Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110049610 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - Provided are a nonvolatile memory device and a method of forming the same. The nonvolatile memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate including a device isolation layer defining an active region; a tunnel insulating layer on the active region; a charge trapping layer on the tunnel insulating layer; a blocking insulating layer on the charge trapping layer and the device isolation layer; a gate electrode on the blocking insulating layer; and a barrier capping layer formed between the device isolation layer and the blocking insulating layer. | 03-03-2011 |
20120104485 | Nonvolatile Memory Devices And Methods Of Manufacturing The Same - A method of manufacturing a nonvolatile memory device includes forming a tunnel dielectric layer, a charge storage layer, and a hard mask layer on a substrate in sequential order. Active portions are defined by forming trenches in the substrate. A tunnel dielectric pattern, a preliminary charge storage pattern, and a hard mask pattern are formed on each of the active portions in sequential order by sequentially patterning the hard mask layer, the charge storage layer, the tunnel dielectric layer, and the substrate. A capping pattern is formed covering an upper surface of the trenches such that a first void remains in a lower portion of the trenches, the capping pattern including etch particles formed by etching the hard mask pattern through a sputtering etch process. | 05-03-2012 |
20120112260 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES - Provided are three-dimensional semiconductor devices. The device includes conductive patterns stacked on a substrate, and an active pattern penetrating the conductive patterns to be connected to the substrate. The active pattern includes a first doped region disposed adjacent to at least one of the conductive patterns, and a diffusion-resistant doped region overlapped with at least a portion of the first doped region. The diffusion-resistant doped region may be a region doped with carbon. | 05-10-2012 |
20120153372 | THREE DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - Provided are three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices and methods of forming the same. The device includes a substrate, conductive patterns stacked on the substrate, and an active pattern penetrating the conductive patterns to be connected to the substrate. The active pattern may include a first doped region provided in an upper portion of the active pattern, and a diffusion-resistant doped region overlapped with at least a portion of the first doped region. The diffusion-resistant doped region may be a region doped with carbon. | 06-21-2012 |
20130134492 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Example embodiments of inventive concepts relate to semiconductor memory devices and/or methods for fabricating the same. The semiconductor memory device may include a plurality of gates vertically stacked on a substrate, a vertical channel penetrating the plurality of gates and a data storage layer between the vertical channel and the plurality of gates. The vertical channel may include a lower channel connected to the substrate and an upper channel on the lower channel. The upper channel may include a vertical pattern penetrating some of the plurality of gates and defining an inner space filled with an insulating layer, and a horizontal pattern horizontally extending along a top surface of the lower channel. The horizontal pattern may be in contact with the top surface of the lower channel. | 05-30-2013 |
20140063890 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a semiconductor device including gate structures provided on a substrate, a separation insulating layer interposed between the gate structures, and a plurality of cell pillars connected to the substrate through each gate structure. Each gate structure may include horizontal electrodes vertically stacked on the substrate, and an interval between adjacent ones of the cell pillars is non-uniform. | 03-06-2014 |
20140073099 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device has a vertical channel and includes a first tunnel insulating layer adjacent to a blocking insulating layer, a third tunnel insulating layer adjacent to a channel pillar, and a second tunnel insulating layer between the first and third tunnel insulating layers. The energy band gap of the third tunnel insulating layer is smaller than that of the first tunnel insulating layer and is larger than that of the second tunnel insulating layer. | 03-13-2014 |
20140099761 | THREE DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - Provided are three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices and methods of forming the same. The device includes a substrate, conductive patterns stacked on the substrate, and an active pattern penetrating the conductive patterns to be connected to the substrate. The active pattern may include a first doped region provided in an upper portion of the active pattern, and a diffusion-resistant doped region overlapped with at least a portion of the first doped region. The diffusion-resistant doped region may be a region doped with carbon. | 04-10-2014 |