Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Changsun Hwang

Gihwan Kim

Jongheun Lim

Hansol Seok

Seungmin Lee

Junhyoung Kim

Kangmin Kim

Dongseog Eun

Chungki Min

Youngjin Kwon

Taemin Eom

A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell array region and a contact region; a plurality of gate electrodes arranged on the substrate in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, the plurality of gate electrodes being extending in the cell array region and the contact region; a plurality of channel structures penetrating the plurality of gate electrodes in the first direction in the cell array region; a plurality of dummy channel structures penetrating the plurality of gate electrodes in the first direction in the contact region; a plurality of cell gate contacts extending in the first direction and each electrically connected to a respective one of the plurality of gate electrodes in the contact region; and a plurality of dummy contacts extending in the first direction on the plurality of dummy channel structures.

Non-volatile memory devices with dummy channel structures in contact region and associated systems

An integrated circuit device includes: a substrate having a cell region, a peripheral circuit region, and an interconnection region between the cell region and the peripheral circuit region; a first cell stack structure and a second cell stack structure on the first cell stack structure, each including a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of word line structures alternately stacked on the substrate; and a dummy stack structure located at a same vertical level as the second cell stack structure, and including a plurality of dummy insulating layers and a plurality of dummy support layers alternately stacked in the peripheral circuit region.

Integrated circuit device including vertical memory device

Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. The methods may include forming a stacked structure that may include a stacking area and a stepped area and may include first layers and second layers alternately stacked. The second layers may have a stepped shape in the stepped area, and the stepped area may include at least one flat area and at least one inclined stepped area. The methods may also include forming a capping insulating layer covering the stacked structure. The capping insulating layer may include a first capping region having a first upper surface and a second capping region having a second upper surface at a lower level than the first upper surface. The methods may further include patterning the capping insulating layer to form protrusions at least one of which overlaps the stepped area and then planarizing the capping insulating layer.

Planarization method of a capping insulating layer, a method of forming a semiconductor device using the same, and a semiconductor device formed thereby

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Changsun Hwang