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US 12,727,220 · App. 18/154,978 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Semiconductor device comprising two-dimensional material and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device

Inventors: Junyoung Kwon (Suwon-si, KR); Sangwoo Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Kyung-Eun Byun (Suwon-si, KR); Minsu Seol (Suwon-si, KR); Minseok Shin (Suwon-si, KR); Pin Zhao (Suwon-si, KR); Taehyeong Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jaehwan Jung (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
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Patent No.
US 12,727,220
App. No.
18/154,978
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device including a two-dimensional material and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device may include a first two-dimensional material layer including a first two-dimensional semiconductor material; a plurality of second two-dimensional material layers connected to the first two-dimensional material layer, each having a thickness greater than that of the first two-dimensional material layer, and including a doped two-dimensional semiconductor material; and a plurality of electrodes on the plurality of second two-dimensional material layers.

Claims (22)

1 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a first two-dimensional material layer including a two-dimensional semiconductor material;

a plurality of second two-dimensional material layers connected to the first two-dimensional material layer, each of the plurality of second two-dimensional material layers having a thickness greater than a thickness of the first two-dimensional material layer, and each of the plurality of second two-dimensional material layers including a doped two-dimensional semiconductor material; and

a plurality of electrodes on the plurality of second two-dimensional material layers.

2 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

each of the first two-dimensional material layer and the plurality of second two-dimensional material layers include a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD).

3 . The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein

the TMD comprises at least one of Mo, W, Nb, V, Ta, Ti, Zr, Hf, Tc, Re, Cu, Ga, In, Sn, Ge, and Pb, and

the TMD comprises at least one of S, Se, and Te.

4 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first two-dimensional material layer comprises one to three layers.

5 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second two-dimensional material layers each comprise four layers or more.

6 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second two-dimensional material layers each comprise four to ten layers.

7 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second two-dimensional material layers comprise a transition metal as a dopant.

8 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first two-dimensional material layer is between two adjacent second two-dimensional material layers among the plurality of second two-dimensional material layers.

9 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

the first two-dimensional material layer comprises an n-type dopant or a p-type dopant.

10 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein

the two-dimensional semiconductor material in the first two-dimensional material layer is a same material in an entire portion of the first two-dimensional material layer,

each of the plurality of second two-dimensional material layers are the doped two-dimensional semiconductor material, and

each of the two-dimensional semiconductor material and the doped two-dimensional semiconductor material are a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD).

11 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 ,

wherein the two-dimensional semiconductor material of the first two-dimensional material layer is undoped.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2023
From: KWON, JUNYOUNG; BYUN, KYUNG-EUN; SEOL, MINSU
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062418/0102 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2023
From: KIM, SANGWOO; SHIN, MINSEOK; ZHAO, PIN; KIM, TAEHYEONG; JUNG, JAEHWAN
To: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 062418/0295 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0026219 · Feb 28, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230275128A1 · Aug 31, 2023
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