IP Library Granted Patent US 10,262,936
Granted Patent B2
US 10,262,936 · App. 15/459,255 · Granted Apr 16, 2019

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 10,262,936
App. No.
15/459,255
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a stacked body having an end which is step-shaped and a contact in each of the steps of the end. Each of the steps includes alternating a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of insulating layers. The contact includes a plurality of conductive films contacting each of the conductive layers, and a plurality of insulating films contacting each of the insulating layers, the insulating films being provided between the conductive films.

Claims (15)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a stacked body having an end which is step-shaped; and

a contact in each of the steps of the end, wherein

each of the steps includes alternating a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of insulating layers,

the contact includes a plurality of conductive films directly contacting each of the conductive layers, and a plurality of insulating films directly contacting each of the insulating layers, the insulating films being provided between the conductive films,

the plurality of conductive films include a first conductive film contacting the conductive layer in a lowermost layer in each of the steps and positioned on the innermost side of the contact, and

a planar shape of the other conductive films excluding the first conductive film is a concentric shape centered around the first conductive film.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a planar shape of the other conductive films is a concentric circle.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a planar shape of the other conductive films is a polygon.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of memory hole regions each provided with a plurality of memory cells,

wherein the contact is divided corresponding to each of the memory hole regions.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the number of divisions of the contact is more than two.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first conductive film is the greatest among the plurality of conductive films.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the respective thicknesses of the other conductive films excluding the first conductive film increase as distances to the first conductive film decrease.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the conductive layers is same for all the steps, and the number of the insulating layers is also same for all the steps.

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 Jun 29, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043052/0218 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2017
From: YAZAWA, HIROYUKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 041996/0887 →