A semiconductor device includes a substrate that includes an active pattern, a channel pattern and a source/drain pattern on the active pattern, a gate electrode on the channel pattern, an active contact electrically connected to the source/drain pattern, and a gate contact electrically connected to the gate electrode. The active contact includes a first barrier pattern, a first seed pattern on the first barrier pattern, a first fill pattern on the first seed pattern, and a first metal-containing pattern between the first seed pattern and the first fill pattern. The first metal-containing pattern includes tungsten nitride. A nitrogen concentration of the first metal-containing pattern decreases in a direction toward the substrate.

A via connection layer for an electronic package and method for fabricating a via connection layer are provided. The via connection layer includes asymmetric via(s) formed in the via connection layer. The asymmetric via include a first sidewall with a first slope angle in a first direction and a second sidewall, where the second sidewall includes a second slope angle in the first direction.

By using a conductive layer including Cu as a long lead wiring, increase in wiring resistance is suppressed. Further, the conductive layer including Cu is provided in such a manner that it does not overlap with the oxide semiconductor layer in which a channel region of a TFT is formed, and is surrounded by insulating layers including silicon nitride, whereby diffusion of Cu can be prevented; thus, a highly reliable semiconductor device can be manufactured. Specifically, a display device which is one embodiment of a semiconductor device can have high display quality and operate stably even when the size or definition thereof is increased.

A semiconductor device is provided and includes a substrate and a stack on the substrate. The stack includes plural active layers that are vertically stacked and spaced apart from each other, and plural gate electrodes that are on the active layers, respectively, and vertically stacked. Each active layer includes a channel layer under a corresponding one of the gate electrodes, and a source/drain layer disposed at a side of the channel layer and electrically connected to the channel layer. The channel layer is made of a two-dimensional atomic layer of a first material.

A transistor comprises a pair of source/drain regions having a channel there-between. A transistor gate construction is operatively proximate the channel. The channel comprises Si.sub.1-yGe.sub.y, where “y” is from 0 to 0.6. At least a portion of each of the source/drain regions comprises Si.sub.1-xGe.sub.x, where “x” is from 0.5 to 1. Other embodiments, including methods, are disclosed.

The disclosure provides a thin film transistor, a method of manufacturing the thin film transistor, an array substrate and a display device, belongs to the field of display technology, and can solve the problem that an existing thin film transistor is prone to cracking or breaking due to bending. The thin film transistor of the present disclosure includes a substrate and an active layer arranged on the substrate, and at least one groove is arranged on a surface of the active layer distal to the substrate.

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device that includes a semiconductor fin disposed over a substrate, an isolation structure at least partially surrounding the fin, an epitaxial source/drain (S/D) feature disposed over the semiconductor fin, where an extended portion of the epitaxial S/D feature extends over the isolation structure, and a silicide layer disposed on the epitaxial S/D feature, where the silicide layer covers top, bottom, sidewall, front, and back surfaces of the extended portion of the S/D feature.

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method includes: providing a base; forming bit lines on the base, and forming semiconductor channels on surfaces of the bit lines away from the base, the semiconductor channel including a first doped region, a channel region and a second doped region arranged sequentially; forming a first dielectric layer, the first dielectric layer surrounding sidewalls of the semiconductor channels, and a first gap being provided between parts of the first dielectric layer located on sidewalls of adjacent semiconductor channels on a same bit line; forming a second dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer filling up the first gaps, and a material of the second dielectric layer being different from a material of the first dielectric layer; removing a part of the first dielectric layer to expose sidewalls of the channel regions.

A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate and a plurality of nanowires. The substrate has an upper surface. The nanowires are stacked on the upper surface of the substrate along a first direction. The nanowires include a triangle in a cross section, and the nanowires include a plane extending along a second direction, a first down-slant facet on a (111) plane, and a second down-slant facet on an additional (111) plane.

A semiconductor memory device includes: a substrate having a first channel structure and a second channel structure respectively extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a first gate structure disposed on the first channel structure and extending in the second direction on the substrate; a second gate structure disposed on the second channel structure and extending in the second direction; first source/drain regions respectively disposed on opposite sides of the first gate structure; second source/drain regions respectively disposed on opposite sides of the second gate structure; a gate separation pattern disposed between the first and second gate structures and having an upper surface at a level lower than that of an upper surface of each of the first and second gate structures, the gate separation pattern including a first insulating material; and a gate capping layer disposed on the first and second gate structures and having an extension portion extending between the first and second gate structures to be connected to the gate separation pattern, the gate capping layer including a second insulating material different from the first insulating material.