Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a cell unit including a stack structure and a channel structure penetrating through the stack structure, the stack structure including at least one string selection gate and a plurality of cell gates, cell separation structures separating the cell unit in a first direction, and gate cutting structures defining regions within the cell unit between adjacent cell separation structures. The cell unit includes a first region defined between a first cell separation structure and a first gate cutting structure and a second region defined between the first gate cutting structure and a second gate cutting structure. A ratio of a region of the at least one string selection gate that is occupied by a conductive material in the second region is greater than a ratio of a region of at least one cell gate that is occupied by the conductive material in the second region.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes; a lower stacked structure including lower metallic lines stacked in a first direction on a substrate, an upper stacked structure including a first upper metallic line and a second upper metallic line sequentially stacked on the lower stacked structure, a vertical structure penetrating the upper stacked structure and lower stacked structure and including a channel film, a connection pad disposed on the vertical structure, contacted with the channel film and doped with N-type impurities, a first cutting line cutting the lower metallic lines, the first upper metallic line and the second upper metallic line, a second cutting line spaced apart from the first cutting line in a second direction different from the first direction, and cutting the lower metallic lines, the first upper metallic line and the second upper metallic line, and sub-cutting lines cutting the first upper metallic line and the second upper metallic line between the first cutting line and the second cuttin

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a mold structure including a plurality of wordlines on a front side of a first substrate, and a string selection line and a stopper line on the plurality of wordlines. A channel structure extends in a vertical direction to penetrate the mold structure. A block separation area extends in a first direction to cut the mold structure. A protective structure is interposed between the block separation area and the stopper line and not between the block separation area and the string selection line and not between the block separation area and the plurality of wordlines. A string separation structure extends in the first direction to cut the string selection line and the stopper line. A bitline extends in a second direction on the mold structure. A bitline contact connects the channel structure and the bitline.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a third insulating pattern and a first insulating pattern on a substrate, the third insulating pattern and the first insulating pattern being spaced apart from each other in a first direction that is perpendicular to the substrate such that a bottom surface of the third insulating pattern and a top surface of the first insulating pattern face each other, a gate electrode between the bottom surface of the third insulating pattern and the top surface of the first insulating pattern, and including a first side extending between the bottom surface of the third insulating pattern and the top surface of the first insulating pattern, and a second insulating pattern that protrudes from the first side of the gate electrode by a second width in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a mold structure having a stack of word lines on a substrate and first and second string selection lines on the word lines, a first cutting structure through the mold structure, a second cutting structure through the mold structure, the second cutting structure being spaced apart from the first cutting structure, a channel structure penetrating the mold structure to be connected to the substrate, the channel structure being between the first and second cutting structures, a first cutting line cutting through the first string selection line but not through the second string selection line, the first cutting line being between the first and second cutting structures, and a second cutting line cutting through the second string selection line but not through the first string selection line, the second cutting line being between the second cutting structure and the channel structure.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a mold structure including a plurality of insulating patterns and a plurality of gate electrodes alternately stacked on a substrate, a semiconductor pattern penetrating through the mold structure and contacting the substrate, a first charge storage film, and a second charge storage film separated from the first charge storage film. The first and second charge storage films are disposed between each of the gate electrodes and the semiconductor pattern. Each of the gate electrodes includes a first recess and a second recess which are respectively recessed inward from a side surface of the gate electrodes. The first charge storage film fills at least a portion of the first recess, and the second charge storage film fills at least a portion of the second recess.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a first lower interlayer insulation layer and a second lower interlayer insulation layer that are sequentially stacked in a first direction; a lower metal layer disposed in the first lower interlayer insulation layer; and a plurality of lower bonding metals disposed in the first lower interlayer insulation layer and the second lower interlayer insulation layer and spaced apart from each other in a second direction that intersects the first direction. An uppermost surface in the first direction of the lower metal layer is lower than an uppermost surface in the first direction of the plurality of lower bonding metals, and the lower metal layer is placed between the plurality of lower bonding metals.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a lower stacked structure with lower metal lines on a substrate, an upper stacked structure with an upper metal line on the lower stacked structure, a vertical structure penetrating the upper and lower stacked structures and including a channel layer, a first cutting line through the upper and lower stacked structures, an upper supporter in a recess on the first cutting line, a second cutting line through the upper and lower stacked structures and spaced apart from the first cutting line, a sub-cutting line through the upper stacked structure while at least partially overlapping the vertical structure in the vertical direction, the sub-cutting line being between the first and second cutting lines, top surfaces of the upper supporter and sub-cutting line being coplanar, and a first interlayer insulating layer surrounding a sidewall of each of the upper supporter and the sub-cutting line.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active region that extends in a first direction and has a first width in a second direction that intersects the first direction, a first gate structure disposed on the active region that has a second width in the first direction and extends in the second direction, a first metal contact spaced apart from the first gate structure in the first direction, a first trench formed in the active region, and an insulating material that fills the first trench and forms a first active cut, wherein the first active cut defines a first metal region in the active region in which the first metal contact is located, and the first metal contact is placed off-center inside the first metal region and a length of a region where the first gate structure and the active region overlap is greater than that of the first and second trenches.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a mold structure having a stack of word lines on a substrate and first and second string selection lines on the word lines, a first cutting structure through the mold structure, a second cutting structure through the mold structure, the second cutting structure being spaced apart from the first cutting structure, a channel structure penetrating the mold structure to be connected to the substrate, the channel structure being between the first and second cutting structures, a first cutting line cutting through the first string selection line but not through the second string selection line, the first cutting line being between the first and second cutting structures, and a second cutting line cutting through the second string selection line but not through the first string selection line, the second cutting line being between the second cutting structure and the channel structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a third insulating pattern and a first insulating pattern on a substrate, the third insulating pattern and the first insulating pattern being spaced apart from each other in a first direction that is perpendicular to the substrate such that a bottom surface of the third insulating pattern and a top surface of the first insulating pattern face each other, a gate electrode between the bottom surface of the third insulating pattern and the top surface of the first insulating pattern, and including a first side extending between the bottom surface of the third insulating pattern and the top surface of the first insulating pattern, and a second insulating pattern that protrudes from the first side of the gate electrode by a second width in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a lower stack structure that includes a lower word line, an upper stack structure that is on the lower stack structure and includes an upper word line, a decoder that is adjacent to the lower stack structure and the upper stack structure, a signal interconnection that is connected to the decoder, a lower selector that is connected to the signal interconnection and further connected to the lower word line, and an upper selector that is connected to the signal interconnection, isolated from direct contact with the lower selector, and further connected to the upper word line.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory includes metallic lines on a substrate and including an uppermost metallic line, a semiconductor conduction line on the uppermost metallic line, a vertical structure penetrating the semiconductor conduction line and metallic lines, and including a vertical structure that includes an upper channel film, a first lower channel film, and an upper connection channel film connecting the upper channel film and the first lower channel film between a bottom of the semiconductor conduction line and a bottom of the uppermost metallic line, and a first cutting line through the metallic lines and the semiconductor conduction line, and including a first upper cutting line through the semiconductor conduction line, and a first lower cutting line through the plurality of metallic lines, a width of the first upper cutting line being greater than a width of an extension line of a sidewall of the first lower cutting line.

Abstract: Provided is a nonvolatile memory device. The nonvolatile memory device includes a conductive plate, a barrier conductive film extending along a surface of the conductive plate, a mold structure including a plurality of gate electrodes sequentially stacked on the barrier conductive film, a channel hole penetrating the mold structure to expose the barrier conductive film, an impurity pattern being in contact with the barrier conductive film, and formed in the channel hole, and a semiconductor pattern formed in the channel hole, extending from the impurity pattern along a side surface of the channel hole, and intersecting the plurality of gate electrodes.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes; a lower stacked structure including lower metallic lines stacked in a first direction on a substrate, an upper stacked structure including a first upper metallic line and a second upper metallic line sequentially stacked on the lower stacked structure, a vertical structure penetrating the upper stacked structure and lower stacked structure and including a channel film, a connection pad disposed on the vertical structure, contacted with the channel film and doped with N-type impurities, a first cutting line cutting the lower metallic lines, the first upper metallic line and the second upper metallic line, a second cutting line spaced apart from the first cutting line in a second direction different from the first direction, and cutting the lower metallic lines, the first upper metallic line and the second upper metallic line, and sub-cutting lines cutting the first upper metallic line and the second upper metallic line between the first cutting line and the second cuttin

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor structure including circuit devices and first bonding pads; and a second semiconductor structure connected to the first semiconductor structure, the second semiconductor structure including a base layer; a first memory cell structure including first gate electrodes and first channels penetrating through the first gate electrodes; a second memory cell structure including second gate electrodes and second channels penetrating through the second gate electrodes; bit lines between the first and the second memory cell structures, and electrically connected to the first and second channels in common; first and second conductive layers on the second surface of the base layer; a pad insulating layer having an opening exposing a portion of the second conductive layer; and second bonding pads disposed to correspond to the first bonding pads in a lower portion of the second memory cell structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a lower stack structure that includes a lower word line, an upper stack structure that is on the lower stack structure and includes an upper word line, a decoder that is adjacent to the lower stack structure and the upper stack structure, a signal interconnection that is connected to the decoder, a lower selector that is connected to the signal interconnection and further connected to the lower word line, and an upper selector that is connected to the signal interconnection, isolated from direct contact with the lower selector, and further connected to the upper word line.

Abstract: A vertical non-volatile memory device includes a lower insulating layer on a substrate, a multilayer structure including gate electrodes and interlayer insulating layers alternately stacked on the lower insulating layer, a gate dielectric layer and a channel structure, and has an opening extending through the multilayer structure and exposing the lower insulating layer. The opening includes a first open portion extending through at least one layer of the multilayer structure at a first width, and a second open portion extending through the multilayer structure at a second width less than the first width. The gate dielectric layer lines the opening, and the channel structure is disposed on the gate dielectric layer and is electrically connected to the substrate.

Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes a first substrate, a second substrate on the first substrate, the second substrate including pattern portions and a plate portion covering the pattern portions, the plate portion having a width greater than a width of each of the pattern portions and being connected to the pattern portions, a lower structure between the first substrate and the second substrate, horizontal conductive patterns on the second substrate, the horizontal conductive patterns being stacked while being spaced apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the second substrate, and a vertical structure on the second substrate and having a side surface opposing the horizontal conductive patterns.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor structure including circuit devices and first bonding pads; and a second semiconductor structure connected to the first semiconductor structure, the second semiconductor structure including a base layer; a first memory cell structure including first gate electrodes and first channels penetrating through the first gate electrodes; a second memory cell structure including second gate electrodes and second channels penetrating through the second gate electrodes; bit lines between the first and the second memory cell structures, and electrically connected to the first and second channels in common; first and second conductive layers on the second surface of the base layer; a pad insulating layer having an opening exposing a portion of the second conductive layer; and second bonding pads disposed to correspond to the first bonding pads in a lower portion of the second memory cell structure.