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Three-dimensional semiconductor memory device and method of fabricating the same

US11792982B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 21, 2020
Grant dateOct 17, 2023
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10B43/50
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a semiconductor memory device comprising a second substrate on a first substrate and including a lower semiconductor layer and an upper semiconductor layer on the lower semiconductor layer, an electrode structure on the upper semiconductor layer and including a plurality of stacked electrodes, a vertical channel structure that penetrates the electrode structure and is connected to the second substrate, an interlayer dielectric layer that covers the electrode structure, and a cutting structure that penetrates the interlayer dielectric layer and the upper semiconductor layer. The upper semiconductor layer has a first sidewall defined by the cutting structure. The lower semiconductor layer has a second sidewall adjacent to the first sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall are horizontally offset from each other.

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