Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yunseung Kang

Oik Kwon

Sujin Jeon

Hyunchul Lee

Sang-Kuk Kim

Yeonji Kim

Sanggyo Chung

Jiseung Lee

Sounghee Lee

Jungik Oh

Sangkuk Kim

A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device including first cell stacks arranged in first and second directions; second cell stacks disposed on the first cell stacks and arranged in the first and second directions; first conductive lines extending in the first direction and provided between a substrate and the first cell stacks; common conductive lines extending in the second direction and provided between the first and second cell stacks; etch stop patterns extending in the second direction and provided between the common conductive lines and top surfaces of the first cell stacks; second conductive lines extending in the first direction and provided on the second cell stacks; and a capping pattern covering a sidewall of the common conductive lines and a sidewall of the etch stop patterns, wherein each of the common conductive lines has a second thickness greater than a first thickness of each of the first conductive lines.

Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices

A memory device including a plurality of first conductive lines arranged on a substrate and spaced apart from each other in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate; a plurality of capping liners on sidewalls of each of the plurality of first conductive lines, the plurality of capping liners having top surfaces at a vertical level equal to top surfaces of the plurality of first conductive lines, and bottom surfaces at a vertical level higher than bottom surfaces of the plurality of first conductive lines; and an insulating layer on the substrate, the insulating layer filling spaces between the plurality of first conductive lines and covering sidewalls of the plurality of capping liners.

Memory devices

Disclosed is a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a lower layer on a substrate, forming on the lower layer a sacrificial layer and an etching pattern, forming a first spacer layer on the sacrificial layer and the etching pattern, etching the sacrificial layer and the first spacer layer to form a sacrificial pattern and a first spacer on at least a portion of a top surface of the sacrificial pattern, forming a second spacer layer on the sacrificial pattern and the first spacer, etching the second spacer layer and the first spacer to form a second spacer on a sidewall of the sacrificial pattern, and partially etching the lower layer to form a pattern. The second spacer is used as an etching mask to partially etch the lower layer.

Method of fabricating semiconductor device

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Seoul, South Korea

Yunseung Kang