Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Tae-eung Yoon

June-mo Koo

Suk-Pil Kim

Tae-Hee Lee

Won-Joo Kim

Yoon-Dong Park

A phase change memory device includes a vertically-stacked capacitor structure having large capacitance and small area. The phase change memory device includes a phase change memory structure, and the vertically-stacked capacitor structure electrically connected to the phase change memory structure and comprising a first capacitor and a second capacitor that are stacked and electrically connected in parallel to each other.

Phase-change memory device including a vertically-stacked capacitor and a method of the same

Provided are a non-volatile memory device which can be extended in a stack structure and thus can be highly integrated, and a method of manufacturing the non-volatile memory device. The non-volatile memory device includes: at least one first electrode, at least one second electrode crossing the at least one first electrode, at least one data storing layer interposed between the at least one first electrode and the second electrode, at a region in which the at least one first electrode crosses the at least one second electrode and at least one metal silicide layer interposed between the at least one first electrode and the at least one second electrode, at the region in which the at least one first electrode crosses the at least one second electrode.

Non-volatile memory device

Provided is a non-volatile memory device having a stacked structure that is easily highly integrated and a method of economically fabricating the non-volatile memory device. The non-volatile memory device may include at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode that cross each other. At least one data storage layer may be disposed on a section where the at least one first electrode and the at least one second electrode cross each other. The at least one first electrode may include a first conductive layer and a first semiconductor layer.

A non-volatile memory device having a stack structure, and a method of operating the non-volatile memory device In which the non-volatile memory device includes a plurality of variable resistors arranged in at least one layer. At least one layer selection bit line and a plurality of bit lines coupled to the plurality of the variable resistors are provided. A plurality of selection transistors coupled between the plurality of the bit lines and the plurality of the variable resistors are provided.

Non-volatile memory device and method of operating the same

A nonvolatile memory device is provided that includes; a first semiconductor layer extending in a first direction, a second semiconductor layer extending in parallel with and separated from the first semiconductor layer, an isolation layer between the first semiconductor layer and second semiconductor layer, a first control gate electrode between the first semiconductor layer and the isolation layer, a second control gate electrode between the second semiconductor layer and the isolation layer, wherein the second control gate electrode and first control gate electrode are respectively disposed at opposite sides of the isolation layer, a first charge storing layer between the first control gate electrode and the first semiconductor layer, and a second charge storing layer between the second control gate electrode and the second semiconductor layer.

Multi-layered, vertically stacked non-volatile memory device and method of fabrication

The non-volatile memory device may include one or more main strings each of which may include first and second substrings which may separately include a plurality of memory cell transistors; and a charge supply line which may be configured to provide charges to or block charges from the first and second substrings of each of the main strings, wherein each of the main strings may include a first ground selection transistor which may be connected to the first substring; a first substring selection transistor which may be connected to the first ground selection transistor; a second ground selection transistor which may be connected to the second substring; and a second substring selection transistor which may be connected to the second ground selection transistor. A method of programming a target cell of the memory device includes activating selection transistors connected to a main string and substring of the target cell.

Non-volatile memory device and operation method of the same

A non-volatile memory device, which includes a plurality of memory transistors that are coupled with a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of word lines, and methods of operating a non-volatile memory device are provided. A selected bit line for programming and unselected bit lines for preventing programming are determined from the plurality of bit lines. An inhibiting voltage is applied to at least one inhibiting word line chosen from the plurality of word lines. The at least one inhibiting word line includes a word line positioned closest to a string selection line. A programming voltage is applied to a selected word line chosen from the plurality of word lines. Data is programmed into a memory transistor coupled with the selected word line and the selected bit line while preventing data from being programming into memory transistors coupled with the unselected bit line.

Non-volatile memory devices and methods of operating non-volatile memory devices

A non-volatile memory device may include a plurality of stacked semiconductor layers, a plurality of NAND strings, a common bit line, a common source line, and/or a plurality of string selection lines. The plurality of NAND strings may be on the plurality of semiconductor layers. Each of the plurality of NAND strings may include a plurality of memory cells and/or at least one string selection transistor arranged in a NAND-cell array. The common bit line may be commonly connected to each of the NAND strings at a first end of the memory cells. The common source line may be commonly connected to each of the NAND strings at a second end of the memory cells. The plurality of string selection lines may be coupled to the at least one string selection transistor included in each of the NAND strings such that a signal applied to the common bit line is selectively applied to the NAND strings.

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