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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Sang-Kuk Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Yunseung Kang, Seoul, KR;
Oik Kwon, Yongin-si, KR;
Yeonji Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Sujin Jeon, Hwaseong-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device including first cell stacks arranged in first and second directions; second cell stacks disposed on the first cell stacks and arranged in the first and second directions; first conductive lines extending in the first direction and provided between a substrate and the first cell stacks; common conductive lines extending in the second direction and provided between the first and second cell stacks; etch stop patterns extending in the second direction and provided between the common conductive lines and top surfaces of the first cell stacks; second conductive lines extending in the first direction and provided on the second cell stacks; and a capping pattern covering a sidewall of the common conductive lines and a sidewall of the etch stop patterns, wherein each of the common conductive lines has a second thickness greater than a first thickness of each of the first conductive lines.