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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
May. 24, 2022
Nanya Technology Corporation, New Taipei, TW;
Jr-Chiuan Wang, New Taipei, TW;
Rou-Wei Wang, Taipei, TW;
Wei-Yu Chen, Houlong Twonship, Miaoli County, TW;
NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device comprises a substrate, which includes a storage area and a peripheral area, wherein the storage area has a contact plug, a bit line structure adjacent to the contact plug, an air gap between the bit line structure and the contact plug, a barrier layer conformally overlaying the bit line structure, and a landing pad above the barrier layer, wherein the substrate includes a trench between the storage area and the peripheral area, the trench is filled with a nitride material, and the substrate further comprises a first oxide layer above the nitride material in the trench and on the landing pad, a nitride layer above the first oxide layer, and a second layer above the nitride layer.