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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Junhyoung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kangmin Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Taemin Eom, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seungmin Lee, Seoul, KR;
Changsun Hwang, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell array region and a contact region; a plurality of gate electrodes arranged on the substrate in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, the plurality of gate electrodes being extending in the cell array region and the contact region; a plurality of channel structures penetrating the plurality of gate electrodes in the first direction in the cell array region; a plurality of dummy channel structures penetrating the plurality of gate electrodes in the first direction in the contact region; a plurality of cell gate contacts extending in the first direction and each electrically connected to a respective one of the plurality of gate electrodes in the contact region; and a plurality of dummy contacts extending in the first direction on the plurality of dummy channel structures.