# US 12,114,487 B2 · Semiconductor memory device having bit lines and isolation fins disposed on the substrate

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- Number: US 12,114,487 B2
- Document ID: US12114487B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/108,666
- Filed: 2023-02-13
- Published: 2023-06-22
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2021-05-08
- Assignees: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Janbo Zhang; Li-Wei Feng; Yu-Cheng Tung
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114487B2

## CPC

- H10B 12/485: {Bit line contacts}
- H10B 12/053: {the transistor being at least partially in a trench in the substrate (vertical transistor in combination with a capacitor formed in a substrate trench H10B12/0383)}
- H10B 12/315: {with the capacitor higher than a bit line}
- H10B 12/482: {Bit lines}
- H10B 12/34: {the transistor being at least partially in a trench in the substrate}
- H10B: ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES

## Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor memory device including a substrate, a plurality of buried word lines, a plurality of bit lines, and a plurality isolation fins. The substrate includes a plurality of active areas and a shallow trench isolation. The buried word lines are disposed in the substrate. The bit lines are disposed on the substrate. The isolation fins are disposed on the substrate, over each of the buried word lines respectively, wherein a portion of the isolation fins is disposed under the bit lines and overlapped with the bit lines.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A semiconductor memory device, comprising:
a substrate, comprising a plurality of active areas and a shallow trench isolation;
a plurality of buried word lines disposed in the substrate;
a plurality of bit lines disposed on the substrate; and
a plurality of isolation fins disposed on the substrate, over each of the buried word lines respectively, wherein a bottom surface of the isolation fins is higher than a bottommost surface of the bit lines and a portion of the isolation fins is disposed under the bit lines and overlapped with the bit lines.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 1, wherein the isolation fins comprise different heights in a direction perpendicular to the substrate.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 2, wherein another portion of the isolation fins is coplanar with a topmost surface of the bit lines.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 1, wherein the portion of the isolation fins is disposed over the active areas, and the shallow trench isolation.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 1, wherein each of the bit lines comprises a semiconductor layer, a barrier layer, and a conductive layer stacked from bottom to top, and the semiconductor layer and the barrier layer of each of the bit lines respectively comprises a U-shape structure.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 5, wherein the conductive layer of each of the bit lines directly contacts top surfaces of the portion of the isolation fins.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 5, wherein the conductive layer of each of the bit lines comprises a comb-shaped structure.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 7, wherein the comb-shaped structure comprises a plurality of pins, and a portion of the pins is extended into the active areas.

### Claim 9 (depends on 5)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 5, further comprising:
a plurality of spacers, disposed on sidewalls of the isolation fins, and a portion of the spacers extended into the active areas, wherein a bottommost surface of the portion of the spacers is lower than a top surface of the substrate.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 9, wherein each of the spacers is disposed between the isolation fins and the conductive layer, wherein each of the spacers comprises a multilayer structure.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a dielectric layer disposed on the substrate, and the isolation fins are disposed on the dielectric layer.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 11, wherein the dielectric layer comprises an oxide-nitride-oxide structure.

### Claim 13

A semiconductor memory device, comprising:
a substrate, comprising a plurality of active areas and a shallow trench isolation;
a plurality of buried word lines disposed in the substrate, wherein each of the buried word lines comprises an interface dielectric layer, a gate dielectric layer, a gate electrode layer, and a mask layer;
a plurality of bit lines disposed on the substrate; and
a plurality of isolation fins disposed on the substrate, over each of the buried word lines respectively, wherein a portion of the isolation fins is disposed under the bit lines and overlapped with the bit lines, wherein a height of the isolation fins disposed over the active areas is smaller than a height of the isolation fins disposed over the shallow trench isolation.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 13, wherein a top surface of the isolation fins disposed over the shallow trench isolation is coplanar with a topmost surface of the bit lines.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 13, wherein a top surface of the isolation fins disposed over the active areas directly contacts the bit lines.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 13, wherein each of the bit lines comprises a semiconductor layer, a barrier layer, and a conductive layer stacked from bottom to top, and the semiconductor layer and the barrier layer of each of the bit lines respectively comprises a U-shape structure.

### Claim 17

A semiconductor memory device, comprising:
a substrate, comprising a plurality of active areas and a shallow trench isolation;
a plurality of buried word lines disposed in the substrate;
a plurality of bit lines disposed on the substrate; and
a plurality of isolation fins disposed on the substrate, over each of the buried word lines respectively, wherein the isolation fins comprise different heights in a direction perpendicular to the substrate and a portion of the isolation fins is disposed under the bit lines and overlapped with the bit lines.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 17, wherein the portion of the isolation fins is disposed over the active areas, and the shallow trench isolation and another portion of the isolation fins is coplanar with a topmost surface of the bit lines.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The semiconductor memory device according to claim 17, wherein each of the bit lines comprises a semiconductor layer, a barrier layer, and a conductive layer stacked from bottom to top, and the semiconductor layer and the barrier layer of each of the bit lines respectively comprises a U-shape structure.