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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2023
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 12/20 (2023.02); H10B 12/01 (2023.02);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode on a substrate, a memory body structure extending through the gate electrode, a source layer at an end portion of the memory body structure and including germanium doped with p-type impurities, and a drain layer at another end portion of the memory body structure and including a metal or a metal alloy. The memory body structure may include a body including undoped polysilicon, a charge storage pattern on a sidewall of the body, and a blocking pattern on an outer sidewall of the charge storage pattern and contacting the gate electrode.