Abstract: A method of manufacturing a memory device includes: providing a substrate; forming in a cell region a channel extending in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate and a plurality of gate electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers stacked alternatingly on the substrate to be adjacent to the channel; forming a plurality of circuit elements on the substrate at a peripheral circuit region disposed at a periphery of the cell region; and forming an interlayer insulating layer on the substrate in the cell region and the peripheral circuit region, the interlayer insulating layer including a first, bottom interlayer insulating layer covering the plurality of circuit elements and at least a portion of the plurality of gate electrode layers, and a second, top interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a memory device includes: providing a substrate; forming in a cell region a channel extending in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate and a plurality of gate electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers stacked alternatingly on the substrate to be adjacent to the channel; forming a plurality of circuit elements on the substrate at a peripheral circuit region disposed at a periphery of the cell region; and forming an interlayer insulating layer on the substrate in the cell region and the peripheral circuit region, the interlayer insulating layer including a first, bottom interlayer insulating layer covering the plurality of circuit elements and at least a portion of the plurality of gate electrode layers, and a second, top interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a memory device includes: providing a substrate; forming in a cell region a channel extending in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate and a plurality of gate electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers stacked alternatingly on the substrate to be adjacent to the channel; forming a plurality of circuit elements on the substrate at a peripheral circuit region disposed at a periphery of the cell region; and forming an interlayer insulating layer on the substrate in the cell region and the peripheral circuit region, the interlayer insulating layer including a first, bottom interlayer insulating layer covering the plurality of circuit elements and at least a portion of the plurality of gate electrode layers, and a second, top interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a memory device includes: providing a substrate; forming in a cell region a channel extending in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate and a plurality of gate electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers stacked alternatingly on the substrate to be adjacent to the channel; forming a plurality of circuit elements on the substrate at a peripheral circuit region disposed at a periphery of the cell region; and forming an interlayer insulating layer on the substrate in the cell region and the peripheral circuit region, the interlayer insulating layer including a first, bottom interlayer insulating layer covering the plurality of circuit elements and at least a portion of the plurality of gate electrode layers, and a second, top interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer.

Abstract: A vertical non-volatile memory device includes gate electrodes stacked in a first region of a substrate in a third direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate including the first region and a second region surrounding the first region, a channel extending in the third direction through the gate electrodes, conductive pads extending from the gate electrodes, respectively, in a first direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate in the second region, insulation pads extending from the gate electrodes and the conductive pads, respectively, in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the second region, contact plugs electrically connected to the conductive pads, respectively, and a first reference structure under at least one of the insulation pads in the second region.