IP Library Granted Patent US 12684785
Granted Patent B2
US 12684785 · App. 18/215,280 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Semiconductor memory device

Inventors: Youngji Noh (Suwon-si, KR); Jongho Woo (Suwon-si, KR); Joo-Heon Kang (Suwon-si, KR); Kyunghoon Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Myunghun Woo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H10B63/845H10B63/34
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12684785
App. No.
18/215,280
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a gate stacked structure including gate patterns and insulating patterns that are alternately stacked with each other; a gate insulating layer on a sidewall of the gate stacked structure; a channel layer surrounded by the gate insulating layer; a source line surrounded by the channel layer; a variable resistive layer surrounded by the channel layer; and a drain line surrounded by the channel layer.

Claims (52)

1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a gate stacked structure including gate patterns and insulating patterns that are alternately stacked with each other;

a gate insulating layer on a sidewall of the gate stacked structure;

a channel layer surrounded by the gate insulating layer;

a source line surrounded by the channel layer;

a variable resistive layer surrounded by the channel layer;

a drain line surrounded by the channel layer; and

a capping layer between the source line and the drain line;

wherein the variable resistive layer includes an inner sidewall in contact with the drain line and the capping layer and an outer sidewall in contact with the channel layer.

2 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the variable resistive layer, the source line, and the drain line are in the channel layer.

3 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a width of the source line is greater than a width of the drain line.

4 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the gate patterns extend in a first direction, and

a width of the source line in the first direction is greater than a width of the drain line in the first direction.

5 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a width of the source line in a second direction crossing the first direction is greater than a width of the drain line in the second direction.

6 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the channel layer includes an upper portion and a lower portion,

the source line is in contact with the upper portion of the channel layer, and

the drain line is spaced apart from the upper portion of the channel layer.

7 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the variable resistive layer is between the upper portion of the channel layer and the drain line.

8 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the source line is in contact with the variable resistive layer.

9 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising separation insulating layers on sidewalls of the gate stacked structure,

wherein the gate insulating layer is between the separation insulating layers.

10 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the variable resistive layer does not completely surround the drain line.

11 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

gate stacked structures spaced apart from each other, each of the gate stacked structures including gate patterns and insulating patterns that are alternately stacked with each other;

a gate insulating layer between the gate stacked structures;

a channel layer in the gate insulating layer;

a source line in the channel layer;

a variable resistive layer in the channel layer; and

a drain line in the channel layer,

wherein the drain line and an upper portion of the channel layer are spaced apart from each other;

wherein the source line is in contact with the variable resistive layer; and

wherein the source line includes a protrusion in contact with the variable resistive layer.

12 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the variable resistive layer is between the drain line and the upper portion of the channel layer.

13 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising a capping layer between the source line and the drain line,

wherein the protrusion of the source line is between the channel layer and the capping layer.

14 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the protrusion of the source line includes a first surface in contact with the capping layer and a second surface in contact with the variable resistive layer, and wherein the first surface of the protrusion of the source line is flat.

15 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the second surface of the protrusion of the source line is curved.

16 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein a width of the protrusion of the source line is equal to a width of the variable resistive layer.

17 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the variable resistive layer includes an inner sidewall in contact with the drain line and an outer sidewall in contact with the channel layer.

18 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

gate stacked structures spaced apart from each other, each of the gate stacked structures including gate patterns and insulating patterns that are alternately stacked with each other;

separation insulating layers between the gate stacked structures;

a gate insulating layer between the separation insulating layers;

a channel layer surrounded by the gate insulating layer;

a source line surrounded by the channel layer;

a variable resistive layer surrounded by the channel layer;

a drain line surrounded by the channel layer; and

a capping layer between the source line and the drain line,

wherein the variable resistive layer includes an inner sidewall in contact with the drain line and the capping layer and an outer sidewall in contact with the channel layer.

19 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the source line includes a protrusion in contact with the variable resistive layer and the capping layer.