Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate; a stacked body provided on the substrate, the stacked body including a plurality of electrode layers stacked with an insulator interposed; a semiconductor body provided in the stacked body; and an insulating film. The semiconductor body includes a channel portion extending in a stacking direction of the stacked body, and a lower end portion of the semiconductor body provided between the channel portion and the substrate. The insulating film includes a charge storage film provided between the stacked body and the semiconductor body. A lower end portion of the insulating film surrounds the lower end portion of the semiconductor body. An upper surface of the lower end portion of the insulating film is provided at a lower height than an upper surface of the lower end portion of the semiconductor body in the stacking direction.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate; a stacked body provided on the substrate, the stacked body including a plurality of electrode layers stacked with an insulator interposed; a semiconductor body provided in the stacked body; and an insulating film. The semiconductor body includes a channel portion extending in a stacking direction of the stacked body, and a lower end portion of the semiconductor body provided between the channel portion and the substrate. The insulating film includes a charge storage film provided between the stacked body and the semiconductor body. A lower end portion of the insulating film surrounds the lower end portion of the semiconductor body. An upper surface of the lower end portion of the insulating film is provided at a lower height than an upper surface of the lower end portion of the semiconductor body in the stacking direction.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate; a stacked body provided on the substrate, the stacked body including a plurality of electrode layers stacked with an insulator interposed; a semiconductor body provided in the stacked body; and an insulating film. The semiconductor body includes a channel portion extending in a stacking direction of the stacked body, and a lower end portion of the semiconductor body provided between the channel portion and the substrate. The insulating film includes a charge storage film provided between the stacked body and the semiconductor body. A lower end portion of the insulating film surrounds the lower end portion of the semiconductor body. An upper surface of the lower end portion of the insulating film is provided at a lower height than an upper surface of the lower end portion of the semiconductor body in the stacking direction.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of conducting layers, a semiconductor layer, a variable resistive element, and a first wiring. The plurality of conducting layers are laminated in a first direction at predetermined pitches. The conducting layers extend in a second direction. The second direction is along the surface of the substrate. The semiconductor layer extends in the first direction. The variable resistive element is disposed at an intersection point between the plurality of conducting layers and the semiconductor layer. The first wiring is opposed to an inside of the semiconductor layer via a gate insulating film. The first wiring extends in the first direction. The semiconductor layer at least includes a first part and a second part. The first part is upward of the conducting layer on a lowermost layer. The second part is downward of the first part. The first part has a first length in a third direction.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate; a stacked body provided on the substrate, the stacked body including a plurality of electrode layers stacked with an insulator interposed; a semiconductor body provided in the stacked body; and an insulating film. The semiconductor body includes a channel portion extending in a stacking direction of the stacked body, and a lower end portion of the semiconductor body provided between the channel portion and the substrate. The insulating film includes a charge storage film provided between the stacked body and the semiconductor body. A lower end portion of the insulating film surrounds the lower end portion of the semiconductor body. An upper surface of the lower end portion of the insulating film is provided at a lower height than an upper surface of the lower end portion of the semiconductor body in the stacking direction.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of conducting layers, a semiconductor layer, a variable resistive element, and a first wiring. The plurality of conducting layers are laminated in a first direction at predetermined pitches. The conducting layers extend in a second direction. The second direction is along the surface of the substrate. The semiconductor layer extends in the first direction. The variable resistive element is disposed at an intersection point between the plurality of conducting layers and the semiconductor layer. The first wiring is opposed to an inside of the semiconductor layer via a gate insulating film. The first wiring extends in the first direction. The semiconductor layer at least includes a first part and a second part. The first part is upward of the conducting layer on a lowermost layer. The second part is downward of the first part. The first part has a first length in a third direction.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer adjacent to the first electrode layer, a third electrode layer adjacent to the second electrode layer, a fourth electrode layer adjacent to the third electrode layer, and a channel body extending through the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer, the third electrode layer and the fourth electrode layer in a first direction. The device further includes a circuit electrically connected to the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer, the third electrode layer, the fourth electrode layer, and the channel body. The circuit providing the second electrode layer with a first potential, the third electrode layer with a second potential higher than the first potential, the fourth electrode layer with a third potential between the first potential and the second potential and the channel body with a potential rising in the first direction.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer adjacent to the first electrode layer, a third electrode layer adjacent to the second electrode layer, a fourth electrode layer adjacent to the third electrode layer, and a channel body extending through the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer, the third electrode layer and the fourth electrode layer in a first direction. The device further includes a circuit electrically connected to the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer, the third electrode layer, the fourth electrode layer, and the channel body. The circuit providing the second electrode layer with a first potential, the third electrode layer with a second potential higher than the first potential, the fourth electrode layer with a third potential between the first potential and the second potential and the channel body with a potential rising in the first direction.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor member and a second semiconductor member provided on the semiconductor substrate, a first electrode disposed between the first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member, and a second electrode disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the first electrode. The first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member extend in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member are separated in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first electrode extends in a third direction intersecting both the first direction and the second direction. The second electrode extends in the third direction.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a simulation method for resistance variations of a plurality of wires includes creating a numerical expression model for the resistance that is a function of parameters of a cross-sectional shape of the wire, based on the resistance calculated in a Monte Carlo Simulation, dividing each of the wires into a plurality of small elements in a length direction, calculating the resistance of each of the small elements by assigning the parameters of the cross-sectional shape characterizing the cross-sectional shape of each of the small elements to the numerical expression model, and calculating a sum of the resistances of the small elements in each of the wires.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell which stores data with two or more levels. The memory cell includes a structure includes a first electrode layer, a first semiconductor layer, a phase change film, an electrical insulating layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a second electrode layer arranged in order thereof, and the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer have carrier polarities different from each other.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor member and a second semiconductor member provided on the semiconductor substrate, a first electrode disposed between the first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member, and a second electrode disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the first electrode. The first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member extend in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor member and the second semiconductor member are separated in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first electrode extends in a third direction intersecting both the first direction and the second direction. The second electrode extends in the third direction.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device according to an embodiment, includes a semiconductor member, a first electrode and a second electrode. The semiconductor member includes a first portion of a first conductivity type, a second portion of a second conductivity type, and a third portion of the first conductivity type disposed in this order along a first direction. The first electrode is disposed on a second direction side as viewed from the semiconductor member. The second electrode is disposed on an opposite side of the second direction as viewed from the semiconductor member. An end portion of the second electrode on a first direction side is located in the first direction side rather than that of the first electrode. An end portion of the second electrode on an opposite side of the first direction is located in the first direction side rather than that of the first electrode.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises memory cells each which stores data with two or more levels. Each of the memory cells includes a semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer on the semiconductor layer, a charge storage layer on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on the charge storage layer, and a control gate electrode on the second insulating layer, and the second insulating layer includes a ferroelectric layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a semiconductor substrate, and a memory cell which is arranged on the semiconductor substrate and comprises a variable resistance element. The variable resistance element comprises a laminated structure including a phase-change element which has at least two different crystalline resistance states by varying a crystalline state, and a magnetoresistive element which has at least two different magnetization resistance states by varying a magnetization state, and applies or does not apply a magnetic field to the phase-change element in accordance with the magnetization state.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive element includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer formed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, a charge storage layer having a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface, the first surface facing the second magnetic layer, a first insulating layer formed between the second magnetic layer and the first surface of the charge storage layer, and a second insulating layer formed on the second surface of the charge storage layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a first insulating film formed on a substrate and functioning as a FN (Fowler-Nordheim) tunnel film, a first floating gate formed on the first insulating film, an inter-floating-gate insulating layer formed on the first floating gate and functioning as a FN tunnel film, a second floating gate formed on the inter-floating-gate insulating layer, a second insulating film formed on the second floating gate, and a control gate formed on the second insulating film. The inter-floating-gate insulating layer includes a third insulating film and a fourth insulating film having a charge trap property which are stacked.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises memory cells each which stores data with two or more levels. Each of the memory cells includes a semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer on the semiconductor layer, a charge storage layer on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on the charge storage layer, and a control gate electrode on the second insulating layer, and the second insulating layer includes a ferroelectric layer.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor memory device including: a semiconductor substrate having: a contact region; a select gate region; and a memory cell region; a first element isolation region formed in the contact region and having a first depth; a second element isolation region formed in the select gate region and having a second depth; and a third element isolation region formed in the memory cell region and having a third depth which is smaller than the first depth.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell which stores data with two or more levels. The memory cell includes a structure includes a first electrode layer, a first semiconductor layer, a phase change film, an electrical insulating layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a second electrode layer arranged in order thereof, and the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer have carrier polarities different from each other.