US 12,132,119 B2
Semiconductor devices
Kihwan Kim, Seoul (KR); Sunguk Jang, Hwaseong-si (KR); Sujin Jung, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Youngdae Cho, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/489,181.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0001407 (KR), filed on Jan. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0216348 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 29/786 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/161 (2006.01); H01L 29/167 (2006.01); H01L 29/417 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 29/78696 (2013.01) [H01L 21/02532 (2013.01); H01L 21/02576 (2013.01); H01L 21/02579 (2013.01); H01L 21/0259 (2013.01); H01L 29/0665 (2013.01); H01L 29/167 (2013.01); H01L 29/42392 (2013.01); H01L 29/66545 (2013.01); H01L 29/66553 (2013.01); H01L 29/66742 (2013.01); H01L 29/78618 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
an active region extending in a first direction on a substrate;
a plurality of channel layers vertically spaced apart from each other on the active region, and including a semiconductor material;
a gate structure extending in a second direction on the substrate,
wherein the gate structure intersects the active region and the plurality of channel layers, and surrounds the plurality of channel layers; and
a source/drain region disposed on the active region on at least one side of the gate structure,
wherein the source/drain region contacts the plurality of channel layers and includes first impurities,
wherein in a channel layer of the plurality of channel layers, a lower region adjacent to the active region includes the first impurities and second impurities at a first concentration, and an upper region includes the first impurities and the second impurities at a second concentration lower than the first concentration,
wherein the channel layer of the plurality of channel layers is disposed between two adjacent gate layers of the gate structure.