IP Library Granted Patent US 12,598,754
Granted Patent B2
US 12,598,754 · App. 18/764,371 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Electronic device having stacked structures and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Ki Hong Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Ji Yeon Baek (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Seung Ho Pyi (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
H10B43/27H01L21/76898H10B43/10H10B43/35
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Patent No.
US 12,598,754
App. No.
18/764,371
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes forming a first source layer including a trench, forming a first sacrificial layer in the trench, forming a first structure over the first source layer, wherein the first structure includes first material layers and second material layers which are alternately stacked over the each other, forming first openings passing through the first structure and extending to the first sacrificial layer, forming first channel layers in the first openings, forming a slit passing through the first structure and extending to the first sacrificial layer, forming a second opening by removing the first sacrificial layer through the slit, and forming a second source layer in the second opening, wherein the second source layer is coupled to the first channel layers.

Claims (46)

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a first conductive layer;

a second conductive layer connected to the first conductive layer;

a stacked structure including conductive layers and insulating layers which are alternately stacked over the second conductive layer;

a channel layer passing through the stacked structure and including a contact surface connected to the second conductive layer; and

a memory layer between the channel layer and the stacked structure,

wherein the memory layer is not interposed between the channel layer and the second conductive layer.

2 . An electronic device comprising:

a first conductive layer;

a second conductive layer connected to the first conductive layer;

a stacked structure including conductive layers and insulating layers which are alternately stacked over the second conductive layer;

a channel layer passing through the stacked structure and including a contact surface connected to the second conductive layer; and

a memory layer between the channel layer and the stacked structure,

wherein the conductive layers include a selection gate of a selection transistor and gate electrodes of memory cells, and

wherein the selection gate is located between the first conductive layer and the gate electrodes.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , further comprising:

lower insulating layers passing through the selection gate and spaced apart from each other; and

a slit passing through the selection gate and the gate electrodes,

wherein the slit includes two ends respectively connected to the lower insulating layers, and

wherein each of the gate electrodes covers the lower insulating layers.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the selection gate is separated into line patterns by the lower insulating layers and the slit.

5 . The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the line patterns are spaced apart from each other in a first direction,

wherein the slit extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and

wherein the lower insulating layers are spaced apart from each other in the second direction.

6 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein each of the selection gate and the gate electrodes includes a first sidewall facing the slit,

wherein each of the insulating layers includes a second sidewall facing the slit, and

wherein the second sidewall further protrudes towards the slit than the first sidewall.

7 . An electronic device comprising:

a first conductive layer;

a second conductive layer connected to the first conductive layer;

a stacked structure including conductive layers and insulating layers which are alternately stacked over the second conductive layer;

a channel layer passing through the stacked structure and including a contact surface connected to the second conductive layer;

a memory layer between the channel layer and the stacked structure; and

a slit insulating layer passing through the insulating layers of the stacked structure,

wherein the slit insulating layer includes protrusions located between the insulating layers and located on sidewalls of the conductive layers.

8 . An electronic device comprising:

a first conductive layer;

a second conductive layer connected to the first conductive layer;

a stacked structure including conductive layers and insulating layers which are alternately stacked over the second conductive layer;

a channel layer passing through the stacked structure and including a contact surface connected to the second conductive layer; and

a memory layer between the channel layer and the stacked structure,

wherein the stacked structure includes a first structure and a second structure over the first structure,

wherein the conductive layers includes first and second gate electrodes of memory cells,

wherein the first structure includes the first gate electrodes spaced apart from each other at a first interval,

wherein the second structure includes the second gate electrodes spaced apart from each other at a second interval, and

wherein one first gate electrode and one second gate electrode adjacent to each other, among the first and second gate electrodes, are spaced apart from each other at a third interval greater than each of the first interval and the second interval.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0192025 · Dec 29, 2014 · national
Continuity (7)
Continuation 18318739 · May 17, 2023
Continuation 17151412 · Jan 18, 2021
Continuation 16298923 · Mar 11, 2019
Continuation 15821388 · Nov 22, 2017
Continuation 15398467 · Jan 4, 2017
Division 14732390 · Jun 5, 2015
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