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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A vertical memory device includes a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral circuit region, the peripheral circuit region including a gate structure comprising a transistor, a plurality of channels on the cell region, each of the channels extending in a first direction that is vertical with respect to a top surface of the substrate, a plurality of gate lines stacked in the first direction and spaced apart from each other, the gate lines surrounding outer sidewalls of the channels, and a blocking structure between the cell region and the peripheral circuit region, wherein a height of the blocking structure is greater than a height of the gate structure in the peripheral region.