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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 12/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 12/50 (2023.02); H10B 12/09 (2023.02); H10B 12/315 (2023.02); H10B 12/34 (2023.02);
Abstract
A semiconductor device may include a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral region, bit lines on the cell region and extending in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate, a lower capping pattern on a top surface of each of the bit lines, a bit line spacer on a side surface of each of the bit lines and extending to a side surface of the lower capping pattern, and a respective upper capping pattern on a top surface of the lower capping pattern. The respective upper capping pattern is on at least a portion of a top surface of the bit line spacer.