Abstract: Disclosed are a NOR-type memory device, a method of manufacturing the NOR-type memory device, and an electronic apparatus including the NOR-type memory device. The NOR-type memory device may include: a first gate stack extending vertically on a substrate, and a gate conductor layer and a memory functional layer; a first semiconductor layer surrounding a periphery of the first gate stack, extending along a sidewall of the first gate stack, and a first source/drain region, a first channel region and a second source/drain region arranged vertically in sequence; a conductive shielding layer surrounding a periphery of the first channel region; and a dielectric layer between the first channel region and the conductive shielding layer. The memory functional layer is located between the first semiconductor layer and the gate conductor layer. A memory cell is defined at an intersection of the first gate stack and the first semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic device including the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; an active region including a first source/drain region, a channel region and a second source/drain region stacked sequentially on the substrate and adjacent to each other; a gate stack formed around an outer periphery of the channel region; and spacers formed around the outer periphery of the channel region, respectively between the gate stack and the first source/drain region and between the gate stack and the second source/drain region; wherein the spacers each have a thickness varying in a direction perpendicular to a direction from the first source/drain region pointing to the second source/drain region; wherein the spacers each have the thickness gradually decreasing from a surface exposed on an outer peripheral surface of the active region to an inside of the active region.

Abstract: A metallization stack is provided. The metallization stack may include at least one interconnection line layer and at least one via hole layer arranged alternately on a substrate. At least one pair of adjacent interconnection line layer and via hole layer in the metallization stack includes an interconnection line in the interconnection line layer; and a via hole in the via hole layer. The via hole layer is arranged closer to the substrate than the interconnection line layer, and at least part of the interconnection line extends longitudinally in a first direction, and a sidewall of the at least part of the interconnection line in the first direction is substantially coplanar with at least upper portion of a corresponding sidewall of the via hole under the at least part of the interconnection line.

Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, and an electronic apparatus including the semiconductor device. According to the embodiments, the semiconductor device may include: a vertical structure extending in a vertical direction relative to a substrate; and a nanosheet extending from the vertical structure and spaced apart from the substrate in the vertical direction, wherein the nanosheet includes a first portion in a first orientation, and at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the first portion is not parallel to a horizontal surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed are a vertical semiconductor device having a conductive layer, a method of manufacturing the vertical semiconductor device, and an electronic device including the vertical semiconductor device. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor device may include: a substrate; a first metallic layer, a channel layer and a second metallic layer which are sequentially disposed on the substrate; and a gate stack formed around at least a part of a periphery of the channel layer, wherein each of the first metallic layer, the second metallic layer, and the channel layer is of single crystal structure.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a parallel structure of semiconductor devices includes: disposing a semiconductor stack, which includes source/drain layers disposed vertically in sequence and channel layers therebetween, on a substrate; patterning the semiconductor stack into a predetermined shape to define an active region; forming gate stacks around at least part of peripheries of the channel layers; forming an isolation layer on peripheries of the active region and the gate stack; forming first to third conductive channels on a sidewall of the isolation layer; determining the pre-determined shape and a shape of the gate stacks, such that one of the source/drain layers on two sides of the channel layer passes through the isolation layer to contact the first conductive channel, while the other one passes through the isolation layer to contact the second conductive channel, and the gate stack passes through the isolation layer to contact the third conductive channel.

Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the device. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor device may include a substrate, and a first device and a second device formed on the substrate. Each of the first device and the second device includes a first source/drain layer, a channel layer and a second source/drain layer stacked on the substrate in sequence, and also a gate stack surrounding a periphery of the channel layer. The channel layer of the first device and the channel layer of the second device are substantially co-planar.

Abstract: A compact vertical semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic apparatus including the semiconductor device are provided, and the vertical semiconductor device may include: a plurality of vertical unit devices stacked on each other, in which the unit devices include respective gate stacks extending in a lateral direction, and each of the gate stacks includes a main body, an end portion, and a connection portion located between the main body and the end portion, and in a top view, a periphery of the connection portion is recessed relative to peripheries of the main body and the end portion; and a contact portion located on the end portion of each of the gate stacks, in which the contact portion is in contact with the end portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus having a staggered structure, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus, and an electronic device including the semiconductor apparatus. The semiconductor apparatus includes a first element and a second element on a substrate. The first element and the second element each include a comb-shaped structure. The comb-shaped structure includes a first portion extending in a vertical direction relative to the substrate, and at least one second portion extending from the first portion in a lateral direction relative to the substrate and spaced from the substrate. A height of the second portion of the first element in the vertical direction is staggered with respect to a height of the second portion of the second element in the vertical direction. A material of the comb-shaped structure of the first element is different from a material of the comb-shaped structure of the second element.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a zigzag structure, a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, and an electronic including the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device may include a semiconductor layer (1031) extending in zigzag in a vertical direction with respect to a substrate (1001). The semiconductor layer (1031) includes one or more first portions disposed in sequence and spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction and second portions respectively disposed on and connected to opposite ends of each first portion. A second portion at one end of each first portion extends from the one end in a direction of leaving the substrate, and a second portion at the other end of the each first portion extends from the other end in a direction of approaching the substrate. First portions adjacent in the vertical direction are connected to each other by the same second portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a semiconductor device with C-shaped channel portion, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic apparatus including the same. According to the embodiments, the semiconductor device may comprise a channel portion on a substrate, the channel portion including two or more curved nanosheets or nanowires spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction relative to the substrate and each having a C-shaped cross section; source/drain portions respectively located at upper and lower ends of the channel portion relative to the substrate; and a gate stack surrounding an outer circumference of each nanosheet or nanowire in the channel portion.

Abstract: A metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), a method for manufacturing MOSFET, and an electronic apparatus including MOSFET are disclosed. The MOSFET include: a vertical channel portion on a substrate; source/drain portions respectively located at upper and lower ends of the channel portion with respect to the substrate; and a gate stack opposite to the channel portion. The channel portion has doping concentration distribution, so that when the MOSFET is an n-type MOSFET (nMOSFET), a threshold voltage of a first portion of the channel portion close to one of the source/drain portions is lower than a threshold voltage of a second portion adjacent to the first portion; or when the MOSFET is a p-type MOSFET (pMOSFET), a threshold voltage of a first portion in the channel portion close to one of the source/drain portions is higher than a threshold voltage of a second portion adjacent to the first portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device, a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic device including the semiconductor device. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the semiconductor device may comprise: a substrate; a first device and a second device that are sequentially stacked on the substrate. Each of the first device and the second device comprises: a first source/drain layer, a channel layer, and a second source layer that are sequentially stacked from bottom to top, and a gate stack around at least a part of an outer periphery of the channel layer, wherein sidewalls of the respective channel layers of the first device and the second device extend at least partially along different crystal planes or crystal plane families.

Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, and an electronic apparatus including the semiconductor device. According to the embodiments, the semiconductor device may include: a nanosheet stack layer on a substrate including a plurality of nanosheets spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction relative to the substrate, wherein at least one of the plurality of nanosheets includes a first portion in a first orientation, and at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the first portion is not parallel to a horizontal surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A parallel structure comprising source/drain and channel layers alternately stacked on a substrate, and gate stacks formed around peripheries of the channel layers. Each of the channel layers, the source/drain layers on upper and lower sides of the channel layer, and the gate stack formed around the channel layer, form a semiconductor device. In each semiconductor device, one of the source/drain layers is in contact with a first electrically-conductive channel disposed on an outer periphery of the active region, the other is in contact with a second electrically-conductive channel on the outer periphery of the active region, and the gate stack is in contact with a third electrically-conductive channel disposed on the outer periphery of the active region. The first electrically-conductive channel is common to the semiconductor devices, the second electrically-conductive channel is common to the semiconductor devices, and the third electronically-conductive channel is common to the semiconductor devices.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device is provided. The method include: providing a stack of a sacrificial layer, a first source/drain layer, a channel layer, and a second source/drain layer on a substrate; defining a plurality of pillar-shaped active regions arranged in rows and columns in the first source/drain layer, the channel layer, and the second source/drain layer; removing the sacrificial layer and forming a plurality of bit lines extending below the respective columns of active regions in a space left by the removal of the sacrificial layer; forming gate stacks around peripheries of the channel layer in the respective active regions; and forming a plurality of word lines between the respective rows of active regions, wherein each of the word lines is electrically connected to the gate stacks of the respective memory cells in a corresponding one of the rows.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device that may include a substrate, an array of memory cells arranged in rows and columns, bit lines and word lines. The memory cells each may include a pillar-shaped active region extending vertically, which includes source/drain regions at upper and lower ends respectively and a channel region between the source/drain regions. The channel region may include a single-crystalline semiconductor material. The memory cells each may further include a gate stack formed around a periphery of the channel region. Each of the bit lines is located below a corresponding column, and electrically connected to the lower source/drain regions of the respective memory cells in the corresponding column. Each of the word lines is electrically connected to the gate stacks of the respective memory cells in a corresponding row.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with C-shaped channel portion and an electronic apparatus including the semiconductor device are disclosed. According to the embodiments, the semiconductor device may include a first semiconductor element and a second semiconductor element adjacent in a first direction. The first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element may respectively include: a channel portion on a substrate, the channel portion including a curved nano-sheet or nano-wire with a C-shaped section; source/drain portions at upper and lower ends of the channel portion with respect to the substrate, respectively; and a gate stack surrounding a periphery of the channel portion. The channel portion of the first semiconductor element and the channel portion of the second semiconductor element may be substantially coplanar.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus including a capacitor and a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the semiconductor apparatus are provided. According to embodiments, the semiconductor apparatus may include: a vertical semiconductor device including an active region extending vertically on a substrate; and a capacitor including a first capacitor electrode, a capacitor dielectric layer and a second capacitor electrode sequentially stacked. The first capacitor electrode extends vertically on the substrate and includes a conductive material, and the conductive material includes at least one semiconductor element contained in the active region of the vertical semiconductor device.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic device including the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; an active region including a first source/drain region, a channel region and a second source/drain region stacked sequentially on the substrate and adjacent to each other; a gate stack formed around an outer periphery of the channel region; and spacers formed around the outer periphery of the channel region, respectively between the gate stack and the first source/drain region and between the gate stack and the second source/drain region; wherein the spacers each have a thickness varying in a direction perpendicular to a direction from the first source/drain region pointing to the second source/drain region; wherein the spacers each have the thickness gradually decreasing from a surface exposed on an outer peripheral surface of the active region to an inside of the active region.