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Professor

Prof.  Daehwan Kang (Ph. D)

Dep. of Semiconductor Engineering, POSTECH

Emerging semiconductor device and process architecture
Development of 2T-0C DRAM device
Neuromorphic device application using Atomic Layer Deposited OTS materials

Professor

Prof.  Daehwan Kang (Ph. D)

Dep. of Semiconductor Engineering, POSTECH


Emerging semiconductor device and process architecture

2T-0C Cell Architecture Design, Fabrication, and Characterization

Development of metal chalcogenide ALD process for electronic applications

77, Cheongam-ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk-Do, Korea
daehwankang@postech.ac.kr
+82-54-279-7085

Careers & Experiences


  • Dep. of Semiconductor Engineering in Pohang University Science and Technology (POSTECH), Professor (2023.02~present) 
    • Development of 4D Stackable 2T-0C DRAM device based on ultrathin channel FET (23.5~27.12.31)
    • Development of original technology for variable threshold high density memory and crossbar array (24.3.1~26.12.31)


  • Technical Support Team in National Institute for Nanomaterials Technology (NINT), Manager (2025.04~present) 
    • Development of 8-inch SiC Wafer-based Multi-Sensor SoC Platform (23.4~27.12)


  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Semiconductor R&D Center, Principal Researcher (2005. 12~2023.01) 
    • Development of 3D stackable PRAM (Phase-change Random Access Memory) with 19nm technology as a Project Leader who supervises a Technology Development (TD) department and characterization of tens of Gbit-level PRAM prototype device.
    • Development and production of 512Mb, 1Gb PRAM with 39/58/82nm technologies as a Part Leader who led and co-worked with a dozen of device engineers for improving cell performances and reliabilities of wafer-/package-level PRAM device.


  • Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Senior Researcher (2004. 2~2005.11) 
    • In-situ electrical evaluation of the threshold switching and crystallization processes of amorphous chalcogenide semiconductors


  • Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Research Fellow (2002. 3~2004. 1)
    • Investigation on thermal and electrical characteristics of electrode materials for highly Joule heating in the phase change memory cell operation by a heat conduction simulation


  • SK Hynix Semiconductor, Inc., Memory R&D Division, Senior Researcher (1997. 9~2002. 2) 
    • Development of 3D stackable PRAM (Phase-change Random Access Memory) with 19nm technology as a Project Leader who supervises a Technology Development (TD) department and characterization of tens of Gbit-level PRAM prototype device.
    • Development and production of 512Mb, 1Gb PRAM with 39/58/82nm technologies as a Part Leader who led and co-worked with a dozen of device engineers for improving cell performances and reliabilities of wafer-/package-level PRAM device.

Awards


  • Future Creators Prize in 2020 from Samsung Semiconductor Division for contributing "The Full Integration of 3D Stackable Non-volatile Memory Device with 19.5nm Technology Node"


  • Best Paper Prize in 2014 from 21st Korean Conferences of Semiconductors for contributing "The Emulation of Neuron Spiking and Synaptic Plasticity in Phase Change Memory (PCM) for Neuromorphic Applications"

Education


  • Seoul National University: Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (1993.3~1997.8) 
  • Seoul National University: M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering (1991.3~1993.2)
  • Pohang University of Science and Technology: B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (1987.3~1991.2)

Address

Dep. of Semiconductor Engineering, POSTECH 77,

Cheongam-ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk-Do, Korea

(37673)


TEL: +82-54-279-7085

E-mail: daehwankang@postech.ac.kr



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Address

Dep. of Semiconductor Engineering, POSTECH 77, Cheongam-ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk-Do, Korea (37673)


TEL: +82-54-279-7085

E-mail: daehwankang@postech.ac.kr


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