IP Library Granted Patent US 10,868,029
Granted Patent B2
US 10,868,029 · App. 16/127,962 · Granted Dec 15, 2020

Staggered semiconductor memory device

Inventors: Jun Iijima (Yokkaichi, JP); Masayoshi Tagami (Kuwana, JP); Takamasa Usui (Yokkaichi, JP); Takahito Nishimura (Kuwana, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
H01L27/11578G11C11/24H01L27/11568
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Patent No.
US 10,868,029
App. No.
16/127,962
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a stacked body, a plurality of columnar portions, a plurality of interconnects, and a plurality of connection portions. The plurality of interconnects extends in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. When viewed from a second direction perpendicular to the stacking direction and the first direction, a portion of a first connection portion overlaps a portion of a second connection portion. The first connection portion is connected to a first interconnect of the plurality of interconnects. The second connection portion is connected to a second interconnect of the plurality of interconnects adjacent to the first interconnect in the second direction.

Claims (22)

1. A semiconductor memory device, comprising:

a substrate;

a stacked body provided above the substrate, the stacked body including a plurality of electrode layers stacked to be separated from each other;

a plurality of columnar portions extending through the stacked body in a stacking direction of the plurality of electrode layers of the stacked body, each of the plurality of columnar portions including a semiconductor portion;

a plurality of interconnects extending in a first direction and being electrically connected to the semiconductor portions of the plurality of columnar portions, the first direction being parallel to an upper surface of the substrate; and

a plurality of connection portions provided between the plurality of columnar portions and the plurality of interconnects, the plurality of connection portions including a connection portion connected correspondingly to one columnar portion of the plurality of columnar portions and one interconnect of the plurality of interconnects,

wherein a portion of a first connection portion extending in the first direction overlaps a portion of a second connection portion extending in the first direction when viewed from a second direction perpendicular to the stacking direction and the first direction,

the first connection portion is connected to a first interconnect of the plurality of interconnects,

the second connection portion is connected to a second interconnect of the plurality of interconnects, and

the first interconnect and the second interconnect are the nearest interconnects to each other in the second direction.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein configurations of the first connection portion and the second connection portion are ellipses when viewed from the stacking direction.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein

lower surfaces of the plurality of connection portions contact the semiconductor portions of the plurality of columnar portions, and

upper surfaces of the plurality of connection portions contact the plurality of interconnects.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein lengths in the first direction of the plurality of connection portions decrease toward the plurality of columnar portions.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of connection portions includes first portions contacting the semiconductor portions of the plurality of columnar portions, and second portions provided above the first portions and contacting the plurality of interconnects.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of columnar portions are provided in a plurality of columns arranged along the first direction, and

the columnar portions of each column are arranged along the second direction.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein

the semiconductor portions of the plurality of columnar portions extend in the stacking direction, and

one of the plurality of columnar portions includes a charge storage film provided between one of the semiconductor portions and one of the plurality of electrode layers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2018
From: IIJIMA, JUN; TAGAMI, MASAYOSHI; USUI, TAKAMASA; NISHIMURA, TAKAHITO
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047094/0648 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-053939 · Mar 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190296035A1 · Sep 26, 2019
Cited By (1)
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