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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
May. 16, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of bit line structures including bit lines extending in parallel in a first lateral direction on a substrate, and a plurality of buried contacts and a plurality of landing pads. The plurality of buried contacts fill lower portions of spaces between the plurality of bit line structures on the substrate, and the plurality of landing pads fill upper portions of the spaces between the plurality of bit line structures and extend on the plurality of bit line structures. The plurality of landing pads have a hexagonal array structure, and central points of respective top surfaces of a first landing pad, a second landing pad, and a third landing pad, which are adjacent to each other from among the plurality of landing pads, are connected by a scalene triangle.