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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
Mitsunari Sukekawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/108 (2006.01); G11C 11/402 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/1085 (2013.01); G11C 11/4023 (2013.01); H01L 27/10873 (2013.01); H01L 27/10882 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device including an access transistor configured as a vertical transistor comprises a channel portion and a pair of source/drain regions; a storage capacitor connected to one of the pair of source/drain regions; a bit line connected to the other of the pair of source/drain regions, a first semiconductor layer provided in the source/drain region to which the bit line is connected. Preferably, the first semiconductor layer comprises SiGe.