IP Library Granted Patent US 10,930,665
Granted Patent B2
US 10,930,665 · App. 16/536,552 · Granted Feb 23, 2021

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 10,930,665
App. No.
16/536,552
Granted
Feb 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a control circuit arranged on a substrate, a first conductive layer arranged on the control circuit and containing a first element as a main component, a multilayer structure arranged on the first conductive layer and configured such that multiple second conductive layers and multiple insulating layers are alternately stacked on each other, a memory layer penetrating the multilayer structure and reaching the first conductive layer at a bottom portion, a first layer arranged between the control circuit and the first conductive layer and containing the first element as a main component, and a second layer arranged between the control circuit and the first layer and containing, as a main component, a second element different from the first element.

Claims (62)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a control circuit arranged on a substrate;

a first conductive layer arranged on the control circuit and containing a first element as a main component;

a multilayer structure arranged on the first conductive layer and configured such that multiple second conductive layers and multiple insulating layers are alternately stacked on each other;

a memory layer penetrating the multilayer structure and reaching the first conductive layer at a bottom portion;

a first layer arranged between the control circuit and the first conductive layer and containing the first element as a main component;

a second layer arranged between the control circuit and the first layer and containing, as a main component, a second element different from the first element;

a memory region having the multilayer structure where the memory layer is arranged; and

a peripheral region arranged at a periphery of the memory region, wherein

the first layer and the second layer are arranged in the memory region and the peripheral region.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first layer contains silicon as the first element.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first layer includes at least any of a polysilicon layer, an amorphous silicon layer, a silicon carbide layer, and an oxygen-containing silicon carbide layer.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second layer includes, as the second element, metal oxide containing at least one or more types of elements including Al, Zr, Ti, Hf, and Ta.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first conductive layer contains silicon as the first element.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first conductive layer includes a polysilicon layer.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second layer includes an aluminum oxide layer.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second layer is an etching stopper layer for etching using the first conductive layer as an etching stopper layer.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the multilayer structure has, at a lower layer, a third conductive layer containing the first element as a main component.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein

the third conductive layer contains silicon as the first element.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein

the third conductive layer includes a polysilicon layer.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein

the second layer is an etching stopper layer for etching using the first conductive layer as an etching stopper layer.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein

in the etching using the first conductive layer as the etching stopper layer, the third conductive layer is etched.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein

the first layer is an etching stopper layer for etching using the third conductive layer as an etching stopper layer.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 14 , wherein

in the etching using the third conductive layer as the etching stopper layer,

a multilayer structure configured such that multiple layers before replacement with the second conductive layers and the multiple insulating layers are alternately stacked on each other is etched.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein

the memory layer is formed in a memory hole penetrating the multilayer structure and reaching the first conductive layer at a bottom portion, and

the memory hole is formed in such a manner that

a multilayer structure configured such that multiple layers before replacement with the second conductive layers and the multiple insulating layers are alternately stacked on each other is etched using the third conductive layer as an etching stopper layer, and

the third conductive layer is etched using the first conductive layer as an etching stopper layer.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein

when the third conductive layer is etched in formation of the memory hole,

the second layer acts as an etching stopper layer in an erroneous formation pattern formed by photolithography processing for forming the memory hole, and

the erroneous formation pattern is a pattern formed at an unintended position in the memory region or the peripheral region.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein

when the multilayer structure is etched in formation of the memory hole,

the first layer acts as an etching stopper layer in an erroneous formation pattern formed by photolithography processing for forming the memory hole, and

the erroneous formation pattern is a pattern formed at an unintended position in the memory region or the peripheral region.

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 18 ,

wherein the erroneous formation pattern is formed in the peripheral region.

20. A semiconductor device comprising:

a control circuit arranged on a substrate;

a first conductive layer arranged on the control circuit and containing a first element as a main component;

a multilayer structure arranged on the first conductive layer and configured such that multiple second conductive layers and multiple insulating layers are alternately stacked on each other;

a memory layer penetrating the multilayer structure and reaching the first conductive layer at a bottom portion;

a first layer arranged between the control circuit and the first conductive layer and containing the first element as a main component; and

a second layer arranged between the control circuit and the first layer and containing, as a main component, a second element different from the first element, wherein

the second layer includes, as the second element, metal oxide containing at least one or more types of elements including Al, Zr, Ti, Hf, and Ta.

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 Aug 9, 2019
From: HORIBE, KOSUKE; WATANABE, KEI; SASAKI, TOSHIYUKI; HASEGAWA, TOMO; YAMAZAKI, SOICHI; KIKUTANI, KEISUKE; NISHIMURA, JUN; HARADA, HISASHI; KINOSHITA, HIDEYUKI
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050010/0047 →