IP Library Granted Patent US 9,831,261
Granted Patent B2
US 9,831,261 · App. 14/731,825 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Semiconductor memory device with first and second semiconductor films in first and second columnar bodies

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Patent No.
US 9,831,261
App. No.
14/731,825
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment comprises: conductive layers stacked in a vertical direction on a semiconductor substrate; and first and columnar bodies that extend in the vertical direction, the first and second columnar bodies each comprising: a first film; a second film disposed on the first film; and a semiconductor film, and the first film of the second columnar body having an upper end positioned higher than a first position lower than a first conductive layer and lower than a second position higher than the first conductive layer and a lower end positioned at or lower than the first position, and the second film of the second columnar body having an upper end positioned higher than the second position and a lower end positioned lower than the first position.

Claims (61)

1. A semiconductor memory device, comprising:

a plurality of conductive layers stacked in a vertical direction on a semiconductor substrate; and

a first columnar body and a second columnar body that extend in the vertical direction and have a side surface facing a side surface of the plurality of conductive layers,

the first columnar body and the second columnar body each comprising:

a first insulating film;

a first semiconductor film disposed on the first insulating film; and

a second semiconductor film disposed between the plurality of conductive layers and the first insulating film, and

the first semiconductor film of the first columnar body having a lower end terminating at an upper surface of the first insulating film in the first columnar body,

the first semiconductor film of the second columnar body having a lower end penetrating into the first insulating film to lower than the upper surface of the first insulating film in the second columnar body, and

the second columnar body having a cross-section which is larger than that of the first columnar body at the same position in the vertical direction.

2. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first conductive layer is a conductive layer which is highest of the plurality of conductive layers.

3. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first conductive layer is a conductive layer which is highest of the plurality of conductive layers contacting the second columnar body.

4. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 1 , wherein

a lower end of the first semiconductor film of the second columnar body is positioned at or lower than an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate in the vertical direction.

5. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first insulating film adopts as a material thereof silicon oxide, and

the first semiconductor film adopts as a material thereof silicon, titanium, tungsten, nickel silicide, cobalt silicide, tungsten silicide, or silicon nitride.

6. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first insulating film of the first columnar body has an upper end positioned higher than a first position and lower than a second position and a lower end positioned lower than the first position.

7. A semiconductor memory device, comprising:

a plurality of conductive layers stacked in a vertical direction on a semiconductor substrate; and

a first columnar body and a second columnar body that extend in the vertical direction and have a side surface facing a side surface of the plurality of conductive layers,

the first columnar body and the second columnar body each comprising:

a first insulating film;

a first semiconductor film disposed on the first insulating film; and

a multi-layer film including a second semiconductor film disposed between the plurality of conductive layers and the first insulating film, and

the first semiconductor film of the first columnar body having a lower end terminating at an upper surface of the first insulating film in the first columnar body,

the first semiconductor film of the second columnar body being disposed on the multi-layer film via the first insulating film and having a lower end penetrating into the first insulating film in the second columnar body to lower than the upper surface of the first insulating film in the second columnar body, and

the second columnar body having a cross-section which is larger than that of the first columnar body at the same position in the vertical direction.

8. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 7 , wherein

the first conductive layer is a conductive layer which is highest of the plurality of conductive layers.

9. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 7 , wherein

the first conductive layer is a conductive layer which is highest of the plurality of conductive layers contacting the second columnar body.

10. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 7 , wherein

a lower end of the first semiconductor film of the second columnar body is positioned at or lower than an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate in the vertical direction.

11. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 7 , wherein

the first insulating film adopts as a material thereof silicon oxide, and

the first semiconductor film adopts as a material thereof silicon, titanium, tungsten, nickel silicide, cobalt silicide, tungsten silicide, or silicon nitride.

12. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 7 , wherein

the first semiconductor film of the first columnar body contacts the multi-layer film at a second position.

13. A semiconductor memory device, comprising:

a plurality of conductive layers stacked in a vertical direction on a semiconductor substrate; and

a first columnar body and a second columnar body that extend in the vertical direction and have a side surface facing a side surface of the plurality of conductive layers,

the first columnar body and the second columnar body each comprising:

a first insulating film;

a first semiconductor film disposed on the first insulating film; and

a multi-layer film including a second semiconductor film disposed between the plurality of conductive layers and the first insulating film, and

the first semiconductor film of the first columnar body having a lower end terminating at an upper surface of the first insulating film in the first columnar body,

the first semiconductor film of the second columnar body having a lower end penetrating into the first insulating film in the second columnar body to lower than the upper surface of the first insulating film in the second columnar body, and

the second columnar body having a cross-section which is larger than that of the first columnar body at the same position in the vertical direction.

14. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 13 , wherein

the first conductive layer is a conductive layer which is highest of the plurality of conductive layers.

15. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 13 , wherein

the first conductive layer is a conductive layer which is highest of the plurality of conductive layers contacting the second columnar body.

16. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 13 , wherein

a lower end of the first semiconductor film of the second columnar body is positioned at or lower than an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate in the vertical direction.

17. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 13 , wherein

the first insulating film adopts as a material thereof silicon oxide, and

the first semiconductor film adopts as a material thereof silicon, titanium, tungsten, nickel silicide, cobalt silicide, tungsten silicide, or silicon nitride.

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 Aug 14, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043541/0381 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2015
From: NODA, KOTARO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 035794/0336 →