Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Joyoung Park

Seok-Won Lee

Seongjun Seo

Jinwoo Park

Jeonggil Lee

Hauk Han

Hyunseok Lim

Oik Kwon

Yong-Hyun Kwon

Kihyun Yoon

Byungyong Choi

Jooyeon Ha

Seungpil Chung

Chunghwan Yang

Taeyun Bae

Jaeshin Park

Jiwoong Sue

Jeongsoo Kim

A three-dimensional flash memory device is described that may include a substrate, a plurality of cell gate patterns and a plurality of mold insulating layers alternately stacked on the substrate, and a vertical channel structure in contact with side surfaces of the plurality of cell gate patterns and side surfaces of the plurality of mold insulating layers. Each of the plurality of cell gate patterns may include a cell gate electrode and a blocking barrier pattern adjacently disposed on one side surface of the cell gate electrode. An inner side surface of the blocking barrier pattern may include an upper inner side surface, a middle inner side surface, and a lower inner side surface. The middle inner side surface of the blocking barrier pattern may face the one side surface of the cell gate electrode. The blocking barrier pattern may have a portion protruding toward the cell gate electrode at a connection point between the upper inner side surface of the blocking barrier pattern and the middle inner side surface of the blocking barrier pattern.

Three-dimensional flash memory device including cell gate patterns having blocking barrier patterns and a method for manufacturing the same

A three-dimensional semiconductor device is provided as follows. A substrate includes a contact region, a dummy region, and a cell array region. A stack structure includes electrodes vertically stacked on the substrate. The electrodes are stacked to have a first stepwise structure on the contact region and a second stepwise structure in the dummy region. Ends of at least two adjacent electrodes in the second stepwise structure have first sidewalls vertically aligned so that horizontal positions of the first sidewalls are substantially the same.

Three-dimensional semiconductor device

A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate that includes a first cell array region and a peripheral region, a plurality of stack structures that extend in the first direction on the first cell array region and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction, an insulation layer that covers the stack structures, and at least one separation structure that extends in the second direction on the peripheral region and penetrates the insulation layer in a direction normal to a top surface of the substrate.

Semiconductor memory devices having separation structures

Disclosed is a semiconductor memory device including stacks on a substrate, a vertical channel portion connected to the substrate through each of the stacks, and a separation pattern disposed between the stacks. Each of the stacks may include a plurality of gate electrodes stacked on the substrate and insulating patterns interposed between the gate electrodes. Each of the gate electrodes may include a first metal pattern, which is disposed between the insulating patterns to define a recess region recessed toward the vertical channel portion, and a second metal pattern disposed in the recess region. The first and second metal patterns may contain the same metallic material and may have mean grain sizes different from each other.

Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices

A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell region and a connection region. A stack is disposed on the substrate. A vertical channel structure penetrates the stack in the cell region. The stack includes electrode patterns and insulating patterns which are alternatingly and repeatedly stacked on the substrate. Each of the electrode patterns may extend in a first direction and include a pad portion. The pad portion is positioned in the connection region. The pad portion includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall that extend in the first direction on opposite sides of the pad portion. The first sidewall has a recessed portion that is recessed in a second direction crossing the first direction toward the second sidewall.

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