Hitachi, Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Memory Corporation

Kioxia Corporation

Hitatchi, Ltd.

Takeshi Ishizaki

Atsuko Sakata

Satoshi Wakatsuki

Yoshiyuki Nakayama

Shigeru Miyake

Masayuki Kitamura

Masami Kameda

Jun Mizuno

Daisuke Ikeno

Kenjiro Mori

Kei Watanabe

Junichi Wada

Toshimitsu Hayashi

Masayuki Yamamoto

Atsushi Ueoka

Emiko Kobayashi

Chiho Kitahara

Ryohei Kitao

Toui Miyawaki

Minoru Koizumi

Masatoshi Takihiro

Shinya Okuda

Hirotaka Ogihara

Tomotaka Ariga

Tadashi Yamamitsu

Tomomi Suzuki

Yoshinobu Tanigawa

Yasunori Kaneda

Hideyuki Yamamoto

Osamu Takada

Kiminori Sugauchi

Shinichi Nakao

Tohru Setoyama

Shunsuke Ochiai

Shigeaki Kinoshita

Fumio Nakamura

Koichiro Otani

Hiroshi Tomita

Kazuhiko Yamamoto

Yasuhito Yoshimizu

Kazuyuki Higashi

Yohei Sato

Koji Suzuki

Masahiko Hasunuma

Hisashi Okuchi

Toshiyuki Sasaki

Naoya Ikeda

Yutaka Kudo

Hiroshi Itokawa

Yusuke Arayashiki

Kenichi Yoshida

Tomoichi Ebata

Akiko Nomachi

Futoshi Haga

Yoshiaki Adachi

Takeshi Iwasaki

Katsuyoshi Komatsu

Junji Fukuzawa

Souichi Takashige

Kazuhito Furumoto

Shuji Ohno

Yosuke Murakami

Masataka Ohta

Toshiichiro Sasaki

Kana Hirayama

Kazuhiro Katono

Toshiaki Inoue

Takanori Usami

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes forming a first film including a first metal above a processing target member. The method includes forming a second film including two or more types of element out of a second metal, carbon, and boron above the first film. The method includes forming a third film including the first metal above the second film. The method includes forming a mask film by providing an opening part to a stacked film including the first film, the second film and the third film. The method includes processing the processing target member by performing etching using the mask film as a mask.

Method for manufacturing semiconductor device

A storage device according to embodiments includes a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer; a resistance change element provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; and an intermediate layer provided in any one of a position between the resistance change element and the first conductive layer and a position between the resistance change element and the second conductive layer, the intermediate layer containing at least one element of silicon (Si) and germanium (Ge), tellurium (Te), and aluminum (Al).

Storage device

A storage device includes a first conductor, a resistance variable film, and a second conductor. The resistance variable film includes a first layer and a second layer. The second layer is located on a side opposite to the first conductor with respect to the first layer, contains oxygen, and has conductivity higher than that of the first layer. The second conductor includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion abuts on the second layer of the resistance variable film. The second portion is separated from the resistance variable film as compared to the first portion. The oxygen content of the first portion is higher than that of the second portion.

According to one embodiment, the semiconductor memory device includes a first electrode, a first material layer, including a first material, located on the first electrode, a second material, surrounded by the first material of the first material layer, including a phase change material, and a second electrode provided on the first material.

Semiconductor memory device having a phase change material

In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first insulator. The device further includes a metal layer that includes a first metal layer provided on a surface of the first insulator, and a second metal layer provided on a surface of the first metal layer and containing a first metallic element and oxygen or containing aluminum and nitrogen, or includes a third metal layer provided on the surface of the first insulator and containing a second metallic element, aluminum and nitrogen. The device further includes an interconnect material layer provided on a surface of the metal layer.

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an underlying metal film and a metal film. The underlying metal film is a tantalum-aluminum film having an aluminum content of more than 50 atomic % and less than 85 atomic %, a tungsten-zirconium film having a zirconium content of less than 40 atomic %, a tungsten-titanium film having a titanium content of less than 80 atomic %, or a tungsten film. The metal film is provided on the underlying metal film and in contact with the underlying metal film. The metal film contains at least one of tungsten and molybdenum, and has a main orientation of (100) or (111).

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

According to one embodiment, an insulating layer is provided above a stairstep portion of a stacked body. A first cover film is provided between the stairstep portion and the insulating layer. The first cover film is of a material different from the insulating layer. A separation portion divides the stacked body and the insulating layer. A second cover film is provided at a side surface of the insulating layer on the separation portion side. The second cover film is of a material different from the insulating layer.

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device

According to one embodiment, the stacked body includes a plurality of metal films, a plurality of silicon oxide films, and a plurality of intermediate films. The intermediate films are provided between the metal films and the silicon oxide films. The intermediate films contain silicon nitride. Nitrogen composition ratios of the intermediate films are higher on sides of interfaces between the intermediate films and the metal films than on sides of interfaces between the intermediate films and the silicon oxide films. Silicon composition ratios of the intermediate films are higher on sides of interfaces between the intermediate films and the silicon oxide films than on sides of interfaces between the intermediate films and the metal films.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device uses a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus including a turn table allowing placement of at least first and second semiconductor substrates and being capable of moving positions of the first and the second semiconductor substrates by turning, a first film forming chamber, and a second film forming chamber. The first and the second film forming chambers are provided with an opening capable of loading and unloading the first and the second semiconductor substrates by lifting and lowering the first and the second semiconductor substrates placed on the turn table. The method includes transferring the first and the second semiconductor substrates between the first and the second film forming chambers by turning the turn fable and lifting and lowering the first and the second semiconductor substrates placed on the turn table; and forming a stack of films above the first and the second semiconductor substrates.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, a stacked body, a film having semi-conductivity or conductivity, and a memory film. The stacked body includes a plurality of metal layers, a plurality of insulating layers, and a plurality of intermediate layers stacked on a major surface of the substrate. The film extends in the stacked body in a stacking direction of the stacked body. The memory film is provided between the film and the metal layers. The metal layers are tungsten layers and the intermediate layers are tungsten nitride layers. Or the metal layers are molybdenum layers and the intermediate layers are molybdenum nitride layers.

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a stacked body, a semiconductor body, and a stacked film. The stacked body includes a plurality of tungsten layers and a plurality of alloy layers of tungsten and molybdenum. At least portions of the tungsten layers are stacked with an air gap interposed. The alloy layers are provided on surfaces of the tungsten layers opposing the air gap. The semiconductor body extends in a stacking direction through the stacked body. The stacked film is provided between the semiconductor body and the tungsten layers. The stacked film includes a charge storage portion.

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same

According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first metal nitride film on a side surface of a hole extending in a stacking direction in a stacked body. The method includes forming a second metal nitride film on upper and lower surfaces of second layers and a side surface of the first metal nitride film. The method includes forming metal layers in first air gaps inside the second metal nitride film. The method includes removing the second layers and forming second air gaps between the metal layers. The method includes removing the first metal nitride film exposed to the second air gaps and dividing the first metal nitride film in the stacking direction.

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device having an interlayer insulating film, a molybdenum containing layer, a barrier metal layer and a plug material layer is provided. The interlayer insulating film is formed on a substrate or on a conductive layer formed on a substrate. The interlayer insulating film has a hole reaching the substrate or the conductive layer. The molybdenum containing layer is formed in the substrate or in the conductive layer at a bottom portion of the hole. The barrier metal layer is formed on the molybdenum containing layer and on a side surface of the hole. A portion of the barrier metal layer is formed on the side surface contains at least molybdenum. A portion of the barrier metal layer is formed on the molybdenum containing layer includes at least a molybdenum silicate nitride film. The plug material layer is formed via the barrier metal layer.

Semiconductor device having barrier metal layer

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Takeshi Ishizaki