IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,943,929
Granted Patent B2
US 11,943,929 · App. 18/129,120 · Granted Mar 26, 2024

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Hajime Kimura (Atsugi, JP); Takanori Matsuzaki (Atsugi, JP); Kiyoshi Kato (Atsugi, JP); Satoru Okamoto (Isehara, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H10B43/27H10B43/10H10B43/35H10B43/40H10B43/50H01L29/24H01L29/513
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Patent No.
US 11,943,929
App. No.
18/129,120
Granted
Mar 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device with a large storage capacity per unit area is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator including a first opening, a first conductor that is over the first insulator and includes a second opening, a second insulator that is over the first insulator and includes a third opening, and an oxide penetrating the first opening, the second opening, and the third opening. The oxide includes a first region at least in the first opening, a second region at least in the second opening, and a third region at least in the third opening. The resistances of the first region and the third region are lower than the resistance of the second region.

Claims (36)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first conductor over a substrate;

a first insulator over the first conductor;

a second conductor over the first insulator; and

a third conductor, a second insulator, and an oxide which are embedded in a first opening in the first insulator and a second opening in the second conductor,

wherein the oxide comprises indium and zinc,

wherein the third conductor, the second insulator, and the oxide extend in a direction intersecting a top surface of the substrate,

wherein the oxide surrounds the third conductor with the second insulator provided therebetween, and

wherein a bottom surface of the oxide is in contact with a top surface of the first conductor.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third insulator between the oxide and the third conductor.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide is in a columnar shape.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the first opening is smaller than a width of the second opening.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide further comprises a metal element selected from Al, Ga, Y, and Sn.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the oxide is electrically connected to a fourth conductor.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first conductor is one of a bit line and a source line, and

wherein the fourth conductor is the other of the bit line and the source line.

8. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first conductor over a substrate;

a first insulator over the first conductor;

a second conductor over the first insulator; and

a third conductor, a second insulator, and an oxide which are embedded in a first opening in the first insulator and a second opening in the second conductor,

wherein the oxide comprises indium and zinc,

wherein the third conductor, the second insulator, and the oxide extend in a direction intersecting a top surface of the substrate,

wherein the oxide surrounds the third conductor with the second insulator provided therebetween,

wherein a bottom surface of the oxide is in contact with a top surface of the first conductor,

wherein the oxide comprises a first region in the first opening and a second region in the second opening, and

wherein the resistance of the first region is lower than the resistance of the second region.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , further comprising a third insulator between the oxide and the third conductor.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the oxide is in a columnar shape.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein a width of the first opening is smaller than a width of the second opening.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the oxide further comprises a metal element selected from Al, Ga, Y, and Sn.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein a top surface of the oxide is electrically connected to a fourth conductor.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 13 ,

wherein the first conductor is one of a bit line and a source line, and

wherein the fourth conductor is the other of the bit line and the source line.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2017-119073 · Jun 16, 2017 · national
JP 2017-132740 · Jul 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17319389 · May 13, 2021
Continuation 16786273 · Feb 10, 2020
Division 16004890 · Jun 11, 2018
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