Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyojoon Ryu

Jeehoon Han

Seogoo Kang

Kohji Kanamori

Jesuk Moon

Sunil Shim

Wonseok Cho

Younghwan Son

Junghoon Jun

Jeehon Han

Shinhwan Kang

Jisung Cheon

Jinsoo Lim

Junhee Lim

Bongyong Lee

Jaeryong Sim

Sangyoun Jo

Byunggon Park

Kwanyong Kim

Kiyoon Kang

Heesuk Kim

A semiconductor device includes; a memory stack disposed on a substrate and including a lower gate electrode, an upper gate stack including a string selection line, a vertically extending memory gate contact disposed on the lower gate electrode, and a vertically extending selection line stud disposed on the string selection line. The string selection line includes a material different from that of the lower gate electrode, and the selection line stud includes a material different from that of the memory gate contact.

Semiconductor device having selection line stud connected to string selection line

A semiconductor device includes a first structure and a second structure thereon. The first structure includes a substrate, circuit elements on the substrate, a lower interconnection structure electrically connected to the circuit elements, and lower bonding pads, which are electrically connected to the lower interconnection structure. The second structure includes a stack structure including: gate electrodes and interlayer insulating layers, which are alternately stacked and spaced apart in a vertical direction; a plate layer that extends on the stack structure; channel structures within the stack structure, separation regions, which penetrate at least partially through the stack structure, and upper bonding pads, which are electrically connected to the gate electrodes and the channel structures, and are bonded to corresponding ones of the lower bonding pads.

Semiconductor storage devices and data storage systems including the same

A semiconductor device includes; gate layers stacked on a substrate, a channel layer extending through the gate layers, a string select gate layer disposed on the channel layer and a string select channel layer extending through the string select gate layer to contact the channel layer. The string select channel layer includes a first portion below the string select gate layer including a first protruding region, a second portion extending through the string select gate layer, and a third portion above the string select gate layer including a second protruding region.

Semiconductor devices with string select channel layer

Semiconductor devices with string select channel for improved upper connection

A semiconductor device including a substrate having a cell, peripheral, and boundary area; a stack structure on the cell area and including insulating and interconnection layers that are alternately stacked; a molding layer on the peripheral area boundary areas; a selection line isolation pattern extending into the stack structure; a cell channel structure passing through the stack structure; and first dummy patterns extending into the molding layer on the peripheral area, wherein upper surfaces of the first dummy patterns, an upper surface of the selection line isolation pattern, and an upper surface of the cell channel structure are coplanar, and at least one of the first dummy patterns extends in parallel with the selection line isolation pattern or cell channel structure from upper surfaces of the first dummy patterns, the upper surface of the selection line isolation pattern, and the upper surface of the cell channel structure toward the substrate.

Semiconductor devices including dummy patterns for discharging effects

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Hyojoon Ryu