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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Ji-Hoon Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Dongkyum Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Sunggil Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Seulye Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sangsoo Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Hyeeun Hong, Bucheon-si, KR;
Abstract
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes an electrode structure including electrodes vertically stacked on a semiconductor layer, a vertical semiconductor pattern penetrating the electrode structure and connected to the semiconductor layer, and a vertical insulating pattern between the electrode structure and the vertical semiconductor pattern. The vertical insulating pattern includes a sidewall portion on a sidewall of the electrode structure, and a protrusion extending from the sidewall portion along a portion of a top surface of the semiconductor layer. The vertical semiconductor pattern includes a vertical channel portion having a first thickness and extending along the sidewall portion of the vertical insulating pattern, and a contact portion extending from the vertical channel portion and conformally along the protrusion of the vertical insulating pattern and the top surface of the semiconductor layer. The contact portion has a second thickness greater than the first thickness.