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Semiconductor device and apparatus of manufacturing the same

US11189633B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 2, 2019
Grant dateNov 30, 2021
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/017
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes gate electrodes and interlayer insulating layers that are alternately stacked on a substrate, channel structures spaced apart from each other in a first direction and extending vertically through the gate electrodes and the interlayer insulating layers to the substrate, and a first separation region extending vertically through the gate electrodes and the interlayer insulating layers. Each gate electrode includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, the first conductive layer disposed between the second conductive layer and each of two adjacent interlayer insulating layers. In a first region, between an outermost channel structure and the first separation region, of each gate electrode, the first conductive layer has a decreasing thickness toward the first separation region and the second conductive layer has an increasing thickness toward the first separation region.

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