US 12,016,175 B2
Semiconductor device
Eun Young Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Do Hyung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Taek Jung Kim, Seoul (KR); Seung Jong Park, Seoul (KR); Jae Wha Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Youn Jae Cho, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/226,891.
Application 18/226,891 is a continuation of application No. 17/372,880, filed on Jul. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,723,189.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0165802 (KR), filed on Dec. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0371237 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H10B 12/00 (2023.01); H01L 23/528 (2006.01); H01L 23/532 (2006.01); H10N 50/01 (2023.01); H10B 61/00 (2023.01); H10N 50/10 (2023.01); H10N 50/80 (2023.01)
CPC H10B 12/315 (2023.02) [H01L 23/528 (2013.01); H01L 23/53266 (2013.01); H10B 12/34 (2023.02); H10B 61/22 (2023.02); H10N 50/01 (2023.02); H10N 50/10 (2023.02); H10N 50/80 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a substrate including an element isolation film and an active region defined by the element isolation film;
a word line crossing the active region of the substrate in a first direction that is parallel to a top surface of the substrate; and
a bit line structure crossing the active region of the substrate in a second direction that crosses the first direction,
wherein:
the bit line structure includes:
a first conductive pattern on the active region of the substrate,
a second conductive pattern on the first conductive pattern,
a third conductive pattern on the second conductive pattern,
a fourth conductive pattern on the third conductive pattern, and
a capping pattern on the fourth conductive pattern,
the first conductive pattern of the bit line structure includes a doped semiconductor material,
the second conductive pattern of the bit line structure includes a metal silicide,
the third conductive pattern of the bit line structure includes a barrier film, and
the fourth conductive pattern of the bit line structure includes molybdenum (Mo).