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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Hyuk Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Dae Hyun Jang, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seung Pil Chung, Seoul, KR;
Sung Il Cho, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A vertical memory device and a method of manufacturing such device are provided. The vertical memory device may include a plurality of gate electrode layers stacked in a cell region of a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of upper isolation insulating layers dividing an uppermost gate electrode layer among the plurality of gate electrode layers, extending in a first direction; a plurality of vertical holes arranged to have any two adjacent vertical holes to have a uniform distance from each other throughout the cell region and including a plurality of channel holes penetrating through the plurality of gate electrode layers disposed between the plurality of upper isolation insulating layers and a plurality of first support holes penetrating through the plurality of upper insulating layers; a plurality of channel structures disposed in the plurality of channel holes; and a plurality of first support structures disposed in the plurality of first support holes.