Professor

Sung-Woong Chung


Department of Semiconductor Engineering, POSTECH

Office +82-54-279-2365

swchung@postech.ac.kr
419-1 C5, 80, Jigok-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea [37666]
+82-10-3106-7622

Professor

Sung-Woong Chung

Department of Semiconductor Engineering, POSTECH

Office +82-54-279-2365
swchung@postech.ac.kr
419-1 C5, 80, Jigok-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea [37666]
+82-10-3106-7622

Education


1992-1996

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, MS (Ph.D.)


1990-1992 

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, MS (M.S.)


1986-1990

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, Physics (B.S.)


Professional Experience 


2023-present 

Professor, Pohang University of Science and Technology


2020-2022 

Vice President, R&D, SK Materials 


2014-2019 

Research Fellow, R&D, SK Hynix


2008-2014 

Team leader, new tech innovation, SK Hynix


2005-2007 

DRAM non-planar transistor researcher, Hynix


2000-2004 

Advanced process researcher, Hynix


1996-1999 

Advanced process researcher, LG Semicon


Major Technical Contributions 


2008-2019

Contributed to the Spin Transfer Torque Magnetic RAM


2008-2012

Initiation of emerging memory development


2005-2008

Commercialized 3D transistor for DRAM cell


1996-2004

Shallow trench isolation technology


Research Interest


Emerging New Memory: Architecture, highly efficient sensing circuit, and cell technology


DRAM scaling technology (Offset reduction latch transistor technology and EUV patterning process, high-k dielectrics)


Neuromorphic computing architecture including synaptic device and operators


Low power technologies such as low-k dielectrics and low resistivity materials.


Process integration and Access device for 3D stacked memory and related new process


Surface reaction for Self-limiting area selective ALD and ALE


High performance device and process integration for PIM (Processor in Memory)


Spin devices such as STT, SOT


Statistical approach for data science and machine learning algorithm

419-1 C5, 80, Jigok-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si,

Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea [37666]


swchung@postech.ac.kr

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419-1 C5, 80, Jigok-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea [37666]

swchung@postech.ac.kr

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