IP Library Granted Patent US 12701725
Granted Patent B2
US 12701725 · App. 18/166,100 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Semiconductor device, manufacturing method thereof, and 3D NAND memory

Inventors: Lu Zhou (Wuhan, CN); Quan Zhang (Wuhan, CN); Lan Yao (Wuhan, CN)
Assignee: Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
H10D1/665H10D1/047
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Patent No.
US 12701725
App. No.
18/166,100
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure provides a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the same, a 3D NAND memory, and a memory system. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first trench at a surface thereof, and a first insulating layer formed on the surface of the substrate and inside the first trench. The first insulating layer formed inside the first trench forms a second trench that is embedded in the first trench. The semiconductor device further includes a conducting layer formed on a surface of the first insulating layer away from the substrate and inside the second trench.

Claims (29)

1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate having a first trench at a surface thereof;

a first insulating layer formed on the surface of the substrate and inside the first trench, the first insulating layer formed inside the first trench forming a second trench that is embedded in the first trench;

a second insulating layer formed inside the first trench, wherein the first insulating layer formed inside the first trench is formed on the second insulating layer; and

a conducting layer formed on a surface of the first insulating layer away from the substrate and inside the second trench,

wherein a thickness of the first insulating layer formed on the second insulating layer is a first thickness, a thickness of the first insulating layer formed on the surface of the substrate is a second thickness, and a sum of the first thickness and a thickness of the second insulating layer is greater than the second thickness.

2 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the conducting layer away from the second trench is a planar surface.

3 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first insulating layer inside the first trench is formed on a bottom and a sidewall of the first trench.

4 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer include a same material.

5 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate including a first portion and multiple separate second portions on the first portion along a vertical direction of the semiconductor device;

a conducting layer formed on the substrate along the vertical direction of the semiconductor device, a part of the conducting layer being formed between two adjacent second portions of the substrate along a horizontal direction of the semiconductor device;

a first insulating layer formed between the substrate and the conducting layer along the vertical direction of the semiconductor device; and

a second insulating layer formed between a bottom of the first insulating layer and the first portion of the substrate,

wherein a thickness of the first insulating layer formed on the second insulating layer is a first thickness, a thickness of the first insulating layer formed on a surface of second portions of the substrate is a second thickness, and a sum of the first thickness and a thickness of the second insulating layer is greater than the second thickness.

6 . The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein projections of the part of the conducting layer and the two adjacent second portions overlap to each other along the horizontal direction of the semiconductor device.

7 . The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the first insulating layer is formed on a surface of the first portion and on surfaces and sidewalls of the multiple separate second portions of the substrate.

8 . The semiconductor device of claim 5 ,

wherein the second insulating layer is formed between the substrate and the first insulating layer along the vertical direction of the semiconductor device.

9 . The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein a surface of the part of the conducting layer is a planar surface.

10 . The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer include a same material.

11 . The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the conducting layer includes polysilicon.

12 . The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the first insulating layer includes silicon oxide.

13 . The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the second insulating layer includes silicon oxide.

14 . The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the substrate includes silicon.

15 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the conducting layer includes polysilicon.

16 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first insulating layer includes silicon oxide.

17 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second insulating layer includes silicon oxide.

18 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate includes silicon.