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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2019
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4097 (2006.01); H01L 27/108 (2006.01); G11C 7/18 (2006.01); G11C 11/401 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4097 (2013.01); G11C 7/18 (2013.01); G11C 11/401 (2013.01); H01L 27/10805 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device includes: a substrate; a bit line which is vertically oriented from the substrate; a plate line which is vertically oriented from the substrate; and a memory cell provided with a transistor and a capacitor that are positioned in a lateral arrangement between the bit line and the plate line, wherein the transistor includes: an active layer which is laterally oriented to be parallel to the substrate between the bit line and the capacitor; and a line-shaped lower word line and a line-shaped upper word line vertically stacked with the active layer therebetween and oriented to intersect with the active layer.