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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An integrated circuit device includes a substrate comprising an active region and a word line trench, a word line extending longitudinally in a first horizontal direction in the word line trench, a buried insulating layer on the word line, a conductive plug on the substrate, and a pad structure on the substrate and having a portion in contact with a top surface of the active region and a portion in contact with the conductive plug. The pad structure includes a conductive pad having a bottom surface in contact with the top surface of the active region and a pad spacer in contact with a sidewall of the conductive pad and protruding beyond an inner sidewall of the word line trench in a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction such that the pad spacer vertically overlaps a portion of the word line in the word line trench.