Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Ju-Hyuck Chung

Jung-Dal Choi

Choong-Ho Lee

Hee-Soo Kang

Jong-Sun Sel

Dong-Uk Choi

In some embodiments, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate that includes a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region. The semiconductor memory device further includes a device isolation pattern on the substrate. The device isolation pattern defines a first active region and a second active region within the cell array region and a third active region in the peripheral circuit region. The semiconductor memory device further includes a first common source region, a plurality of first source/drain regions, and a first drain region in the first active region. The semiconductor memory device further includes a second common source region, a plurality of second source/drain regions, and a second drain region in the second active region. The semiconductor memory device further includes a third source/drain region in the third active region. The semiconductor memory device further includes a common source line contacting the first and second common source regions.

Semiconductor memory devices

In one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having first and second active regions. The first active region includes a first source and drain regions and the second active region includes a second source and drain regions. A first interlayer dielectric is located over the substrate. A first conductive structure extends through the first interlayer dielectric. A first bit line is on the first interlayer dielectric. A second interlayer dielectric is on the first interlayer dielectric. A contact hole extends through the second and first interlayer dielectrics. The device includes a second conductive structure within the contact hole and extending through the first and second interlayer dielectrics. A second bit line is on the second interlayer dielectric. A width of the contact hole at a bottom of the second interlayer dielectric is less than or substantially equal to a width at a top of the second interlayer dielectric.

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Ju-Hyuck Chung