IP Library Granted Patent US 9,401,301
Granted Patent B2
US 9,401,301 · App. 14/340,489 · Granted Jul 26, 2016

Semiconductor device having a gate that is buried in an active region and a device isolation film

Inventor: Kang Yoo Song (Seongnam, KR)
Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
H01L21/76224H01L21/26506H01L21/28026H01L21/28525H01L21/30604H01L29/0649H01L29/41791H01L29/4236H01L29/456H01L29/66795H01L29/785
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Patent No.
US 9,401,301
App. No.
14/340,489
Granted
Jul 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes an active region with a first gate trench formed when a gate region is etched to a first depth, a device isolation film defining the active region and including a second gate-trench formed when a gate region is etched to a second depth, a gate buried below the first gate trench and the second gate trench, and a source plug and a drain plug formed when a conductive material is deposited in a source region and a drain region of the active region.

Claims (22)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

an active region including a first gate region;

a device isolation film defining the active region, and including a second gate region;

a gate buried in the first gate region and the second gate region;

a source plug buried in a source region of the active region, the source plug including a conductive material; and

a drain plug buried in a drain region of the active region, the drain plug including the conductive material,

wherein a bottom of the source plug and a bottom of the drain plug are on a lower level than a bottom of the gate buried in the first gate region.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom of the source plug and the bottom of the drain plug are on a same level as a bottom of the gate buried in the second gate region.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the source plug and the drain plug include a doped polysilicon or a metal.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a channel region of the active region includes a same type of impurities as the source plug and the drain plug.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the gate buried in the first gate region has a thickness of less than 100 Å.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a bit line contact plug disposed over the drain plug; and

a bit line disposed over the bit line contact plug.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the bit line contact plug and the drain plug are formed of the same material.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the active region has a protruding fin structure, and a height of the fin under the gate is greater than a height of the gate.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a bit line located below the drain plug and buried in the active region.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the active region is one of a plurality of active regions arranged parallel in a line and coupled to the same gate.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the source plug is located on a first side of the gate, the drain plug is disposed on a second side of the gate, and a portion of the active region between the source plug and the drain plug is a channel region, and

wherein the gate is doped with a first type of impurities, and the channel region, the source plug, and the drain plug are doped with a second type of impurities.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a channel region of the active region is located only under the gate buried in the first gate region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2014
From: SONG, KANG YOO
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 033419/0641 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0036798 · Mar 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150279998A1 · Oct 1, 2015