Semiconductor device
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11810957B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-07

    申请号:US17469361

    申请日:2021-09-08

    摘要: Disclosed is a semiconductor device including a substrate including first and second active regions, a device isolation layer on the substrate and defining first and second active patterns, first and second gate electrodes running across the first and second active regions and aligned with each other, first and second source/drain patterns on the first and second active patterns, a first active contact connecting the first and second source/drain patterns to each other, and a gate cutting pattern between the first and second gate electrodes. An upper portion of the first active contact includes first and second upper dielectric patterns. The first active contact has a minimum width at a portion between the first and second upper dielectric patterns. A minimum width of the gate cutting pattern is a second width. A ratio of the first width to the second width is in a range of 0.8 to 1.2.

    Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same

    公开(公告)号:US11469298B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-11

    申请号:US17101703

    申请日:2020-11-23

    摘要: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having PMOSFET and NMOSFET regions spaced apart from each other in a direction, a device isolation layer provided on the substrate that defines first and second active patterns respectively on the PMOSFET and NMOSFET regions, a gate electrode crossing the first and second active patterns, first and second source/drain patterns respectively provided on the first and second active patterns respectively and near the gate electrode, and an active contact extending in the direction and coupled to the first and second source/drain patterns. The active contact includes first and second body portions, which are respectively provided on the first and the second source/drain patterns, and a first protruding portion and a recessed portion, which are provided between the first and second body portions and on the device isolation layer between the PMOSFET and NMOSFET regions. The recessed portion has an upwardly recessed bottom.

    SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220320115A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-06

    申请号:US17538064

    申请日:2021-11-30

    摘要: A semiconductor memory device includes an active pattern on a substrate, the active pattern including a source/drain pattern in an upper portion thereof, a gate electrode on the active pattern and extended in a first direction, the gate electrode and the source/drain pattern adjacent to each other in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a shared contact coupled to the source/drain pattern and the gate electrode to electrically connect the source/drain pattern and the gate electrode. The shared contact includes active and gate contacts, which are electrically connected to the source/drain pattern and the gate electrode, respectively. The gate contact includes a body portion coupled to the gate electrode and a protruding portion, which protrudes from the body portion in the second direction and extends into and buried in the active contact.

    Testing method of a semiconductor device

    公开(公告)号:US11327107B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US17023656

    申请日:2020-09-17

    IPC分类号: G01R31/26 H01L21/66

    摘要: A method of testing a semiconductor device may include preparing a semiconductor substrate in which the semiconductor substrate includes a test element group including first and second test circuits, measuring first and second leakage currents in the first and second test circuits, respectively, and calculating leakage components by comparing the first and second leakage currents. Each of the first and second test circuits may include an active region, which is an upper portion of the semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode, which is configured to cross the active region and to extend in a first direction, and an active contact, which is on the active region, is spaced apart from the gate electrode, and extends in the first direction. The second test circuit may further include a first gate contact that is connected to the gate electrode and overlaps the active region in a vertical direction perpendicular to the substrate.

    Integrated circuit devices and methods of manufacturing the same

    公开(公告)号:US11315926B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-26

    申请号:US17179469

    申请日:2021-02-19

    摘要: Integrated circuit devices may include a fin-type active region extending on a substrate in a first horizontal direction, a gate line extending on the fin-type active region in a second horizontal direction, a source/drain region on the fin-type active region and adjacent to the gate line, and a source/drain contact pattern connected to the source/drain region. The source/drain contact pattern may include a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a first height, and the second portion having a second height less than the first height. The source/drain contact pattern may include a metal plug in the first and second portions and a conductive barrier film on sidewalls of the metal plug in the first and second portions. A first top surface of the conductive barrier film in the second portion is lower than a top surface of the metal plug in the second portion.

    INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210391464A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:US17179982

    申请日:2021-02-19

    摘要: An integrated circuit device includes a substrate including first and second fin-type active areas, a gate structure on the first and second fin-type active areas, first and second source/drain regions on the first and second fin-type active areas, respectively, a first source/drain contact on the first source/drain region and comprising first and second portions, a second source/drain contact on the second source/drain region and comprising first and second portions, the second portion having an upper surface at a lower level than an upper surface of the first portion, a first stressor layer on the upper surface of the second portion of the first source/drain contact, and a second stressor layer on the upper surface of the second portion of the second source/drain contact, the second stressor layer including a material different from a material included in the first stressor layer.