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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device including: stack structures spaced apart from each other on a semiconductor substrate, wherein each of the stack structures includes interlayer insulating layers and semiconductor patterns alternately stacked on the semiconductor substrate; conductive patterns provided between the interlayer insulating layers vertically adjacent to each other and connected to the semiconductor patterns; and a protective structure covering a top surface of the semiconductor substrate between the stack structures, wherein a top surface of the protective structure is located between a top surface and a bottom surface of a lowermost interlayer insulating layer of the interlayer insulating layers.