Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100171166 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A non-volatile memory device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The method can include disposing an isolation layer on a semiconductor substrate. The isolation layer may protrude from the main surface of the semiconductor substrate and define an active region. In a recess defined by the protrusion of the isolation layer and the active region, a diffusion-retarding poly pattern and a floating gate may be formed in sequence. A control gate may be disposed on the isolation layer to cover the diffusion-retarding poly pattern and the floating gate. | 07-08-2010 |
20110275190 | METHOD OF FORMING AN INSULATION STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a method of forming an insulation structure, at least one oxide layer is formed on an object by at least one oxidation process, and then at least one nitride layer is formed from the oxide layer by at least one nitration process. An edge portion of the insulation structure may have a thickness substantially the same as that of a central portion of the insulation structure so that the insulation structure may have a uniform thickness and improved insulation characteristics. When the insulation structure is employed as a tunnel insulation layer of a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device may have enhanced endurance and improved electrical characteristics because a threshold voltage distribution of cells in the semiconductor device may become uniform. | 11-10-2011 |
20120156848 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTACT PLUGS OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a non-volatile memory device includes alternately stacking interlayer sacrificial layers and interlayer insulating layers on a substrate, forming first openings exposing the substrate, forming sidewall insulating layers on sidewalls of the first openings, and forming channel regions on the sidewall insulating layers. The first openings penetrate the interlayer sacrificial layers and the interlayer insulating layers. The sidewall insulating layers have different thicknesses according to distances from the substrate. | 06-21-2012 |
20140070302 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device and a method for fabricating the same, the device including insulating layers stacked on a substrate; horizontal structures between the insulating layers, the horizontal structures including gate electrodes, respectively; vertical structures penetrating the insulating layers and the horizontal structures, the vertical structures including semiconductor pillars, respectively; and epitaxial patterns, each of the epitaxial patterns being between the substrate and each of the vertical structures, wherein a minimum width of the epitaxial pattern is less than a width of a corresponding one of the vertical structures. | 03-13-2014 |
20150104916 | Method of Manufacturing Three Dimensional Semiconductor Memory Device - A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional semiconductor memory device is provided. The method includes alternately stacking a first insulation film, a first sacrificial film, alternating second insulation films and second sacrificial films, a third sacrificial film and a third insulation film on a substrate. A channel hole is formed to expose a portion of the substrate while passing through the first insulation film, the first sacrificial film, the second insulation films, the second sacrificial films, the third sacrificial film and the third insulation film. The method further includes forming a semiconductor pattern on the portion of the substrate exposed in the channel hole by epitaxial growth. Forming the semiconductor pattern includes forming a lower epitaxial film, doping an impurity into the lower epitaxial film, and forming an upper epitaxial film on the lower epitaxial film. Forming the lower epitaxial film, doping the impurity into the lower epitaxial film and forming the upper epitaxial film are all performed in-situ, and the semiconductor pattern includes a doped region and an undoped region. | 04-16-2015 |
20150145020 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a three-dimensional ( | 05-28-2015 |
20160049423 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A three-dimensional semiconductor device may include a substrate including a cell array region, a word line contact region, and a peripheral circuit region, gate electrodes stacked on the substrate to extend from the cell array region to the word line contact region, a channel hole penetrating the gate electrodes on the cell array region and exposing an active region of the substrate, a dummy hole penetrating the gate electrodes on the word line contact region and exposing a device isolation layer provided on the substrate, and a semiconductor pattern provided in the channel hole but not in the dummy hole. | 02-18-2016 |
20160056169 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF FORMING EPITAXIAL LAYER - According to example embodiments, a method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes alternately stacking interlayer insulating layers and intermediate layers on a substrate, forming openings passing through the interlayer insulating layers and the intermediate layers to form recessed regions in the substrate, forming first epitaxial layers on recessed surfaces in the recessed regions, and forming second epitaxial layers using the first epitaxial layers as seed layers. The second epitaxial layers fill the recessed regions and extend above the substrate. | 02-25-2016 |