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US 9,087,856 · App. 14/550,351 · Granted Jul 21, 2015

Semiconductor device with buried bit line and method for fabricating the same

Inventor: Eui-Seong Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
H01L29/66666H01L21/8238H01L27/1052H01L27/10814H01L27/10876H01L27/10885H01L29/78642
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,087,856
App. No.
14/550,351
Granted
Jul 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes trenches defined in a substrate, buried bit lines partially filling the trenches, a first source/drain layer filling remaining portions of the trenches on the buried bit lines, stack patterns having a channel layer and a second source/drain layer stacked therein and bonded to the first source/drain layer, wherein the channel layer contacts with the first source/drain layer, and word lines crossing with the buried bit lines and disposed adjacent to sidewalls of the channel layer.

Claims (18)

1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising:

defining trenches in a substrate;

forming buried bit lines to partially fill the trenches;

forming a first source/drain layer to fill remaining portions of the trenches on the buried bit lines;

sequentially forming a second source/drain layer and a channel layer on an entire surface of a sacrificial substrate;

bonding the substrate and the sacrificial substrate with each other for the first source/drain layer and the channel layer to face each other;

removing the sacrificial substrate;

forming stack patterns by selectively etching the second source/drain layer and the channel layer for the etched channel layer to contact with the first source/drain layer; and

forming word lines to cross with the buried bit lines and be disposed adjacent to sidewalls of the channel layer.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the stack patterns include pillar type patterns disposed at intersections of the word lines with the buried bit lines.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the word lines extend in one direction and surround the channel layer of the stack patterns.

4. The method according to claim 2 , the forming of the first source/drain layer comprising:

forming a semiconductor layer on the substrate including the buried bit lines;

performing a planarization process until the substrate is exposed;

selectively etching the semiconductor layer to form the first source/drain layer on the buried bit lines at the intersections; and

forming a dielectric layer to fill remaining portions of the trenches between portions of the first source/drain layer.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprises:

forming a gate dielectric layer on a surface of a resultant structure including the stack patterns before the forming of the word lines.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0024914 · Mar 12, 2012 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 14145430 · Dec 31, 2013
Division 13554739 · Jul 20, 2012
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