US 12,369,314 B2
Methods of fabricating semiconductor device
Seung-Heon Lee, Seoul (KR); Munjun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and ByeongJu Bae, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/419,066.
Application 18/419,066 is a continuation of application No. 17/858,361, filed on Jul. 6, 2022, granted, now 11,882,691, issued on Jan. 23, 2024.
Application 17/858,361 is a continuation of application No. 16/939,446, filed on Jul. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,393,827, issued on Jul. 19, 2022.
Application 16/939,446 is a continuation of application No. 16/426,075, filed on May 30, 2019, granted, now 10,748,908, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Application 16/426,075 is a continuation of application No. 15/160,264, filed on May 20, 2016, granted, now 10,566,333, issued on Feb. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0094140 (KR), filed on Jul. 1, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0172423 A1, May 23, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H10B 12/00 (2023.01); H01L 21/033 (2006.01); H01L 21/3213 (2006.01); H10D 84/01 (2025.01); H10D 84/03 (2025.01)
CPC H10B 12/482 (2023.02) [H01L 21/0332 (2013.01); H01L 21/32139 (2013.01); H10B 12/0335 (2023.02); H10B 12/315 (2023.02); H10D 84/0149 (2025.01); H10D 84/0151 (2025.01); H10D 84/038 (2025.01); H10B 12/485 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a device isolation layer defining an active region in a substrate;
a word line buried in the substrate and crossing the active region;
a bit line crossing the word line on the substrate;
a spacer covering a sidewall of the bit line;
a mask pattern on the bit line, the mask pattern comprises:
a first mask pattern including a sidewall covered with the spacer; and
a second mask pattern on a top surface of the first mask pattern,
wherein the spacer exposes a sidewall of the second mask pattern,
wherein a top surface of the second mask pattern is higher than the top surface of the spacer, and
wherein the first mask pattern has a first line shape and the second mask pattern has a second line shape, the first line shape and the second line shape being aligned with the bit line in a plan view respectively.