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US 10,381,370 · App. 15/869,888 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Yoo-cheol Shin (Hwaseong-si, KR); Young-woo Park (Hwasung, KR); Jae-duk Lee (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L27/11578H01L27/1157H01L27/11526H01L27/11551H01L27/11556H01L27/11573H01L27/11582H01L29/66825H01L29/66833H01L29/7889H01L29/7926
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Patent No.
US 10,381,370
App. No.
15/869,888
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a peripheral circuit region on a substrate, a polysilicon layer on the peripheral circuit region, a memory cell array region on the polysilicon layer and overlapping the peripheral circuit region, the peripheral circuit region being under the memory cell array region, an upper interconnection layer on the memory cell array region, and a vertical contact through the memory cell array region and the polysilicon layer, the vertical contact connecting the upper interconnection layer to the peripheral circuit region.

Claims (24)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first driving circuit region and a second driving circuit region on a first substrate to generate driving signals;

a second substrate on the first and second driving circuit regions;

a memory cell array region on the second substrate, the memory cell array region entirely overlapping the first driving circuit region and not or partially overlapping the second driving circuit region;

a first upper interconnection layer on the memory cell array region; and

a first vertical contact through the memory cell array region and the second substrate, the first vertical contact connecting the first upper interconnection layer to the first driving circuit region.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a second vertical contact through an interlayer insulating layer, wherein the second vertical contact electrically connects a second upper interconnection layer on the memory cell array region to the second driving circuit region.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the second vertical contact includes an interconnection contact that is not disposed through the memory cell array region and the second substrate and separated from the memory cell array region and the second substrate.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second driving circuit region includes a row decoder circuit.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a bonding pad region and the second substrate extends to the bonding pad region.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein the bonding pad region does not overlap the second driving circuit region.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second substrate includes a common source line.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the second substrate includes a semiconductor layer.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the second substrate includes a polysilicon layer.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the memory cell array region constitutes a vertical NAND memory.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a memory cell array on the memory cell array region, wherein the memory cell array includes:

a channel layer extending in a vertical direction on the second substrate; and

at least one ground selection line, at least one word line, and at least one string selection line spaced apart in the vertical direction along a sidewall of the channel layer.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the channel layer directly contacts the second substrate.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first driving circuit region includes at least one driving circuit.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 13 , wherein the at least one driving circuit is to process input or output data.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the at least one driving circuit includes a page buffer, a latch circuit, a column decoder, a sense amplifier, or a data in/out circuit.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first upper interconnection layer includes at least one of copper, aluminum, silver, or gold.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a barrier metal layer between the first driving circuit region and the second substrate.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0135837 · Nov 8, 2013 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15018477 · Feb 8, 2016
Continuation 14534352 · Nov 6, 2014
Related Publication 20180138192A1 · May 17, 2018
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