Abstract:
Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same are provided. The methods of fabricating the semiconductor devices may include providing a substrate including an active pattern protruding from the substrate, forming a first liner layer and a field isolating pattern on the substrate to cover a lower portion of the active pattern, forming a second liner layer on an upper portion of the active pattern and the field isolation pattern, and forming a dummy gate on the second liner layer.
Abstract:
A ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) device includes a memory cell. The memory cell includes a data storage circuit, a limiter circuit, and a discharge circuit. The data storage circuit includes a first resistor and a second resistor connected in series to divide a voltage corresponding to search data, and configured to store cell data. The limiter circuit is configured to receive the divided voltage through an input terminal and transmit an output voltage through an output terminal based on a level of the divided voltage. The discharge circuit discharges a matching line indicating whether the stored cell data matches with the search data, based on the output voltage of the limiter circuit.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device, including a first fin-type pattern; a first gate spacer on the first fin-type pattern, intersecting the first fin-type pattern, and including an upper portion and a lower portion; a second gate spacer on the first fin-type pattern, intersecting the first fin-type pattern, and being spaced apart from the first gate spacer; a first trench defined by the first gate spacer and the second gate spacer; a first gate electrode partially filling the first trench; a first capping pattern on the first gate electrode and filling the first trench; and an interlayer insulating layer covering an upper surface of the capping pattern, a width of the upper portion of the first gate spacer decreasing as a distance from an upper surface of the first fin-type pattern increases, and an outer sidewall of the upper portion of the first gate spacer contacting the interlayer insulating layer.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active pattern extending in a first direction, a first gate structure and a second gate structure extending in a second direction, intersecting the first direction, to traverse the active pattern, the first gate structure and the second gate structure isolated from each other while facing each other in the second direction, a gate isolation pattern disposed between the first gate structure and the second gate structure, the gate isolation pattern having a void, and a filling insulating portion positioned lower than upper surfaces of the first gate structure and the second gate structure within the gate isolation pattern, the filling insulating portion being connected to at least an upper end of the void.
Abstract:
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a substrate is etched to form active fins spaced apart from one another in a first direction, and each active fin extends in the first direction. An isolation pattern is formed on the substrate to partially fill a space between the active fins. A mold pattern is formed on the isolation pattern, the mold pattern covering at least a portion of each of the active fins and including an opening exposing a portion of the isolation pattern between the active fins in the first direction. An insulation pattern is formed to fill the opening. The mold pattern is removed to expose the active fins. A gate structure and a dummy structure are formed on the exposed active fins and the insulation pattern, respectively, the gate structure and the dummy structure extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
Abstract:
A memory device to correct a defect cell generated after packing is performed includes a memory cell array in which a plurality of memory cells are arranged, a repair circuit unit including a first storage unit to store defect cell information in the memory cell array, and a fuse circuit unit including a second storage unit that is programmed according to the defect cell information stored in the first storage unit. The first storage unit includes a volatile memory device, and the second storage unit includes a non-volatile memory device.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a first region and a second region adjacent to each other along a first direction on a substrate, fin patterns in each of the first and second regions extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; gate electrodes extending along the first direction and intersecting the fin patterns; and an isolation region between the first and second regions, a bottom of the isolation region having a non-uniform height relative to a bottom of the substrate.
Abstract:
Disclosed are semiconductor packages and their fabrication methods. The semiconductor package comprises a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip on a top surface of the first semiconductor chip and having a width less than that of the first semiconductor chip, and a molding layer on the first semiconductor chip and surrounding the second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip includes a first semiconductor substrate and a first circuit layer on a top surface of the first semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor substrate includes a first part adjacent to the top surface of the first semiconductor substrate and a second part adjacent to a bottom surface of the first semiconductor substrate. The first and second parts include the same semiconductor material. The first part has a single crystalline structure. The second part may have a polycrystalline structure.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first active pattern that includes a first side wall and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall in a second horizontal direction, a first insulating structure in a first trench extending in the first horizontal direction on the first side wall of the first active pattern, a second insulating structure in a second trench extending in the first horizontal direction on the second side of the first active pattern, and includes a first insulating layer on side walls and a bottom surface of the second trench, and a second insulating layer in the second trench on the first insulating layer, a gate-cut extending in the first horizontal direction on the first insulating structure, and a gate electrode extending in the second horizontal direction on the first active pattern.
Abstract:
Provided are a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same. The semiconductor device includes a lower fin that protrudes from a substrate and extends in a first direction, an oxide film the lower fin, an upper fin that protrudes from the oxide film and that is spaced apart from the lower fin at a position corresponding to the lower fin, and a gate structure the upper fin that extends in a second direction to intersect the upper fin, wherein germanium (Ge) is included in a portion of the oxide film located between the lower fin and the upper fin.