| CPC H10B 43/35 (2023.02) [H10B 41/27 (2023.02); H10B 41/35 (2023.02); H10B 43/27 (2023.02); H10B 43/50 (2023.02)] | 20 Claims |

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[ 13. A device comprising:
a substrate including a cell array region and a contact region;
a lower dielectric layer on the substrate;
an alternating stack of insulating layers and conductive layers on the lower dielectric layer, the alternating stack including stepped surfaces on the contact region of the substrate;
a first insulating portion on the stepped surfaces of the alternating stack; and
a first vertical structure vertically extending through the alternating stack and the first insulating portion, and including a vertical channel pattern that extends through at least one of the conductive layers and a dielectric layer pattern that laterally surrounds the vertical channel pattern,
wherein one of the conductive layers laterally surrounds a portion of the dielectric layer pattern, and
the lower dielectric layer extends through at least a portion of a bottom surface of a bottommost one of the conductive layers.]
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