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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2022
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Hyewon Yoon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seung Hwan Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 12/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 12/30 (2023.02); H10B 12/03 (2023.02); H10B 12/05 (2023.02); H10B 12/482 (2023.02);
Abstract
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming a stack body by alternately stacking a plurality of semiconductor layers and a plurality of etch stopper layers over a substrate; forming a plurality of steps by etching a first portion of the stack body to stop at the etch stopper layer; forming a slit by etching a second portion of the stack body; replacing the etch stoppers of the steps with sacrificial dielectric layers through the slit; replacing the sacrificial dielectric layers with word lines; and forming contact plugs coupled to the word lines.