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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Junhyoung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kwang-Soo Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Bonghyun Choi, Yongin-si, KR;
Siwan Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device including a substrate including a cell array region and a first connection region arranged in a first direction; and a first block structure on the substrate, the first block structure including a lower stack including a plurality of lower electrodes vertically stacked on the substrate; and intermediate stacks exposing the lower stack, the intermediate stacks including a plurality of intermediate electrodes vertically stacked on the lower stack, wherein, on the cell array region, the first block structure has a first width in a second direction crossing the first direction, and wherein, on the first connection region, the first block structure has a second width, which is larger than the first width, in the second direction.