Abstract: A resistive memory device includes a first word line extending in a first horizontal direction, a second word line extending on the first word line in the first horizontal direction, a third word line extending on the second word line in the first horizontal direction, a first bit line extending between the first and second word lines in a second horizontal direction, a second bit line extending between the second and third word lines in the second horizontal direction, and memory cells respectively arranged between the first word line and the first bit line, between the first bit line and the second word line, between the second word line and the second bit line, and between the second bit line and the third word line. A thickness of the second word line is greater than a thickness of each of the first word line and the third word line.

Abstract: A resistive memory device includes a first word line extending in a first horizontal direction, a second word line extending on the first word line in the first horizontal direction, a third word line extending on the second word line in the first horizontal direction, a first bit line extending between the first and second word lines in a second horizontal direction, a second bit line extending between the second and third word lines in the second horizontal direction, and memory cells respectively arranged between the first word line and the first bit line, between the first bit line and the second word line, between the second word line and the second bit line, and between the second bit line and the third word line. A thickness of the second word line is greater than a thickness of each of the first word line and the third word line.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a memory device includes forming a transistor on a substrate, forming a lower interlayer insulating layer covering the transistor, forming a hydrogen supply layer on the lower interlayer insulating layer, forming a hydrogen blocking layer on the hydrogen supply layer, annealing the transistor, the lower interlayer insulating layer, and the hydrogen supply layer, forming a memory cell on the hydrogen blocking layer after the annealing, and forming an upper interlayer insulating layer surrounding the memory cell and having a third average hydrogen concentration less than the second average hydrogen concentration.

Abstract: A variable resistance memory device includes a memory unit including a first electrode, a variable resistance pattern and a second electrode sequentially stacked on a substrate, a first selection structure on the memory unit, a third electrode structure on the first selection structure, and an anti-fuse including a fourth electrode, a second selection structure and a fifth electrode structure sequentially stacked. The fourth electrode directly contacts the second selection structure, and a bottom of the fourth electrode is lower than a bottom of the second electrode.

Abstract: A variable resistance memory device includes: a substrate including a peripheral region and a core region, the core region including a far region spaced apart from the peripheral region and a near region between the far region and the peripheral region; first conductive lines disposed on the substrate and extending in a first direction; second conductive lines disposed on the first conductive lines and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and memory cells disposed between the first and second conductive lines on the core region. The memory cells include a near memory cell disposed on the near region, and a far memory cell disposed on the far region, wherein a resistance or threshold voltage of the near memory cell, controlling connection of each of the memory cells to a corresponding one of the second conductive lines, is different from that of the far memory cell.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first word line and a second word line extending abreast of each other in a first direction. A bit line extends between the first word line and the second word line in a second direction intersecting the first direction. A lower electrode is formed on one surface of the first word line. An ovonic threshold switch (OTS) is formed on the lower electrode. An intermediate electrode is formed on the OTS. A phase change memory (PCM) is formed on the intermediate electrode, and an upper electrode is formed between the first PCM and a surface of the bit line. The width of the first upper electrode in the second direction is narrower than the width of the first intermediate electrode in the second direction.

Abstract: A variable resistance memory device includes a memory unit including a first electrode, a variable resistance pattern and a second electrode sequentially stacked on a substrate, a first selection structure on the memory unit, a third electrode structure on the first selection structure, and an anti-fuse including a fourth electrode, a second selection structure and a fifth electrode structure sequentially stacked. The fourth electrode directly contacts the second selection structure, and a bottom of the fourth electrode is lower than a bottom of the second electrode.

Abstract: A variable resistance memory device includes: a substrate including a peripheral region and a core region, the core region including a far region spaced apart from the peripheral region and a near region between the far region and the peripheral region; first conductive lines disposed on the substrate and extending in a first direction; second conductive lines disposed on the first conductive lines and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and memory cells disposed between the first and second conductive lines on the core region. The memory cells include a near memory cell disposed on the near region, and a far memory cell disposed on the far region, wherein a resistance or threshold voltage of the near memory cell, controlling connection of each of the memory cells to a corresponding one of the second conductive lines, is different from that of the far memory cell.

Abstract: A memory cell pillar of a memory device includes a heating electrode having a base portion (leg) and a fin portion (ascender), and a selection device between a first conductive line and the heating electrode. A side surface of the selection device and a side surface of the fin portion extend along a first straight line. A method of fabricating a memory device includes forming a plurality of first insulating walls through a stack structure including a preliminary selection device layer and a preliminary electrode layer, forming a plurality of self-aligned preliminary heating electrode layers, forming a plurality of second insulating walls each between two of the plurality of first insulating walls, and forming a plurality of third insulating walls in a plurality of holes extending along a direction intersecting the plurality of first insulating walls.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a memory device includes forming a transistor on a substrate, forming a lower interlayer insulating layer covering the transistor, forming a hydrogen supply layer on the lower interlayer insulating layer, forming a hydrogen blocking layer on the hydrogen supply layer, annealing the transistor, the lower interlayer insulating layer, and the hydrogen supply layer, forming a memory cell on the hydrogen blocking layer after the annealing, and forming an upper interlayer insulating layer surrounding the memory cell and having a third average hydrogen concentration less than the second average hydrogen concentration.

Abstract: A variable resistance memory device and a method of manufacturing the same, the device including first conductive lines disposed in a first direction on a substrate, each of the first conductive lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and the first and second directions being parallel to a top surface of the substrate; second conductive lines disposed in the second direction over the first conductive lines, each of the second conductive lines extending in the first direction; a memory unit between the first and second conductive lines, the memory unit being in each area overlapping the first and second conductive lines in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate, and the memory unit including a variable resistance pattern; and an insulation layer structure between the first and second conductive lines, the insulation layer structure covering the memory unit and including an air gap in at least a portion of an area overlapping neither the fir

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first memory cell, a bit line and a second memory cell. The first memory cell has a first stack structure including a first memory layer between a first heater electrode and a first ovonic threshold switching device. The bit line is on the first memory cell. The second memory cell is on the bit line, and has a second stack structure including a second memory layer between a second ovonic threshold switching device and a second heater electrode. The first and second stack structures are symmetrical with respect to the bit line.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a data storage pattern is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first conductive line disposed on a substrate and extending in a first direction, a second conductive line disposed on the first conductive line and extending in a second direction, and a first data storage structure and a first selector structure disposed between the first conductive line and the second conductive line and connected in series. The first data storage structure includes a first lower data storage electrode, a first data storage pattern, and a first upper data storage electrode. The first lower data storage electrode includes a first portion facing the first upper data storage electrode and vertically aligned with the first upper data storage electrode. The first data storage pattern includes a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other.

Abstract: A memory cell pillar of a memory device includes a heating electrode having a base portion (leg) and a fin portion (ascender), and a selection device between a first conductive line and the heating electrode. A side surface of the selection device and a side surface of the fin portion extend along a first straight line. A method of fabricating a memory device includes forming a plurality of first insulating walls through a stack structure including a preliminary selection device layer and a preliminary electrode layer, forming a plurality of self-aligned preliminary heating electrode layers, forming a plurality of second insulating walls each between two of the plurality of first insulating walls, and forming a plurality of third insulating walls in a plurality of holes extending along a direction intersecting the plurality of first insulating walls.

Abstract: A memory cell pillar of a memory device includes a heating electrode having a base portion (leg) and a fin portion (ascender), and a selection device between a first conductive line and the heating electrode. A side surface of the selection device and a side surface of the fin portion extend along a first straight line. A method of fabricating a memory device includes forming a plurality of first insulating walls through a stack structure including a preliminary selection device layer and a preliminary electrode layer, forming a plurality of self-aligned preliminary heating electrode layers, forming a plurality of second insulating walls each between two of the plurality of first insulating walls, and forming a plurality of third insulating walls in a plurality of holes extending along a direction intersecting the plurality of first insulating walls.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a data storage pattern is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first conductive line disposed on a substrate and extending in a first direction, a second conductive line disposed on the first conductive line and extending in a second direction, and a first data storage structure and a first selector structure disposed between the first conductive line and the second conductive line and connected in series. The first data storage structure includes a first lower data storage electrode, a first data storage pattern, and a first upper data storage electrode. The first lower data storage electrode includes a first portion facing the first upper data storage electrode and vertically aligned with the first upper data storage electrode. The first data storage pattern includes a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a data storage pattern is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first conductive line disposed on a substrate and extending in a first direction, a second conductive line disposed on the first conductive line and extending in a second direction, and a first data storage structure and a first selector structure disposed between the first conductive line and the second conductive line and connected in series. The first data storage structure includes a first lower data storage electrode, a first data storage pattern, and a first upper data storage electrode. The first lower data storage electrode includes a first portion facing the first upper data storage electrode and vertically aligned with the first upper data storage electrode. The first data storage pattern includes a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other.

Abstract: Some example embodiments relate to a semiconductor device including a line pattern, the line pattern having threshold switching devices. The semiconductor device includes a line pattern disposed on a semiconductor substrate. The line pattern includes threshold switching devices and switch separation regions. Data storage patterns may overlap the threshold switching devices. Intermediate electrodes may be disposed between the data storage patterns and the threshold switching devices. The line pattern includes an impurity element, and the concentration of the impurity element in the switch separation regions is higher than the concentration of the impurity element in the threshold switching devices.

Abstract: A memory device may include a substrate, a first conductive line on the substrate and extending in a first direction, a second conductive line over the first conductive line and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a third conductive line over the second conductive line and extending in the first direction, a first memory cell at an intersection of the first conductive line and the second conductive line and including a first selection element layer and a first variable resistance layer, and a second memory cell at an intersection of the second conductive line and the third conductive line and including a second selection element layer and a second variable resistance layer. A first height of the first selection element layer in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions is different than a second height of the second selection element layer in the third direction.

Abstract: A memory cell pillar of a memory device includes a heating electrode having a base portion (leg) and a fin portion (ascender), and a selection device between a first conductive line and the heating electrode. A side surface of the selection device and a side surface of the fin portion extend along a first straight line. A method of fabricating a memory device includes forming a plurality of first insulating walls through a stack structure including a preliminary selection device layer and a preliminary electrode layer, forming a plurality of self-aligned preliminary heating electrode layers, forming a plurality of second insulating walls each between two of the plurality of first insulating walls, and forming a plurality of third insulating walls in a plurality of holes extending along a direction intersecting the plurality of first insulating walls.