公开(公告)号：US20230072863A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-09

申请号：US17939303

申请日：2022-09-07

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Eunkyu LEE ,  Sangwon KIM ,  Kyung-Eun BYUN ,  Yeonchoo CHO

IPC: H01L27/108

Abstract: A semiconductor element may include a substrate including source and drain regions formed in the substrate apart from each other by a trench, a gate insulating layer covering a bottom surface and a sidewall of the trench, a gate electrode including lower and upper buried portions. The lower buried portion may be in the trench with the gate insulating layer therearound and fill a lower region of the trench. The upper buried portion may be on the lower buried portion with the gate insulating layer therearound and fill an upper region of the trench. The upper buried portion may include a two-dimensional material layer in the trench on an upper surface of the first conductive layer and an upper region of the sidewall of the gate insulating layer, and a second conductive layer in the upper region of the trench and surrounded by the two-dimensional material layer.

公开(公告)号：US20220316052A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17711147

申请日：2022-04-01

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Sangwon KIM ,  Kyung-Eun BYUN ,  Yeonchoo CHO ,  Keunwook SHIN ,  Eunkyu LEE ,  Changseok LEE ,  Hyunjae SONG ,  Hyeonjin SHIN ,  Jungsoo YOON ,  Soyoung LEE ,  Hyunseok LIM

IPC: C23C16/26 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L21/285 ,  C23C16/511 ,  C23C16/505 ,  C23C16/02

Abstract: Provided are nanocrystalline graphene and a method of forming the same. The nanocrystalline graphene may include a plurality of grains formed by stacking a plurality of graphene sheets and has a grain density of about 500 ea/μm2 or higher and a root-mean-square (RMS) roughness in a range of about 0.1 or more to about 1.0 or less. When the nanocrystalline graphene has a grain density and a RMS roughness with these ranges, nanocrystalline graphene capable of covering the entirety of a large area on a substrate as a thin layer may be provided.

公开(公告)号：US20220173221A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17398363

申请日：2021-08-10

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyeonjin SHIN ,  Sangwon KIM ,  Kyung-Eun BYUN ,  Hyunjae SONG ,  Keunwook SHIN ,  Eunkyu LEE ,  Changseok LEE ,  Yeonchoo CHO ,  Taejin CHOI

IPC: H01L29/45 ,  H01L27/108 ,  H01L29/15 ,  H01L29/40

Abstract: An interconnect structure for reducing a contact resistance, an electronic device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the interconnect structure are provided. The interconnect structure includes a semiconductor layer including a first region having a doping concentration greater than a doping concentration of a peripheral region of the semiconductor layer, a metal layer facing the semiconductor layer, a graphene layer between the semiconductor layer and the metal layer, and a conductive metal oxide layer between the graphene layer and the semiconductor and covering the first region.

公开(公告)号：US20210372786A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-02

申请号：US17145966

申请日：2021-01-11

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Eunkyu LEE ,  Yeonchoo CHO ,  Sangwon KIM ,  Kyung-Eun BYUN ,  Hyunjae SONG ,  Hyeonjin SHIN

IPC: G01B15/02 ,  H01L21/66 ,  H01L21/285 ,  H01L29/45 ,  G01N23/2208

Abstract: A method of calculating a thickness of a graphene layer and a method of measuring a content of silicon carbide, by using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), are provided. The method of calculating the thickness of the graphene layer, which is directly grown on a silicon substrate, includes measuring the thickness of the graphene layer directly grown on the silicon substrate, by using a ratio between a signal intensity of a photoelectron beam emitted from the graphene layer and a signal intensity of a photoelectron beam emitted from the silicon substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20210296445A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-23

申请号：US17203010

申请日：2021-03-16

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Minhyun LEE ,  Minsu SEOL ,  Yeonchoo CHO ,  Hyeonjin SHIN

IPC: H01L29/10 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/24

Abstract: A field effect transistor includes a substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode on the substrate and apart from each other in a first direction, a plurality of channel layers, a gate insulating film surrounding each of the plurality of channel layers, and a gate electrode surrounding the gate insulating film. Each of the plurality of channel layers has ends contacting the source electrode and the drain electrode. The plurality of channel layers are spaced apart from each other in a second direction away from the substrate. The plurality of channel layers include a 2D semiconductor material.

公开(公告)号：US20210288171A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-16

申请号：US17201485

申请日：2021-03-15

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Minhyun LEE ,  Minsu SEOL ,  Yeonchoo CHO ,  Hyeonjin SHIN

IPC: H01L29/778 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/24 ,  H01L27/092

Abstract: A vertical type transistor includes: a substrate; a first source/drain electrode layer provided on the substrate; a second source/drain electrode layer provided above the first source/drain electrode layer; a first gate electrode layer provided between the first and second source/drain electrode layers; a first gate insulating film passing through the first gate electrode layer; a hole passing through the second source/drain electrode layer, the first gate insulating film, and the first source/drain electrode layer; and a first channel layer provided on a lateral side of the hole, wherein the first channel layer may include a 2D semiconductor.

公开(公告)号：US20200266153A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-20

申请号：US16866033

申请日：2020-05-04

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyunjae SONG ,  Seunggeol NAM ,  Yeonchoo CHO ,  Seongjun PARK ,  Hyeonjin SHIN ,  Jaeho LEE

IPC: H01L23/532 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L23/522

Abstract: Example embodiments relate to a layer structure having a diffusion barrier layer, and a method of manufacturing the same. The layer structure includes first and second material layers and a diffusion barrier layer therebetween. The diffusion barrier layer includes a nanocrystalline graphene (nc-G) layer. In the layer structure, the diffusion barrier layer may further include a non-graphene metal compound layer or a graphene layer together with the nc-G layer. One of the first and second material layers is an insulating layer, a metal layer, or a semiconductor layer, and the remaining layer may be a metal layer.

公开(公告)号：US20190294047A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-26

申请号：US16426046

申请日：2019-05-30

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyeonjin SHIN ,  Sangwon KIM ,  Minsu SEOL ,  Seongjun PARK ,  Yeonchoo CHO

IPC: G03F7/11 ,  G03F7/36 ,  G03F7/09 ,  G03F7/16

Abstract: A hardmask composition may include graphene nanoparticles having a size in a range of about 5 nm to about 100 nm and a solvent.

公开(公告)号：US20190157212A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-23

申请号：US16257189

申请日：2019-01-25

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyunjae SONG ,  Seunggeol NAM ,  Yeonchoo CHO ,  Seongjun PARK ,  Hyeonjin SHIN ,  Jaeho LEE

IPC: H01L23/532 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L23/522

CPC classification number: H01L23/53209 ,  H01L21/76843 ,  H01L21/76846 ,  H01L21/76849 ,  H01L21/76852 ,  H01L23/5226

Abstract: Example embodiments relate to a layer structure having a diffusion barrier layer, and a method of manufacturing the same. The layer structure includes first and second material layers and a diffusion barrier layer therebetween. The diffusion barrier layer includes a nanocrystalline graphene (nc-G) layer. In the layer structure, the diffusion barrier layer may further include a non-graphene metal compound layer or a graphene layer together with the nc-G layer. One of the first and second material layers is an insulating layer, a metal layer, or a semiconductor layer, and the remaining layer may be a metal layer.

公开(公告)号：US20240363689A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18761779

申请日：2024-07-02

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Minhyun LEE ,  Minsu SEOL ,  Yeonchoo CHO ,  Hyeonjin SHIN

IPC: H01L29/10 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L29/40 ,  H01L29/417 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78

CPC classification number: H01L29/1037 ,  H01L21/02568 ,  H01L29/408 ,  H01L29/41791 ,  H01L29/42364 ,  H01L29/66795 ,  H01L29/785

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device which use a two-dimensional semiconductor material as a channel layer. The semiconductor device includes: a gate electrode on a substrate; a gate dielectric on the gate electrode; a channel layer on the gate dielectric; and a source electrode and a drain electrode that may be electrically connected to the channel layer. The gate dielectric has a shape with a height greater than a width, and the channel layer includes a two-dimensional semiconductor material.