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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Hyeonok Jung, Daejeon, KR;
Donghwa Shin, Gwangju, KR;
Hoin Ryu, Suwon-si, KR;
Youngseung Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor device may include a substrate extending in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the substrate including a memory cell region, a peripheral circuit region, and a boundary region between the memory cell region and the peripheral circuit region, first active patterns in the memory cell region, each of the first active patterns extending in a third direction oblique to the first direction, and a silicon dam structure in the boundary region. The silicon dam structure may include a silicon dam pattern including trench lines extending in the oblique direction and a dam isolation pattern in the trench lines.