Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jeeyong Kim

Jung-Hwan Lee

Junghwan Lee

Kihyun Hwang

Sunggil Kim

Woonkyung Lee

Bonyoung Koo

Jin-Kyu Kang

Jintae Noh

Byoungsun Ju

Hyunmin Lee

Hyunchul Back

Sangwon Kim

Daeseok Byeon

Sanghoon Ahn

Hwanyeol Park

Subin Shin

Habin Lim

Seunghui Hong

An integrated circuit device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a cell region and a dummy region outside the cell region, a plurality of gate electrodes and a plurality of insulating layers, in the cell region, extending in first and second directions parallel to a main surface of the semiconductor substrate and alternately stacked in a third direction perpendicular to the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, the first and second directions crossing each other, and a plurality of dummy mold layers and a plurality of dummy insulating layers alternately stacked in the dummy region in the third direction, wherein a carbon concentration of an upper dummy mold layer of the plurality of dummy mold layers is less than a carbon concentration of a lower dummy mold layer of the plurality of dummy mold layers, the lower dummy mold layer being between the upper dummy mold layer and the main surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Integrated circuit device and electronic system including the same

A peripheral circuit structure may include peripheral circuits and peripheral circuit lines on a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor layer including cell array and connection regions on the peripheral circuit structure, a stack including electrodes stacked on the semiconductor layer having a stepwise structure on the connection region, and a planarization insulating layer covering the stack, vertical structures on the cell array region penetrating the stack, including a data storage pattern, a dam group including insulating dams on the connection region penetrating the stack, penetration plugs penetrating the insulating dams and connected to respective peripheral circuit lines, the dam group including a first insulating dam farthest from the cell array region, the first insulating dam including first and second sidewall portions spaced apart, a difference between upper and lower thicknesses of the second sidewall portion of the first insulating dam is larger than that of the first sidewall portion.

Semiconductor device and electronic system including the same

A semiconductor device includes: a substrate including a memory cell region and a connection region; a plurality of gate lines vertically overlapping each other in the memory cell region of the substrate in a vertical direction, each gate line including a first metal; a stepped connection unit in the connection region and comprising a plurality of conductive pad regions, each conductive pad region including the first metal and integrally connected to a respective gate line of the plurality of gate lines; a plurality of contact structures vertically overlapping the stepped connection unit, each contact structure connected to a respectively corresponding conductive pad region of the plurality of conductive pad regions and including a second metal; and at least one metal silicide layer between at least one contact structure and the respectively corresponding conductive pad region.

Semiconductor devices and electronic systems including the same

A through via structure includes a through via and a capping pattern. The through via includes a metal pattern extending in a vertical direction, and a barrier pattern on a sidewall and a lower surface of the metal pattern. The capping pattern contacts an upper surface of the through via. A lowermost surface of an edge portion of the capping pattern is not higher than a lowermost surface of a central portion of the capping pattern.

Through via structure, semiconductor device including the through via structure, and massive data storage system including the semiconductor device

Three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory devices capable of improving reliability may be provided. For example, a three dimensional (3D) memory device, in which a plurality of memory cell strings are vertically arranged, may include a substrate, a stack structure of alternating a plurality of interlayer dielectric (ILD) layers and a plurality of gate electrodes, at least one of the ILD layers including pores, a vertical structure penetrating the stack structure and electrically connected to the substrate, and a data storage layer between the stack structure and the vertical structure.

Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device

Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a charge storage pattern formed on a substrate; a dielectric pattern formed on the charge storage pattern; a first conductive pattern including silicon doped with a first impurity of a first concentration, the first conductive pattern being disposed on the dielectric pattern; and a second conductive pattern including metal silicide doped with a second impurity of a second concentration, the second conductive pattern being disposed on the first conductive pattern. The first concentration may be higher than the second concentration.

Semiconductor devices

Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device may include interconnections extending in a first direction on a substrate and spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, barrier dielectric patterns disposed on top surfaces of the interconnections, respectively, and an upper interlayer dielectric layer disposed on the interconnection. Respective air gaps are disposed between adjacent ones of the interconnections.

Integrated circuit devices including interconnections insulated by air gaps and methods of fabricating the same

Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same

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