특론: 메모리 반도체 (2025-092, 50261554

1.Course Information

Course No.	SEMI690D	Section	01	Credit	3.00
Category	Major elective	Course Type		prerequisites
Postechian Core Competence	Interpersonal Relationship Global Citizenship Knowledge Research Digital Literacy Self Management Creative Convergence
Hours	TUE, THU / 14:00 ~ 15:15 / Science Bldg.I Lecture Room [118]			Grading Scale	G

2. Instructor Information

Name	Hwang Hyunsang	Department	Dept. of Materials Science & Eng.
Email address	hwanghs@postech.ac.kr	Homepage	http://www.sidp.kr
Office		Office Phone	279-2155
Office Hours

3. Course Objectives

This course covers the operating principles, scaling issues, and integration process technologies of DRAM and FLASH, the leading memory semiconductor technologies currently in mass production. It also explores next-generation non-volatile memories such as PRAM, MRAM, RRAM, and SOM, examining their fundamental operating principles and the technical challenges for their mass production. Furthermore, the course provides a brief introduction to neuromorphic semiconductor devices that utilize these emerging memory technologies. Through this course, by introducing real-world case studies from the R&D stages of semiconductor companies, students will learn practical technology development methodologies along with theoretical knowledge.

4. Prerequisites & require

Basic semiconductor device course

5. Grading

○ Mid-term Exam (50%) & Final Exam (50%)

6. Course Materials

Title	Author	Publisher	Publication Year/Edition	ISBN
Semiconductor Memory Devices and Circuits	Shimeng Yu	CRC Press	2022	9781003138747

7. Course References

Silicon VLSI technology, J. D. Plummer, M. Deal, P. B. Griffin, Prentice Hall 2000

8. Course Plan

○ 1st week: Memory technology overview
○ 2-4th week: FLASH device/process technology and Current R&D trend of Memory companies
○ 5-7th week: DRAM device/process technology and Current R&D trend of Memory companies
○ 8th week: Mid-term EXAM
○ 9th week: New-memory-1 (overview)
○ 10th week: New-memory-2 (ReRAM)
○ 11th week: New-memory-3 (PRAM)
○ 12th week: New-memory-4 (MRAM)
○ 13th week: New-memory-5 (Selector & SOM)
○ 14-15th week: Neuromorphic Devices
○ 16th week: FINAL EXAM

9. Course Operation

10. How to Teach & Remark

11. Supports for Students with a Disability

- Taking Course: interpreting services (for hearing impairment), Mobility and preferential seating assistances (for developmental disability), Note taking(for all kinds of disabilities) and etc.

- Taking Exam: Extended exam period (for all kinds of disabilities, if needed), Magnified exam papers (for sight disability), and etc.

- Please contact Center for Students with Disabilities (279-2434) for additional assistance

2025-Fall ST: Memory Semiconductor (SEMI690D-01) The course syllabus