially formed on a side surface of the channel structure in the first direction to be separated from one another. The channel structure includes a protruding region formed in a side wall portion of the channel structure between the ground selection line and the upper surface of the substrate, the protruding region protruding in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the first direction. | 01-08-2015 |
20150060977 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH VERTICAL CHANNEL STRUCTURES - Semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor devices may include a substrate, a ground selection gate electrode, and a channel structure. The channel structure may extend the ground selection gate electrode in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, and include a channel layer, a channel contact layer, and a stepped portion. The channel contact layer may contact the substrate and include a first width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The channel layer may contact the channel contact layer, include a bottom surface between a bottom surface of the ground selection gate electrode and the top surface of the substrate in the first direction, and include a second width in the second direction different from the first width. | 03-05-2015 |
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