IP Library Granted Patent US 11,158,649
Granted Patent B2
US 11,158,649 · App. 16/558,541 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Semiconductor storage device with columnar body having impurity containing channel film

Inventors: Shinichi Sotome (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Tatsufumi Hamada (Nagoya Aichi, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
H01L27/11582H01L23/481H01L27/1157H01L27/11524H01L27/11556H01L29/40117H01L29/66666H01L29/66787H01L29/7827
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Patent No.
US 11,158,649
App. No.
16/558,541
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor storage device includes a stacked body and a columnar body. The stacked body includes a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of insulating layers that are alternately stacked in a first direction. The columnar body extends through the stacked body in the first direction and includes a core portion, a channel film, a tunnel oxide film, and a charge storage film in this order from a center portion thereof. The channel film has a first region in contact with the core portion and a second region in contact with the tunnel oxide film. The first region is a semiconductor doped with impurities. The second region is a semiconductor. A concentration of the impurities in the second region is lower than that in the first region.

Claims (15)

1. A semiconductor storage device comprising:

a stacked body including a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of insulating layers that are alternately stacked in a first direction; and

a columnar body extending through the stacked body in the first direction and including a core portion, a channel film, a tunnel oxide film, and a charge storage film in this order from a center portion thereof, wherein

the channel film includes at least one element as impurities, and has a first region in contact with the core portion, and a second region in contact with the tunnel oxide film,

the first region is a semiconductor including the impurities, and

the second region is a semiconductor including the impurities, and a concentration of the impurities in the second region is lower than that in the first region.

2. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the channel film has a first surface in contact with the core portion and a second surface in contact with the tunnel oxide film, the first surface includes the impurities, and the second surface includes the impurities, and a concentration of the impurities in the first surface is higher than a concentration of the impurities in the second surface.

3. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 2 , wherein a concentration of the impurities in the channel film gradually decreases from the first surface to the second surface.

4. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the channel film is polysilicon having a region including the at least one element as impurities.

5. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one element is selected from a group consisting of phosphorus, boron, and germanium.

6. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one element is carbon.

7. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the impurities in the first region is higher than or equal to 1×10 20 /cm 3 and lower than or equal to 1×10 21 /cm 3 .

8. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the core portion includes the at least one element as impurities in a region in contact with the channel film.

9. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the impurities in the second region is substantially zero.

10. The semiconductor storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the columnar body further includes a block insulating film outside of the charge storage film, and the block insulating film is in contact with 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 Oct 28, 2019
From: SOTOME, SHINICHI; HAMADA, TATSUFUMI
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050842/0820 →