IP Library Granted Patent US 10,840,261
Granted Patent B2
US 10,840,261 · App. 16/285,892 · Granted Nov 17, 2020

Semiconductor storage device

Inventors: Takamasa Ito (Nagoya, JP); Ken Komiya (Nagoya, JP); Tsuneo Uenaka (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
H01L27/11582H01L23/528H01L23/53257H01L23/53271H01L23/53295H01L27/1157H01L29/1037H01L27/11565
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Patent No.
US 10,840,261
App. No.
16/285,892
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor storage device includes a base portion, a stacked body, and a first column. The base portion includes a substrate, a semiconductor element on the substrate, lower-layer wiring above the semiconductor element, and a first conductive layer above the lower-layer wiring and made of a metal compound or polycrystal silicon. The stacked body is above the first conductive layer. The stacked body includes second conductive layers and insulating films stacked alternately. The first column includes a semiconductor body and a memory film. The semiconductor body extends in a stacked direction of the stacked body and is electrically connected to the first conductive layer. A memory film has a charge trap between the plurality of second conductive layers and the semiconductor body. The first conductive layer is provided between the stacked body and the lower-layer wiring, and between a peripheral region of the stacked body and the lower-layer wiring.

Claims (31)

1. A semiconductor storage device, comprising:

a base portion including a substrate, semiconductor elements provided on the substrate, lower-layer wirings provided above the semiconductor elements, and a first conductive layer provided above the lower-layer wirings and made of a metal compound or polycrystal silicon;

a stacked body provided above the first conductive layer, the stacked body including a plurality of second conductive layers and a plurality of first insulating films stacked alternately in a first direction, and a second insulating film provided in a second direction of the plurality of second conductive layers, the second direction crossing the first direction; and

a first columnar portion including a semiconductor body and extending in the first direction of the stacked body and electrically connected to the first conductive layer,

a memory film provided between the semiconductor body and the plurality of second conductive layers,

wherein the stacked body comprises:

a first region provided with the first columnar portion; and

a second region having a first contact extending inside the second insulating film in the first direction and connected to a first wiring among the lower-layer wirings,

the first conductive layer is provided between the first region of the stacked body and the lower-layer wirings, and between the second region of the stacked body and the lower-layer wirings, and

the first contact extends through the first conductive layer and is insulated from the first conductive layer.

2. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the stacked body comprises:

a plurality of the first regions provided with the first columnar portion; and

a third region located between the first regions adjacent to each other,

wherein the first conductive layer is provided, not only between the first regions and the lower-layer wirings, but also between the third region and the lower-layer wirings.

3. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the stacked body comprises a fourth region having a contact connected to each of the second conductive layers, and

wherein the first conductive layer is also provided between the fourth region and the lower-layer wirings.

4. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 2 , wherein the stacked body comprises a fourth region having a contact connected to each of the second conductive layers, and

wherein the first conductive layer is also provided between the fourth region and the lower-layer wirings.

5. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein a metal material is used for the lower-layer wirings, and a metal compound hardly oxidized more than the lower-layer wirings is used for the first conductive layer.

6. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 2 , wherein a metal material is used for the lower-layer wirings, and a metal compound hardly oxidized more than the lower-layer wirings is used for the first conductive layer.

7. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 3 , wherein a metal material is used for the lower-layer wirings, and a metal compound hardly oxidized more than the lower-layer wirings is used for the first conductive layer.

8. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein tungsten silicide or titanium nitride is used for the first conductive layer.

9. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 2 , wherein tungsten silicide or titanium nitride is used for the first conductive layer.

10. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 3 , wherein tungsten silicide or titanium nitride is used for the first conductive layer.

11. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive layer is provided up to an outside of the lower-layer wirings when viewed from the first direction of the stacked body.

12. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 2 , wherein the first conductive layer is provided up to an outside of the lower-layer wirings when viewed from the first direction of the stacked body.

13. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 3 , wherein the first conductive layer is provided up to an outside of the lower-layer wirings when viewed from the first direction of the stacked body.

14. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 further comprising:

a silicon nitride film provided between the lower-layer wirings and the first conductive layer; and

a metal oxide film provided between the silicon nitride film and the first conductive layer.

15. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 14 , wherein the metal oxide film is provided up to an outside of the lower-layer wirings when viewed from the first direction of the stacked body.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058905/0582 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2019
From: ITO, TAKAMASA; KOMIYA, KEN; UENAKA, TSUNEO
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048443/0182 →