Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Euntaek Jung

Joongshik Shin

JiHye Yun

Byoungil Lee

Hyunmog Park

Joonhee Lee

Sangjun Hong

Dongyoun Shin

Jong-Min Lee

Yong-Hoon Son

Jaeho Kim

Joon-Sung Lim

Jiwon Kim

Jihoon Park

Seul Gee Lee

Joonsung Kim

Woosung Yang

Sukkang Sung

Bonghyun Choi

Sejie Takaki

Yujin Seo

Hojun Seong

Sangdon Lee

Changdae Jung

Jongho Woo

Junho Cha

JoongShik Shin

A semiconductor device includes an electrode structure including electrodes stacked on a substrate and an insulating pattern on an uppermost electrode of the electrodes, a vertical structure that penetrates the electrode structure and is connected to the substrate, a first insulating layer on the electrode and the vertical structure, a conductive pattern that penetrates the first insulating layer and is connected to the vertical structure, an upper horizontal electrode on the conductive pattern, and an upper semiconductor pattern that penetrates the upper horizontal electrode and is connected to the conductive pattern. The conductive pattern has a first side surface on the vertical structure and a second side surface on the insulating pattern.

Semiconductor device including separate upper channel structures and electronic system including the same

A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device includes a source structure disposed on a horizontal semiconductor layer and including a first source conductive pattern and a second source conductive pattern which are sequentially stacked on the horizontal semiconductor layer, an electrode structure including a plurality of electrodes vertically stacked on the source structure, and a vertical semiconductor pattern penetrating the electrode structure and the source structure, wherein a portion of a sidewall of the vertical semiconductor pattern is in contact with the source structure. The first source conductive pattern includes a discontinuous interface at a level between a top surface of the horizontal semiconductor layer and a bottom surface of the second source conductive pattern.

Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices

A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device includes a source conductive pattern on a substrate and extending in parallel to a top surface of the substrate, and an electrode structure including an erase control gate electrode, a ground selection gate electrode, cell gate electrodes, and a string selection gate electrode, which are sequentially stacked on the source conductive pattern in a first direction perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate.

A semiconductor device includes a pattern structure; a stack structure including gate and interlayer insulating layers on the pattern structure; and vertical structures penetrating through the stack structure, contacting the pattern structure. The pattern structure includes a lower pattern layer, an intermediate pattern layer, and an upper pattern layer sequentially stacked, the vertical structures including a vertical memory structure penetrating through the upper pattern and intermediate pattern layers and extending into the lower pattern layer, the intermediate pattern layer including a first portion, a second portion extending from the first portion and having a decreased thickness, and a third portion extending from the first portion, having an increased thickness, and contacting the vertical memory structure. The second portion of the intermediate pattern layer has a side surface that is lowered while forming a surface curved from an upper surface of the first portion and that contacts the upper pattern layer.

Semiconductor device

Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices having a vertical semiconductor pattern

Disclosed is a semiconductor memory device comprising a second substrate on a first substrate and including a lower semiconductor layer and an upper semiconductor layer on the lower semiconductor layer, an electrode structure on the upper semiconductor layer and including a plurality of stacked electrodes, a vertical channel structure that penetrates the electrode structure and is connected to the second substrate, an interlayer dielectric layer that covers the electrode structure, and a cutting structure that penetrates the interlayer dielectric layer and the upper semiconductor layer. The upper semiconductor layer has a first sidewall defined by the cutting structure. The lower semiconductor layer has a second sidewall adjacent to the first sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall are horizontally offset from each other.

Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device and method of fabricating the same

A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, an electrode structure including a plurality of gate electrodes sequentially stacked on the substrate in a first direction that extends perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, a source conductive pattern between the substrate and the electrode structure, a vertical semiconductor pattern penetrating the electrode structure and the source conductive pattern, and a data storage pattern extending in the first direction between the vertical semiconductor pattern and the electrode structure. A lower surface of the data storage pattern contacts the source conductive pattern. A portion of the lower surface of the data storage pattern is at a different height from the upper surface of the substrate, in relation to a height of another portion of the lower surface of the data storage pattern from the upper surface of the substrate.

Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same are provided. A memory device may include a semiconductor layer including first and second regions, first vertical structures on the first region and extending in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the semiconductor layer, and second vertical structures on the second region and extending in the first direction. The first vertical structure may include a vertical semiconductor pattern extending in the first direction and in contact with the semiconductor layer, and a first data storage pattern surrounding the vertical semiconductor pattern. The second vertical structure may include an insulation structure extending in the first direction and in contact with the semiconductor layer, and a second data storage pattern surrounding the insulation structure.

Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same

A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a ground selection line, a word line, an insulating layer, a vertical channel portion, and a first peripheral circuit gate pattern. The substrate includes a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region. The ground selection line is on the cell array region. The word line is on the ground selection line. The insulating layer is between the ground selection line and the word line. The vertical channel portion penetrates the ground selection line, word line, and insulating layer in a direction vertical to a top surface of the substrate. The first peripheral circuit gate pattern is on the peripheral circuit region of the substrate. The insulating layer extends from the cell array region onto the peripheral circuit region to cover a top surface of the first peripheral circuit gate pattern.

Semiconductor memory device

A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell array region and a contact region, a stack structure including gate electrodes sequentially stacked on the substrate, vertical structures penetrating the stack structure, and cell contact plugs connected to end portions of the gate electrodes in the contact region. Upper surfaces of the end portions of the gate electrodes have an acute angle with respect to an upper surface of the substrate in the cell array region.

Three-dimensional semiconductor devices with inclined gate electrodes

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