Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Kangmin Kim

Junhyoung Kim

Seungmin Lee

Seungmin Song

Joongshik Shin

Geunwon Lim

Jaehoon Shin

Byungkwan You

Seunghwan Lee

Yongjin Kwon

Joonsung Lim

Dongseog Eun

Taemin Eom

Beyounghyun Koh

Sungsoo Ahn

Jaehoon Lee

Nam-Gon Choi

Seokha Hong

Jinpil Kim

Kyoung Ho Lim

Hyejin Lee

Taehyeong An

Yonghoon Son

Kyeong Jin Park

Byunggon Park

Seoung-Bum Pyoun

Kunhee Jo

Dongseong Kim

Hyeonjoo Song

Moon Shik Kang

Changhwan Lee

Changsun Hwang

Kiyoon Kang

Hongik Son

Kyeongjin Park

Seugmin Lee

Seulji Lee

Seokhwa Jung

A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell array region and a contact region; a plurality of gate electrodes arranged on the substrate in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, the plurality of gate electrodes being extending in the cell array region and the contact region; a plurality of channel structures penetrating the plurality of gate electrodes in the first direction in the cell array region; a plurality of dummy channel structures penetrating the plurality of gate electrodes in the first direction in the contact region; a plurality of cell gate contacts extending in the first direction and each electrically connected to a respective one of the plurality of gate electrodes in the contact region; and a plurality of dummy contacts extending in the first direction on the plurality of dummy channel structures.

Non-volatile memory devices with dummy channel structures in contact region and associated systems

A semiconductor device includes a first structure including a substrate, circuit devices, a lower interconnection structure electrically connected to the circuit devices, and a second structure on the first structure. The second structure includes a conductive plate layer; gate electrodes on the conductive plate layer and extending in a first direction; separation regions penetrating through the gate electrodes and extending in the first direction; channel structures penetrating through the gate electrodes and respectively including a channel layer; through-contact plugs spaced apart from the gate electrodes and extending in the vertical direction to be electrically connected to the lower interconnection structure of the first structure; first and second contacts electrically connected to the channel layer and the through-contact plugs, respectively; bitlines electrically connecting at least one of each of the first and second contacts to each other; and dummy contacts connected to the bitlines and spaced apart from the through-contact plugs.

Semiconductor devices and data storage systems including the same

A semiconductor device may include: a semiconductor substrate; a peripheral circuit structure on the semiconductor substrate; a plate pattern on the peripheral circuit structure and having a gap; and a stack structure on the plate pattern and including a first stack region and a second stack region. The first stack region may include gate electrodes stacked in a vertical direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, and the second stack region may include both a conductor stack region including conductive layers stacked in the vertical direction and an insulator stack region including molded insulating layers at substantially the same height level as the conductive layers. The semiconductor device may also include vertical memory structure that extends through the first stack region; and source contact plugs electrically connected to at least one of the conductive layers of the conductor stack region and contacting the plate pattern.

A semiconductor device includes a first structure including a peripheral circuit and a second structure on the first structure. The second structure includes: a stack structure including first and second stack structures; separation structures passing through the first stack structure; a memory vertical structure between the separation structures and passing through the first stack structure; and a capacitor including first and second capacitor electrodes passing through the second stack structure and extending parallel to each other. The first stack structure includes spaced apart gate electrodes and interlayer insulating layers alternately stacked therewith. The second stack structure includes spaced apart first insulating layers, and second insulating layers alternately stacked therewith. Each of the first and second capacitor electrodes has a linear shape. The first and second insulating layers include a different material from each other. The second insulating layers include the same material as the interlayer insulating layers.

Semiconductor devices including capacitor electrodes

A semiconductor device of the disclosure includes a peripheral circuit structure including a peripheral transistor, a semiconductor layer on the peripheral circuit structure, a source structure on the semiconductor layer, a gate stack structure disposed on the source structure and including insulating patterns and conductive patterns alternately stacked, a memory channel structure electrically connected to the source structure and penetrating the gate stack structure, a support structure penetrating the gate stack structure and the source structure, and an insulating layer covering the gate stack structure, the memory channel structure and the support structure. The support structure includes an outer support layer contacting side walls of the insulating patterns and side walls of the conductive patterns, and a support pattern and an inner support layer contacting an inner side wall of the outer support layer.

Semiconductor device including support structure, method for manufacturing the same and electronic system including the same

A vertical memory device includes gate electrode structures, channels, first to third division patterns, and a first support layer. The gate electrode structure includes gate electrodes stacked in a first direction, and extends in a second direction. The gate electrode structures are spaced apart from one another in a third direction. The first division pattern extends in the second direction between the gate electrode structures. The second and third division patterns are alternately disposed in the second direction between the gate electrode structures. The first support layer is on the gate electrode structures at substantially the same height as upper portions of the first and second division patterns, and contacts the upper portions of the first and second division patterns. The upper portions of the first and second division patterns are arranged in a zigzag pattern in the second direction in a plan view.

Vertical memory device with multiple support layers

A memory device includes a substrate; a stacked structure including a plurality of gate layers and a plurality of interlayer insulating layers that are alternately stacked on the substrate in a vertical direction, the stacked structure including a row of cutouts, each of the cutouts extending in a first horizontal direction and being configured to cut the plurality of gate layers, the cutouts being apart from each other and arranged in a cell region of the stacked structure in the first horizontal direction; and a row of channel structures, the channel structures being arranged in the cell region in the first horizontal direction, each of the channel structures extending in the vertical direction to penetrate the plurality of gate layers.

Memory device

A semiconductor chip includes a substrate, a source structure disposed on the substrate, and a support pattern disposed on the source structure. Each of the source structure and the support pattern includes polysilicon. The semiconductor chip further includes an electrode structure disposed on the support pattern, and a plurality of vertical structures extending vertically through the electrode structure. The electrode structure includes a lower electrode structure disposed on the support pattern and including a plurality of lower gate electrodes and a plurality of first insulating films, a second insulating film disposed on the lower electrode structure, and an upper electrode structure disposed on the second insulating film and including a plurality of upper gate electrodes and a plurality of third insulating films. The vertical structures contact the source structure above the source structure.

Semiconductor chip and semiconductor device including the same

A semiconductor device includes: a substrate that includes a first region and a second region; gate electrodes stacked on the first region in a first direction, extend by different lengths in a second direction on the second region, and respectively including a pad region having an upper surface that is upwardly exposed in the second region; interlayer insulating layers alternately stacked with the gate electrodes; channel structures that extend in the first direction and penetrate through the gate electrodes; plug insulating layers alternately disposed with the interlayer insulating layers and parallel to the gate electrodes below the pad region; and contact plugs that extend in the first direction and respectively penetrate through the pad region and the plug insulating layers below the pad region. In each of the gate electrodes, the pad region has physical properties that differ from physical properties of regions other than the pad region.

An integrated circuit device includes a substrate, a peripheral wiring circuit that includes a bypass via and is disposed on the substrate, a peripheral circuit that includes an interlayer insulating layer surrounding at least a portion of the peripheral wiring circuit, and a memory cell array disposed on and overlapping the peripheral circuit. The memory cell array includes a base substrate, a plurality of gate lines disposed on the base substrate, and a plurality of channels penetrating the plurality of gate lines. The integrated circuit device further includes a barrier layer interposed between the peripheral circuit and the memory cell array. The barrier layer includes a bypass hole penetrating from a top surface to a lower surface of the barrier layer. The bypass via is disposed in the bypass hole.

Integrated circuit device

A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device may include gate stacks that are on a substrate, are spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and include electrodes and cell insulating layers alternately stacked, a separation structure between the gate stacks and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, vertical structures penetrating the gate stacks and having conductive pads on upper portions thereof, a supporting structure on the gate stacks, bit lines on the supporting structure, and contact plugs penetrating the supporting structure and electrically connecting the bit lines to the vertical structures. A bottom surface of a portion of the supporting structure on the separation structure may be lower than top surfaces of the conductive pads.

Semiconductor devices and electronic systems including the same

A vertical memory device includes a gate electrode structure formed on a substrate including a cell array region and a pad region, a channel, contact plugs, and support structures. The gate electrode structure includes gate electrodes extending in a second direction and stacked in a staircase shape in a first direction on the pad region. The channel extends through the gate electrode structure on the cell array region. The contact plugs contact corresponding ones of steps, respectively, of the gate electrode structure. The support structures extend through the corresponding ones of the steps, respectively, and extend in the first direction on the pad region. The support structure includes a filling pattern and an etch stop pattern covering a sidewall and a bottom surface thereof. An upper surface of each of the support structures is higher than that of the channel.

Vertical memory devices having support structures to replace dummy channels and methods of manufacturing the same

A semiconductor device includes a first substrate; devices on the first substrate; a second substrate on the devices; gate electrodes stacked on the second substrate and spaced apart from each other in a first direction; channel structures penetrating the gate electrodes, extending in the first direction, and including a channel layer; isolation regions penetrating the gate electrodes and extending in a second direction; a through contact plug penetrating the second substrate, extending in the first direction, and electrically connecting the gate electrodes to the devices; a barrier structure spaced apart from the through contact plug and surrounding the through contact plug; and a support structure on the gate electrodes and including support patterns, wherein the support structure has first through regions spaced apart from each other in the second direction on the isolation regions and a second through region in contact with an upper surface of the barrier structure.

A vertical memory device includes a gate electrode structure, a channel, an insulation pattern structure, an etch stop structure, and a through via. The gate electrode structure includes gate electrodes spaced apart from each other on a substrate in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and each of the gate electrodes extends in a second direction parallel to the upper surface of the substrate. The channel extends in the first direction through the gate electrode structure. The insulation pattern structure extends through the gate electrode structure. The etch stop structure extends through the gate electrode structure and surround at least a portion of a sidewall of the insulation pattern structure, and the etch stop structure includes a filling pattern and an etch stop pattern on a sidewall of the filling pattern. The through via extends in the first direction through the insulation pattern structure.

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