IP Library Granted Patent US 9,356,018
Granted Patent B2
US 9,356,018 · App. 14/674,123 · Granted May 31, 2016

Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same

Inventor: Hyun-Seung Song (Incheon, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H01L27/0629H01L28/20H01L29/04H01L29/0847H01L29/16H01L29/41775H01L29/4232
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Patent No.
US 9,356,018
App. No.
14/674,123
Granted
May 31, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a semiconductor device including a substrate, first and second gate structures provided on the substrate, a source/drain region provided adjacent to the first gate structure, an interlayered insulating layer provided on the substrate to cover the source/drain region and the first and second gate structures, a source/drain contact hole penetrating the interlayered insulating layer and exposing the source/drain region, a trench formed in the interlayered insulating layer to expose a top surface of the second gate structure, a source/drain contact plug provided in the source/drain contact hole to be in contact with the source/drain region, and a resistor pattern provided in the trench to be in contact with a top surface of the second gate structure.

Claims (38)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first gate structure and a second gate structure on the substrate;

a source/drain region adjacent to the first gate structure;

an interlayered insulating layer on the source/drain region and the first and second gate structures, wherein the interlayered insulating layer comprises a first interlayered insulating layer and a second interlayered insulating layer on the first interlayered insulating layer;

a source/drain contact hole extending through the interlayered insulating layer and exposing the source/drain region;

a trench in the interlayered insulating layer, the trench exposing a top surface of the second gate structure;

a source/drain contact plug in the source/drain contact hole and in contact with the source/drain region; and

a resistor pattern in the trench and in contact with a top surface of the second gate structure.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second gate structures comprises a gate electrode, an inner gate spacer on a side surface of the gate electrode, and an outer gate spacer on a side surface of the inner gate spacer.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the gate electrode comprises a gate insulating pattern, a high-k dielectric pattern, a gate barrier pattern, a gate conductive pattern and a gate capping pattern.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the gate capping pattern is in direct contact with the resistor pattern.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the source/drain region comprises a lower source/drain region and an upper source/drain region.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the lower source/drain region is formed in the substrate and comprises impurity atoms.

7. The device of claim 5 , wherein the upper source/drain region comprises a single crystalline silicon layer that is epitaxially grown from the lower source/drain region and protrudes upward from a top surface of the substrate.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first interlayered insulating layer has a top surface that is at a substantially equal level to top surfaces of the first and second gate structures.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second interlayered insulating layer has a top surface that is at a higher level than a top surface of the resistor pattern.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the source/drain contact plug has a top surface that is at a substantially equal level to a top surface of the resistor pattern.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the resistor pattern has a top surface that is at a lower level than a top surface of the source/drain contact plug.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the source/drain contact plug and the resistor pattern comprises a material.

13. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first gate structure and a second gate structure on the substrate;

a source/drain region adjacent to the first gate structure;

an interlayered insulating layer on the source/drain region and the first and second gate structures, the interlayered insulating layer comprising a first interlayered insulating layer and a second interlayered insulating layer on the first interlayered insulating layer;

a source/drain contact plug extending through the first and second interlayered insulating layers and being in contact with the source/drain region; and

a resistor pattern extending through the second interlayered insulating layer and being in contact with the second gate structure.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the source/drain contact plug has a top surface that is at a substantially equal level to a top surface of the resistor pattern.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the source/drain contact plug has a top surface that is at a lower level than a top surface of the second interlayered insulating layer.

16. The device of claim 13 , wherein the source/drain region comprises a lower source/drain region and an upper source/drain region on the lower source/drain region.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the upper source/drain region comprises a single crystalline silicon layer that is epitaxially grown from the lower source/drain region and protrudes upward from a top surface of the substrate.

18. The device of claim 13 , wherein the resistor pattern has a top surface that is at a lower level than a top surface of the second interlayered insulating layer.

19. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including a first region and a second region;

a plurality of gate structures on the first and second regions;

a source/drain contact plug on the first region and between two of the plurality of gate structures; and

a resistor pattern on one of the plurality of gate structures of the second region,

wherein the source/drain contact plug has a top surface that is at a substantially equal level to a top surface of the resistor pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2015
From: SONG, HYUN-SEUNG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035297/0811 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0089749 · Jul 16, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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