Semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorGeun-won Lim
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Abstract
A semiconductor memory device including: a common source line; a substrate on the common source line; a plurality of gate electrodes arranged on the substrate and spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the common source line; a plurality of insulation films arranged among the plurality of gate electrodes; a plurality of channel structures penetrating through the plurality of gate electrodes and the plurality of insulation films in the first direction; and a plurality of residual sacrificial films arranged on the substrate and spaced apart from each other in the first direction, wherein the plurality of gate electrodes are disposed on opposite sides of the plurality of residual sacrificial films.
Claims20
A semiconductor memory device, comprising:
- a common source line arranged on a substrate and having a planar shape;
- an intermediate insulation film arranged in contact with the common source line;
- first to third layers sequentially arranged on the common source line and each surrounding the intermediate insulation film;
- a plurality of gate electrodes arranged on the substrate and spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the common source line;
- a plurality of channel structures penetrating through the plurality of gate electrodes in the first direction;
- a plurality of residual sacrificial films overlapping the intermediate insulation film in the first direction and spaced apart from each other in the first direction, the plurality of residual sacrificial films being surrounded by the plurality of gate electrodes;
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- a through via penetrating through the plurality of residual sacrificial films and contacting the common source line.
A semiconductor memory device, comprising:
- a through via extending in a first direction;
- an intermediate insulation film spaced apart from the through via;
- a common source line horizontally surrounding the intermediate insulation film and in direct contact with the through via;
- first to third layers sequentially arranged on the common source line and each surrounding the through via;
- a plurality of channel structures penetrating the third layer in the first direction;
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- a box structure arranged on the intermediate insulation film and horizontally surrounding the through via,
- wherein the box structure comprises a plurality of residual sacrificial films and a plurality of insulation films alternatively arranged on the intermediate insulation film.
A semiconductor memory device, comprising:
- an intermediate insulation film;
- a common source line arranged in a planar shape and horizontally surrounding the intermediate insulation film;
- first and second gate stack structures extending on a substrate in a horizontal direction and including a plurality of gate electrode layers stacked in a vertical direction, the plurality of gate electrode layers having conductivity;
- a plurality of channel structures penetrating through one of the first and second gate stack structures in the vertical direction;
- a residual sacrificial film stack structure arranged between the first and second gate stack structures, vertically overlapping the intermediate insulation film, and including a plurality of residual sacrificial films stacked in the vertical direction;
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- a through via penetrating the residual sacrificial film stack structure and in direct contact to the common source line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.