US 12,464,706 B2
Semiconductor memory device
Mutsumi Okajima, Yokkaichi Mie (JP)
Assigned to KIOXIA CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Kioxia Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/179,537.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-099893 (JP), filed on Jun. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0413519 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H10B 12/00 (2023.01); G11C 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC H10B 12/312 (2023.02) [G11C 5/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor memory device comprising:
a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, each of the memory cells including at least an oxide semiconductor transistor;
a first insulating layer disposed above the memory cell array;
a first wiring layer disposed between the memory cell array and the first insulating layer;
a second insulating layer extending in a first direction from the memory cell array toward the first insulating layer, wherein
a first distance in the first direction from a lower end of the second insulating layer to the memory cell array is less than a second distance in the first direction from the first wiring layer to the memory cell array,
a third distance in the first direction from an upper end of the second insulating layer to the memory cell array is greater than a fourth distance in the first direction from the first insulating layer to the memory cell array, and
the second insulating layer has an annular cross-section; and
a third insulating layer further disposed over the first insulating layer, a portion of the third insulating layer being surrounded by the second insulating layer.