IP Library Granted Patent US 9,929,166
Granted Patent B1
US 9,929,166 · App. 15/442,274 · Granted Mar 27, 2018

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 9,929,166
App. No.
15/442,274
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

The semiconductor device according to the embodiments comprises: a plurality of first conductive layers arranged in a first direction above a substrate, the first direction intersecting an upper surface of the substrate; a semiconductor layer that faces a side surface of the plurality of first conductive layers and extends in the first direction as a longitudinal direction thereof; a wiring portion configured by causing end portions of the first conductive layers to be at different positions, respectively; and a transistor located above the wiring portion. The transistor comprises: a channel portion arranged at a same height as a second conductive layer, the second conductive layer being one of the plurality of the first conductive layers; agate insulating film arranged on an upper surface of the channel portion; and a gate electrode layer arranged on an upper surface of the gate insulating film.

Claims (54)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a plurality of first conductive layers arranged in a first direction above a substrate, the first direction intersecting an upper surface of the substrate;

a semiconductor layer that faces a side surface of the plurality of first conductive layers and extends in the first direction as a longitudinal direction thereof;

a wiring portion configured by causing end portions of the first conductive layers to be at different positions, respectively; and

a transistor located above the wiring portion,

the transistor comprising:

a channel portion arranged at a same height as a second conductive layer, the second conductive layer being one of the plurality of the first conductive layers;

a gate insulating film arranged on an upper surface of the channel portion; and

a gate electrode layer arranged on an upper surface of the gate insulating film.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the channel portion has a thickness along the first direction that is approximately the same as that of the second conductive layer.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second conductive layer is arranged at the highest position, when seen from the substrate, among the plurality of the first conductive layers.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the gate electrode layer and the second conductive layer include silicide of same metal.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the channel portion is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a longitudinal direction of a stepwise portion of the wiring portion.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the channel portion has a thickness along the first direction that is approximately the same as that of the second conductive layer, and

the second conductive layer is a arranged at the highest position, when seen from the substrate, among the plurality of the first conductive layers.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein

the gate electrode layer and the second conductive layer include silicide of same metal.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein

the channel portion is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a longitudinal direction of a stepwise portion of the wiring portion.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first conductive layers except the second conductive layer are composed of a metallic material.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein

the second conductive layer is composed of a semiconductor material.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein

an insulating layer is formed to surround the periphery of the first conductive layers composed of the metallic material.

12. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a plurality of first conductive layers arranged in a first direction above a substrate, the first direction intersecting an upper surface of the substrate;

a semiconductor layer that faces a side surface of the plurality of first conductive layers and extends in the first direction as a longitudinal direction thereof;

a wiring portion configured by causing end portions of the first conductive layers to be at different positions, respectively; and

a transistor located above the wiring portion,

the transistor comprises:

third and fourth conductive layers arranged at a same height as a second conductive layer, the second conductive layer being one of the plurality of the first conductive layers;

a channel portion provided between the third and fourth conductive layers and connected therebetween, the channel portion including a portion provided at a position lower than the third and fourth conductive layers seen from the substrate;

a gate insulating film arranged at least on an upper surface of the channel portion; and

a gate electrode layer arranged at least on an upper surface of the gate insulating film.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein

the channel portion has a thickness along the first direction that is approximately the same as that of the second conductive layer.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein

the second conductive layer is arranged at the highest position, when seen from the substrate, among the plurality of the first conductive layers.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein

the gate electrode layer and the second conductive layer include silicide of same metal.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein

the channel portion is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a longitudinal direction of a stepwise portion of the wiring portion.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 14 , wherein

the first conductive layers except the second conductive layer are composed of a metallic material.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 17 , wherein

The second conductive layer is composed of a semiconductor material.

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 17 , wherein

an insulating layer is formed to surround the periphery of the first conductive layers composed of the metallic material.

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 Mar 15, 2017
From: SAKUMA, KIWAMU; SAITOH, MASUMI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 041581/0365 →