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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Hyeonjoo Song, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Haemin Lee, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Integrated circuit devices may include: a gate stack extending on a substrate in a first direction that may be parallel to a main surface of the substrate, the gate stack including a plurality of gate electrodes overlapping each other in a vertical direction that may be perpendicular to the main surface of the substrate; a channel structure extending through the gate stack and extending in the vertical direction; a word line cut opening extending through the gate stack in the vertical direction and extending in the first direction; and an upper support layer on the gate stack and including a hole overlapping the word line cut opening in the vertical direction. An upper surface of the channel structure is in contact with a lower surface of the upper support layer.