Patents by Inventor Kohji Kanamori

Kohji Kanamori has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11974438
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first stack group having first interlayer insulating layers and first gate layers, alternately and repeatedly stacked on a substrate and a second stack group comprising second interlayer insulating layers and second gate layers, alternately and repeatedly stacked on the first stack group. Separation structures pass through the first and second stack groups and include a first separation region and a second separation region. A vertical structure passes through the first and second stack groups and includes a first vertical region and a second vertical region. A conductive line is electrically connected to the vertical structure on the second stack group. A distance between an upper end of the first vertical region and an upper surface of the substrate is greater than a distance between an upper end of the first separation region and an upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haemin Lee, Jongwon Kim, Shinhwan Kang, Kohji Kanamori, Jeehoon Han
  • Patent number: 11963358
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo Joon Ryu, Young Hwan Son, Seo-Goo Kang, Jung Hoon Jun, Kohji Kanamori, Jee Hoon Han
  • Patent number: 11963357
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohji Kanamori, Seo-Goo Kang, Hyo Joon Ryu, Sang Youn Jo, Jee Hoon Han
  • Patent number: 11925020
    Abstract: A vertical semiconductor device may include a stacked structure and a plurality of channel structures. The stacked structure may include insulation layers and gate patterns alternately and repeatedly stacked on a substrate. The stacked structure may extend in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. The gate patterns may include at least ones of first gate patterns. The stacked structure may include a sacrificial pattern between the first gate patterns. The channel structures may pass through the stacked structure. Each of the channel structures may extend to the upper surface of the substrate, and each of the channel structures may include a charge storage structure and a channel. Ones of the channel structures may pass through the sacrificial pattern in the stacked structure to the upper surface of the substrate, and may extend to the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinhwan Kang, Younghwan Son, Haemin Lee, Kohji Kanamori, Jeehoon Han
  • Publication number: 20240062808
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Kohji KANAMORI, Sang Youn JO, Jee Hoon HAN
  • Publication number: 20240057336
    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
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Kohji Kanamori, Jee Hoon Han, Seo-Goo Kang, Hyo Joon Ryu
  • Publication number: 20240015968
    Abstract: A vertical memory device including gate electrodes on a substrate, the gate electrodes being spaced apart in a first direction and stacked in a staircase arrangement; a channel extending through the gate electrodes in the first direction; a first contact plug extending through a pad of a first gate electrode to contact an upper surface of the first gate electrode, the first contact plug extending through a portion of a second gate electrode, and the second gate electrode being adjacent to the first gate electrode; a first spacer between the first contact plug and sidewalls of the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode facing the first contact plug, the first spacer electrically insulating the first contact plug from the second gate electrode; and a first burying pattern contacting bottom surfaces of the first contact plug and the first spacer, the first burying pattern including an insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kohji KANAMORI, Shinhwan KANG
  • Patent number: 11864384
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je Suk Moon, Seo-Goo Kang, Young Hwan Son, Kohji Kanamori, Jee Hoon Han
  • Patent number: 11856778
    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
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventors: Kohji Kanamori, Jee Hoon Han, Seo-Goo Kang, Hyo Joon Ryu
  • Publication number: 20230371260
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor memory device includes a peripheral circuit structure including a first row decoder region, a second row decoder region, and a control circuit region between the first and second row decoder regions, a first electrode structure and a second electrode structure on the peripheral circuit structure, spaced apart in a first direction, and each including stacked electrodes, a mold structure on the peripheral circuit structure between the first and second electrode structures and including stacked sacrificial layers, vertical channel structures penetrating the first and second electrode structures, a separation insulating pattern provided between the first electrode structure and the mold structure and penetrating the mold structure, and a separation structure intersecting the first electrode structure in the first direction and extending to the separation insulating pattern, wherein a maximum width of the separation insulating pattern in a second direction is greater than a maximum width of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kwangyoung Jung, Sangyoun Jo, Kohji Kanamori, Jeehoon Han
  • Publication number: 20230363166
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohji KANAMORI, Yong Seok KIM, Kyung Hwan LEE, Jun Hee LIM, Jee Hoon HAN
  • Patent number: 11792994
    Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device is provided. The three-dimensional memory device may include a substrate, a cell stack, a string selection line gate electrode, a lower vertical channel structure, an upper vertical channel structure, and a bit line. The string selection line gate electrode may include a lower string selection line gate electrode and an upper string selection line gate electrode formed on an upper surface of the lower string selection line gate electrode. The lower string selection line gate electrode may include N-doped poly-crystalline silicon. The upper string selection line gate electrode may include silicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohji Kanamori, Seogoo Kang, Jongseon Ahn, Jeehoon Han
  • Patent number: 11778826
    Abstract: A vertical memory device including gate electrodes on a substrate, the gate electrodes being spaced apart in a first direction and stacked in a staircase arrangement; a channel extending through the gate electrodes in the first direction; a first contact plug extending through a pad of a first gate electrode to contact an upper surface of the first gate electrode, the first contact plug extending through a portion of a second gate electrode, and the second gate electrode being adjacent to the first gate electrode; a first spacer between the first contact plug and sidewalls of the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode facing the first contact plug, the first spacer electrically insulating the first contact plug from the second gate electrode; and a first burying pattern contacting bottom surfaces of the first contact plug and the first spacer, the first burying pattern including an insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohji Kanamori, Shinhwan Kang
  • Patent number: 11778834
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor memory device includes a peripheral circuit structure including a first row decoder region, a second row decoder region, and a control circuit region between the first and second row decoder regions, a first electrode structure and a second electrode structure on the peripheral circuit structure, spaced apart in a first direction, and each including stacked electrodes, a mold structure on the peripheral circuit structure between the first and second electrode structures and including stacked sacrificial layers, vertical channel structures penetrating the first and second electrode structures, a separation insulating pattern provided between the first electrode structure and the mold structure and penetrating the mold structure, and a separation structure intersecting the first electrode structure in the first direction and extending to the separation insulating pattern, wherein a maximum width of the separation insulating pattern in a second direction is greater than a maximum width of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventors: Kwangyoung Jung, Sangyoun Jo, Kohji Kanamori, Jeehoon Han
  • Patent number: 11769546
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohji Kanamori, Sang Youn Jo, Jee Hoon Han
  • Publication number: 20230292515
    Abstract: A vertical memory device includes gate electrodes on a substrate, a channel extending through the gate electrodes, and a contact plug extending through the gate electrodes. The gate electrodes are stacked in a first direction substantially vertical to an upper surface of the substrate and arranged to have a staircase shape including steps of which extension lengths in a second direction substantially parallel to the upper surface gradually increase from a lowermost level toward an uppermost level. A pad at an end portion of each of the gate electrodes in the second direction has a thickness greater than those of other portions thereof. The channel extends in the first direction. The contact plug extends in the first direction. The channel contacts the pad of a first gate electrode among the gate electrodes to be electrically connected thereto, and is electrically insulated from second gate electrodes among the gate electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Hwan SON, Kohji KANAMORI, Shin-Hwan KANG, Young Jin KWON
  • Publication number: 20230262972
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first plate portion and a second plate portion, a stack structure including interlayer insulating layers and gate electrodes alternately stacked on the substrate, a first block separation structure on the first plate portion and a second block separation structure on the first plate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangyoun JO, Kohji Kanamori, Kwangyoung Jung, Jeehoon Han
  • Patent number: 11729976
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohji Kanamori, Yong Seok Kim, Kyung Hwan Lee, Jun Hee Lim, Jee Hoon Han
  • Patent number: 11721684
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohji Kanamori, Hyun Mog Park, Yong Seok Kim, Kyung Hwan Lee, Jun Hee Lim, Jee Hoon Han
  • Patent number: 11716851
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a third semiconductor layer between the first and second semiconductor layers, gate electrodes arranged on the second semiconductor layer and spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the second semiconductor layer, and channel structures penetrating the first, second and third semiconductor layers and the gate electrodes, each respective channel structure of channel structures including a gate insulating film, a channel layer, and a buried insulating film, the gate insulating film including a tunnel insulating film adjacent to the channel layer, a charge blocking film adjacent to the gate electrodes, and a charge storage film between the tunnel insulating film and the charge blocking film, and the charge storage film including an upper cover protruding toward the outside of the respective channel structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohji Kanamori, Seogoo Kang, Shinhwan Kang