IP Library Granted Patent US 9,583,504
Granted Patent B2
US 9,583,504 · App. 14/194,757 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Non-volatile storage device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 9,583,504
App. No.
14/194,757
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an embodiment, a non-volatile storage device includes a first layer, a second layer formed on the first layer, a stacked body including a plurality of conductive films stacked on the second layer, and a semiconductor pillar which penetrates the stacked body and the second layer and reaches the first layer. The semiconductor pillar includes a semiconductor film formed along an extending direction of the semiconductor pillar, and a memory film which covers a periphery of the semiconductor film. The memory film includes a first portion formed between the stacked body and the semiconductor film and a second portion formed between the second layer and the semiconductor film. An outer periphery of the second portion in a plane perpendicular to the extending direction is wider than an outer periphery of the first portion on a second layer side of the stacked body.

Claims (64)

1. A non-volatile storage device comprising:

a first layer;

a second layer provided over the first layer;

a third layer provided over the second layer;

a selector gate provided above the third layer;

a stacked body including a plurality of conductive films stacked above the selector gate; and

a semiconductor pillar which penetrates the stacked body, the selector gate, the second layer, and the third layer, and reaches the first layer, wherein

the semiconductor pillar includes a semiconductor film provided along an extending direction of the semiconductor pillar,

the semiconductor pillar further includes a first portion provided in the selector gate and a second portion provided in the second layer, and

an outer periphery of the second portion, in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction, is wider than an outer periphery of the first portion.

2. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

the stacked body includes the stacked layers of the conductive films and silicon oxide films, and

the third layer includes an insulation film.

3. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

the semiconductor pillar further includes a silicon nitride film positioned at periphery of the semiconductor pillar.

4. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

an edge of the second layer is located under the selector gate.

5. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second layer contains at least one of aluminum oxide and tantalum oxide.

6. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 5 , wherein

the first layer contains a polysilicon layer doped with a dopant.

7. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 6 , wherein

the conductive films contain polycrystalline silicon.

8. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

wherein the silicon nitride film of the second portion is located under the selector gate.

9. A non-volatile storage device comprising:

a first layer including a source line;

a second layer provided over the first layer and including at least one of aluminum oxide and tantalum oxide;

a selector gate provided above the second layer;

a stacked body including a plurality of conductive films stacked over the selector gate; and

a semiconductor pillar which penetrates the stacked body, the selector gate, and the second layer and contacts the source line, wherein

the semiconductor pillar includes a semiconductor film provided along an extending direction of the semiconductor pillar,

the semiconductor pillar further includes a first portion provided in the selector gate and a second portion provided below the selector gate, and

an outer periphery of the second portion, in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction, has a portion that is wider than an outer periphery of the first portion.

10. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 9 , wherein

the semiconductor pillar further includes a silicon nitride film positioned at periphery of the semiconductor pillar.

11. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 9 , wherein

the stacked body includes the stacked layers of the conductive films and silicon oxide films.

12. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 9 , wherein

an edge of the second layer is located under the selector gate.

13. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the silicon nitride film of the second portion is located under the selector gate.

14. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 9 , wherein the first layer contains a polysilicon layer doped with a dopant.

15. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 9 , wherein the conductive films contain polycrystalline silicon.

16. A non-volatile storage device comprising:

a first layer disposed in a first plane;

a second layer provided over the first layer;

a third layer provided over the second layer;

a first selector gate provided over the third layer, a stacked body, including a plurality of conductive films separated by an insulating film, stacked over the first selector gate;

a second selector gate provided over the stacked body; and

a semiconductor pillar which penetrates the second selector gate, the stacked body, the first selector gate, the third layer, and the second layer and extends to the first layer, wherein

the first layer includes a source line;

the second layer includes a memory hole expansion layer;

the semiconductor pillar extends in a first direction perpendicular to the first plane, the semiconductor pillar including a semiconductor film provided parallel to the first direction, and a silicon nitride film positioned at periphery of the semiconductor pillar,

the semiconductor pillar further includes a first portion provided in the first selector gate and a second portion provided in the memory hole expansion layer,

the silicon nitride film of the second portion is located under the first selector gate, and

an outer periphery of the second portion, in a plane perpendicular to the extending direction, is wider than an outer periphery of the first portion on a second layer side of the stacked body.

17. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 16 , wherein

an edge of the second layer is located under the first selector gate.

18. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 16 , wherein

the first layer contains a polysilicon layer doped with a dopant.

19. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 16 , wherein

the memory hole expansion layer contains at least one of aluminum oxide and tantalum oxide.

20. The non-volatile storage device according to claim 16 , wherein the conductive films contain polycrystalline silicon.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043194/0647 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2014
From: HIGUCHI, MASAAKI; KITO, MASARU; SHINGU, MASAO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 032935/0012 →