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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
May. 27, 2022
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Jae Taek Kim, Icheon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 12/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 12/20 (2023.02); H10B 12/09 (2023.02); H10B 12/312 (2023.02);
Abstract
Provided herein may be a memory device and a method of manufacturing the memory device. The memory device may include a connection structure formed on a substrate, lower contacts formed on the connection structure, upper contacts formed on the lower contacts, a dummy pattern configured to enclose the lower contacts and spaced apart from the lower contacts, etching stop patterns formed in an upper region of the dummy pattern, and dummy contacts formed over the etching stop patterns.