IP Library Granted Patent US 11,107,802
Granted Patent B2
US 11,107,802 · App. 16/541,370 · Granted Aug 31, 2021

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

Inventor: Hiroshi Nakaki (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
H01L25/18H01L24/08H01L24/80H01L25/0657H01L25/50H01L27/11582H01L2224/08145H01L2224/80006H01L2224/80894H01L2225/06524H01L2924/1431H01L2924/14511
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Patent No.
US 11,107,802
App. No.
16/541,370
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first substrate, and a plurality of electrode layers provided above the first substrate and stacked in a first direction. The device further includes a first semiconductor layer extending in the first direction in the plurality of electrode layers, and a metal layer provided above an uppermost one of the plurality of electrode layers and extending to cross the first direction. The device further includes a second semiconductor layer including an impurity diffusion layer that is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the metal layer, electrically connects the first semiconductor layer with the metal layer, and has an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the first semiconductor layer.

Claims (58)

1. A semiconductor device of comprising:

a first substrate;

a plurality of electrode layers provided above the first substrate and stacked in a first direction;

a first semiconductor layer extending in the first direction in the plurality of electrode layers;

a metal layer provided above an uppermost one of the plurality of electrode layers and extending to cross the first direction; and

a second semiconductor layer including an impurity diffusion layer that is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the metal layer, electrically connects the first semiconductor layer with the metal layer, and has an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the first semiconductor layer,

the device comprising, as the first semiconductor layer, a plurality of first semiconductor layers provided in an array in an in-plane direction of the plurality of electrode layers,

wherein the second semiconductor layer is electrically connected to each of the plurality of first semiconductor layers.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein

the first semiconductor layer has a columnar shape extending in the first direction; and

the second semiconductor layer has a columnar shape extending in the first direction on the first semiconductor layer.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein

the first substrate is provided in a first chip that includes a logic circuit; and

the plurality of electrode layers are provided in a second chip that is provided on the first chip and includes a memory cell array.

4. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first substrate;

a plurality of electrode layers provided above the first substrate and stacked in a first direction;

a first semiconductor layer extending in the first direction in the plurality of electrode layers;

a metal layer provided above an uppermost one of the plurality of electrode layers and extending to cross the first direction; and

a second semiconductor layer including an impurity diffusion layer that is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the metal layer, electrically connects the first semiconductor layer with the metal layer, and has an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the first semiconductor layer,

wherein the metal layer annularly surrounds the second semiconductor layer.

5. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first substrate;

a plurality of electrode layers provided above the first substrate and stacked in a first direction;

a first semiconductor layer extending in the first direction in the plurality of electrode layers;

a metal layer provided above an uppermost one of the plurality of electrode layers and extending to cross the first direction; and

a second semiconductor layer including an impurity diffusion layer that is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the metal layer, electrically connects the first semiconductor layer with the metal layer, and has an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the first semiconductor layer,

wherein the second semiconductor layer annularly surrounds the first semiconductor layer.

6. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first substrate;

a plurality of electrode layers provided above the first substrate and stacked in a first direction;

a first semiconductor layer extending in the first direction in the plurality of electrode layers;

a metal layer provided above an uppermost one of the plurality of electrode layers and extending to cross the first direction; and

a second semiconductor layer including an impurity diffusion layer that is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the metal layer, electrically connects the first semiconductor layer with the metal layer, and has an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the first semiconductor layer,

wherein

the first semiconductor layer includes a first portion provided around a side face of a first insulator, and a second portion provided on the first insulator and the first portion; and

the second semiconductor layer is provided on the second portion.

7. The device of claim 6 , further comprising a second insulator provided around a side face of the second portion to form an annular shape.

8. The device of claim 6 , wherein the second semiconductor layer includes:

a first region provided above a plurality of first semiconductor layers; and

a plurality of second regions projecting from the first region toward upper portions of individual ones of the first semiconductor layers.

9. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first substrate;

a plurality of electrode layers provided above the first substrate, stacked to be spaced away from one another in a first direction that crosses a surface of the first substrate, and extending orthogonal to the first direction;

a first semiconductor layer provided in the plurality of electrode layers, and extending in the first direction; and

a second semiconductor layer provided around the first semiconductor layer to form an annular shape, electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, and having an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the first semiconductor layer,

the device comprising, as the first semiconductor layer, a plurality of first semiconductor layers provided in an array in an in-plane direction of the plurality of electrode layers,

wherein the second semiconductor layer is electrically connected to each of the plurality of first semiconductor layers.

10. The device of claim 9 , further comprising a charge storage layer provided around the first and second semiconductor layers to form an annular shape.

11. The device of claim 9 , wherein

the first substrate is provided in a first chip that includes a logic circuit; and

the plurality of electrode layers are provided in a second chip that is provided on the first chip and includes a memory cell array.

12. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first substrate;

a plurality of electrode layers provided above the first substrate, stacked to be spaced away from one another in a first direction that crosses a surface of the first substrate, and extending orthogonal to the first direction;

a first semiconductor layer provided in the plurality of electrode layers, and extending in the first direction; and

a second semiconductor layer provided around the first semiconductor layer to form an annular shape, electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, and having an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the first semiconductor layer,

wherein the second semiconductor layer annularly surrounds the first semiconductor layer.

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 15, 2019
From: NAKAKI, HIROSHI
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050061/0401 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-038765 · Mar 4, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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