Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sunggil Kim

Seulye Kim

Ji-Hoon Choi

Jung-Hwan Kim

HongSuk Kim

Hyeeun Hong

Kihyun Hwang

Phil Ouk Nam

Jaeyoung Ahn

Jintae Noh

Sungjin Kim

Sanghoon Lee

Dongkyum Kim

Byoungsun Ju

Jung-Hwan Lee

Junghwan Kim

Woonkyung Lee

Bonyoung Koo

Jin-Kyu Kang

Jeeyong Kim

Hunhyeong Lim

Kyengmun Kang

Chanhyoung Kim

Sangsoo Lee

Joonsuk Lee

Gukhyon Yon

Juyon Suh

Hwaeon Shin

Siyoung Choi

Dongchul Yoo

Jihoon Choi

SeungHyun Lim

Woosung Lee

Woojin Jang

Sangmin Kang

Sunghae Lee

Junggeun Jee

Guk-Hyon Yon

Kyong-Won An

Hyunjun Sim

Jinhyuk Kim

Chan-Hyoung Kim

Yongseok Cho

Hyunyong Go

Jeeseung Lim

Disclosed are semiconductor devices and electronic systems including the same. The semiconductor device includes a stack structure including electrodes vertically stacked on a semiconductor layer, a source semiconductor pattern between the semiconductor layer and the stack structure, a support semiconductor pattern between the stack structure and the source semiconductor pattern, and a vertical structure penetrating the stack structure, the support semiconductor pattern, and the source semiconductor pattern. The vertical structure includes a vertical channel pattern in which a part of a sidewall is in contact with the source semiconductor pattern. The vertical channel pattern includes an upper portion adjacent to the stack structure, a lower portion adjacent to the source semiconductor pattern, and a middle portion adjacent to the support semiconductor pattern. The upper portion has a first diameter. The lower portion has a second diameter. The middle portion has a third diameter less than the first and second diameters.

Semiconductor device and electronic system including the same

Disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising gate stack structures on a substrate, separation structures extending in a first direction on the substrate and separating the gate stack structures, and vertical structures penetrating the gate stack structures. Each gate stack structure includes cell dielectric layers and electrodes including upper electrodes, a barrier layer extending between the electrodes and the cell dielectric layers, a separation dielectric pattern extending in the first direction and penetrating the upper electrodes to separate each upper electrode into pieces that are spaced apart from each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and capping patterns between the separation dielectric pattern and the upper electrodes. The capping patterns are on sidewalls of each upper electrode and spaced apart from each other in a third direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate. Each capping pattern is on a sidewall of the barrier layer.

Semiconductor devices and electronic systems including the same

An integrated circuit device includes a peripheral circuit structure arranged on a substrate, a gate stack arranged on the peripheral circuit structure and including a plurality of gate electrodes, and a dam structure formed in a dam opening portion that passes through the gate stack. The dam structure includes an insulation spacer on an inner wall of the dam opening portion and a pair of sloped sidewalls at an upper side of the dam opening portion, and a buried layer filling an inside of the dam opening portion and including an air space. The integrated circuit device further includes a mold gate stack surrounded by the dam structure and including a plurality of mold layers, a plurality of conductive lines arranged on the gate stack, and a plurality of through electrodes connected to the plurality of conductive lines, passing through the mold gate stack, and surrounded by the dam structure.

Integrated circuit device and method of manufacturing the same

A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device is disclosed. The device may include a first source conductive pattern comprising a polycrystalline material including first crystal grains on a substrate, the substrate may comprising a polycrystalline material including second crystal grains, a grain size of the first crystal grains being smaller than a grain size of the second crystal grains, a stack including a plurality of gate electrodes, the plurality of gates stacked on the first source conductive pattern, and a vertical channel portion penetrating the stack and the first source conductive pattern, and the vertical channel portion being in contact with a side surface of the first source conductive pattern.

Three-dimensional semiconductor devices

A three-dimensional semiconductor device including a conductive layer disposed on a substrate and including a first conductivity-type impurity; an insulating base layer disposed on the conductive layer; a stack structure including a lower insulating film disposed on the insulating base layer, and a plurality of gate electrodes and a plurality of mold insulating layers alternately stacked on the lower insulating film, wherein the insulating base layer includes a high dielectric material; a vertical structure including a vertical channel layer penetrating through the stack structure and a vertical insulating layer disposed between the vertical channel layer and the plurality of gate electrodes, the vertical structure having an extended area extending in a width direction in the insulating base layer; and an isolation structure penetrating through the stack structure, the insulating base layer and the conductive layer, and extending in a direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, wherein the conductive layer has an extension portion extending along a surface of the vertical channel layer in the extended area of the vertical structure.

Three-dimensional semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same

A semiconductor device, includes: gate electrodes spaced apart from each other and on a substrate; channel structures penetrating the gate electrodes, each of channel structures including a channel layer, a gate dielectric layer between the channel layer and the gate electrodes, a channel insulating layer filling between the channel layers, a channel pad on the channel insulating layer; and separation regions penetrating the gate electrodes, and spaced apart from each other, wherein the gate dielectric layer extends upwardly, further than the channel layer upwardly such that a portion of an inner side surface of the gate dielectric layer contacts the channel pad, the channel pad includes a lower pad on an upper end of the channel layer and the inner side surface of the gate dielectric layer, and having a first recess between the inner side surfaces of the gate dielectric layer; and an upper pad having a first portion in the first recess and a second portion extending from the first portion in a direction, parallel to an upper surface of the substrate on the first portion.

Semiconductor devices and method of manufacturing the same

A semiconductor device and an electronic system, the device including a substrate including a cell array region and a connection region; a stack including electrodes vertically stacked on the substrate; a source conductive pattern on the cell array region and between the substrate and the stack; a dummy insulating pattern on the connection region and between the substrate and the stack; a conductive support pattern between the stack and the source conductive pattern and between the stack and the dummy insulating pattern; a plurality of first vertical structures on the cell array region and penetrating the electrode structure, the conductive support pattern, and the source structure; and a plurality of second vertical structures on the connection region and penetrating the electrode structure, the conductive support pattern, and the dummy insulating pattern.

Semiconductor device having a stack including electrodes vertically stacked on a substrate and electronic system including the same

A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate with a cell array region and a connection region, an electrode structure including electrodes stacked on the substrate and having a staircase structure on the connection region, a vertical channel structure on the cell array region to penetrate the electrode structure and electrically connected to the substrate, a dummy structure on the connection region to penetrate the staircase structure, and a first sidewall oxide pattern interposed between the substrate and the dummy structure. The dummy structure includes an upper portion that is on the substrate, a middle portion that is in contact with the first sidewall oxide pattern, and a lower portion that is below the middle portion. With increasing vertical distance from the upper portion, a diameter of the middle portion decreases until it reaches its smallest value and then increases.

Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices

Disclosed are semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same. A semiconductor memory device includes a stack structure that includes a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of dielectric layers that are alternately stacked on a substrate, a vertical channel structure that penetrates the stack structure, and a conductive pad on the vertical channel structure. The vertical channel structure includes a semiconductor pattern and a vertical dielectric layer between the semiconductor pattern and the electrodes. An upper portion of the semiconductor pattern includes an impurity region that includes a halogen element. The upper portion of the semiconductor pattern is adjacent to the conductive pad.

Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same

Disclosed are three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same. The method comprises sequentially forming a sacrificial pattern and a source conductive layer on a substrate, forming a mold structure including a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of sacrificial layers on the source conductive layer; forming a plurality of vertical structures penetrating the mold structure, forming a trench penetrating the mold structure, forming a sacrificial spacer on a sidewall of the trench, removing the sacrificial pattern to form a horizontal recess region; removing the sacrificial spacer, and forming a source conductive pattern filling the horizontal recess region.

A vertical semiconductor device may include a stacked structure, a channel structure and a lower connection structure. The stacked structure may include insulation layers and gate electrodes alternately repeatedly stacked. The stacked structure may be spaced apart from an upper surface of a substrate. The channel structure may include a charge storage structure and a channel. The channel structure may pass through the stacked structure. The lower connection structure may be formed on the substrate. The lower connection structure may be electrically connected with the channel and the substrate. A sidewall of the lower connection structure may include a protrusion disposed at a central portion of the sidewall from the upper surface of the substrate in a vertical direction. The vertical semiconductor device may have a high reliability.

Vertical semiconductor devices

A semiconductor device may include a substrate, an electrode structure including electrodes stacked on the substrate, an upper semiconductor pattern penetrating at least a portion of the electrode structure, and a lower semiconductor pattern between the substrate and the upper semiconductor pattern. The upper semiconductor pattern includes a gap-filling portion and a sidewall portion extending from the gap-filling portion in a direction away from the substrate, the lower semiconductor pattern includes a concave top surface, the gap-filling portion fills a region enclosed by the concave top surface, a top surface of the gap-filling portion has a rounded shape that is deformed toward the substrate, and a thickness of the sidewall portion is less than a thickness of the gap-filling portion.

Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same

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Sunggil Kim