# US 8,541,866 B2 · Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same

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- Number: US 8,541,866 B2
- Document ID: US8541866B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/722,920
- Filed: 2010-03-12
- Published: 2010-09-30
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2009-03-24
- Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Applicants: Ryota Katsumata; Masaru Kito; Yoshiaki Fukuzumi; Masaru Kidoh; Hiroyasu Tanaka; Yosuke Komori; Megumi Ishiduki; Hideaki Aochi; Ryouhei Kirisawa; Junya Matsunami; Tomoko Fujiwara
- Inventors: Ryota Katsumata; Masaru Kito; Yoshiaki Fukuzumi; Masaru Kidoh; Hiroyasu Tanaka; Yosuke Komori; Megumi Ishiduki; Hideaki Aochi; Ryouhei Kirisawa; Junya Matsunami; Tomoko Fujiwara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8541866B2

## CPC

- H10D 89/10: Integrated device layouts
- H10B 20/00: Read-only memory [ROM] devices
- H10B 20/25: One-time programmable ROM [OTPROM] devices, e.g. using electrically-fusible links
- H10W 20/491: {Antifuses, i.e. interconnections changeable from non-conductive to conductive}
- H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- H10B: ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES
- H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10

## Abstract

A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, includes: a stacked structural unit including a plurality of stacked component units stacked in a first direction, each of the stacked component units including a first conducting film made of a semiconductor of a first conductivity type provided perpendicular to the first direction and a first insulating film stacked in the first direction with the first conducting film; a semiconductor pillar piercing the stacked structural unit in the first direction and including a conducting region of a second conductivity type, the semiconductor pillar including a first region opposing each of the first conducting films, and a second region provided between the first regions with respect to the first direction, the second region having a resistance different from a resistance of the first region; and a second insulating film provided between the semiconductor pillar and the first conducting film.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, comprising:
a stacked structural unit including a plurality of stacked component units stacked in a first direction, each of the stacked component units including a first conducting film and a first insulating film stacked with the first conducting film in the first direction, the first conducting film being provided in a plane perpendicular to the first direction and made of a semiconductor of a first conductivity type;
a semiconductor pillar piercing the stacked structural unit in the first direction and including a conducting region of a second conductivity type, the semiconductor pillar including
first regions, each of the first regions being provided in the plane with each of the first conducting films, the first regions being apart from each other in the first direction, and
a second region provided between the first regions with respect to the first direction, the second region having a resistance different from a resistance of each of the first regions; and
memory portions including a second insulating film, each of the memory portions being provided between each of the first regions and the first conducting film, the second insulating film being provided between the semiconductor pillar and the first conducting film.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein
the conducting region is the second region, and the resistance of the second region is lower than the resistance of the first regions.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The device according to claim 2, wherein a concentration of an impurity included in the first regions is lower than a concentration of an impurity included in the second region.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The device according to claim 3, wherein the first conducting film includes a first impurity, and
a concentration of the impurity included in the second region is lower than a concentration of the first impurity included in the first conducting film.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein:
the first conducting film includes a first impurity;
each of the stacked component units further includes:
a second conducting film provided between the first conducting film and the first insulating film, the second conducting film including a second impurity and being made of a semiconductor of the second conductivity type; and
a third insulating film provided between the second conducting film and the first conducting film;
the conducting region is the second region; and
the second region includes the second impurity with a concentration lower than a concentration of the second impurity included in the second conducting film.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The device according to claim 5, wherein the concentration of the second impurity of the second region is lower than a concentration of the first impurity included in the first conducting film.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The device according to claim 5, wherein the concentration of the second impurity of the second region is lower than a concentration of the first impurity included in the first conducting film and a concentration of an impurity included in the first regions is lower than the concentration of the second impurity included in the second region.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein the first regions include an intrinsic semiconductor.

### Claim 9 (depends on 5)

The device according to claim 5, wherein the second insulating film extends in a region between the semiconductor pillar and the second conducting film.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The device according to claim 9, wherein the second insulating film extends in a region between the semiconductor pillar and the first insulating film and extends in a region between the semiconductor pillar and the third insulating film.

### Claim 11 (depends on 5)

The device according to claim 5, wherein the second region includes the second impurity diffused from the second conducting film.

### Claim 12 (depends on 5)

The device according to claim 5, wherein the second region includes the second impurity diffused from the second conducting film into the semiconductor pillar via a destructed portion selectively made in the second insulating film.

### Claim 13 (depends on 5)

The device according to claim 5, wherein the first impurity is arsenic, the second impurity is boron, and the second region includes the second impurity diffused from the second conducting film into the semiconductor pillar via the second insulating film.

### Claim 14 (depends on 5)

The device according to claim 5, wherein a permeability of the second insulating film with respect to the second impurity is lower than a permeability of the second insulating film with respect to the first impurity.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, further comprising a drive circuit,
each of the stacked component units further including
a third conducting film provided between the first conducting film and the first insulating film, and
a fourth insulating film provided between the third conducting film and the first conducting film,
the second insulating film extending in a region between the third conducting film and the semiconductor pillar,
an entirety of the semiconductor pillar being the conducting region,
the drive circuit applying a potential to the third conducting film, and
the second region being a depletion layer formed in the semiconductor pillar by the potential applied to the third conducting film.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The device according to claim 15, wherein the first conducting film includes a first impurity, the semiconductor pillar includes a second impurity, and a concentration of the second impurity included in the semiconductor pillar is lower than a concentration of the first impurity included in the first conducting film.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The device according to claim 15, wherein the third conducting film is provided between the first conducting films and is a gate electrode of a transistor having the semiconductor pillar as a channel and the second insulating film as a gate insulating film.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a semiconductor layer electrically connected to the semiconductor pillar;
a first interconnect provided to oppose the semiconductor layer, the first interconnect being aligned in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
a second interconnect aligned in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and non-parallel to the second direction; and
a fifth insulating film provided between the semiconductor layer and the second interconnect.