Abstract:
An integrated circuit device includes a gate electrode formed on an active region of an integrated circuit device and on a field isolation layer adjacent to the active region. A source region and a drain region are in the active region on alternate sides of the gate electrode. At least one buried insulation layer is beneath the drain region or the source region.
Abstract:
Methods of forming thermal oxide layers on a side wall of gate electrodes are disclosed. In particular, thermal oxide layers can be formed on a side wall of a gate electrode by forming a gate electrode on an integrated circuit substrate and forming a thermal oxide layer on a side wall of the gate electrode using a thermal oxidation process. A silicide layer can be formed on the gate electrode after the formation of the thermal oxide layer.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming first and second gate structures on a substrate in first and second regions, respectively, forming a first capping layer on the substrate by a first high density plasma process, such that the first capping layer covers the first and second gate structures except for sidewalls thereof, removing a portion of the first capping layer in the first region, removing an upper portion of the substrate in the first region using the first gate structure as an etching mask to form a first trench, and forming a first epitaxial layer to fill the first trench.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device comprises a substrate and first and second stress-generating epitaxial regions on the substrate and spaced apart from each other. A channel region is on the substrate and positioned between the first and second stress-generating epitaxial regions. A gate electrode is on the channel region. The channel region is an epitaxial layer, and the first and second stress-generating epitaxial regions impart a stress on the channel region.
Abstract:
A non-volatile memory device may include a first wordline on a substrate, an insulating layer on the first wordline, and a second wordline on the insulating layer so that the insulating layer is between the first and second wordlines. A bit pillar may extend adjacent the first wordline, the insulating layer, and the second wordline in a direction perpendicular with respect to a surface of the substrate, and the bit pillar may be electrically conductive. In addition, a first memory cell may include a first resistance changeable element electrically coupled between the first wordline and the bit pillar, and a second memory cell may include a second resistance changeable element electrically coupled between the second wordline and the bit pillar. Related methods and systems are also discussed.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming first and second gate structures on a substrate in first and second regions, respectively, forming a first capping layer on the substrate by a first high density plasma process, such that the first capping layer covers the first and second gate structures except for sidewalls thereof, removing a portion of the first capping layer in the first region, removing an upper portion of the substrate in the first region using the first gate structure as an etching mask to form a first trench, and forming a first epitaxial layer to fill the first trench.
Abstract:
Methods of fabricating metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistors having elevated source/drain regions are provided. The MOS transistors formed by these methods may include a gate pattern formed to cross over a predetermined region of a substrate. Recessed regions are provided in the substrate adjacent to the gate pattern. Epitaxial layers are provided on bottom surfaces of the recessed regions. High concentration impurity regions are provided in the epitaxial layers. The recessed regions may be formed using a chemical dry etching techniques.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a plurality of active areas defined by a device isolation layer, a gate line structure crossing the plurality of active areas, a buffer insulation layer on the semiconductor substrate, the buffer insulation layer contacting a portion of a side of the gate line structure, a contact etching stopper layer on the buffer insulation layer, and a contact plug passing through the buffer insulation layer and the contact etching stopper layer to be connected to the plurality of active areas.
Abstract:
Provided are an optical network terminal (ONT) and a method for the ONT to detect an optical transmission error. The ONT is connected with an optical line termination (OLT) and constituting a passive optical network (PON), and includes an optical transmitter configured to transmit an optical signal to the OLT, an error detector configured to detect an error of the optical transmitter; and a controller configured to transmit an error message to the OLT through the optical transmitter when the error detector detects an error of the optical transmitter.
Abstract:
Methods of fabricating metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistors having elevated source/drain regions are provided. The MOS transistors formed by these methods may include a gate pattern formed to cross over a predetermined region of a substrate. Recessed regions are provided in the substrate adjacent to the gate pattern. Epitaxial layers are provided on bottom surfaces of the recessed regions. High concentration impurity regions are provided in the epitaxial layers. The recessed regions may be formed using a chemical dry etching techniques.