IP Library Granted Patent US 8,730,727
Granted Patent B2
US 8,730,727 · App. 12/907,560 · Granted May 20, 2014

3D non-volatile memory device and method for operating and fabricating the same

Inventors: Hyun-Seung Yoo (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Eun-Seok Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Se-Jun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,730,727
App. No.
12/907,560
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A 3D non-volatile memory device includes a plate-type lower select line formed over a substrate, a lower select transistor formed in the lower select line, a plurality of memory cells stacked over the lower select transistor, an upper select transistor formed over the memory cells, and a line-type common source line formed over the substrate and spaced from the lower select line.

Claims (14)

1. A 3D non-volatile memory device comprising:

a plate-type lower select line formed over a substrate;

a lower select transistor formed in the lower select line;

a plurality of memory cells stacked over the lower select transistor;

an upper select transistor formed over the memory cells;

a device isolation layer formed in the substrate;

a line-type common source line formed to be contacted with the device isolation layer and horizontally spaced from the lower select line; and

a line-type contact plug formed in parallel with the line-type common source line and formed over the lower select line.

2. The 3D non-volatile memory device of claim 1 , further comprising a well area formed in the substrate between the lower select transistor and the common source line, wherein the common source line is formed over the device isolation layer and the well area.

3. The 3D non-volatile memory device of claim 2 , wherein a channel of the lower select transistor and the common source line have a first conductive type, and the well area has a second conductive type different from the first conductive type.

4. The 3D non-volatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein the common source line comprises a metallic layer.

5. The 3D non-volatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein the lower select transistor comprises:

a channel arranged to project from the substrate and pass through the lower select line; and

a gate dielectric layer interposed between the channel and the lower select line.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 8, 2014
From: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 032623/0551 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2010
From: YOO, HYUN-SEUNG; CHOI, EUN-SEOK; KIM, SE-JUN
To: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Reel/Frame 025160/0712 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2009-0099233 · Oct 19, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110090737A1 · Apr 21, 2011