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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Junhyeok Ahn, Suwon-si, KR;
Sohyun Park, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate provided with active regions, an isolation layer defining each active region on the semiconductor substrate, gate electrodes overlapping the active regions and extending in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating barrier structure disposed at a level higher than a level of where the gate electrodes are disposed, the insulating barrier structure having a grid pattern including grid cells, bitlines extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, and disposed at a level higher than a level of where the insulating barrier structure is disposed, and first contact plugs, each first contact plug being disposed in a corresponding grid cell of the grid cells of the insulating barrier structure.