US 11,723,221 B2
Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices
Sang-Kuk Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); Yunseung Kang, Seoul (KR); Oik Kwon, Yongin-si (KR); Yeonji Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Sujin Jeon, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/113,609.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0041777 (KR), filed on Apr. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0313398 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. H10B 63/00 (2023.01); H10N 70/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10B 63/84 (2023.02) [H10N 70/063 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device, comprising:
first cell stacks arranged in a first direction and a second direction which are parallel to a top surface of a substrate and intersect each other,
second cell stacks disposed on the first cell stacks and arranged in the first direction and the second direction;
first conductive lines extending in the first direction and provided between the substrate and the first cell stacks;
common conductive lines extending in the second direction and provided between the first cell stacks and the second cell stacks;
etch stop patterns extending in the second direction and provided between the common conductive lines and top surfaces of the first cell stacks, the etch stop patterns including a conductive material;
second conductive lines extending in the first direction and provided on the second cell stacks; and
a capping pattern covering sidewalls of the common conductive lines and sidewalls of the etch stop patterns,
wherein each of the common conductive lines has a second thickness greater than a first thickness of each of the first conductive lines.