Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110183497 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method can include multiply stacking an insulating layer and a conductive layer alternately above a base member. The insulating layer includes silicon oxide. The conductive layer includes silicon. In addition, the method can form a SiOC film on a stacked body of the insulating layers and the conductive layers, pattern the SiOC film, and make a hole in the stacked body by etching the insulating layers and the conductive layers using the patterned SiOC film as a mask. | 07-28-2011 |
20110201167 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method can include forming a stacked body by alternately stacking a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of conductive layers above a substrate and forming a resist film above the stacked body. The method can include plasma-etching the insulating layers and the conductive layers by using the resist film as a mask. The method can include forming a hardened layer in an upper surface of the resist film by plasma treatment using a gas containing at least one selected from a group consisting of boron, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, silicon, germanium, aluminum, gallium, and indium. The method can include slimming a plane size of the resist film by plasma treatment using an oxygen-containing gas in a state where the hardened layer is formed in the upper surface of the resist film. | 08-18-2011 |
20110223769 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, including, selectively forming a first film as a core member on a film to be processed, forming a second film on a side surface and an upper surface of the core member, and on an upper surface of the film to be processed to cover the film, the second film which is constituted with same material as the first film and is doped with impurities being different in amount from impurities in the first film, removing the second film on the core member and on the film to be processed to form a sidewall mask constituted with the second film on the side surface of the core member, selectively removing the core member, and etching the film to be processed using the sidewall mask film as a mask. | 09-15-2011 |
20110291178 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, a lower gate layer, a stacked body, a dummy electrode layer, an insulating film, and a channel body. The lower gate layer is provided above the substrate. The stacked body includes a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of electrode layers alternately stacked above the lower gate layer. The dummy electrode layer is provided between the lower gate layer and the stacked body, made of the same material as the electrode layer, and thicker than each of the electrode layers. The insulating film includes a charge storage film provided on a side wall of a hole formed to penetrate through the stacked body and the dummy electrode layer. The channel body is provided on an inside of the insulating film in the hole. | 12-01-2011 |
20120018796 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes first and second stacked structures, first and second semiconductor pillars, first and second memory units, and a semiconductor connection portion. The stacked structures include electrode films and first inter-electrode insulating films alternately stacked in a first direction. The second stacked structure is aligned with the first stacked structure in a second direction perpendicular to the first. The first and second semiconductor pillars pierce the first and second stacked structures, respectively. The first and second memory units are provided between the electrode films and the semiconductor pillar, respectively. The semiconductor connection portion connects the first and second semiconductor pillars and includes: an end connection portion; and a first protrusion having a side face continuous with a side face of the first semiconductor pillar. The semiconductor connection portion does not include a portion smaller than a diameter of the first semiconductor pillar. | 01-26-2012 |
20120211816 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes: forming a stacked body including insulating films stacked alternately with electrode films, a memory hole is made in one portion of the stacked body to extend in a stacking direction, a charge storage layer is provided on an inner surface of the memory hole, a semiconductor member is provided in the memory hole; forming a hard mask on the stacked body, the hard mask has a plurality of holes of mutually different sizes; | 08-23-2012 |
20130234232 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a part of a stacked body including a plurality of conductive films and a plurality of first insulating films alternately stacked into a shape of steps to form a plurality of stepped portions of different heights, each stepped portion having the first insulating film as a top face. The method includes forming gaps under ends of the first insulating films by removing ends of the conductive films under the first insulating films in the stepped portions. The method includes forming second insulating films on the respective stepped portions and in the gaps. The method includes forming a plurality of vias, each of the vias penetrating through the second insulating film and the first insulating film in each stepped portion and reaches the conductive film in each stepped portion. | 09-12-2013 |
20130234235 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - In one embodiment, a manufacturing method of a semiconductor memory device is disclosed. The method can include forming a stacked body on a substrate. The stacked body includes first silicon films containing impurities and having a concentration difference of the impurities provided among different layers, and non-doped second silicon films each provided between the first silicon films. The method can include forming a hole in the stacked body. The method can include removing the second silicon films by etching through the hole and forming an inter-electrode space between the first silicon films. The method can include forming a memory film including a charge storage film on a side wall of the hole and also forming at least a part of the memory film in the inter-electrode space. | 09-12-2013 |