IP Library Granted Patent US 9,589,898
Granted Patent B2
US 9,589,898 · App. 14/874,080 · Granted Mar 7, 2017

Semiconductor device having air-gap and method for manufacturing the same

Inventor: Jae Houb Chun (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
H01L23/5329H01L21/31105H01L21/32133H01L21/7682H01L21/76805H01L21/76885H01L23/528H01L27/1085H01L27/10805H01L27/10885
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,589,898
App. No.
14/874,080
Granted
Mar 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device in which an air-gap located at a side of a bit line stack is extended to an upper part of the bit line stack is disclosed. An embodiment includes: a bit line stack; a plurality of storage node contacts located at both sides of the bit line stack; and an air-gap located between the bit line stack and the storage node contacts, and extended above the bit line stack.

Claims (20)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a bit line stack;

a plurality of storage node contacts located at both sides of the bit line stack; and

an air-gap located between the bit line stack and the storage node contacts, and extended above the bit line stack,

wherein the bit line stack includes:

a conductive line; and

a hard mask stacked on the conductive line.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the storage node contacts include:

a first storage node contact; and

a second storage node contact above the first storage node contact and the bit line stack.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein a top surface of the first storage node contact is below a top surface of the bit line stack.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the air-gap is extended above a top surface of the second storage node contact.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the air-gap includes:

a first air-gap located at both sidewalls of the bit line stack; and

a second air-gap interposed between the second storage node contacts, which are contiguous, and having a double-layered structure extending from the first air-gap.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the first air-gap has a single-layered structure.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the second air-gap extends from one of the first air-gaps located at both sides of the bit line stack.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the second air-gap has a double-layered structure in which air-gaps are respectively located at facing sidewalls of the second storage node contacts on the basis of the bit line stack interposed therebetween.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the first air-gap is in a spacer insulation film of the bit line stack.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the second air-gap has a U-shaped structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2015
From: CHUN, JAE HOUB
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 036746/0296 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0073634 · May 27, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160351501A1 · Dec 1, 2016