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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2017
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;
Wataru Sakamoto, Yokkaichi, JP;
Tatsuya Kato, Yokkaichi, JP;
Yuta Watanabe, Yokkaichi, JP;
Katsuyuki Sekine, Yokkaichi, JP;
Toshiyuki Iwamoto, Mie, JP;
Fumitaka Arai, Yokkaichi, JP;
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes first and second semiconductor pillars extending in a first direction and being arranged along a second direction, first and second interconnects extending in a third direction and being provided between the first semiconductor pillar and the second semiconductor pillar, a first electrode provided between the first semiconductor pillar and the first interconnect, a second electrode provided between the second semiconductor pillar and the second interconnect, third and fourth interconnects extending in the second direction, a first contact contacting the first semiconductor pillar and being connected to the third interconnect, and a second contact contacting the second semiconductor pillar and being connected to the fourth interconnect. The third and fourth interconnects each pass through both a region directly above the first semiconductor pillar and a region directly above the second semiconductor pillar.