IP Library Granted Patent US 11,309,322
Granted Patent B2
US 11,309,322 · App. 16/569,215 · Granted Apr 19, 2022

Semiconductor memory device

Inventors: Ryota Fujitsuka (Yokkaichi, JP); Kenta Yamada (Yokohama, JP); Takanori Yamanaka (Yokkaichi, JP); Takayuki Okada (Kuwana, JP); Hirokazu Ishigaki (Yokkaichi, JP); Hiroki Kishi (Yokkaichi, JP); Nobushi Matsuura (Yokkaichi, JP); Takashi Yamane (Yokkaichi, JP); Ryota Suzuki (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
H01L27/11563H01L21/0217H01L21/02211H01L21/76834H01L29/40117H01L29/42348H01L29/42364
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Patent No.
US 11,309,322
App. No.
16/569,215
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate; a laminated body formed by laminating a plurality of electrode layers on the semiconductor substrate; a memory film provided in the laminated body and including a first block insulation film disposed in a direction perpendicular to the electrode layer, a charge storage film facing the first block insulation film, a tunnel insulation film facing the charge storage film, and a channel film facing the tunnel insulation film; and a barrier layer provided at at least one of interface between the plurality of electrode layers and the memory film and an interface in the memory film and mainly composed of carbon.

Claims (11)

1. A semiconductor memory device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a laminated body formed by laminating a plurality of electrode layers on the semiconductor substrate;

a memory film provided in the laminated body and including a first block insulation film disposed in a direction perpendicular to the electrode layers, a charge storage film facing the first block insulation film, a tunnel insulation film facing the charge storage film, and a channel film facing the tunnel insulation film; and

a barrier layer provided an interface in the memory film and mainly composed of carbon, wherein

the charge storage film includes a first silicon nitride layer facing the first block insulation film, a silicon oxynitride layer facing the first silicon nitride layer, and a second silicon nitride layer facing the silicon oxynitride layer, and

each of the plurality of electrode layers includes a metal layer, a barrier metal layer that covers the metal layer, and second block insulation film that covers the harrier metal layer, and a carbon concentration of the barrier layer is within the range of 0.1 to 10.0 atomic, and the barrier layer has a thickness equal to or less than 0.5 nanometers, and the barrier layer is provided at interface between the second silicon nitride layer and the tunnel insulation film.

2. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 1 , wherein

the barrier layer contains the carbon, silicon, and nitrogen.

3. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 2 , wherein the silicon content of the first silicon nitride layer is less than the silicon content of the second silicon nitride layer.

4. The semiconductor memory device according to claim 2 , wherein the silicon content of the first silicon nitride layer is greater than the silicon content of the second silicon nitride layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 10, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059004/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2020
From: FUJITSUKA, RYOTA; YAMADA, KENTA; YAMANAKA, TAKANORI; OKADA, TAKAYUKI; ISHIGAKI, HIROKAZU; KISHI, HIROKI; MATSUURA, NOBUSHI; YAMANE, TAKASHI; SUZUKI, RYOTA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052207/0836 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-050252 · Mar 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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