IP Library Granted Patent US 9,691,786
Granted Patent B1
US 9,691,786 · App. 15/253,244 · Granted Jun 27, 2017

Semiconductor memory device

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Patent No.
US 9,691,786
App. No.
15/253,244
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes: a first semiconductor layer; and a memory cell array on the first semiconductor layer, the memory cell array including a source line, a second semiconductor layer, and a conductive layer, those are sequentially disposed in a first direction and the memory cell array further including a third semiconductor layer which is columnar and extends in the first direction and a charge accumulation film disposed between the conductive layer and the third semiconductor layer, wherein the second semiconductor layer includes a first impurity region of a first conductivity type disposed at a position of the third semiconductor layer as viewed from the first direction and a second impurity region adjacent to the first impurity region which has a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type.

Claims (49)

1. A semiconductor memory device, comprising:

a first semiconductor layer; and

a memory cell array on the first semiconductor layer, the memory cell array including a source line, a second semiconductor layer, and a conductive layer, those are sequentially disposed in a first direction and the memory cell array further including a third semiconductor layer which is columnar and extends in the first direction and a charge accumulation film disposed between the conductive layer and the third semiconductor layer,

wherein the second semiconductor layer includes a first impurity region of a first conductivity type disposed at a position of the third semiconductor layer as viewed from the first direction and a second impurity region adjacent to the first impurity region which has a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type.

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

the source line is made of metal or silicon having a certain impurity.

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

the first conductivity type is p type and the second conductivity type is n type.

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

the first conductivity type is n type and the second conductivity type is p type.

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

the second semiconductor layer includes a first portion projecting toward the first direction at a position of a bottom of the third semiconductor layer as viewed from the first direction.

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

the charge accumulation film is supplied with a first charge from the first impurity region of the second semiconductor layer.

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

the charge accumulation film is supplied with a second charge from the source line via the second impurity region and an inversion layer formed in the first impurity region of the second semiconductor layer.

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

the second semiconductor layer includes a plurality of the second impurity regions sandwiching the first impurity region.

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

the second impurity region of the second semiconductor layer is disposed intermittently in a third direction intersecting the first and second directions.

10. A semiconductor memory device, comprising:

a first semiconductor layer;

a source line disposed on the first semiconductor layer;

a second semiconductor layer disposed on the source line, the second semiconductor layer including a first impurity region with a first conductivity type and a second impurity region with a second conductivity type;

a stacked body in which a plurality of films of insulating layers and conductive layers being alternately stacked on the second semiconductor layer;

a plurality of third semiconductor layers which are columnar and are disposed on the first impurity region of the second semiconductor layer in the stacked body; and

a memory cell including a charge accumulation film which is provided at each of intersections of the third semiconductor layer and the conductive layer of the stacked body,

the first impurity region of the second semiconductor layer contacting an end of the third semiconductor layer, and at least both sides of the first impurity region of the second semiconductor layer being partitioned by the second impurity region.

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

the source line is a metal line, or silicon including an impurity.

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

the second impurity region is a linear region having a certain width, or an island-like region disposed intermittently along a first direction.

13. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 12 , comprising

a plurality of memory regions where the third semiconductor layers are disposed,

wherein in-between each of the memory regions is isolated by the second impurity region of the linear region.

14. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 12 , comprising

a plurality of memory regions where the third semiconductor layers are disposed,

wherein one portion of in-between each of the memory regions is isolated by the second impurity region of the island-like region, and another portion of in-between each of the memory regions is linked.

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

the first conductivity type is p type and

the second conductivity type is n type.

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

the second semiconductor layer includes a first portion projecting toward a first direction at a position of a bottom of the third semiconductor layer as viewed from the first direction.

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

the charge accumulation film is supplied with a first charge from the first impurity region of the second semiconductor layer and is supplied with a second charge from the source line via the second impurity region and an inversion layer formed in the first impurity region of the second semiconductor layer.

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

the second semiconductor layer includes a plurality of the second impurity regions sandwiching the first impurity region.

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

the second impurity region of the second semiconductor layer is disposed at a position of the insulating layer as viewed from a first direction.

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 Aug 31, 2016
From: TSUJI, MASAKI; AOCHI, HIDEAKI; FUJIKI, JUN
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 039605/0411 →