Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Duck Gyu Kim

Sang-Uk Han

Jae-Min Jung

Jeong-Kyu Ha

Min Ki Kim

A semiconductor device includes: a substrate including a semiconductor chip region, a guard ring region adjacent to the semiconductor chip region, and an edge region adjacent to the guard ring region; a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the substrate; a wiring structure disposed inside the first interlayer insulating layer and in the guard ring region, wherein the wiring structure includes a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer disposed above the first wiring layer; and a trench configured to expose at least a part of the first interlayer insulating, layer in the edge region, wherein the trench includes a first bottom surface and a second bottom surface formed at a level different from that of the first bottom surface, wherein the first bottom surface is formed between the wiring structure and the second bottom surface, and the second bottom surface is formed adjacent to the first bottom surface.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Duck Gyu Kim