US 12,016,178 B2
Semiconductor device
Kyoung-Hee Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Woo Choel Noh, Hwaseong-si (KR); Ik Soo Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Jun Kwan Kim, Seoul (KR); Jinsub Kim, Seoul (KR); and Yongjin Shin, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/097,592.
Application 18/097,592 is a continuation of application No. 17/099,994, filed on Nov. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,563,017.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0064170 (KR), filed on May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0180472 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H10B 41/46 (2023.01); H10B 41/10 (2023.01); H10B 41/20 (2023.01); H10B 43/10 (2023.01); H10B 43/20 (2023.01); H10B 43/40 (2023.01)
CPC H10B 41/46 (2023.02) [H10B 41/10 (2023.02); H10B 41/20 (2023.02); H10B 43/10 (2023.02); H10B 43/20 (2023.02); H10B 43/40 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
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16. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a substrate including a cell array region and a peripheral circuit region;
a plurality of cell transistors on the cell array region of the substrate;
a plurality of capacitors on the plurality of cell transistors, each of the plurality of capacitors connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of cell transistors;
a plurality of peripheral transistors on the peripheral circuit region of the substrate;
a first lower interconnection layer connected to one of the plurality of capacitors;
a second lower interconnection layer connected to one of the plurality of peripheral transistors;
an interface layer covering the first lower interconnection layer and the second lower interconnection layer;
a first upper interconnection layer connected to the first lower interconnection layer;
a second upper interconnection layer connected to the second lower interconnection layer;
a first interlayer dielectric layer covering the first upper interconnection layer;
a second interlayer dielectric layer spaced apart from the first upper interconnection layer and covering the second upper interconnection layer; and
a passivation layer on the first interlayer dielectric layer and the second interlayer dielectric layer,
wherein the semiconductor device includes:
a plurality of first impurity regions and a plurality of second impurity regions in an upper portion of an active section defined by a device isolation layer;
a plurality of bit-line contacts connected to the plurality of first impurity regions; and
a plurality of node contacts connected to the plurality of second impurity regions, and
wherein each of the plurality of capacitors includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode, and a dielectric layer between the bottom electrode and the top electrode.