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Semiconductor devices having improved electrical characteristics and methods of fabricating the same

US11282787B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 20, 2020
Grant dateMar 22, 2022
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Expiry dateMay 20, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/513
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The semiconductor device provided comprises a substrate that includes active regions that extends in a first direction and a device isolation layer that defines the active regions, word lines that run across the active regions in a second direction that intersects the first direction, bit-line structures that intersect the active regions and the word lines and that extend in a third direction that is perpendicular to the second direction, first contacts between the bit-line structures and the active regions, spacer structures on sidewalls of the bit-line structures, and second contacts that are between adjacent bit-line structures and are connected to the active regions. Each of the spacer structures extends from the sidewalls of the bit-line structures onto a sidewall of the device isolation layer.

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