Toshiba Memory Corporation

Masahiro Fukuda

Ryota Suzuki

Tatsuo Izumi

Takuo Ohashi

Kazuharu Yamabe

Takayuki Kashima

Takashi Hirotani

A semiconductor memory device includes a conductive layer; a first electrode layer provided above the conductive layer; a second electrode layer provided between the conductive layer and the first electrode layer; a first semiconductor channel body extending through the first electrode layer in a first direction from the conductive layer to the first electrode layer; a second semiconductor channel body provided between the conductive layer and the first semiconductor channel body, the second semiconductor channel body extending through the second electrode layer; and an insulating layer provided between the second semiconductor channel body and the second electrode layer. The second semiconductor channel body includes a first recessed portion in a lateral surface facing the second electrode layer, and the second electrode layer includes a second recessed portion in a surface facing the second semiconductor channel body.

Semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a stacked body provided on the semiconductor substrate and including a plurality of electrode films being disposed to be separated from each other along a vertical direction, a first semiconductor member provided inside the stacked body and contacting the semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor member provided on the first semiconductor member inside the stacked body, contacting the first semiconductor member and extending in the vertical direction, and an insulating film provided between the second semiconductor member and the electrode films. A configuration of a contact surface between the first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member is convex downward.

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