IP Library Granted Patent US 11,800,708
Granted Patent B2
US 11,800,708 · App. 16/995,057 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Nonvolatile memory device and method for fabricating the same

Inventors: Yoo Jin Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Jung-Hwan Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H10B43/27H10B41/10H10B41/27H10B41/40H10B43/10H10B43/40
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Patent No.
US 11,800,708
App. No.
16/995,057
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nonvolatile memory device and method for fabricating the same are provided. The nonvolatile memory device comprising: a substrate; a mold structure including a first insulating pattern and a plurality of gate electrodes alternately stacked in a first direction on the substrate; and a word line cut region which extends in a second direction different from the first direction and cuts the mold structure, wherein the word line cut region includes a common source line, and the common source line includes a second insulating pattern extending in the second direction, and a conductive pattern extending in the second direction and being in contact with the second insulating pattern and a cross-section in the second direction.

Claims (42)

1. A nonvolatile memory device comprising:

a substrate;

a mold structure including a first insulating pattern and a plurality of gate electrodes alternately stacked in a first direction on the substrate; and

a word line cut region which extends in a second direction different from the first direction and cuts the mold structure,

wherein the word line cut region includes a common source line and source line spacer, and

the common source line includes a common source line insulating pattern extending in the second direction in an extension region of the mold structure, and a conductive pattern extending in the second direction in a cell array region of the mold structure, the conductive pattern being in contact with the common source line insulating pattern and a cross-section in the second direction.

2. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein the common source line insulating pattern includes a first sub-insulating pattern and a second sub-insulating pattern spaced apart in the second direction, and

a gate electrode of the plurality of gate electrodes, around the first sub-insulating pattern and the second sub-insulating pattern, has an H shape.

3. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein the common source line insulating pattern includes an air gap.

4. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein a peripheral circuit structure including a peripheral circuit element electrically connected to the mold structure is below the substrate.

5. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein the common source line insulating pattern includes an amorphous carbon layer (ACL).

6. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 1 , wherein the common source line insulating pattern includes a spin-on hard mask (SOH).

7. A nonvolatile memory device comprising:

a substrate;

a mold structure including a first insulating pattern and a plurality of gate electrodes alternately stacked on the substrate in a first direction;

a plurality of channel structures penetrating the mold structure;

a plurality of pad electrodes which is electrically connected to the plurality of channel structures to provide a voltage; and

a plurality of word line cut regions which extends in a second direction different from the first direction and cuts the mold structure,

wherein each of the plurality of word line cut regions includes a common source line,

each of the common source lines includes a second insulating pattern extending in the second direction, and a conductive pattern extending in the second direction and being in contact with the second insulating pattern and a cross-section in the second direction, and

a lowermost part in the first direction of at least one of the common source lines is spaced apart from a gate electrode stacked at a lowermost part in the first direction of the plurality of gate electrodes in the first direction.

8. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 7 , the mold structure includes a cell array region, and an extension region having a staircase structure,

the second insulating pattern is in the extension region of the mold structure.

9. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 8 , wherein the cell array region of the mold structure is in the conductive pattern.

10. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 7 , wherein the second insulating pattern includes a first sub-insulating pattern and a second sub-insulating pattern spaced apart in the second direction, and

the gate electrode around the first sub-insulating pattern and the second sub-insulating pattern has an H shape.

11. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 7 , wherein the second insulating pattern includes an air gap.

12. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 7 , wherein the second insulating pattern includes an amorphous carbon layer.

13. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 7 , wherein the second insulating pattern includes a spin-on hard mask.

14. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the common source lines is adjacent to the plurality of pad electrodes.

15. A nonvolatile memory device comprising:

a substrate;

a mold structure including a first insulating pattern and a plurality of gate electrodes alternately stacked on the substrate in a first direction;

a plurality of channel structures penetrating the mold structure, each of the plurality of channel structures including, at a lowermost stage, a first semiconductor pattern, an information storage film for exposing the first semiconductor pattern, a second semiconductor pattern along the information storage film and the first semiconductor pattern, a filling pattern in the second semiconductor pattern, and a channel pad on the information storage film, the second semiconductor pattern, and the filling pattern;

a word line cut region which extends along a second direction different from the first direction and cuts the mold structure, the word line cut region including a common source line spacer which is along a sidewall of the word line cut region and exposes the substrate, and a common source line inside the common source line spacer, the common source line including a second insulating pattern extending in the second direction, and a conductive pattern extending in the second direction and being in contact with the second insulating pattern and a cross-section in the second direction;

a first interlayer insulating film which is on the mold structure and surrounds at least some of the plurality of channel structures and at least a part of the word line cut region;

a bit line contact on the channel pad;

a second interlayer insulating film which surrounds the bit line contact; and

a bit line formed on the second interlayer insulating film and electrically connected to the bit line contact.

16. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 15 , wherein the second insulating pattern includes an air gap.

17. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 15 , wherein the second insulating pattern includes an amorphous carbon layer.

18. The nonvolatile memory device of claim 15 , wherein the second insulating pattern includes a spin-on hard mask.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2020
From: CHOI, YOO JIN; LEE, JUNG-HWAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053575/0381 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0001822 · Jan 7, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210210505A1 · Jul 8, 2021