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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2016
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Muneyuki Tsuda, Ichinomiya Aichi, JP;
TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A surface area of a transverse cross section of an upper portion of a columnar portion is greater than a surface area of a transverse cross section of a lower portion of the columnar portion. A configuration of the transverse cross section of the upper portion is a triangle or a pseudo-triangle having three corners, or a quadrilateral or a pseudo-quadrilateral having four corners. A configuration of the transverse cross section of the lower portion is substantially a circle. The upper portion of the columnar portion is adjacent to an upper layer portion of a stacked body including a control gate of an uppermost layer of control gates. The lower portion of the columnar portion is adjacent to a lower layer portion of the stacked body including a control gate of a lowermost layer of the control gates.
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